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WOODSTOCK, August 10 lsb2.
Inc following Instructions are issued fer the
/ guidance Of the Listers Of tue several Towns 10
/ this State, IL making tho enrolment requirei by
| General Order No. II, dated August IL, lse..
J. The nsne Of every able-bo-i citizen OF toe
Torn, between the specified age, L 10 be entered
I upon the roll without regard t. vbetn,r be j.
exempt from enrolment or from military iuty.
! UunaturaliEsd foreigners are not citizens.
.. Men Who are not able-bodied are lot g. he
4 entered upon the roll. But in determining who
are MT a5le bodied, the listers arc to be guided
! By a sound discretion aud a seLse Of duty 10 tie
country and 70 all the other citizens Of the Town
since the omission Of any man from tie roll iu-
cresses tho liability 20 draft Of every maH left
upon the roll The declaration OF = man, as 90
his inability, should never be taken, unless the
disability is Of 60 obvious character, that it is
plain to be seen by any observer. II no; plain and
open 10 observation, the disability should be
ablshai % the satisa stiun Of the LISTERS both by
the affidavit q the person claiming the disability,
signed 4li 10 IA Tue form OF law, and BY the
certificate in writing Of two respectable ply sici.us,
in full ami active practice, stating the existence
and nature If the disability. its effects, and tne
probable length vl time that it Will continue. And
10 exemption is 70 te made i0r sIy disability,
lees it be Of such permanent character to render
the person unfit Tor service f'r period of more
than thirty days.
The following diseases and iuperfea atious ore
tie head which III pair the faculties cause Con-
vulsions seii jUs impairment Of hearing, speech %
VISION ylosis, or active disease oi sny u tie
larger uiuts; the presence Of pulmonary disease,
or organic disesss Of TIE heart; hernia; fstula 10
sno: large hsmorrhoids; large and painful vario-
cele, or vaIicose veius, which extend above the
knee, the loss OF 4 limb Of the thumb lud fore
finger Of the Tis hit hand, or Of any two tnsers on
the right hand; any marked physical imperiectious
which would unfit for active service.
3. The a.s and occupation Of each man 20
be entered on the roll. The ss Of each man is TO
be determined by tas listers irJm the best means
Of information IN their power. They wIll not, n
all cases rely upon the declaration q the party,
but viii il they have d0ubts, require him to make
satisfactory proof q his sEe. IL the listers have
reasonable d1ubt, e. TO whether nan i not IA
tact over eighteen, although be rvpTe-ents himset
younger, or under iorty-fvs, although be pgc-
senis himself older and no proof is made O. tuuir
satisfAction. 1t is their day 10 enter tne maus
usme upon the roll.
1. Ii from any legal cause, puIs ~ whose uau-e
is entered upon the rolf Is exempt from military
duty, = from enrolment, the fact which gives
hin his exemption is to 10 entered sgaInst bis
name IN the column of remarks IL will not 20
to write exempt" but the fact must be stated
which creates the e1smptiou,-ss, thst be is
d" Judge of tue county court sheriff sdsp-
uIy sheriff" minister q the gospel Ac.
j. Tho following persons are exempt from ulii-
itaTy duty A. the present time:-the Wee PFe-i-
dent Of the United States; the officers, juiictsl
and executive, Of the Government Of the United
States; the members Of both Houses Of Congress
aud their respective officers; all custom house
officers and their clerks; all post officers and stage
drivers, who arc employed il the care and convey
ance Of the mails Of the post Offices OF the United
! States; all fcrrymen employed on any ferry on
any post roads; all pilots; sll mariners actually
EMPLOYED in the sea service Of any citizen or nier-
/ chant within the United States; all telegraph
operators and constructors actually engaged on the
\ 6Lh OF August, 1862; all engineers o; locomotives
railroads. all engineers and pilots Of registered
\ or licensed steamboats, and steamships; ministers
q the gospel; members Of the religious deuoulin-
alton OF ouakers; fsculties Of colleges ell per
sons who have been commissioned IN the militia of
this State or Of the United states, aud have been
honoraby discharged, previous to January istI
ls44; sill officers, who have been eommis=i0ned IN
the mihtis Of this state, since January lst lsii,
( and have served under commission ave Yeas,
1 and have en- honorably discharged; tficrrs oi
| any corps which has been disbaud.d, aud who held
| : commission in such eorps st the time 1t Wa
I disbanded; and all staf Udieers, heretofore sp-
/ pointed by the commanding officers OF divisions,
/ hrixsdes and regiments, whose commissions shall
have become vacant by reason Of such Command
ing officers having been discharged, or having 'a-
Gated their Office. Members OF fire companies are
not exempt.
6. The following person. exempted lIcm
military duty upon the payment of two dollars 70
the Treasurer Of the Town in which they respect
lively reside, aud producing receipt therefor to
the listers; Judges Of the Sdpreme and County
Courts; judges and registers OF Probate; county
clerks; sheriffs and sherifs deputies: high bail.
ifs; eonstables; and teachers actually employ ed
in common schools. These persons are not entitled
10 have the fact which constitutes their exemption
noted in the column of remarks, until they have
exhibited to the Listers the receipt Of the Treas
urer Of the Town for the SUN Of two dollars.
Z. The following persons are net subject Il
draft, and the tact which operates the exemption
should DO noted against the name Of each, viz
Persons now in the service of the United States
and members Of Uniform Companies cf militia
organized in pursuance Of the statutes Of thi
State, and now having active organization.
by Order Of the Governor.
PETER 7. WASHBURN,
AdjutaAf ard iltPeetor GsasrsL
AM. AND INSPECTOR GENERALS OFFICE,
WoonsTorv AuC 9