The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-01-26

Htons SUCH GRATED person was oWlng
aolsico or labor at the line, ofhis mos
ter into tbs service Of the United States
The Secretary Of War shall oppoinl
cOmm1sion 10 each ofths slave Statei
represented in Congress- charged ID
,wsrd to eoch loyal psrsohi whom .
colered volunteer may oFs service a
JUST compensation, got exceeding $500
Tor each such colored volunteer, payable
oul Of the fund derived from commute.
tons; and every such colored volunteer
N being mustered into the service shall
90 free. Aud in all cases where men Of
color have been heretofore enlisted. or
have volunteered in the military service
Of the United States, all tho provisions
of this act 20 far as the payment Of
bounty and com poDsaton are provided,
shall be equally applicable as 70 those
who may be herqNGrers recruited, But
men of color. drafted or enlisted, or who
may volunteer into lie military ser.
vice, while they shall DO credited on tile
quotas Of the several States or dubdi,
visions of States wherein they ara re-.
speciveIy drafted enlisted, or shall vol
unteer, shall not be assigned as State
troops, but shall be mustered into regi.
menis or companies as United States
colored troops.
SEC rs. And il be farther enacted,
That the words "precincI" and "elec.
ton district, Us used in this act, shall
not be construed TO require any subdi
vision for purposes Of enrolment and
draft less than the wards into which any
city or village may be divided, or than
the towns or townships into which any
county may DO divided.
Such is the law rs il now stands after
the amendments of tho last session Of
Congress. While the act of March Sd,
1868, exempted very many civil officers
and, also, many on whom it fell with
peculiar hardship, yet the 9th section
Of the amanlmont act II will DO seen re.
pcals, owing to their liability to abuse,
most of the human provisions Of the old
law
As the number OF volunteers required
of this county is determined by the nun
Der enrolled, it is the interest Of oil liza
bic to draft, to see that the names Of all
not liable, are stricken from the list Of
enrolment previous TO the assignment.
The assignment sent our Provost Mar
'shal-CaPt smith--soon after The date
Of the present call, has been re called
and as the new assignment for our
county has not been received. opporlu.
nifty is fortunately, thus given all for
thorough correction, if all interested will
act Immediately in the matter, by in
specting the rolls and having the names
Ofsuch as are no, able or liable to per.
form military duty, erased theretrom.
Onr Board of Supervisors, it will be
remembered, provided a local bounty OF
800, 5000 and $500, according as a
volunteer enlisted for l, 2 or years,and
the Government bounty is the same.
Some have procured substitutes for
from $500 to $500; but it should be
borne 10 mind that these substitutes are
net credited TO Mason county, and,
therefore, have not diminished our quo
ta--we having the same number Of men
to raise as if no substitutes had been
furnished. Indeed, putting in substi.
tuLes while it exempts the person for
whom he is put in, Increases the liability
OF all Others to be drafted, as it lessons
the aggregate from which the number
required, is drafted. All liable to draft
are, therefore, interested in discouraging
the whole..substitute business; but instead,
should use every exertion TO fiji our
quota,and thus escape draft altogether.
When our Supervisors agreed to pay a
bounty, il was supposed the Corporation
of the Town of Point Pleasant, would
through their Common Council, assume
their proportionate share of said bounty
bot, there appearing to be little recruit
ing and the day of the draft coming SO
near, it was deemed best in order 10
clear our town, 10 proyide for the num-
Der required Of this corporation; and
consequently, the Council called spo-
cial meeting and provided bounty of
$500 each, for FIVE recruils-thot mum.
Der being certainfo clear thu town Of d