The Portland daily press., 1862-08-18
OF FICIA e.
STATE OF MAINE.
HEAD QUARTERS.

GENERAL ORDER No. 81.
requisition having been made upon the Govern
or and Commandcr-in-Chief by the President Of
the United States, for nine thousand six hundred
and nine t9609) abIebodied men, to be drafted from
the enrolled militia of the State, for the service of
the United States TO serve for nine months unless
sooner discharged-it is hereby ordered follows:
FIRST.
l. The Orderly Sergeants of the respective
panies of enrolled militia shall each appoint men,
Der OF their company to be Clerk, who shall be sworn
before some Justice of the Peace of the County, 10
make true and faithful record of the proceedings of
the company at such meetings for making the dram
as are hereinafter provided blanks for which appoint
ment, and certificate of oath aforesaid will be season.
ably furnished from this office.
ii. The time of meeting of companies of militia
for the purpose of making such drat. shall be We'd
nesday the third day of September next at nine
O'Clock in the forenoon, and notice OF the time and
place of meeting the latter TO be designated BY the
Orderly Sergeanf shall be given in manner and form
for the election of officers, but there shall be at
least twenty-four hours notice given At such meet.
ing of said companies, the Orderly Sergeant will
cause draft to be made thcrefrom in manner fol-
lowing:
First-He will cause box of suitable size for the
purpose TO be prepared. and will place therein in
presence of the company. as many slips OF paper as
there names the roll of his company, exclusive
Of officers elect. and upon the slips shall be writ
ten, in letters and not figures, the numbers from
one to that which expresses the entire number Of
men in the company, each slip having one number
written thereon. The box shall then be closed, and
the papers therein thoroughly shaken up, when n
draft shall be made therefrom under his direction in
the mode here prescribed.
Second-Thc names the company roll shall then
be called in alphabetical order by the Orderly Ser
geant, and each man, his scaled shall draw
one slip of paper from the box, which he shall pass
to the Clerk, who shall read aloud the number there
on, and record the upon roll previously pre-
pared by him for that purpose upon blank furnish
cd from this office, opposite the name of the person
drawing the same until every slip shall have been
drawn from the box, and IN case where an enrolled
member of the company shall not be present, or shall
neglect or refuse to draw upon his name being called
the Orderly Sergeant shall designate some member
OF the COMPANY to draw for him.
Thrd-When there is more than one company in =
city or town, the Mayor and Aldermen of the city,
and the Selectmen of the towns, authorized and
requested, Immediately upon receiving information
of their quotas. 10 apporiion the same equally be-
tween the several companies having respect TO the
numbers borne upon the rolls. II such municipal
officers shall neglect refuse TO perform the above
service in making the aforesaid apportionment, the
draft will nevertheless be proceeded with, in the
manner above described and notice of the facts
should be Immediately forwarded to this Office by the
Fourth-If the above duty cannot be performed be-
fore O'Clock, L. NJ, it will be continued ON the
day, between the hours of O'Clock A. NJ, and S
O'Clock, +. NJ, and from day TO day between the
same hours until the draft is completed
Fifth-Thc men who shall not be exempt from La
bty to enrolment (such exemption to be determined
as hereinafter provided) against whose upon
the record thus made by the clerk shall be found the
lowest number commencing at one (l) and going up
wards until the quota of the company has been OBJ
tanned, shall constitute the drafted quota of said
company, and shall be held accordingly. and thus the
quota is to be completed from the lowest numbers
drawn by non-exempted men.
Sixth-The following persons viz:
The Vice President of the United States;
The officers. judicial and executive, of the United
States;
Tie members of both houses of Congress and their
respective officers custom house officers and their
clerks: inspectors of exports: pilots and mariners
employed in the service of any citizen or merchant
within the United States;
Postmasters, assistant postmasers and their clerks
post officers post riders and stage drivers in the care
and conveyance of the mail Of the United States;
ferrymen employed Mt any ferry the post road !;
artifcers and workmen in the United States arscnas
persons of the denominations of Quakers and
Shakers; justices of the supreme judicial court;
ministers of the gospel. regularly ordained ac-
cortiina to the usaoes of their denominations. so
long As such relation continues; and officers Of
the militia who have been honorably discharged,
are exempted from liability to enrolment and draft
and upon evidence furnished the Orderly Sergeant
that they come within this exemption, he will cause
the clerk 10 draw line across their names upon the
records but not rendering the names gble stating
opposite the ground of exemption. line will also
emption from liability, on grounds of physical dsa-
by who shall establish tho validity of such claims
before the Orderly Sergeant, by the certificate Of any
surgeon within the county, appointed BY the Cover
nor, for the purpose of making such examination,
which certificate Shall contain statement of the par
ticular ground of such disability The decisions of
the Orderly Sergeants in this regard will stand good
unless reversed by the Adjutant General
Seveutli-rhree days from the draft, exclusive of
that day shah be allowed parties claiming exemption
to furnish evidence establishing their claim before the
Orderly Sergeant and no decision in favor of such
exemption shall be given unless within four days OF
=, . rertf.
he'd conv If the record made bv the clerk Aforesaid
shsu ~ i,ra,sr;,,sd n, tIs Ad,niant General The
ordariv Serssaas. VII, no,fv the dr.fted men com.
nr;siny bis csmnanv;s auos 10 anpear At The MACE
,rxha,a tho raft sas made On the N M dav suesced
M IA ir.i, a. a o,rnck NJ aud from .hcnre ne
WI, nrccai rith tbea hv nuhIir rnnyeyance III .uch
can r. had and II not no The most exncd;tio& and
economicaI method TO The Mace of rendezvous Of
which notice will be given hereafter. In case OF the
res;snat;nn absence or NEGLECT Of the Orderly Ser.
geas 10 perform the duties herein required the Cap
fs;ns a eei or either Of the Iieutenants in defaat az
his s,nerior oft,rcr will otsriate In hs s.ead
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o,npensation ~ mi he made for
the nerfrmanre Of these duties and necessary expen
res srcia,bursed
conntv will he dsi mated ~ the Governor of whose
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT pot,ce will he given and whose ecrtf-
~atos - sah;l;,y and nome hers will he resnected
~ .rsirIy Soryss,ts or others Il, authoritv w han
any nrrson ENROLLED a. aforesaid Is sick aud unable
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noln,ed ne aforesaid such surgeon NAV issue on Ger.
t;6cate ~ exemntinn unon IRE nrodnctious before
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SECOND.
Cities Towns and Plantations furnishing their QUO
Ia of able bodied volunteers enstng for nine months
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