The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-15
IMPORTANT ORDER.
The Enrolment and Draft.
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE WAR DE.
PARTMENT.
The System to be Adopted in
Minnesota.
WAR DEPARTMENT, !
WASHINGTON, August 8, 1862. !

WAR DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, August 9, 1862.
To Gov. RAMSEY, st. Paul:
GENERAL ORDER NUMBER NINETY-NINE-
REGULATIONS FOR THE ENROLMENT AND
DRAFT OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
MILITIA.
In pursuance of an order by the Presi-
dent Of the United States, bearing date
August fourth [4th], eighteen hundred and
sixty two, 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 un.
less sooner discharged, and that the Secre.
tary of War shall assign the quotas of the
States and establish regulations for the
draft; also that if any State shall not by
the fifteenth of August furnish its quota OF
the additional three hundred thousand vos
lunteers 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 or.
dered-
LIST. The Governors of the respective
States will proceed forthwith to furnish
their respective quotas of the three hundred
thousand 900, O0O) militia called for by the
or er of the President, dated the fourth day
of August, eighteen hundred and sixty two,
which quotas have been furnished to the
Governors respectively by communication
from this Department of this date accord
ing to the regulations hereinafter set forth.
I'd. The Governors of the several States
are hereby requested forthwith to designate
rendezvous for the drafted militia OF said
State and to appoint commandments there.
for and to notify the Secretary of War of
the location of said rendezvous and the
names of the commandants. 1t is impor-
tant that the rendezvous should be few in
number and located with view to conve.
nience and transportation.
Sd. The Governors of the respective
States will cause an enrolment to be made
forthwith by the assessors of the several
counties or by any other officers to be ap-
pointed by such Governors, of all able
bodied male citizens between the ages of
eighteen and forty five within the respec-
tive counties, giving the name age, and oc
cupatiOn of each, together with remarks
showing whether be is in the service of the
United States and in what capacity and
any other facts which may determine his ex-
emption from military duty. All reasona,
BILE and proper expenses of such enrolment
and of the draft hereinafter provided will
be reimbursed by the United States upon
vouchers showing the detailed statement of
service performed and expenses incurred to
be approved by such Governors.
4th. 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 {:
LIST. Immediately upon the completion of
the enrolment, the lists of enrolled persons
shall be filed in the Offices of the Sheriffs of
the counties in which such enrolled persons
reside.
I'd. The Governors of the several States
shall appoint commissioner for each county
of their respective States, whose duty it shall
be to superntend the drafting, and hear and
determine the excuses of persons claiming
to be exempt from military duty. Such
commissioner shall receive a compensation
of four (4) dollars per diem for each day be
may be actually employed in the discharge
Of his duties as such commissioner.
Sd. The enrolling officer shall Immediately
upon the filing of the enrolment lists, notify
said commissioner that said lists have been
so filed, and that the commissioner shall
therefore give notice by hand bills posted
10 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 afore
said within ten Q0) days of the filing 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
before said commissioner, and, if found
sufficient, his name shall be stricken from
the list by a red line drawn through it,
leaving it still legible. The commits,
sioner shall, in like manner, strike from
the list the names of all persons now in the
military service of the United States. all
telegraph operators or constructors actually
engaged on the fifth day of August, eight
cen hundred and sixty-two; engineers of
locomotives on railroads, the Vice President
vi VIC " u1tCu OtotCSS Tug UuCcTS, 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 employed in the care and convey.
ance of the mails of the Post Office of the
United States, all ferrymen who are en-
ployed at any ferry on the post roads, all
pilots, all mariners actually employed in
the sea service of any citizens or merchant
within the United States, all engineers and
pilots of registered or licensed steamboats,
and steamships; and all persons exempted
by the laws of the respective States from
military 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-exemption will not be made for dis
ability unless it be of such permanent char
acter as to render the person unfit for SER
vice period of more than thirty days, to
be certified by Surgeon appointed by the
Governor in each county for that purpose.
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