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Joint Resolutions in relation to the increase of the Army of the Confederate States. 1863 51 (1863.8)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0614 and id is 1 raw text is: 61 2.: Be it further resolved, That for the, purpose of ascertaining the appr6priation necessary to be made, the comptioller be instruct- ed to obtain from , the various-judges of probate :of the State the respective amounts raised byvthe soveral' counties of the State, together withi an estinate of the amount, of funds: that will be re- quired for the'support of, such families dufng the ensuing year; and report the same to this body atits nextregula ssession. Approved August 27, 1863. JOINT RESOLUTIONS:. In relation to the'iheease :f the irmy of the 6bnfedaratA StatAn. WHEIAS, the Confederate fGovernment demands the services of all persous subject to conscription, to fill up the ranks of 'our regi- ments now in the field, and our State taxed,'to its utmost to furnish troops for State defense ; and whereas, there are large numbers of able-bodied men connected with the army of the Confederate States on service as clerks, agents, &P6., of post or district quartermasters or commissary, or are otherwise employed than in active military ser- vice ; and whereas, our aurigh'is bel h greitly reduced on account of the numberless detjails of soldiers to labor in government workshops 'and other,,places, and upon rlrpads, performing such work as can be and has usually, been rendered by slaves. 1. Be it resolved b the Senate and )Iouse of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That in the opiion of this genethl ass~mbly public sentiment and the 0 igen- cles of' the country isqiii.r that all able-bodied men inthe service of the ConfederaOe Statbs as 'elerks, or employed in aiy other capaci- ty' in any of the 'quartermaster or commigsary departuents of the government, should be put into.active military service' without 'delay, arid that their pl4ces should be' filled witli'soldiers or citizens who are uiiflt for a6tive military service,' !. . 2. Be it further rtolved, That this general assembly 'are of the ppiiion that the details of soldiers from the a my to labor in work- Ahops, foundries, and other places, and upon railroads, have been ep- tir'ly to6 numerous,' and in many instances', useleag, and that in 'the 6pitidr of' thi body slaves shopld' be eriuired Iy the Confederato States to take tho places of al thbso soldiers who are detailed to'lab6r in the laces hereist mfentioned, wlhen 'it ca be drmn without pro- judice to the se-vic and tht Promt and efficient measures 'ltould pt onc be adoptedto efect tbbgq purposds,

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