Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-08-14
STATE OF VERMONT.
ADJ. AID Ixsr, GENERALS OFFICE,

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Woods ock, Aug. II, 1862.
The following instructions are issued
for the guidanc' of the Listers of the
several towns in this State, in making
the enrolment required by General Order
No II, dated Aug, IL, 1862:
/. The name of every able-bodied
citizen of the town, between the specified
ages, is TO be entered upon the roll,
without regard 20 whether he is exempt
from enrolment or from military duty.
Unnaturalize1 foreigners are not citizens.
2. Men who are not abe-bodied.
But in determining who are not able
bodied the Listers are to be guided by a
sound discretion and a sense of duty to
the country and to all the other citizens
of the town; since the omission Of any
man from the roll increases the liability
to draft Of every man left upon the roll,
The declaration of a man, as to his in
ability, should never be taken, unless the
disability is~ of so obvious a character,
that it is plain to be seen by any observer.
IF not plain and open TO observation, the
disability should be established, to the
satisfaction of the Listers, both by the
affidavit of the person claiming the disa-
bility, signed and sworn to in due form of
law, and by the certificate in writing of
two respectable physicians, in full and
active practice, stating the existence and
nature of the disability, its effects, and
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continue. And no exemption is to be
made for any disability, unless it be OF
J such permanent character as to render
lie person unfit for service for period of
more than thirty days. ~~
The following diseases and imperfec-
tons are proper causes of military disa-
bility Wounds of the head, which i'm
pair the faculties or cause eonyulsiens
serious impairment Of hearing, speech of
vision anchylosis, or active disease OF
any of the,larger joints; the presence of
pulmonary disease, or oganic disease of
the heart; hernia fstula in ano large
hemorrboids large and painful varico-
cele, or varicose veins, which extend
above the knee the loss of limb, or of
the thumb and fore-fnger on the right
hand any marked physical imperfec-
lions, which would unfit for active SER
vice.
3. The age and occupation of each
man are to be entered on the roll. The
age OF each man is to be determined by
the Listers from the best means Of infor-
nation in their power. They will not,
in all cases, rely upon the declaration of
the party, but will, if they have doubts,
require him to make satisfactory proof of
his age. If the listers have reasonable
doubt, as to whether man is not in face
over eighteen, although he represents
himself younger, or under 6rty five,
although he represents himself older,
and no proof is made TO their satisfaction,
it is their duty to enter the mans name
upon the roll.
4. If, from any legal cause, person
whose name is entered upon the roll is
exempt frem military duty, Or from en-
rolment, the fact which gives him his e1-
emption is to be entered against his name,
in the column of remarks. 1t will not do
to write exempt" but the fact must be
stated which creates the exemption--as,
that he is Judge of the county court"
''sheriff," a ''1eputy sheriff" minister
of the gospel, %&c. 81 .,7 |
5. The following persons are exempt |
from militgy duty at the present time
The Vice President of the United |
States the officers, judicial and .execu-
tive, 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 convey
ance of the mails of the post offices of the
United States; all ferrymen employed
on any ferry on any post roads; all pi-
lots all mariners actually employed in
the sea service of any citizen or mer-
chant within the United States all tele-
graph operators and constructors actually
on the fifth of August, 1862 all
engineers of locomotives on railroads all
engineers and pilots of registered or L.
censed steamboats, and steamships min
sters of the gospel; members of the re-
igious demos inatien of Quakers facul-
les of colleges all persons who have