The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-08-14
A Draft Finally Ordered.


. session of Congress. In day or two tn
d Secretary of War will furnish instruction
{ as to the manner of enrolling and drafting
a doubtless naming those who will be ex
. empt from military duty. We publishes
the law in full in our issue of the 22d o
; July, and our readers are probably familia
f with it's details The first three sections O
the law embrace all that refers TO drafting
, .nder the call Of the President, and as
matter OF general interest we reproduc,
them:
SECTION J.. That whenever the Presi
dent of the United States shall call forth
the militia of the States. to be employed
in the service of the United States. he
may specify in his cali the period fol
which such service will be required. no.
exceeding nine months: and the militia Sc
called shall be mustered in and continue to
serve for and during the time so specified,
unless sooner discharged by command Of
the President. If by reason of defects in
existing laws, or in the execution of them.
in the several States, or any of them. il
shall be found necessary to provide for
enrolling The militia and otherwise putting
lEis act into execution, the President is
authorized in such case TO make all neces-
essary rules and regulations. and the en-
rollment Ct the militia shall in all cases in
clude all able bodied male citizens between
the ages of eighteen and forty FIVE, and
shall be apportioned amorg the States ac-
cordipg to representative population.
SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That
the militia, when SO called into service,
shall be organized in the mode prescribed
by law for volunteers
SEC, 8. Aud be it further enacted, That
he President be, and he is hereby author
zed, in addition to the volunteer forces
which he is now authorized by law 10
raise, to accept the services Of any num-
ber of volunteers not exceeding one hun
dred thousand, as infantry, for period OF
nine months, unless sooner discharged.--
And every soldier VINO shall enlist under
he provisions of this section shall receive
MS first months pay and also s25 as boun
- .--o. tho r,"srering of his company :,
rec ment into the service "f .ne United
States, for three years or during the war,
except in relation to bounty, shall be, and
the same are extended to, and are hereby
declared to embrace the volunteers to be
raised under the provisions Of this section
From cotemporary We take the fol.
lowing in regard to who are exempt from
mill AIRY service.
The following. compiled from an official
source, will serve to answer very many
questions that are being propounded just
aa this time:
1. Physical debility is a good ground
of exemption. and should. in all cases of
doubt. be established to the satisfaction of
the enrolling officer. by physicians GER
tificate, as well as the affidavit Of the party.
TIE following imper:eetions are proper
causes of dsabi.iy: Wounds OF the head:
which impair the faalties or cause conSul-
sions; serious impairment OF hearing.
speech or vision; anely.osis. or acive dis
ease of any of The larger joints; the pres
nee of pulmonary disease or organic dis
ease of the heart; irreducible hernia; hstu-
In In the ano. or varicose We iDs which ex-
tend above the knee, the loss OF limb. or
IA thumb and forefnger on the right hand,
or any TWO fingers on either hand; the loss
of the great toe any marked ply sical i'm
perlection which would unft for active
service.
2. The following persons are exempt
under the laws Of the United States; The
Vice President of The United Sta es, the
officers, judicial and executive of the Uni
ted States, the members Of both Houses oil
Congress and their respective officers. all
custom house officers, with !heir clerks,
all postofficers and stage drivers who are
employed in the cara and conveyance OF
the mail Of the postoffices of the United
Ststes, ferrymen employed at any ferry on
te post road all inspectors of ports. all
pilots. all mariners actually employed in
tie sea service of any citizen or merchant
within the United States.
3. Fireman in active service and those
who have served as fremea are exempt,
except in case Of insurrection or inva-
sion
1t appears from the law that large dis
cretion is left with the President. and he
may regard, as the Secretary Of War has
already done with reference to telegraph
operators when the wires used for the
convenience Of the Government. an ex.
emption Of other classes of tho community
as advantageous to The public service.