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CONFEDEBATE STATES OF AMESICA, 
 Bureau of Conscription, 
 
 Richmond, March 24, 1863. 
 CIRCULAR ORDER. 
 
 The attention of officers having charge of conscripts, is directed 
 to section 2 of the act of congress, approved October 2d, 1862, which is 
 as follows : 
 
 Sec. 2. That if any person who has been or is about to be enrolled for service in 
 the army, shall, at any time before being asMgned to any company, declare to the 
 enrolling or commanding officer that he prefers being enrolled for service in the 
 navy or the marine corps, it shall be the duty of the said officer to enroll such 
 person for the service which he may prefer, and to transmit to the Secretary of the 
 Navy a list of the persons so enrolled. 
 
 The Superintendent directs that this provision of the law be observed, 
 and that reports be made accordingly. 
 
 Whenever any officer of the navy, designated by the Navy department, 
 shall present himself for the purpose, any officer in charge of conscripts 
 will cause them to be mustered in presence of such officer of the navy, 
 in order that they may be oflFered the alternative of entering the naval 
 service. 
 
 By order of Brig. Gen. G. J. Rains, Superintendent. 
 
 A. C. JONES, 
 
 Lt. Col, A. A. G. 
 
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