Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-02
PuBLIC--No. c37.1

! lPuBLIC- 237.
| AN ACT further to regulate and provide for
| the enrolling and calling out the National
Forces, and for other purposes.
BE IL snuofei Jg the Senate and House Of Repre-
| sen,atiues Of the United States Of america IN Con-
gress assembled That the President Of the Uni
ted States may, at his discretion, at any time
! hereafter call for any number of men as vol
untecrs for the respective terms of one, two,
aud thr.a s.a~~r f<~ -aititary potriU" aud any
such volunteer, or, in case of draft, as herein
after provided, any substitute. shall be credit
cd To the town, township, ward of city, pre-
cinct. or election district or of a county not
SO sublivided. toward the quota of which he
may have volunteered or engaged as a substi-
tute and every volunteer who is accepted
and mustered into the service for term of
one year, unless sooner discharged, shall re-
ceiye, and he paid by the United States,
bounty of one hundred dollars and if for
term of two years, unless sooner discharged,
a bounty of two hundred dollars and ii for
a term OF three years unless sooner discharg-
ell, bounty of three hundred dollars one
1 third of which bounty shall be paid to the sol
dier at the time of his being mustered into
the service, one third at the expiration of one
half of his term of service, aud one third AT
the expiration OF his term of service and i'm
case of his death while in service the residue
of his bounty unpaid shall be paid TO his wild
ow, ii he shall have left widow if not, TO
his children, or if there be none, to his moth
/ or, ii she be widow.
Sec. =. Ina be Il further enacted, That in
case the quota, or any part thereof. of any
town, township, ward Of city. precinct, or
election district, or of any county not so sub
| divided shall not be filed within the space of
sixty days after such call, then the President
shall Immediately order draft for one year
! a. SIIph mr. IN fbar. xUhi i.l,
may be untitled and in case of any such draft
no payment of money shall be accepted or re-
ceired by the Government ms communication To
release any enrolled or drafted man from per-
sonal obligation to perform military service.
! See. g. AHd be IL further enacted, That it
shall be lawful for the Executive of any Of the
States to send recruiting agents into any OF
the States declared to be in rebellion, except
the States of Arkansas. Tennessee, and Louis
lana. to recruit volunteers under any call un-
der the provisions of this act who shall be
credited to the State, and to the respective
subdivisions thereof, which may procufefh the
enlistment. #.. z-. ..e
Sec. l. Ind be IL further enacted, That draf-
ted men, substitutes. and volunteers, when
mustered in, shall be organized in, or assigned
to, regiments, batteries or other organizations
of their own States and as far as practicable
shall, when assigned DC permitted to select
izltions from among those Of their respective
States which at the time of assignment may
not be filled to their maximum number.
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted, That
!. the twentieth section of the act entitled :. An
act 10 amend an act entitled An act for en-
rolling and calling out the national forces, and
tor other purposes, approved February
twenty -four, eighteen hundred and sixty four,
shall lie construed TO mean that the Secretary
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of eighteen years under the circumstances and
on the conditions prescribed in said section !;
and hereafter, If any officer Of the United
States shall enlist or muster into the military
service any person under the age of sixteen
years, with or without the consent of his pa
rent or guardian, such person SO enlisted or re-
crated shall be Immediately discharged upon
repay of all bounties received and such
recruiting or mastering officer who shah know
ingly enlist any person under sixteen years Of
age, shall be dismissed the service, with for
feiture of all pay and allowances, and shall be
subject to such further punishment as a court.
martial may direct. ...s. Ersss q
Sec G. Ind Be IL further enacted, That sec
tion three of an act entitled :. An act to amend
an act entitled An act for enrolling and call
ing out the national forces, and for other pur.
poses, approved February twenty -four, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty -four, be. and the same
Il utiSuN, Sd as 10 dWtHDIiZc anu
rect district provost marshals, under the direc-
ton of the Provost Marshal General TO make
a draft for one hundred per centum in addition
to the number required 10 fill the quota OF any
district as provided by said section.
Sce. z. I,td be IL further enacted, That in
stead Of travelling pay, all drafted persons re-
porting at the place OF rendezvous shall be al
lowed transportation from their places OF resi-.
dence and persons discharged at the place OF
, rendezvous shall be allowed trasportation to
their places of residence.
Sec. 8. Ind be IL further enacted, That all
, persons in the naval service Of the United
: States who have entered said service during
, the present rebellion, who have not been cred
/ tied to the quota of any town, district, ward,
or State, by reason of their being in said SER
vice and not enrolled prior to February TWEEN.
, fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty four
shall be enrolled and credited to the quotas OF
the town, ward, district, or State, in which
they respectively reside, upon satisfactory
t proof Of their residence made To the Secretary
OF War.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted That, Il
: any person duly drafted shall be absent from
/ home in prosecution OF bis usual business. the
provost marshal Of the district shall cause him
1 to be duly notified as soon as may be, and hs