American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-03-15


shall have been, since the passage of this
act, mustered into the service as a substi-
tute for person actually drafted, then it
shall be the duty of the Provost Marshal
General to direct the Provost Marshal of
the district Immediately to notify the per-
son who furnished such substitute thathe
is held to service in the place of such sub
stitute, and he shall stand in the same re-
lation and be subject to the same liability
as before the furnishing of such substi-
tute.
"SEc, Xxx. And be 1t further en-
acted, That in case any substitute
shall desert from the army, and it
shall appear by evidence satisfactory
to the Secretary of War, that the
party furnishing such substitute shall
have, in any way, directly, or Indirect
ly aided or abetted such desertion, or to
.have5een privy to aay intention on the
part of such substitute to desert, then
such person shall be Immediately pla-
ced in the army, and shall serve for
the period for which he was liable to
draft, such service to commence at
the date Of the desertion of the sub
stitute.
"SEC. XXI. And be Il further enacted,
That, in addition to the o.her lawful peL-
atios OF the crime of desertion from the
military or naval service, all persons who
have deserted the military or naval service
of the United States, who shall not re-
turn to said service, or report themselves
to a Provost Marshal within sixty days
after the proclamation hereinafter men
toned, shall be deemed and taken to have
voluntarily relinquished and for.oi2si thsir
rights Of citizenship and their 'ff.ssass to
become citizens; and such deserters shall
be forever incapable of holding any Office
Of trust or profit under the United States,
or Of exercising any rights of citizens
thereof; and al. persons who shall here
after desert the military or naval service,
and all persons who, being duly enrolled
shall depart the jurisdiction Of the dis
trict in which he is enrolled, or 20 be-
yond the limits of the United States, with
intent to avoid any draft, into the militia
ry or naval service, shall be liable to the
penalties of this section. And the Pres
ident is hereby authorized and required
forthwith, on the passage of this act, to
issue his proclamation setting forth the
provisions of this section, in which proc
lamation to the President is requested to
notify all dcserters returning within sixty
DAYS as aforesaid, that they shall be par
doned on condition of returning to their
regiments and companies, or to such 9th
er organizations as they may be assigned
to- until they shall have served for Pc
riod of time equal to their original term
of enlistment.
"SEcTIoN XXIT, And Je6 fjuthy
enacted, That the third section of the
act entitled ''An act (furthcr) to regulate
and provide for the enrolling and calling
out of the national forces, and other pun
poses" approved July fourth, eighteen
hundred and sixty four, be, and the csame
is hereby repealed.
"SEC XIII. Aad be 1t fuytter enc
ted, That any person or persons enrolled
in any sub district. may, after notice Of a
draft, and before the same shall have ia
ken place, cause to be mustered into the
service Of the United States, such mem
bers of recruits, not subject to draft as
| they may deem eXpedient, which recruits
shall stand to the credit of the persons
thus causing them to be mustered in, and
shall be taken as substitutes for such per
sons, or so many of then. as may be draf
ted, to the extent of the number Of such
recruits, and in the order designated by
the principals at the time such recruit,
are thus as aforesaid mustered in.
"SEC. XXIV. 4Hd be It .tTtter eaac
ted, That section fifteen Of the Act ap
proved February twenty-fourth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four entitled An act
for enrolling and calling out the national
forces, and for other purposes, be, and
the same is hereby amended by inserting
after the words ANY civil magistrate, ,
the words ''or any person authorized by
law to administer oaths."
SEC XIV. and be It further enacted
That the Secretary Of war is hereby au,
thorized to detail one or more Of the
employees of the War Department for the
purpose Of administering the oaths re-
quired by law in the settlement Of officers
accounts for clothing, camp and garrison
equipage, quartermaster's stores, anc
ordinsnce, which oaths shall be admins
/ tered without expense to the parties ta-
king them and shall be as binding upon
the persons taking the same, and if false
/ ly taken, shall subject them to the same
penalty as il the same were administer
ed by magistrate or justice of the peace
SEC XXYI. Ind be 1t further enacted
That Acting Assistant Surgeons, Contract
Surgeons, and Surgeons and Commission
ers of the Enrolling Boards, while in the
military service of the United States
shall hereafter be exempt from all liabil
titles to be drafted under the provisions Of
any act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces,
SEC XVII. And be 1t fprther enacted
That this act shall take effect from and
after its passage, Procided, Thatnothing
herein contained sholl operate to postpone
the pending draft, or interfere with the
quotas assigned therefor.
"Approved March 8, 1865"
Sections from one to twelve, inclusive