The New York herald., 1862-08-09

| write anything calculated to discourage en,ls
ments. Now Massa Greeley and the 7ribu,
traitors WIN have to look out for themselye
Their time f,as come. Hcnceforth they mus
keep time to Che music Of the Union as il il
and drop the nesvs question like hot potato
or they will be hauiN up with a round turn
and spend the rest of thta,r miserable lives in
government prison.
The Draft and the War fos the Union
Who Are Exempt and NON -ssfAbie.
We are receiving multitude Of letters ever!
day, asking us all sorts Of questions abo-t tht
effect OF the draft upon different classes Of inf
habitants-one wanting to know If certafa
disease Of long standing does not necessarily
exempt him from service another, if belong
ing to fire department does not save him; a
third If the fact of his having served seven years
In the militia is not sufficient reason in law
that he should not serve now in time OF war; a
fourth, If the circumstance Of his being an alien
is not protection against the draft. Other
correspondents ask US other questions too nu-
merous to mention. Instead of replying to 50
many letters in detail. we will endeavor to
answer them in patches, according to the prin-
cipal points Of the Militia law, on which the
draft is founded.
All able bodied white male citizens between
the ages of eighteen and forty-fve years, resid-
ing in this State, and not exempted by the laws
of the United Statcs are subject to military
duty, excepting persons in the army or navy or
volunteer force of the United States, persons
discharged from the army or navy, or the mill
tary service of the State, after period of seven
years, unless in time Of insurrection in the
and preachers of the Gospel and all State officers
from Lieutenant Governor to constable; Shakers
and Quakers, professors, teachers and students
in colleges, academies and common schools
fremen in active service, and firemen who have
performed their regular term and are known as
"exempts;" idiots, lunatics, paupers, habtual
drunkards, and persons convicted of infamous
crimes. Aliens are, Of course, not liable.
There are two classes Of persons about whom
doubts have been raised, and much discussion
set on foot-those who have bodily ailments
and firemen. Under the impression that every
kind of disease would be bar to the draft, thou
sands Of citizens have incurred the expense Of
medical certificates, which are of no more value
to the parties than the paper on which they are
written. If they are within the age, and are
not otherwise exempt, a plea of disease will
not protect them, till they are examined by
the medical officers of the United States
army, whose decision alone is of any avail in
the case. We may here state, however, that
Adjutant General Hillhouse, in recent order,
says that physical disability should in all cases
be established to the satisfaction of the enroll
ing officer by physicians certificate, as we'll
rs the affidavit of the party. He enumerates the
following diseases and impcrfections as proper
causes Of military disability:-Wounds Of the
head which impair the faculties OF cause con-
vulsons; serious impairment Of hearing, speech
Or vision; anchylosis or active disease of any of
The larger joints; the presence Of pulmonary
disease or organic disease Of The heart; irreduci-
BILE hernia; fistula in ano, large hemorrhoids,
large and painful varicocele- or varicose veins,
which extend sbove the knee; the loss of q limb,
or the thumb and fore6nger on the right hand
or Of any two fngers on either hand; the loss of
the great toe; any marked physical imperfec-
tions which would unfit for active service.
Neither are half Of the exemption papers
prepared by the lawyers Of any value. For in
stance, an alien is.not liable. and requires no
papers neither does q citizen under
eighteen or over forty-fve years. If by any
mistake citizen above or under the age should
be entered upon the list, he can, after receiving
notice of being drafted, have it set aside by
applying to judge in his district within five
DAYS.
Fiyemen are exempt from military duty, ex
cept in case Of invasion of the State or insurrec-
ton therein. Neither the officers nor members
Of any fire company are to De enrolled on
the list, and the foreman Of every fire
is bound, before the. 10Th of May
in each year, to file in the Office VI the town or
city clerk a list containing the names of the
members of his company, and the town or ward
In which each resides, in order that they may
be omitted from the roll. All persons claiming
shall file written statement Of the
same, verified by affidavit, in the effce of the
town or city clerk or county clerk, before the
18th of August, in default of which snch per-
sons shall lose the benefit OF the exemption, un-
less they are specially exempted by the act Of
Congress, on the ground of age or health or
The officer making the enrol
msnt, if any person be exempt by law, will note
the same by writing the word exempt" oppo-
site to his name.
The persons thus eanolled shall form the re-
serve militia Of the State-thoss between the
ages Of eighteen and thirty the first class, and
those between thirty and for'y-6ve the second
class. The uniformed militia are liable to mill
tary duty. first, the first class of the reserve
militia next, and. lastly the second class Of the
reserve militia.
Such is the recent law Of our State Legisla-
ture. The first section Of the law Of Congress,
passed on the 10th Of July last, provides as fol-
lows