Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-08-21
Regulations for the Enrolment
and Draft OF the Militia.
GENERAL ORDER 40. %.
WAR DErAnrMENr.
WAsHSGTf y, August 9, 1862

WAR DEpARTMEST,
WAsnSGT y, August Q, 1862
Gov,
Regulations for the enrolment and draft
Of three hundred thousand mili,ia, in per.
suance Of an order Of the President OF the
United States, bearing date August 4th,
1862, whereby it is provided that three
hundred thousand militia be called into
the service Of the United States. to serve
/ for nine months unless sooner discharg.
ed and the Secretary of War shall as
/ sign the quota to the Sta,es and estab.
/ lish regulations for the draft; also, that
/ II any State shall not, ty the fifteenth of
August, furnish her quota Of the addi-
tional three hundred thousand volunteers
authorized by law, the deficiency Of vol
unteers in that State shall also be made up
by special draft from the militia, and
that the Secretary Of War shall establish
regulation for this purpose. It is order.
ell
FGr't That that Governors ofthe res
pective States will proceed at once to fur
nish the respective quotas Of three hun
dred thousand militia called for by the
order Of the President, dated the fourth
Of August, eighteen hundred aud sixty,
which quotas have been furnished to the
Governors respectively by communica-
/ ton from this department Of this date ac-
According to the regulations herein set
forth.
| Second. The Governors Of the sever
al States are requested forthwith to des
/ ignate rendezvous for the drafted mill
tia Of said States, and to notify the Sec
retary of War Of the location Of such
+ rendezvous, and the names Of command.
ants. 1t is important that the rendez-
vous should be few in number, and loca.
/ ted with view to convenience OF trans.
| portation.
Third. The Governors Of the respec.
tive States will cause an enrolment to
be made forthwith, by the assessors OF
the several counties, or by other officers
to be appointed by such Governors, Of
all able bodied male citizens between the
ages Of eighteen and forty five, within the
respective counties, giving the name, age
and occupation of each, together with re.
vice Of the United States, and in wLa'
capacity, AMI any other facts which may
determine his exemption from military
duty. All reasonable and proper expen-
ses Of such enrolment and Of the draft
hereinafter provided for, will be REIN
bused by the United States upon vouch.
. crs showing the detailed statements of ser
vice performed and the expenses incurred
to be approved Of by such Governors
FourM. Where no provision is made
by law in any State for carrying into eff
= feet the draft hereby ordered, or wher
such provisions are in any manner defec
: tive, such draft shall be.coniuctel as fol-
, lows
1st. Immediately upon completion o.
the enrolment. the list Of the enrolled
persons shall be fled in the Offices OF
the sherif's of the counties in which such
enrolled persons reside.
%. The Governors of the several
States shall appoint commissioner for
each county Of their respective States
whose duty it shall be to superntent
: the drafting and hear and determine TIN
excuses of persons claiming to be exemp
from military duty. Such commission
= shall receive a compensation Of four dol
lars per diem to each day he may be ac
tually employed in the discharge of hi,
duty as such commissioner.
Bird. The enrolling officer shall imme
diately upon the filing Of the enrollmen
! lists, notify said commissioner that sal,
}. lists have been so fled, and the commits
= sioner shall therefore give notice by hand
Y bills posted in each township of his coun
l. ty Of the time and place at which claim
II of exemption will be received and deter
!! mined by him, and shall fix the time to |
specified in the order aforesaid, within tie
days OF the filing of the enrolment
:, " which the draft shall be made, and q
persons claiming to be exempt from mi
u u itary duty, shall before the day fxel ia
> j, the draft make proof of such exemptio
" before said commissioner and if foun
to be sufficient his nlme shall be strcI
e en- from the list by red line draw
:. through it, leaving it still legible.
. 4th The commi, sioner shall in lik
: manner strike from the list the names @
, all persons now in the military service @
the United States, all telegraph operator
and constructors actually engaged on tn
fifth day of August, eighteen hundred an
! siXty-two, engineers Of locomotives o
= railroads, the President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, the Officers in
, dicial and executive of the government c
y the United States, the Houses of Con
gress and their espective officers, all Gus
tom houses officers and their clerks, al
Post officers and stage drivers who ar
r employed in the care and conveyance c
: the mail Of the post-ofice OF ne Unite
v States. all feriymen who are employed a
any ferry on the post roads, all pilot
% and mariners actually employed in tn
: sea service of any citizens or merchau
within the United States, all engineer
. and pilots of registered or licensed steam
boats and steamships, and all persons cx
mpted by the laws of the respectiv,
l States from military duty on sufficient ev
; idence of his personal knowledge tina
{ said person belongs to any of the aforc
said classes whether the exemption
. claimed or not, Exemption will not b
: made for disability. unless it be of sue
. permanent character as to render the pei
" son unfit for service for period of NOR
than thirty days, to be certified by SUI
= geon appointed by the Governor in eac
!, county for that purpose.
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