The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27
Humors of the Draf,

The laws OF New \ ork require tba,--
ment of all the men between Is and l;, '''''
as many over 10 may unwittpgIv ~, %
the llstr, provision is made thar .n ~ "
fling a statement Of the iact, can have ;. =!
names erased. Persons suffering from ,5r..
cal defects, such as sore knees, Joint, NJ. ST.
crooked joints, arms, les .os' tegrh .5gi, -a.
etc, By film u physicians certificate ,,~s
effect can also be put among the ax4.'.
THIS whole work Of fling exemption .~5 ~.
must be t-ndcd 10 b. August 18Th =. ~. u,
90 to common chance Of drqwiny tba,,;,.
cts Great and terrible vas the co7yr.a
ton OF exemptS at toe clerks cfice, ~,
I ork, week before las, ami sonderuHv IL,
tho sharks swallow meu-we mean the m.%
cal and legal ones, they having more ,,,,
they could do at -, -, AMI 30 cent, .,~
in making out certificates Of disability. M,
jostied pushed, crowded, aad tairI, spa,,.,
each other down in their excitement
One morning when the clerks flee had ,
crowG Of over a thousand about il, Of lam.
men, sore legged men, crooked-ayned H.,
biear-eyed, sore.sl omached, and .ore.cbesa,
men, boy in United States Uniform hama,
up, and cried out, beating drum at the .ans
time. " Fall in, gentlemen, fall n Tor de
war Like a Ystol-shot amoog bird, ,4
crowd surged with me3mcric azd i5sa,,
fright, and thought full surely Secre,,7
Stanton is on rs, and the tented field is or,
for the war Running took place in more
ways than the tour cardinal points. Heller.
skelter, out OF doors, down the gayemea,
up alleys, 90 to street cars, into smul5ass,
through cutters, 81 everywhere the cror
fed, when meroiiul policemen checked as
boy 5 drum, and stated that Mr.. Stanton Wa
no. quite ready yet. The crowd gather.
and waited with terrible patience tor the ia!
OF their papers.
Ia Brooklyn aDd New York, the al5 III
current that fremen were exempt, and ,rs.,
iocks gathered 10 join the companies. Ii.
companies were flied to overflow. at aa
prices, and many men went home sj,b APP
pocke: to tell their wives how mQ:a le.:
off they were than their nej.hboss, shea i.
aad behold bo:n iremeu aal cir-iia..
men, August 7th, were con!oanIol, aoa.-..
and startled at reading in the daily plyc.
these TWO paragraphs
Paragraph |. The Surgeon General s.4s
that doctors certificates OIL disability vii g
Of no earthly avail, except FIR mere Sac
service. Under the order from toe Va. De-.
partmcnt every body, within certain a.,-
without reference to his phy.lca coaiNgo-
will be subject to draft II, alter they a.a
been drafted, they are found to be dj,los.
they will be exempted People, theret re-
who rua to their physicians to Get cer,iia'a
OF physical uuftness to shoulder arm,
waste their time and breath 10 vain
Paragraph ,. There has been a gons,..
misrepresentation as to the exemption OF IRE
men. An old State .aw exempts ircna
from military dGty under certain condition,
and that exemption is continued under to-
law OF last April. The exemption, however.
10 the present case Of war, iusurrectlcl
aud INVASION fremen shall be equally iaoa
with all other classes. The englue-nou.e
therefore, no shelter against Drafting
These TWO statements were like shower
bath OF powdered ice 90 the bare head, and
many man who, an hour before, had carried
a Jubllant soul in his body, nov drigged that
same soul along as though a thousand pount
OF lead had been hung to each. When The
great day of ballots comes, there will be e.
citement as great as ever, but no running. ]
first ballot is not always final; for many PoI'
hsh are, on sur5eon's examination, cast back
to the sea whence they were drawn, and il'
great seine dropped for fresh batch Of
able bodied. = Western