The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-10-14
ORDER FOR DRAFTING.
MILIrARY DEPARTMENT., MICHIGAN,
.r ADJurANr GENERALS OFFIcE,
DETROIT, October 3, 1852.
GENERAL ORDER, NO. 1874.


~ GENERAL ORDER, NO. 1874.
The enrolment for drafting having been
completed by the Supervisors in the several
townships aud wards in each county in the
State and now filed with the County Clerks
Of their respective counties, and in or1er to
fully complete the arrangements for drafting
and carrying the drafi into effect.
In counties where Commissioners and Sur.
geons are not appointed by this order, the
sberiffs Of said counties are hereby appointed
Commissioners, with power to appoint one
Surgeon fcr each of their respective counties,
and where Commissioners are appointed and
not Surgeons, the Commissioners are empow-
eed to appoint Surgeon.
The Commissioners appointed as above,
will superinend the drafting and hear and
determine the excuses of persons claiming TO
be exempt from military duty, and the Sur
gcons so appointed will act in conjunction
with said Commissioners in deciding claims OF
exemption on account Of disability.
The County Clerks 10 each county, on the
receipt Of this order, will notify tho Commis.
soners appointed in their respective counties
that the enrollment lists have been fled in
their Offices by the Supervisors, and the Com
missioners will thereupon give ten days no.
ticc by hand bills posted in each township
and warl, Of their respective counties, of the
time and place at which claims of exemption
will be received and determined by them,
claiming to be exempt from military futy
shall, within ten days, make proof of such ex
emptiop, before said Commissioner, and if
for nd sufficient, their names sha be stricken
from the lists by red line drawn through
them, leaving them still legible
EXEMPTIONS TO BE MADE by COMMISSIONERS
UNDER U. S. LAW.
Tho Commissioner shall in like manuer,
strike from the list the names Of all persons
now in the military service of the United
States, all telegraph operators and construc-
tors actually engaged on the fifth day of Au
gust, 1892, all engir GERS of locomotives on
railroads, all artificcrs and workmen emploved
in any public arsonal or armory, the Vice
President of the Urited States, tho officers
judicial and executive, Of the government Of
the United States, the members of both houses
Of Congress and their respective officers, all
house officers and their clerks, all post
officers and stage drivers who are employed in
the care and conveyance of the mail Of the
postoilice Of the United States, all ferry men
who are employed at any ferry on the post
road, all pilots, aud mariners actually employ.
cd in the sea service ofauy citizen or merchalt
within the United Slatcs, all engineers and
pilots of registered or licensed STEAMBOATS, and
ste smships. AID all persons exempted BY the
laws of the respective States from military
duty, on sufficient evidence, or on bis personal
nov ledge that said persons belong to any Of
the aforesaid classes, whether The exemption
is claimed by them or not.
Excm"tion will no, be made for disability,
unless it he of such permanent character as to
render the PEI son unfit for service for period |
Of more than thirty days, to be certified by a
surgeon or sergeons appointed by the Gov
'rnor, in each county, for that purpose.
EXCEPTIONS TO BE MADE BY COMMISSIONERS