The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-03-23


passed to provide for the enrolling and calling |
out the national forces and for other pur-
poses.
Section ID And be at further enacted, That |
where any revised enrolment in any COMPRESSION |
al or draft district has been obtained or made |
prior TO any actual drawing of names from the
enrolment lists the quota of such district may
be adjusted and apportoned to such revised en-
rollment instead of being applied to or based
upon the enrolment as it may have stood be- |
fore the revision.
Sec. H. Ana be II further enacted. That
hereafter all persons mustered into the mill tary
or naval service, whether as volunteers, substi-
tutes, representatives., or otherwise shall be |
credited to the State. and TO the ward township
precinct, or other enrolment district where
such persons belong by actual residence lit such |
persons have any actual residence within the
United Statesl and where such persons were or
shall be enrolled, If liable to enromenU and il |
IS hereby made the duty of the Provost Marshal
General, 10 make such rules andigive such instruc
lions to the several Provost Marsnals Boards of
Enrolment, and mastering uffcers, as shall be
necessary for The faithful enforcement of the
provisions OF this section, to the end that fair
and just credit shall be given to every section of
the country tProOlded, That in any cell for
troops hereafter county town township
ward precinct or election district, shall have
credit except Tor men actually furnished on said
call or the proceeding call, by said county town
township, ward precinct or election district and
musteredllnto the mi itary naval ervice on the
quota thereof. se
Sec. Is. Aad be 1t FURTHER Enacted That in
computing quotas hereafter credit shall he civ.
en- 10 the several States, districts and sub.dis,
trcts, Tor all men furnished from them respect,
lVeiy, and not heretofore redited during the
present rebellion Tor any period ofservice of not
less IMAM three months calculating the number
OF DAYS tor which sucn service was furnished
and reducing the same to years ProUided
| That such credits shall not be applied to the
call for additional troops made by the President
on the twenty>frst day of December eighteen
hundred and oixty-four
Sec. To- tint be ii farther epocte5 That
persons who have been, or NAV hereafter he
drafted, under the provisions of the several acts
| TO which this is an amendment for the term nf
one year ard who have actually furnished, or
may actually furnish acceptable al Institutes fnot
| liable to draft for the term of three war shaii
| be exempt from military ddty during the time
Tor which such substitutes shall not be liable tn
| draft, not exceeding the time for which sucb
| substitutes shall have been mustered into the
serViGe, ny.hing IN the act of February twenty
| Sec. II. Amd 6eH furthe, enacted Thai anv
recruiting agent, substitute broker or other per-
| son VINO tor pay or profit, shall enlist or cause
10 De enlisted, as volunteer or substitute any
| insane person,or convict or person under indict-
menf for felony, or person in a condition of
| lntoxlcatlon, Or deserter from the military or
naval servlce.or any minor between the agea nj
sixteen and eighteen years without the consent
| OF his parents or guardian. or any minor under
| the age OF sixteen years knowing him. in either
case before mentioned to such or who shall
detraud or Illegally deprive any volunteer or
| substitute Of any portion of the State local or
United states bounty, TO which he may be en-.
tilted snail upon conviction In any court of COM
petent iurisdlctiou be fined NOT exceedino ono
| thousand dollars,nor less than two hundred dol,
IarH OF imprisoned not exceeding two wears
| ana not less t1an three months, or 10th il the
discrescrtiOn of he court aforesaid.
| Sec. Is AHd be 1t further enacted That apv
officer who shall muster into the military ar
naval service of the United States apy deserter
Il from said service, or insane person or person
i IN state OF lntoXlcatlon any minor between
| the ages of sixteen and eighteen wears vithont
the consent OF his parents or guardian or anv
i minor under the age of sixteen years knows
ing him to be such, shalt upon conviction by
any courtemartlaI, be dishonorably diimissed
the service of the United States
! Sec. 10 ARd be ID ftrthe,, enacted That in
every case where substitute is furnished to
take the place OF an enrolled or drafted man
and 1t is shown by evidence that shall be salts
factory to the Secretary OF Var. that such sub
stltute was, at the time of his enlistment known
+, by the party furnishing him TO be nOn-conapoS
menus, ar in condition of intcxicatinp or I'M
| der conviction or indictment Tor any offence of
the grade OF felony at the common law, or to
have been gully OF previous act of deserlion
unsatlshed by pardon punishment or by rea-
i " incapable of performing the ordinary duties
Il OF a soldier III actual service in the ranks or
minor between the ages OF sixteen and eighteen
| years without the consent OF his parent or
! guardian, or minor under the age of sixteen
Years. it shall be the duty of the Provost Mars
shat General on advice of the tact to report the
4 same to the Provost Marshal of the proper DIS.
! trlcti and ii such person so enlisted and ineapa-
BILE shall have heen since the passage of this act
mustered INTO the service a substitute for a
4 person liable 10 draft, and not actually drafted
me name OF the person SO liable who furnished
such substitute shall be again placed on the list
and he shall be subject to draft therea fter
as though ne such substitute had been furnished
! by him; and il such substitute so enlisted and
incapable as Aforesaid shall have been since the
passage OF this act, stored into the service as
snostltpte for person actually drafted, then
it shall be the duty OF the irovost Marshal Cen.
eral to direct the Provost Marshal of the district
Immediately to notify tie person who furnished
such suostliute mat he IS held to service Ia the
place OF such substitute, and lie shall stand in
the same relation and be subject to the same
Inability as before the furnishing of such SUBJ
stitute.
Sec. 20. And be 1t FURTHER enacted. That in
case any substitute shall desert from the army
ana It shall appear by evidence satisfactory to
tne secretary OF war: that the party furnishing
such substitute all have in any wav. directly
or indirectly, aided or abetted such deserton or
10 nave been prlvy to any intention on the part
OF such substitute to desert, then such person
snaii DC Immediately placed in the army, and
shall serve Tor the period for which he was lia>
bic to draft, such service to commence at The
date OF the desertion If the substitute.
sec IL ana De u further eaacted, That in
, addition to the other lawful penalties for the
CRIME OF deserh0n from the military or naval
service, all persons who have deserted the mill
tary or naval service of the United Stat,s who
shall not return to sai5 eervice or report Them
selves to a Provost Marshal within sixtv DAYS
aler the proclamation hereinafter mentioned
snail De deemed and taken to have voluntarily
rellnqulshed and forfeited their rights of citi-
f zehshlp and their rights TO become citizens:and
such deserter5 shall be forever inca oabe of hods
ing any office oil trust Or profit under the United
Htates, or OF exercising any rights of citizens
| thereof; and all persons who shall hereafter do
sert the military or naval service and all ner-
sons who, being duly enrolled, shall depart the
4 jurisdiction of the district in which he is ems
rolled, or go beyond tie limits of the United
States, with intent to avoid auv draft into Tho
military or naval serv ce, duly ordered, shall be
liable to the penalties of this section And the
| president is hereby authorized and required
forthwith, on the passage of this act, TO issue
ms proclamation setting forth the provisions of
tnIs EecIIon' IN which proclamation the Presi-
dent Is requested TO notify all deserters return
! ing within sixty days as aforesaid, that thew
SHAH De pardoned on condition ut returning TO
their regiments and companies, or to such other
organization as they may be assigned to, until
they shall have served for period of time eousl
to their original term of enlistment
! Sec. y. Aud be at further enacted That
the third section of the act entitled AN act
tfurther) to regulate and provide for the enroll>
ing and calling out the national forces and for
other purposes, approves July fourth eighteen
hundred and slAty>ionr, be and the same is
hereby repealed
Sec IS, And be it further enacted, That any
person or persons enrolled in any sub-district
may, alter notice OF draft and before the
same shai hav e taken place. cause to be mus,
tered into the service OF the United States such
number OF recruits, not subject to draft as they
may deem expedient which recrdits shall stand
to the credit OF the persons thus causing them
to be mustered In, and shall be taken as substi-
t"tes ior su@h persons, or so many of them as
may be drafted, to the extent of the number of
such recruits, and in the order designated By the
principals at the time such recruits are thus as
aforesaid mustered in.
Sec, "A. And be 1t further enacted. That Sec
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