Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-06

IT Is ORDERED: -
proceed forthwith furnish their respective quotas
of three hundred thousand militia called for by the
order of the president dated the fourth day OF Au-
gust 1862 which quotas have been furnished to tile
governors respectively by communications from this
department OF this date, according to the regulations
hereinafter set forth.
Second. The governors of the several states are
hereby requested forthwith TO designate rendezvous
tor the drafted militia of said states and to appoint
cOmmandants therefor, and to notify the secretary
of war of the location of such rendezvous and the
names of the commandantS.
1t Is important that the rendezvous should be few
in number and located with view to convenience
of transportation
Third The governors of the respective states will
cause an enrolment to be made forthwith by the
assessors ofthe several counties by any other of
Ulcers to be appointed by such governors ofall able
bodied male citizens between the ages of eighteen
ana forty-ve, within the respective counties, giving
the name, age, and occupation of each, together
with remarks showing whether he is in the service
of the United States, and in what capacity, and any
facts which may determine his exemption from mil.
itary duty.
All reasonable and proper expenses of such enroll
men and of the draft hereinafter provided, will be
reimbursed by the United States upon vouchers
showing the detailed statement of service performed
and expense incurred, to be approved by such gov
eTnors
Fourth. Where no provision is made by law in
any state Tor carrying into effect the draft hereby
dered, or where such provisions are in any manner
defective, such draft shall be conducted follows
l. Immediately upon completion of the enroll
ment the lists of enrolled persons shall be filed in
the offices of the sheriffs of the counties in which
such enrolled persons reside
2. The governors of the several states shall ap-
point commissioner for each county of their re-
pecfe states, whose duty it shall be to superntend
the drafting, and hear and determine the excuses of
persons claiming to be exempt from military duty
Such commissioner shall receive a compensation of
four dollars per diem for each day he may be ac-
tually employed in the discharge of his duties as
| such commissioner
3. The enrolling officer shall Immediately, upon
the filing of the enrolment lists notify said commits.
la haaO lad oT6t ha
missioner shall thereupon give notice by handbils
posted in each township of his county, of the time
and place at which claims of exemption will be re-
ceived and determined by him, and shall fix the
time to be specified in the order aforesaid within ten
days of the filing of the enrolment at which the
draft shall be made, and all persons claiming to be
exempt from military duty shall. before the day
fixed for the draft make proof of such exemption
before said commissioner, and ffound sufficient his
name shall be stricken from the list by a red line
drawn through it leaving it still egible
l. The commissioner shall, Mike manner, strike
from the list the names of all persons now in the
military service of the United States all telegraph
operators and constructors actually engaged on the
nth day of August, 1862, all engineers of locomO
tives on rail- Dads, all artiicers and wOrkmen
ployed IN any public arsenal armOry, the Vice
President of the United States the officers judicial
ana executive OF the government of the United
States the members of both houses of congress and
Their respective officers, all custom house officers
and their clerks all post officers and stage drivers
| who are employed in the care and conveyance eff
Inc mail OF the post Office of the United States, all
ferrymen who are employed at any ferry the
post road, all pilots, all marines actually employed
i'll the service of any citizen or merchant with
IN the United States, all engineers and pilots of reg
istered or licensed steamboats, and steamships and
all persons exempted by the laws of the respec-
i've states from military duty sufficient evidence
or on his personal knowledge that said persons be-
long TO any OF the aforesaid classes, whether the
exemption is claimed by them or not.
Exemption will not be made for disability, unless
II be OF such permanent character to render the
person nnit for service Tor period of more than
thirty days, to be certified by surgeon appointed
in pap nI1r1tN- tbafV,
.. At the time fixed before provided by the
commissioner for making draft, the sheriff of the
county, or IN his absence, such person the
missioner may appoint, shall, in the presence of
said commissioner, publicly place in wheel or
box, OF like character to such are used for
drawing jurors, separate folded ballots containing
the names of all persons remaining ON said enroll
ment lists not stricken off before provided, and
proper person, appointed by the commissioner and
b!lndfolded shall thereur on draw from said box
wheel a number of ballots, equal to the number of
drafted men fixed by the governor of such state as
the proper quota of such county.
=; printed or written notice of his enrolment
and draft, and of the place of rendezvous of the
dfaited military force shall thereupon be served by
person 10 DC appointed by the commissioner, upon
each person so drafted, either by delivering the
same in person or by leaving it at his last known
place of residence
I. Any person 50 drafted may offer substitute at
The time of the rendezvous of the drafted militia
force and such substitute if he shall be abe-bod
led man, between tile ages of ighteen and forty-ive
years ana shall consent i'll writing with the con-
sent OF his parent or guardian il minor)to subject
inhseii TO All the duties and obligations to which
ms p,lhcpal Wouid nave been subject, had he per-
Sonay served snail lie accepted III lieu of such prn
cil5ai IN, ,..-
O. ne persons mus drafted shall assemble at the
Use seat Oh ieir gespecte counties within five
udys Aiier lhe tlmc OF drafting whence transporta
uOh VIII De FURNISHED Them by the governors OF the
several states to the place OF rendezvous
j. As soon as the draft has been made and the
names hiai keu on te enrolment lists, the commits
Slohef VIII SEND copy OF the draft TO the cOmman
uant OF rendezvous ana another OF the same TO the
adJutant-g general OF the state who will Immediately
the GRATED men INTO companies and regi
nehts oil infantry, by assigning one hundred and
one men TO each company, anu ten companies to
eaeh regiment ana send copy OF the organization
10 me eominandaht OF tie rendezvous.
~: Al the expiration OF the time allowed for the
graIteG men 10 reach the rendezvous, the comman
uailt snail pr oceed TO complete the organization of
the companies and regiments by pToclaiming the
names OF Inc reglneutal commissioned officers,
Whlch snail be designated i'll accordance with the
Jaws OF the respective states the humber and grade
Deig inc same as IN the volunteer service, and in
case the laws fany state shall provide for the cleo
non OF oihcers they snail be elected under the di
reported forthwith to the governors of such states
III ordefi hat they may be commissioned, and the