Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-08-28
STATE OF VERMONT.
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERALS OFFICE
Woodstock, August 90, 1862.
General Order No. II.

General order NO. II.
1t is hereby ordered, that the following regula-
tons be observed for enabling such towns in this
State to avoid draft, as desire to do SO, and have
not yet provided their quota of militia under the
regulations of General Order No. 10, and for draft
ing men in those towns in which men shall be re-
quired to be raised by draft.
/. If any town, which shall not have furnished
its quota of militia in either of the modes already
provided shall desire still to offer its quota of men
in lieu of draft, it may be done in the following
manner
If the selectmen of such town shall procure q
contract of enlistment in the form hereinafter pre-
sribed, to be signed by the requisite number of
able bodied men, residents of such town, stating
therein the age of each man, and shall procure the
consent in writing of the parents masters or guar
dams of such of them minors, to the enlist
ment of such minors, and shall, at the time and
place hereafter to be designated, in orders to be
issued from these head quarters, cause said men to
appear, each man provided with three days rations,
as required by law, and shall then and there de-
liver to the officer designated to organize the COM
pany to which such men are assigned, such origin
al contract of enlistment, and snch consents for the
enlistment of minors such men, or so many of them,
as, upon inspection, shall prove to be able bodied,
will be accepted in lieu of the same number Of
drafted men from such town.
The contract Of enlistment shall be in the form
following
We, the undersigned, residents of the town Of
----, do hereby voluntarily enlist and
offer our selves to in the service ofthe United
States, for the term of nine months, unless sooner
discharged, in lieu of drafted men from such town
under the recent call of the President of the United
States, dated August 4, 1862, for droft of 800,
600 militia. And we do hereby severally agree,
that we will accept the pay rations and allowances
to which drafted men are entitled, under the laws
of this State and of the United States and do take
upon ourselves all the duties and obligations, t.
which drafted men are subject.
NAMES. ACE.
2. If any town shall not have furnished its quoti
of militia in either of the modes before provided and
shall not furnish such quota in the manner abOv,
provided, the quota of such town shall be obtained
by the selectmen of such town in the following
manner
The selectmen of such town shall meet at tn,
office of the town clerk of such town on Wednes
day, the third day of September next, at nin
| O'Clock in the forenoon, and shall there publicl,
call for able bodied men, residents of such town, Il
offer themselves, to serve in the service of tn
United States for the term of nine months, unles
sooner discharged, under the call of the Presden
of the United States aforesaid.
| If none or an insufficient number, offer them
selves, then the selectmen shall proceed to draf
from the enrolled militia of such town such mum
Der of men as shall be required to complete tn
fuli required qucta of such town.
The draft shall be conducted in the manner fol
lowing;
The selectmen shall publicly place in one box tn
names Of all the enrolled militia of such town
written upon separate slips of paper, and shall
place IN another box number of separate slips 0
paper equal to the whole number of names in Nh
first box, and shall place distinct mark upon
number Of the slips of paper in the latter box eoua
to the number of men required to be drafted frou
such town. One of the selectmen, who shall b
blndfolded, shall draw from the box containing
the names one name, and shall at the same tim
draw from the other box one of the slips of pape
therein contained. Another of the selectmen sha
publicly read the name 80 drawn, and shall exam