The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-06-25
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjussst and Inspector. .Gea.rai's Ofs.s

RicuaoFp. hny ~, 1851.
GENERAL ORDER 40. ~.
!. The following Act and Regulations Ia
reference thereto are published for the in
formation Of all concerned
An Act 10 Erenp, Certain Per.ons from
Enrichment for Service in he Arn1ies .,
dte Confederate Stdles
SEC !. The Congress ofA< Csnfsdsrale
Nates Of Amertca do enact, That all persons
who shaIi be held to DO unfit for military
service under rules TO bs prescribed by the
Sscretary Of War: All in the service or
employ Of the Confederate States; all Judi.
eisl aud executive officers Of Confederate
or State Governments; the members of
both Houses Of Congress and Of tho Lsyis.
lsiure. of the several States, and their 70
apset,vs officers all clerks OF the Staio and
Confederate Gt vernments allowed by ls~ {:
all engaged 10 carrying tho mails; al fer.
rymen on post routes; and pilots and per.
sons engaged Ia the marine service and m
actual service on river and railroad routes
OF transportation; tslegrsphic operators aad
ministers OF religion 10 the regular discharge
VI minlsterial duties; all sn! gagged in work.
ing iron mines. furnaces and boundaries Nil
J"ufCeymen printers actually employed in
printing newspapers, all presidents and pro.
fsssora Of college, and academies. aud ali
teachers having ss many as twenty schol.
ars; supsrinssadxnts OF the public hospitals,
iulsuc asylums aad the regular nurass and
attendants therein, snd She tsschers su.
ployed in The institution for the deaf and
dumb and blind; in osch spothscary store
now established and doing kusiasss, ono
npo,hecary in good stsnding Who 10 = prAe.
ticsl druggist; supsrintssdsnts and opsrs.
ti'ss 10 ~e"i and eottoa faclasis., who may
DO exempt by the Secretary Of War shall
Do and sIs hersSy exempted from military
service il the armies of the Confederate
States.
APFRovIp April 81, 1869.
IL. BY the above Act Of Congress the
following classes Of pcrsons ars exempt,
from enrolment for military service:
Iuatics Of the peace SHERIFF. and deputy
sheriffs clerks ana deputy clerks, allowed |
BY law masters and commissioners 10 |
chsncsry ; d strict and Stats attorneys
at ornsys gsDs'al Pts a .st - md deputy
~ tns.ters aud clerks, alivwsdoy law
commissioners OF revenue, and fore gners,
who have not acquired domiel 10 the Con.
iederxie State.
~ The following are not exempt:
Militia officers not 10 actual sGryiSs Der.
sons exempt BY State laws, but not by the
.buvs Act; foreigners. who have acquired
domicil in the Confederate States.
Nv. No person other than those expressly
named or properly implied in ,hsthbovs
Act, can be exempted, except by furnishing
a substitute, exempt from military service,
in conformity with Regulations already
published, General Orders No. 29;) and
such exemption 10 valid only so long ~ the
said subs'iluts Is legally exempt
V. Persons who have furnished substi.
tutes will receive their certificates Of sx.
rmp,ion from the captains Of companies or
the c"mmandants of camps, by whom the
substitutes have been accepted. Other csr-
,ifcAtss Of exempt ON will b. granted by
the enrolling officers only, who will receive
full instructions 10 regard to the conditions
and mode Of exemption. Applications for
exsu,pyion cannot, therefore. be considered
by the War department
BY command Of tho Secretary Of War.
:. COOPER,
Adjutapt and Inspector n 4. senvral