Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-08-20

GENERAL ORDER NUMBER 80.
REGULATIONS roe THg ENROLMENT AMI
DRAFT or TMREz HUNDRED THOUSAND
/ I'll saiA' 1t#
In pursuance of an order by the Prssi-
dent Of the United States, bearing aats
August fourth, 1862, whereby ID IL pro-
Iyided that draft OF three hundred thaua-
| aad militia bs Immediately called into
she serviseof the United States, TO serve
for nine months, unless sooaer aiseharg
ed, and that the Secretary of War shall
assign the quotas TO ths States and sstah
liah regulations for shs draft. Alse, Chat
If any State shall not by the fifteenth Of
| August furnish its quota Of ths addition
ii three hundred khoassaa veaaaseeFs au-
thorixcd bv law, the deficiency In that
State shall DO made up by special draft
| from the militia, and that the Secretary
Of War shall establish acquisitions for
this purpose; il 10 ordered, f. ,>-<@-.--
| FIRsr.-The Governors of the respect
i've States will proceed forthwith to furn-
ISL their respective quotas for three hun
bred thousand milisia, called for by the
order of the President dated Ehe fourth
| (4) day Of August, eighssen hundred aud
sixty-two (l862,1 which quotas have
| been furnished to the Governors respect
lively, by Communications from this de-
partment of this date, according TO ths
regulations hsrsin set foEth. =
SRcoSD.-Ths Governors of the several
States are hereby requested forthwith to
designate rendezvous for the drafted mi
litia Of said State, and to appoint COM
mandants therefor, and to notify the
| Secretary Of War of the location OF such
rendezvous, and the names Of the com
mandants. I1is important that thu rem
devious should be few in number and To-
Gated with q view to convenience of trans
| porEatien.
THIKp.-The Governors Of the several
States viii cause an enrolment to be
| forthwith made by the Assessors of the
several Counties or By any other officers,
to be appointed by such Governors, af all
| able bodied male citizens between the
ages of eighteen [ 81 and forty Ave AS, J
within the respective counties, giving tbs
name, age and occupation Of EACH, to-
gsther wish remarks showing whether be
| Is in the service Of the United States, and
in what capacity, and other facts which
may determine bis exemption from duty.
All reasonable and proper expenses of
saeh enrolment and of the draft herein
after provided will be reimbursed by the
q. S. upon vouchers showing the detailed
statement of service performed and ex-
psnses incurred, to be approved By such
Governors.
FoURrH.-Where no provision is made
by Law in any State for carrying into
effect the draft hereby ordered, or where
such provisions are in any manner de-
fsctive, such draft shall be conducted as
follows;
Flasr.-Imnedtateiy upon completion
Of the enrolment, the lists Of enrolled
persons shall be filed in the Offices of the
counties in which such enrolled persons
reside.
SRcogp.-The Governors Of the sever
Al States shail appoint a Commissioner
for each county of their respective States,
whose duty il shall be TO superintend the
drafting and hear I'd determine the ex-
cases Of persons claiming 20 be exempt
from military duty. Such Commissioner
| shall receive compensation OF four dol
| Lara per diem for each day be may be
actually employed in the discharge Of his
| duties As such Commissioner.
THIRp.-The enrolling officer shall i'm
| uediately upon the fling of the enroll
| msnt lisls notify said Commissioner thai
said lists have been so fled, and said Com
| missioner shall thereupon give notice By
hand bills posted in each Township Of
bis County, Of the time and place at which
claims Of exemption will be received and
determined By him, and shall hx the
| lime, to be specified In the order asore-
| said, within ten days of fling Of the en-
rollmens, at which the draft shall b.
made, and ali persons claiming to be
exempt from military duty shall before
the day fixed for the draft make proof oi
| such exemption before said Commission
al, and if found sufficient his name shal
be stricken from tls list by red lin,
drawn through it, leaving it still legible
| The Commissioner shall in like maDnel
| strike from the list the names of all per
soma now in the service of the UniteG
States, all Telegraph Operators and con
ssructors actually engaged on the fifth da,
Of August, eighteen hundred and sixty
two, engineers of locomotives on rail
roads, the Vice President OF the UniEeG
States, the officers Judicial and Execu
tive of the Government of the Unite'
States, the members of both Houses o
Congress and their respective officers, al
custom House officers and their clerks
all Post Oficers and Stage Drivers VIII
are EMPLOYED in the care and Conveyance
Of ths mail of the post Office Of the Unite'
States, all ferrymen who are employed a
any ferry on post road, all pilots, al
marinere actually employed in the Sc
service of any citizens or merchant with
in the United States, all engineers an
pilots of registered or licened steamboat
aad steamships, aud all persons exempte
BY the laws Of the respective States frof
military duty, on sufficient evidence or o
his personal knowledge that said person
belong to any of the aforesaid classes
whether ths exemption is claimed or mol
| exemption will not be made for dIssbilit
, unless it be of such permanent oharaose
! as to render the person unit for serTie
= for . period of more than (3O) days,
be certified by surgeon appointed b
The Governor In each county for that puI
pose.
FrFTH.-Aa the time fixed a. hefoI
pros ided by the Commissioner for maxim
the draft, the Sheriff Of the county, or
r his absence such person as the Commit
9 sioner may appoint, shall, in the presen'
os said Commissioner, publicly place
a wheel or boz of like character TO sut
) as are used for drawing jurors, separs
G folded ballots containing the names of a
/ persons remaining on said enrollme
list not stricken of as before provide
and proper person appointed by q
Commissioner and bliudfolded shall Eher
+ upon draw from said boz or wheel e nuE
= Der Of ballots equal to the number
a drafted msn fixed By the Governor
= sush State as the proper quota for sd