The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-01

The proVost-marshals shall in no case receNs
Communication for transportation or Tor 1uei ana
quarters, but only for forage, when not lurnisneu
by the government, together VIII h;u
of postage stationery, and clerk nife "u'noiiNeu
by the provost-marshal-g general That o,,,
Sec IL And be it further enacted, mat any
person enrolled and drafted aecSruS ~ ' ot
Visions of this act, who shall furnish an accept
able substitute shall thereuPoh Iecelse rloin LUG
board of eDromenc certlhcale OF t uisct Ea
iron, such draft which shall exempt MIN from
military duty during the time tor which ne was
drafted; and such substitute snail DC ehtlIied 10
the same pay and allowances provided oy law as
if he had been originally dra1teu INTO Tic ser'ice
of the United States
Sec. lS And be it further enacted, That such
of fine volunteers and militia now III the service
of the United States as may reenlist 10 serve one
wear unless sooner discharged, after the explra-
fion of their present term OF service, snail De en-
titled to bounty OF fifty dollars, one nan ~, y.
which to be paid upon such reeniiStmehs anu !i.e
balance at the expiration of the term OF reenist-
noen1. and such as may reeniist to serve for two
wears, unless sooner discharged alter the eXpira-
lion of their present term OF enlistment, snail re-
ceve, upon such reenlistment, twehy hee uoi Ii
of the one one hundred dollars bounty ior eulol-
ment provided by the fifth section OF the act ap,
proved twenty second of July, eighteen hundred
and sixtyone entitled An act to aunofize the tine
employment of volunteers to AID IN enforcing tne
laws and protecting public property.
Sec 49, And be it further enacted, That when
ever a regiment of volunteers OF the same arm,
from the same State, is reduced to one haII the
maximum number prescribed by law, the frcsl-
dent may direct the consolidation OF the compa-
mics of such regiment: Provided That no com
pany so formed shall exceed the maximum num-
her prescribed by law. When such consolIda-
ton is made, the regimental officers snail De re-
duced in proportion to the reduction IN The num-
Der of companies.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That when
ever regiment is reduced below the minimum
number allowed by law, no officers shall be APP
pointed in such regiment beyond those necessary
for the commend of such reduced number
Sec 81 And be it further enacted, That SO
much OF the fifth section of the act approved
seventeenth July, eighteen hundred and sixty
two entitled, g An act to amend an act calling
forth the militia to execute the laws OF the
Union, and SO forth, as requires the approval OF
the President to carry into execution the sentence
of a courtmartial, be, and the same is hereby re-
pealed as far relates to carrying into execution
the sentence of any court-martial against any per-
son convicted as spy or deserter, or OF mutlny
or murder; and hereafter sentences in punish |
ment of these offences may be carried into eXecu
tion upon the approval of the commanding gen |
eral in the field.
Sec. % And he it further enacted That courts |
martial shall have power to sentence officers who
shall absent themselves from their commands |
without leave, to be reduced to the ranks to serve
three years or during the war.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That the
furnished by the United States to any soldier,
shall not be sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged,
loaned, or given away; and no person not a sol,
dier, or duly authorized officer of the United
States, who has possession of any such Clothes |
arms military outfits, Or accoutrements, furnish
ed as aforesaid and which have been the subjects
of any such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan,
or gift, shall have any right, title, or interest
therein; but the same may be seized and taken
wherever found by any officer of the United
States, civil or military, and shall thereupon be
delivered to any quartermaster, or other officer
authorized to receive the same; and the posses
sion of any such clothes, arms, military outfits,
or accoutrements, by any person not soldier or
officer of the United States, shall be prima tacie
evidence of such sale, barter, exchange, pledge,
loan, or gift as aforesaid.
Sec. "a. And be it further enacted, That every
person not subject to the rules and articles of
war who shall procure entice, attempt to
procvre entice, a soldier in the service of the
United States to desert; or who shall harbOr,
conceal, or give employment to Il deserter, or
carry him away, aid in carrying him away,
knowing him to be such; or who shall purchase
from any soldier his arms, equipments, anlmuni-
ton, uniform, clothing, or any part thereof; and
any captain or commanding officer of any ship or
vessel, or any superintendent or conductor of any
railroad, any otherpublic conveyance, carrying
away any such soldier one of his crew or other |
wise, knowing him to have deserted, or Shall re-
fuse to deliver him up to the orders of his COM
handing officer, shall upon legal conviction, be
fined at the discretion of any court having cog
nizance of the same in any sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, and he shall be imprisoned
not exceeding two years nor less than six months.
TO BE CONTINUED.