The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-08-28
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The act Of Congress under which the
President called for 900, 200 militia, was
passed July 16, 1862, and the provisions
of the first section are as follows
"That whenever the President of the
United States shall call forth the militia
of the States, to be employed in the ser
vice of the United States, he may specify
in his call the period for which such SER
vice will be required, not exceeding niue
months; and the militia so called shall be
mustered in and continue to serve for and
during the term SO specified unless sooner
discharged by command of the President.
If by reason of defects la existing laws, or
in the execution of them in TIE several
States, or any of them, it shall be found
necessary to provide for enrolling the
militia, and otherwise putting this act
into execution, the President is authorized
in such cases to make all necessary rules
and regulations; and the enrolment of
the militia shall in all cases include all
able bodied male citizens, between the
ages of eighteen and forty five, and shall
be apportioned among the States accord
ing to representative population
Each State has its own laws in regard
20 the enrolment of the militia force, and
these laws generally embody the manner
in which drafting shall be carried out,
when called for by the National Govern
ment
By the laws of the United States the
persons exempted from military duty are
the Vice President of the United States
the officers, judicial and executive, of the
United States the members of both
Houses of Congress and their resp ective
clerks all custom house officers, with
their clerks; all post officers and stage
drivers who are employed in the care and
conveyance of the mail of the post Office
of the United States all ferrymen en-
ployed at any ferry on the post road all
inspectors of exports; all pilots all ma
riners actually EMPLOYED in the sea service
of any citizen or merchant within the
United States all postmasters, post riders
and drivers of mail stages, assistant post
masters and clerks regularly employed and
engaged in post Offices. Idiots, lunatics,
paupers, habitual drunkards, and persons
convicted of Infamous crimes, are also
exempt.
The enrolment of persons subject to
military duty is conducted as follows
The Assessors chosen in each city shall
make return of persons In their districts
between the ages ef twenty-one aud forty
five years liable to be enrolled by the laws
of the General Government. All those
exempted from service shall pay annually
the sum of fifty cents. Every pers IN en-
braced in the military shall receive no
tice that he is enrolled. As soon as the
roll is completed, the Assessors shall cause
notices to be put up in conspicuous public
places, setting forth that they have made
their roll of persons liable to draft, and
that the roll is left with one of their num-
ber, where ali interested can call ana
examine until the said Assessors meet to
review the enrolment.
Any person claiming exemption on ac-
count Of physical defect or bodily mfr
nifty, or by the laws of this State or the |
United States, may, before the day speci-
fed in the notice, make an affidavit before |
some one qualified to take the same, Of
his exemption, which sha Il be filed in the !
Office of the City or County Commissioner,
and any person swearing falsely shall be |
liable to prosecution for perjury. On |
the day the Commissioners shall meet to |
review the enrollments, they shall make !
a certified list Of the persons they shall |
determine TO be exempt, and shall file said
list in their Office for the future guidance
OF Assessors and Commissioners. The |
roll is then to be delivered to the County
Commissioners at their next meeting, and
copy to the Brigade Inspector OF the
proper brigade.
After the rolls have been prepared of
those liable to service, the requisite num-
Der of names are drawn by lot in presence
of prescribed officers. The persons drawn
are notified and given time to prove them
selves exempt, or provide suitable substi-
tutes failing in which they are compelled
to serve, or submit to heavy penalties,
generally Imprisonment.