406 Nortu CaRo.ina Troops, 1861~’65.

drug stores, one at Huntersville and one in Dilworth, a resi-
dence suburb of Charlotte. L. J. Walker, the youl er
brother, and who appears on the left in each picture, is pels
a retired merchant. No two better citizens than Dr. Jack
= — bia can be found in North Carolina or in any
other State. Mecklenb i
Sonam saint Ri urg is proud of them and North Car-
An amusing, though pathetic, incident is related of the
two brothers. When they returned, battle-scarred, from the
tented field, L. J. Walker found the sweetheart when he had
left behind, four years before, still true, and waiting to be
claimed by her lover. The day for the wedding was set and
all preparations made. But on that eventful day, and only
a few hours before the ceremony was to take place, the pros-
pective bridegroom met with an accident which seeuned like
the unfriendly dealing of fate. He slipped and in some way
broke his cork leg. Deprived of this very useful member, the
young man found that he could not possibly “stand tp" for
the ceremony, and was therefore in quite a dilemma. At

this important juncture, his brother, Dr. H. J. Walker, went
forward and saved the day by offering to loan his leg ‘to his
brother. The proffered leg was gladly accepted and found to
fit perfectly. This is perhaps the only case on record in

which one man has been married while standing on the leg of
another.

Davin G. Maxwett.
Cuanrtorte, N. C.,

9 Aprin, 1901.

THE CONSCKIPT BUREAU.

By THE EDITOR.

This is a large subject dnd was undertaken by the late Pu-
laski Cowper, who was a most efficient officer (First Lieuten-
ant) on the headquarter’s staff of that department, and than
whom no one could have written a more interesting and valu-
able article. His illness and lamented death prevented his
execution of the work and now there is no one available.

The officers of the Bureau are given in Moore’s Roster,
Vol. 4, pp. 452-455, and their names need not be repeated
here. There was an inspector for each of the Congressional
Districts and a sub-enrolling officer in each county. These
officials were, as a rule, officers who had been in service and
assigned to light duty in consequence of wounds or other dis-
ability thus incurred.

Major Peter Mallett, of Fayetteville, was at the head of
the Bureau in North Carolina,. with a very efficient staff. In
January, 1863, Colonel T. P. August, from another State,
was assigned to that post, but upon the vigorous protest cf
Governor Vance, he was promptly removed.

The first conscript act, 21 April, 1862, embraced all able-
bodied men, not exempted by the act, between the ages of 18
and 35. Those above the age of 35 already in the army were
discharged and substitutes were allowed. Later this last
provision was repealed and those who had put in substitutes
were called on to serve while the age limit was extended to 45
years. By act of Congress 16 March, 1864, those between
the ages of 17 and 18, and between 45 and 50 were called into
service, as Junior and Senior Reserves respectively.

On the passage of the successive conscript acts, many vol-
untarily went into the army so as to select the companies in
which they wished to serve, the number of such being reported
in October, 1864, as 21,608. These were in addition to the
original volunteers of some 71,000 men and 3,103 from this
State serving in commands from other States. The Con-