Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-03-08
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:ple iiifarY system Of fshe,c confeIsrafs.

80 7s-.5% ate So - y tss
an ictof fSthe Cor gres,of the censsEera.s
stsl.es passed February Il d So, sca.s, tin
tns,tod, that hereafter the duties Of provost aad
2haspitafssuaIds and clsrks; of clerks, guards,
aseuts, elPployess, or lsborers a.tho commissa
ry $ ana enartsrmas lepartpen,ss asal.o oiia
tde seecuiiu,roE Enrol IlMeat eclss skal pc per-
formsd by personawho arc within the ages of
sis6ssonsan forty .fsc years; and qla BY ilere-
port ~ "a 5oafd army Surgeons; slotss % re-
ported as u.sa5te epesierm aetfre serpice in tie
fela, but capable Of performing i6ns= Of the,
aboyo-msilionea daties, speey giag tchiel sand:
when those persons ahaIf have bern assig ned to;
those duties as far,ss prasticsble Tho President,
shall detail or assign to their perform aIcs such
bodies Of ftroops or indiyidaals besneeut ages;
of fortJfro sonl fifty years, as may be. .llssdsd.
fer the aischarse of sueh dulles by sscE9, of
the same itis enacted, that any Quar- =
fer, or assissart Qnartssma5ter, Gonmissarx or.
Assissant Commissafy, (other than thososorving
with rssiincnts and brigadesin The field oro6i-5
Ger IN :ide Conacript service, who shall hereafter
employ. Or rotain in his employment, any person
l:inauy Of :heir'said departments, or barsaux, pr
IinSany m the duties mentioned in the lhasc-s
Ton of this act in violation Of the provisions
hereof, shsli on conviction thereof by . coufs
martial, sr military Court, be ca.hiered ;;andit
shall be the duty u any department or distria
eonmaader5 upon proof By the oast Of any ersai.
BE psrsoa, that any such icsr LIS violated this
provision; re,ieys such .efRces
from duty; and stid commaadsr sh;. take prompt
msasures to have him tried FOR sue sfence ;.and
any conmaadsr Gso torssaia5 ;failiBg ITO porform
Ire duties caioined BY this zee ton, shsii upon
being duly conyicted theFsof;i 30 sEi.aassed from
the seryicc. Dig. Military aud Nsyll Laws sr-es.
BY GsnsrsI ordar No. from Headquarters Of
Rescsvo Forces, Par. g. At ia ordered, tbSt Tho
commaudant Of consorigts fan ealcer, 81 the
gay, not recs sgnized in the actsoi esnscriI tion)
i viii, without delay, order the mcaie.l sxalnins-
tion of oil Gama,isaoaes officers, and other per-
sons Except these,ef the Inyslis Corps, em7
Eptoyed lin the enrolling seryics of this State.
IComnis.isnod Q ofloers, IS to RAom no disability
is found to exist win hold themselves m readi-
ness to be assigned to dss in the field "a soon
sspractic6ble. This order was Issued by Semi.
Chesnub s.psssoth, 1856 who thetl assumeacon-
trol and direction Of tho CONSUMPTION service in
Ethis State. How Melltho above. mentioned Sec
4 tions Of The act ofsl7th February, 1884, hare
boensobserrsd, and The order Of .Gon. Chesnut
obeyGd, a l.ok into the difereut departments Of
tho military bufeaa1 uilI abundaaaly .hew. =
And hero ne win inquire whetllcr: :;Enrollin |:
0ficrrs arc Commissioned They cannot be,corn:
mifsioned, unless they areja jaspoiatsd In the mas
ner, designated bs thu. Statute, ss shewn.in our
lpreyious article If they afe not tlus appointed,
then theyar not teommissioned, and arerasrs3y
felerks, or snplosees, of the bureaur:of conscrig
.tien. iRTested with no military power whatever,
and all theiracts done nader the assumption q
military authority hsTs been, an'l aro, illegal.
Upon the application Of party (.rrsssad by these
psrssns theWris Of Habeaa Corpus, The l4 fail.
lFe of stbeae so;caIlsd officers, to produce their
esmmissions evidencing their legal ppeintmept
9inthe manner designated by tho Slat.ts would
Subject them to the hoaviest ponaltisslof LAW,
eitherdH the'ciyil orcriminaLside pf the Court
. of JSstice, .PETERTHEHERMITf
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