The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-20
ADJrTANT-G GENERAL s OFFICE,
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, 3 PM, !
August Q, 1862.

August O. 1862.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 90.
Regulations for the enrolment and draft
of three hundred thousand militia III pursu-
ance of an order of the President of the
| United States, bearing date August 4, 1862,
whereby it is provided that draft of three
hundred thousand militia be Immediately
called into the service of the United States
to serve for nine months. unless sooner dis
charged, and that the Secretary of War
shall assign the quotas to the States, and es-
tablsh regulations for the draft Also that
! if any State by the 10Th of August furnish
its quota of the additional three hundred
thousand volunteers in that State shall also
be made up by special draft from the militia,
and that the Secretary of War shall estab-
lish regulations for this purpose.
1t is ordered: First. The Governors of the
respective States will proceed forthwith to
furnish their respective quotas of the three
hundred thousand militia called for by the
order of the President, dated the fourth day
of August, 662, which quotas have been
furnished to the Governors respectively by
communications from this department of
this date, according to the regulations hence
forth set forth.
Second, the Governors of the several
States arc hereby requested forthwith to
designate q rendezvous for the drafted mil
tia of said States, and TO appoint command
ants therefor, and to notify the Secretary of
War of the location Of such rendezvous and
the name of the commandants, and it is i'm
purtant that the rendezvous should be few
in number and located with view to cou-
venience of transportation.
Third The Governors OF tho respective
t1 10 10
| forthwith by the assessors of the several
counties or by the other officers, to be APP
| pointed by such Governors, of all able-bod-
| led male citizens between the ages of Is and
As within their respective counties, giving,
the name, age and occupation of each, to-
gether with remarks showing whether he is
| in the service Of the United States Sc, and
| in what capacity, or any other facts which
may determine his exemption frOm military
| duty. All reasonable and proper expenses
of such enrolment and OF the draft herein
after provided will be reimbursed by the
| United States, upon vouchers showing the
detailed statement of services performed
and expenses incurred, approved by such
| Governors.
Fourth: Where no provision is made by
law in any State for carrying into effect the
draft hereby ordered, or where such provi-
sions are in any manner defective, such draft
shall be conducted as folows:
lst. Immediately upon the completion of
the enrolment, the lots of enrolled persons
shall be filed in the offices of the sheriffs of
the counties in which such enrolled persons
reside.
| 2nd. The Governors of the several States
shall appoint a commissioners for each coun-
ty of their respective States, whose duty it
| shall be to superintend the drafting, and
! hear and determine excuses of persons claim
! ing TO be exempt from military duty. Such
| commissioner shall receive compensation
of four dollars per diem for each day he may
be actually employed in the discharge of
his duties as such commissioner.
Sd. The enrolling officer shall immediate
ly, upon the filling of the enrolment list no.
| tify said commissioner that said lists have
been so filled, and the commissioner shall
thereupon give notice, by handbills posted
in each township of his county, of the time
and place at which claims Of exemption will
be received and determined by him; and
shall fix the time to be specified in the order
| aforesaid within ten days of the filling 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 be-
fore said commissioners, and if found suff-
cient his name shall be stricken from the
list by a red line drawn through it, leaving
it still legible. The commissioner shall in
like manner strike from the list the names of
all persons now in the military service of
the Unised States, all telegraph operators
and constructors actually engaged on the
9th day of August, 1862; all engineers of
locomotives on railroads, the Vice President
of the United States, the oficers-judicial
and executive-of the Government of the
United States, the members of both houses
of Congress and their respective officers; all
! custom house officers aud their clerks; all