Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-12

quota of Massachusetts under this call is
(l9,OSO) nineteen thousand and eighty:
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, }
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, p. NJ,
August 8, 1862.
General Orders No. 20.
Gov. John \. Andrew Negotiations for
the enrolment and draft of three hundred
thousand militia, in pursuance of an order by
the president of the United States, bearing
date Aug. 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, I'M
less sooner discharged, and that the secretary
OF war shall assign the quotas to the states,
and establish regulations for the draft. Also
that If any state shall not by the 10Th of Au-
gust furnish its quota Of the additional three
hundred thousand volunteers authorized by
law, the deficiency of volunteers in that state
shall also be made up by special draft from
the militia, and that the secretary of war shall
establish regulations for this purpose.
1t is ordered; l. The governors of the re-
spective states will proceed forthwith to fur
nlSh their respective quotas of the three hum
dred thousand militia called for by the order
of the president, dated the fourth day of
August 1862, which quotas have been fur
nished to the governors by communication
from this department, of this date, according
to the regulations herein set forth
2. The governors of the several states are
hereby requested forthwith to designate rem
devious for the drafted militia of said states,
and to appoint commandments therefor, and to
notify the secretary of war Of the location of
such rendezvous and the names of the COM
mandants and it is important that the rem
devious should be few in number and located
with view to convenience of TRANSPORTATION
3. The governors of the respective states
will cause an enrolment to be made forth
with by the assessors of the several counties
or by any other officers, to be appointed bv
such governors, of all the abe-bodied male
citizens between the ages of Is and As within
the respective counties, giving the name, age,
and occupation of each, together with re-
marks showing whether he is in the service
OF the United States, &C., and in what capaci-
ty, or any other facts which may determine
his exemption from military duty. All rea-
sonabIe and proper expenses OF such enroll
ment and of the draft hereinafter provided
and will be reimbursed by the United States
upon vouchers showing the detailed state
ment Of service performed and expenses in
CURED, approved by such governors
4. Where no provision is made by law
in any state for carrying into effect the draft
hereby ordered, or where such provisions are
in any manner defective, such draft shall be
conducted as follows
l. Immediately upon the completion of the
enrolment, the liatS OF enrolled persons shall
be filed in the Offices of the sheriff of the
counties in which such enrolled persons re-
side.
2. The governors OF the several states shall
appoint commissioner for each county of
their respective states, whose duty it shall be
to superintend the drafting and hear and de-
termine excuses of persons claiming to be ex-
empt from military duty. Such commissioner
snail receive compensation OF four dollars
per diem, for each day he may be actually
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 commissioner that said lists have been so
filed, and the commissioner shall thereupon
give notice by handbillS posted in each town
ship 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 filing of the enrolment at
which the draft shall be made ahd all persons
claiming to be exempt from military duty
shall, before the day fixed for the draft, make
proof OF such exemption before said commits
sioner, and if found sufficient his name shall
be stricken from the list by red line drawn
through it, leaving it still legibe The COM
missioner shall in like manner strike from the
list the names of all persons now in the mill
tary service of the United States; all tcle
graph operators and constructors actually en-
gagged on the fifth day of August, 1862: all
engineers OF locomotives on railroads, the vice
president Of the United States, the officers
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 and their clerks all
post officers and stage drivers who are en-
ployed In the care and conveyance of the mail
OF the post office of the United States all fer
rymen who are employed at any ferry ON post
roads; all pilots all mariners actually en-
ployed IN the sea service of any citizen or
merchant within the United States all engin-
GERS and pilots of registered or licensed steam
boats or steamships, and all persons exempted
by the laws Of the respective states from mil
ltary duty, on sufficient evidence or on his
personal knowledge that said persons belong
to any of the aforesaid classes, whether the
exemption Is claimed by them or not EX- |
emption will not be made for disability unless
1t be OF such permanent character as to rem |
der the person unfit for service for a period
OF more than thirty days, to be certified by Il
surgeon appointed by the governor in each
county, for the purpose.
D. AT the time fixed as before provided by
the commissioner for making the draft, the
sheriff OF the county, or, in his absence, such
person as the commissioner may appoint,
shall, in the presence Of said commissioner,
publicly place in wheel or box of a like
character to such as are used for drawing ju-
rors, separately folded ballots, containing the !
names of all persons remaining on said enroll
ment lists not stricken off, as before provided,
and proper person appointed by the COM
and blindfolded, shall thereupon
draw from the said box or wheel number of
ballots equal to the number of drafted men
fixed by the governor of each state as the !
proper quota of such county.
6. a printed or written notice of his enroll !
ment and draft, and of the place of rendez- |
vous Of the drafted military force, shall there
upon be served, by person to be appointed |
by the commissioner, upon each person so |
drafted, either by delivering the same in per- |
son, or by leaving it at his last known place |
of residence.
Z. Any person so drafted may offer a sub
stltute at the time of the rendezvous of the
drafted militia force, and such substitute. if
he be an able-bodied man, between the age
Oh eighteen and torty-fve years, and shall |
consent in writing, with the consent of his pa
rents and guardian, ifa MINOR to subject him |
sen TO all the duties and obligations to which !
MS principal would have been subject had he |
personally served, shall be accepted in lieu of |
such principal.
o. The persons thus drafted shall assemble /