The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-02-07
TIE NEW MILITARY LAW.

THE NEW MILITARY LAW.
4 Bill to organize forces serre during the Var.
SEC l. That from and after the passage of this act
all white men, residents of the Confederate States be-
tween he ages of Il sud so shall be III the military
service of the Confederate States for the war.
Sec >. That all the persons aforesaid between the
ages of Is and 10: in service shalt be retained
during the present with the United States in the
same regiments, bauslions and companies to which
they belong at the passage OF this act with the same
organization and officers, unless regularly transferred
or Discharged / accordance with the laws and regu
lation8 for the government Of the army Pr0ridd that
companies from State, organized against their
consent expressed at the time with regiments or bat
talions from State shall have the privilege OF
being transferred to organizations of troops, in the
Of The service from the States in which said
companies raised and the soldiers from one
STATE in companies from another State, shall be allow
cd if they desire it, transfer to organizations from
! their own States, III the same arm of the service.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted That the expiration
of six months from the first day Of April next bounty
Of one hundred dollars in six per cent Government
bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized to issue, shall be paid to every non-com
mssioned officer musician and private who shall then
be in service, in the of e death previous to
the period of such payment then to the person OR per-
sous who would be entitled by law to receive the
rearages oths pay; bn no one shall be entitled to the
bounty herein provided who shall at any time during
the period six months next after the said first day of
April be absent fl ON his command without leave.
Sec 4. Be it further e-"ced, That no person shall
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having been heretofor discharged from the army
where no disability now exists nor shall those who
have furnished substitutes be any longer exempted by
thereof: irCrdea, that person, heretofore
exempted account Of religious opinions and who
has paid the levied relieve him fl ON service
shall be required 20 render niltaryserlce under this
act.
Sec 8. Be it further enacted That all white male
residents of the Confederate States between the ages
of II and l8 and - and so years, shall enroll them
selves at such times and Places and under such
laions, the President may prescribe the time al
lowed not being less than thirty days for those east
and sixty days for those west OF the Mississippi river
ana any person who shall fail to enroll himself
without reasonable excuse therefor to be judged of
by the President shall be placed in service III the field
for the war; in the same manner though they were
between the ages of eighteen and forty PrOUideG
THAT the persons mentioned in This section shall
stnte for State defence and detail duty and
shall not be required to perform service out of the
State in which they reside.
Sec g. That all persons required by the 9th section
Of his act to enroll themselves, may within thirty days
after the passage thereof, Of the Mississippi river
and within sixty days if of said river form them
selves into voluntary organizations of companies, bat
taonS, or regiments, and elect their officers said
organizations conform the existing laws and,
having organized, 10 tender their services voun-
teers during the to the President; and if such
ganIz&tions shall furnish proper muster rolls,
or9anlzed and deposit cop! thereof with the EN- OIL
ing officer of their district which shall be equivalent
to enrolment they may be accepted minute
for service in such State, but in no event he taken
ont Of it Those who 10 not volunteer and organize
by the President, be required assemble at
lent places of rendezvous, and be formed organized
into companies, baalions and regiments under regu-
atOns be prescribed BY him; and shall have the
right to elect their company and rcgimenta officers
and all troops organized under this act for State de-
fence, shall be entitled, while in actna service the
sane pay and allowance rs troops in the field.
bee /. THAT any person who shall fail to attend at
thS place Of rendezvous required by the authority
OF the President, without a sufficient excuse. be
judged OF by aim, shall be liable be placed in
nti 10 he hntxN he
ages Of 8 and 10 years.
Sec s. That hereafter the duties of provost and hos
pital guards and clerks, and of clerks guards agents
employees laborers in the Commissary Quarter
masters Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and
clerks and employees ofnaTy agents, also in the
cNilOn OF the enrolment act, and all similar duties,
si&! be performed by persons who within the ages
OF eighteen and fortyfve years and who by the report
OF Board OF army surgeons shall be reported
bic to perform active service IN the field but capable
of performing some ofthe above said duties specifying
winch; and when those persons shall have been assign
ed to those duties as far practicable the President
shall assign detail their performance such bodies
o: troops or individuals required to be enrolled under
the 9Th section Of this act may be needed for he
discharge OF such duties: Propided that persons 6e
the ages of II and Is shall be assigned to those
duties Prortded further that nothing contained in this
act shall be so construed to prevent the President
from detailing mechanics persons Of scen
tific Skill to perform Indispensable duties in the de-
partments or bureaus herein mentioned
Sec Q. That any Quartermaster or Assistant Quar-
termaster Commssary, or Assstan Com missary 10Th
ef IMAM thoSe serving with brlgadeS regiments
the field or officers in the Ordnance Bureau, Navy
Agents, Provost Marshal, officer in the conscript
service, who shall hereafter employ or retain in his
employment any person in any of their said depart
ments or bureaus or in any of the duties mentioned
the 0th section OF this act in violation of the proris
ions hereof shall, conviction thereof By a court
martial or military court, De cashered and it shall be
the duty any department district commander up
proof by the oath of any credible person. that any
such officer has violated this provision Immediately
10 relieve such officer from duty ana said nders
shall take prompt measures to have him tried for such
offence: and any commander aforesaid failing to
perform the duties enoned by this ssction shall upon
being duly convicted thereof be discharged from the
service.
IN REGARD TO EXEMPTIONS.
Sec 10. Be it further enacted That all laws granting
exemptions from military service be- and the same are
hereby repealed and hereafter shall be exempted
except the follc wing:
]: All who shall be held unfit for military service
under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War
2. The VcePresident of the Confederate States the
members and officers OF Congress and of the several
State Legislatures, and such other Confederate and
State officers the PRESIDENT the Governor of the
respective States, may certify be necessary for the
proper administration of the Confederate or State