Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-08-21
The New Call for Troops-ExcItement about New
RoIk-The Rush for Exemption Papers.

The New Call for TrOOps-ExcItement about New
Holk-The Rush for Exemption Papers.
The New York Herald of Tuesday has the follow
ing
The government has at last settled the question of
Immediate drafting, and the public have got to meet
the alternative manulIy and patrotically Six hundred
thousand men are called for, instead of three hun
dred thousand and is but just that the people of the
North should Immediately respond to this CALL for upon
its Immediate depends the salvation of our coun
try and the uphoding OF the Union. The citizens of
New York, however, have taken the matter with quite
excited feeling, and when the fact became generally
known around town last evening, everybody seemed to
have received sudden shock although the almost GER
tainty of draft within the past few DAYS upper
most in the minds of all tar-seeng individuals The
general opinion in egard to the stringent rules to be
adopted by the government in this were highly ia
vorabe, and the sentiments of all thinking men were in
support of sustaining the government at all hazards and
huryBg into the field at whatever COST the Six hundred
thousand men called for by the President When force
is used In raising troops there cannot undoubtedly be
expected such an oupouring of popular enthusiasm
might otherwise be met with ; but when men must be
had-when our great and good government is brought
to such extremes that its very existence is on the
verge of annihation- then is the time for all persons
no matter OF what station in e to grid on the armor
of warfare and hasten into immediate action encour
aged to achieve victories by the fact that upon them
and their deeds depends the salvation of the country and
the uphoding of all national honor and position
The militia are liable to being drafted first but thier
term extends to only nine months. These who are not
able through physical defects to join the militia in or
der to escape such draft must file statement in the Of
flee of the County Clerk, Henry Genet Esq, with an
affidavit stating the particular of exemption and
by this means escape the necessity of entering the field
The names of all liable to militia duty are entered upon
book in the County Clerks Office, the same being ia
ken from the City Directory In consequence ofthis
the office of the County Clerk was during the whole of
yesterday crowded to perfect jam by persons anxious
to ascertain whether their upon this book
and also to file exemption papers where it was concIu-
sive that physical defects prevented them from should
erng musket. There must have, certainly some five
thousand persons visited the Office yesterday most of
whom occupied their time in looking the list of
for the purpose of finding out if their particular
cognomen figured upon the numerous pages. Consid-
erabe difficulty is experienced in this matter Of hunting
up by those parties, and the clerks in the Office
have enough hand for all reasonable purposes in
der to attend to the thousands who are now fockDg
around them Men of all classes may here be found
peering anxously these records and it is
what of comical sight to the earnestness with
which they pursue them. When drafting does COM
mence it would not be bad idea to seek out those who
make 30 many lame excuses and have them first in the
field when the of active conflict again bursts upon
the country. Let not all the poor men, whose patriot
ism lies in their hearts and not in their pockets be the
first to be called upon and while force has got to be
used in raising troops, let that force be used in pro-
per manner and in the right direction.