Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-03-15
The Conscript.Dill.

The following bill "to regulate the busi-
ness of conscription" has passed both Houses
of Congress:
TIE Congress of the Confederate States OF
America do enact, That for the purpose Of
conducting the business Of conscription, there
shall be assigned to each State by the Presi-
dent, General officer, who shall report to
the Secretary of7War through an Assis ant
Adiutant General to be assigned in the Office
Of the Adiusant snd Inspector General, to the
duty of receiving returns and reports and is
suing ell orders in relation to conscription.
Sec. .. All application for exemption and.
detail, hereinafter proves, shall be decided
By the General officers having charge OF the
business ef conscription in the several States
Appeals may be taken from their decisions to
the Secretary Of War, bet during the penden-
cy of such appeals, the applicants Shall be
liable to military service.
Sec. 5, There shall be assigned from the
Invalid Corps, or from officers certified by the
proper medical boards to be unfit Tor aes9yc
service inrthe field, q sufficient number OF en-
rolling officers who shall report to and be un,
der the immediate direction and control or
the General officers conducting the business
of conscription 10 the several States.
Sec. 4. All conscript. shall be examined
by the medical boards of the army, after join
ing the commands in the field to which they
NAV be respectively assigned, and every dis
cbsree granted by an army medical board
shall be final, and shall relieve the party from
all military service in the future, when the
disability is permanent, and the cause o: 1t is
set forth in the discharge.
Sec. S. If any conscript shall furnish to
the enrolling officer of his county cert'fi-
cate, under oath, from respectable phys.-
clan or from any army surgeon, that ne Is
unable to travel to the command to which
he may be assigned without serious prejudice
to his health, furlough shall be granted him
until the next meeting of tho medical board,
hereinafter provided for.
Sec. 6. There shall be assigned to zach
Congressional District Medical Boa9d, con-
sisting of three Army Surgeons, who, sfter
due notice OF the time and place OF their
meeting, shall risit each county OF the dis.
trict at least once in two menths, and shall
examine for discharge or recommendation
for light duty, all coDscripts who have been
furloughed under the provisions OF the pre-,
eeding section. Every discharge granted Ry
the said Medical Board shall be hnal, and
shah relieve oparty from all military ser
vice in the. future, when the disabilityis per-
? 4-Inanent, and tho cause of it is set forth IN
this certificate.
Sec. Z. It shall be the duty of all officers
and othsrs employed in the military service
of tie Confederate States, and not actually
in the field nor attached tc any army in the
field, including Quartermasters and Commis-
sary, commanders.of posts, provost marshals,
officers of the ordnance, nitre and mining
and medical bureaus, and others, to make
certified monthly returns to the nearest con-
script officer, OF the names, ages and physi-
csl condition Of all persons employed in the
service, which returns shall be forwarded to
the General officer controlling conscription in
the.S,a.e.
Sec. 8. For the enforcement Of the duties
imposed BY this act, upon the general ON
GERS controlling conscription in the severa
States such dolachments of the reserve forcel
as they may deem necessary, shall be placed
at their disposal.
Sec. 9. In order to secure the production
Of grain and provisions necessary for the use
OF the army and the families Of soldiers, such
orerseers, farmers or planters as Were no
enrolled in the military seryice on the l1tf
day of February 1864, and who will be more
useful to the country in the pursuits Of agri
culture than in the military service, shall b;
detailed upon the terms to be prescribed by
the Secretary of War, und~r the direction o
the President And in order to- ascertain
what persons should be detailed under thi
act, for the purposes aforesaid, there shall b;
appointed BY the President in each county
district, or parish, an agricultural board con
sistiug CT three farmers or planters over th
age Of forty FIVE gears, to whom sha! he ad
dressed every application for the detail 6
--overseer farmer or planter, in. tliei
respective counties, districts or parishes, an
whose duty it shall be to enquire aud repor