Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-11


the ages Of eighteen and forty.hvc. and shall be
apportloned among the States according 10 repre-.
sentative population.
SIC. 2. And BE- Il further enacted, That the
militia. when 80 called into service. shall be or.
gained In the mode prescribed by law for vol.
untecra.
Sac. 2. And Be Il further enacted. That the
President be, and lac IA hereby authorized In ad-
dtion 10 the volunteer forces which ho Is now au
thorized by law 10 raise 10 accept the services OF
any number of volunteers not exceeding one hun.
dred thousand, as infantry, for period OF nine
months, unless sooner discharged And every
soldier who shall enlist under the provisions OF
this section shall receive his first month pay aud
also $25 as bounty, upon the mastering Of his
company or regiment into the service of the
United States, for three years, or during the war,
except In relation TO bounty, shall be- and the
same are extended TO, aud are hereby declared To
embrace the volunteers TO be ralsct under the
provisions OF this section.
From contemporary we take the following In
regard to who are exempt from military service:
The following. compiled from an official source.
will serve TO answer very many questions that
are being propoundcd just at this time:
l. Physical debility Is good ground Of ex-
empton, and should, In oil case OF doubt, be es-
tabished TO the satisfaction OF the enrolling OH
Ger, by physician certificate, rs well rs the at
fdavt of the party The following imperlec
tons are proper causes OF disability: Wounds of
the head, which impair the faculties or cause con
WILSON'S; serious impairment OF hearing speech
or vision; anchyloss, or active disease Of any OF
the larger joints; the presence Of pulmonary dis
ease or organic disease of the heart; irreducible
hernia; hstua Ia the ano. varicose veins which
extend above the knee, the loss of limb, or n
thumb and iorelinger on the right hand, or
any two fingers on either hand; the loss Of the
great toe; any marked physical imperiection
which would unfit for active service.
2. The following persons exempt under the
laws Of the United States: The Vice President OF
the United States the officers judicial and exec.
utive. OF the United States. the members of both
Houses Of Congress aud their respective officers,
all custom house officers, with their clerks. all
postoAicers and stage drivers who are employed
In the care aud conveyance OF the mail of the
postoiices OF the United States, ierrymen en-
ployed at any ferry on the post road ali inspec-
tors OF ports, all pilots, all mariners actually EN-
/ plOyed In the sea service Of any citizen or mer-
chant within the United States.
! 3. F'remen in active service aud those who
have served as iiremen are exempt, except IN case
OF Instruction or invasion.
Ii appears from the law that large discretion
! IL left with the President, and he may regard. ms
the Secretary of War has already done with ref.
erenee to telegraph operators when the the wires
are used for the convenience Of the Government,
an exemption of other classes of the community
as advantageous to the public service.
AS the law reads "the enrolment Of the militia
shall in all cases include all able bodied men be.
tween the ages Of eighteen and forty FIVE"
There is no provision in the law for substitutes,
but the President may supply this deficiency. As
il Is, the system Of enrolment Is decidedly Dem
ocratic. 1t takes all, If physically able, and Of
proper age, from the Governor to the humblest
citizen, high and low, rich and poor, learned and
uneducated, preachers, lawyers, doctors, every
body. The evident spirit Of the law is, that il Is
alike incumbent on every citizen to come forth in
the hour ofneed for the protection of the Govern
ment. And II Is right that there should be no
privileged classes when the honor and theintegrty
of the nation is to be maintained NAPOLEON
the Great fought some OF his most brilliant bat
ties with conscripts. Under the Roman Empire
the armies were supplied by the CONSUMPTION Of
her free citizens, while the serfs remained at
home to till the soil.
To make conscription acceptable, the enroll
ment and draft must be fair. There must not
be even question in those regards. If there is
any favortism, any party or partisan bias mani
tested, it will not only cause dissatisfaction, but
may result in something worse. dishonest or
partisan assessor can easily fail TO enroll the
names of portion of his party friends, and
omit others in the final selection of the number
to be enlisted. We hope that none but hon
orable citizens, above reproach, will be appoint
ed assessors men who will impartially and
thoroughly discharge the duty entrusted to them.
1t would probably be more acceptable if two as
SCISSORS Of opposite politics should be selected in
each district, as it would remove all causes for
dissatisfaction and preclude charges of favoritism
or unlarness There should be no party in this
war, say our Republican friends and rs they are
in power, they have now the opportunity to illus
trate the sincerity of their professions 1t will
be developed from the manner in which the draft
is conducted, whether this war is prosecuted for
the sole purpose of suppressing the rebellion, re-
storing the authority of the General Government
without interference with the rights or institu-
tons of the different States, or TO perpetuate a
party rule. We sincerely hope that patriotism
will rise above mere paTtisanship with those in
authority. and that they will have but the single
purpose in all their acts to promote the common
welfare OF the country