The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-08-22
LAWS ON DRAFTING.
Extracts from the Constitntton--Thc
Laws of the United states, and
the State Laws.
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION :.

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION.
Clause I6 and II oi section s, Of
the Constitution, proyides ae follows:
Congress shall have power to pro-
vide for calling forth tho militia to
execute the laws of the Union, sup.
press instructions aud repel inva.
sions.
To provide for organizing, arming,
and dIsciplining tho militia, and tor
governing such part Of them as may
be employed in the service Of the
United States, reserving to the states
respectively the appointment oi off
GERS, and the authority Of training
the militia according to the discip'
limo prescribed by Congress.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES ENROLL
MENr OF THR MILITIA AND NoTICK
To CITIZENS.
The act of Congress Of May 8.
1862, Section |, provides Tor the eu-
rollment Of the militia, and notice to
citizens, as follows:
Each and every free able. bodied
white malo citizen Of the respective
states, resident therein, who is or
shsll be OF the age OF eighteen years,
and under the age OF forty'five years,
(except as hereinafter eXcepted,)
shall severally and respectively be
enrolled in the militia, by the Cap
tain or commanding officer of the
company within whose bounds such
citizen shall reside, and that within
twelve months alter the passage OF
this uct. And Il shall, at all times
hereafter, be the duty OF such Cap.
,ain or commanding officer OF cort
rany to enroll every such citizen. as
aforesaid, and also those who shall
from time to time arrive at the age
oi eighteen years, and under the sge
of forty-five years Except as beioIe
excepted,) } shall come to reside with
in hls bounds; and shall, without
delay, notify such citizen OF the said
enrolment. by proper commissions
cd officer Of the company, by whom
such notice may be proved.
PENSIONS.
The eamo act section 9, makes
the following provision conc .rnlng
pensions:
II any person, whether officer OF
soldier, belonging to the militia o'
any state, and called into service Of
the United States, be wounded OIL
disabled while in actual service
he shall bo taken care Of und provided
for Mt the public expense.
PRESIDENT To CALL OUT THE MILITIA.
Section 3, 3, 4 and uf the act o
February 2S, 1875, provides as FOL
lows:
Section .. Whenever tho laws o
the United States shall be opposed
or the execution thereof obstructed il
any state, by combinations too pow
eriul to he suppressed by the ordi
nary course OF judicial proceedings
or by the powers vested in the Mar
shal in this act, ir shall be lawful 70
tho President OF the United State
to call forth the, militia OF snch state
or OF any other state or states, As ma.
he necessary to suppress such com
bins,ions, aud to cause the laws I,
6 be duly executed; and the use Of til
u militia so to be called forth may b
F. continued, until the expiration {
thirty days (new law nine mouths
To- alter the commencement Of the neS
session OF Congress.
NOTICE TO INSURGENTS.
II Section s. Whenever it may b
necessary, in ,he judgment OF thu
President, to use the military fore
hereby directed to be called fortl
the President sha forthwith, by pro
clamation, command such insurgen
10 dispense and retire peaceably
their respective abodes within a lin
tied time.
TIME OF SERVICE.
oeCllOu ., ln6 Inllltld ciliplO1e
o. in the service Of the United Stat'
shall be sul.iec to tho same rules on
articles of war as the troops OF Il
,, United States, And no officer, no
commissioned officer or private
the militia shall be compelled
serve more than three months q
new law nine months) after his a
rival ct tho place OF rendezvous.
any one year nor more than in d
rotation, with every able'bodied nj
OF the same rank in the battalion
which he belongs.
" PENALTIEs.
All Sec. s. Every officer. non'c col
AL missioned officer or private OF t
militia. who shall fail to obey ordt
OF the President OF the United Stat
!. in any of the cases before recit'
shall forfeit a sum not exceeding O
J 4, years pay; and not less than q
months pay, to be determined q
} adjudged by court martial. A
such officer shall, moreover, be liz
to be csshiered by sentence OF
- court martial, and be incapacits
from holding q commission in
Pa, militia for q term not exceeding
months, at the discretion of said CO