The Portland daily press., 1862-08-29
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STATE OF MAINE.

HEAD QuARlEKS,
ADJuTANr GENERALS OFFICE
Augusta, Aug Is, 1862.
GENERAL ORDER No. 80.
A requisition having been made upon the Govern
or and Commander-in-C Chief by the President of
the United States for nine thousand six hundred
and nine (969) abIe-bodied men, to be drafted from
the enrolled militia of the State, for the service of
the United States, TO serve for nine months unless
sooner discharged-it is hereby ordered as follows;
FIRST.
l. The Orderly Sergeants of the respective
panies of enrolled militia shall each appoint men,
Der of their company TO be Clerk who shall be sworn
before some Justice of the Peace of the County to
make true and faithful record of the proceedings of
the company at such meetings for making the draft
hereinafter provided, blanks for which appoint
ment and certificate of oath aforesaid will be season-
ably furnished from this Office.
III. The time of meeting of companies of militia
for the purpose of making such draft, shall be We'd
nesday the third day of September next at nine
O'Clock in the forenoon and notice of the time and
place of meeting (the latter TO be designated by the
Orderly Sergeant) shall be given in manner and form
for the election of officers, but there shall be at
least twenty hours notice given. At such meet
ing of said companies the Orderly Sergeant will
cause draft TO be made therefrom In manner fol-
lowing:
purpose to be prepared, and will place therein in
presence of the company, as many slips of paper as
there the roll of his company, exclusive
of officers elect, and upon the slips shall be writ
ten, in letters and not figures, the numbers from
one to that which expresses the entire number of
men in the company, each slip having number
written thereon. The box shall then be closed and
the papers therein thoroughly shaken up, when a
draft shall be made therefrom under his direction in
the mode here prescribed.
second-The names the company roll shall then
be called in alphabetical order BY the Orderly Ser
geant, and each man, his name Is called shall draw
slip of paper from the box, which he shall pass
to the Clerk, who shall read aloud the number there
on, and record the same upon roll previously pre-
pared by him for that purpose, upon blank furnish
ed from this office, opposite the name of the person
drawing the same, until every sip shall have been
member of the company shall not be present, or shall
neglect refuse to draw upon his name being called
the Orderly Sergeant shall designate some member
of the company TO draw for him.
Third-Whep there is more than one company in
city or town, the Mayor and Aldermen Of the city,
and the Seectmen of the towns, are authorized and
requested, immediately upon receiving information
of their quotas TO apporon the same equally be-
tween the several companies having respect TO the
numbers borne upon the rolls. III such municipal
officers shall neglect refuse to perform the above
service in making the aforesaid apportionmcnt, the
draft will nevertheless be proceeded with in the
manner above described, and notice of the facts
should be Immediately forwarded TO this Office by the
Fourth-If the above duty cannot be performed be-
fore o'clock, T. NJ it will be continued on the nexi
day, between the hours of O'Clock. A. NJ, and
O'Clock, l.. NJ, and from day to day between the
same hours until the draft is completed
Fifth-The men who shall not be exempt from la
bity to enrolment tsuch exemption to be determined
hereinafter provded) against whose names upon
the record thus made by the clerk, shall be found the
lowest number commencing at one az and going up
wards until the quota of the company has been OBJ
tanned, shall constitute the drafted quota of said
company and shall be held accordingly and thus the
quota is to be completed from the lowest numbers
drawn by non-exempted men.
Sixth-The following persons, viz;
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
respective officers; custom house officers and their
clerks; inspectors of exports; pilots and mariners
employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant
within the United States;
Posfmasters assistant postmasters and their clerks
post officers post riders and stage drivers in the care
a ,n,od od ~ ana srrv on tb most road
aricers and workmen In thc United States arsenas:
persons of the denominations of Quakers and
Shakers: iustices of the supreme judicial court:
ministers Of the gospel, regularly ordained ac-
cordipp TO the usages Of their denominafops so
long as such relation continues: and officers of
the militia who have been honorably discharged,
are exempted from liability 10 enrolment and draft
and. upon evidence furnished the Orderly Sergeant
that they come within this exemption, he will cause
the clerk to draw a line across their upon the
records but rendering the illcgible stating
be drawn across the names Of persons claiming
empion from liability. grounds of physical disa-
bility, who shall establish the validity of such claims
before the Orderly Sergeant by the certificate any
surgeon within the county appointed by the Cover
nor for the purpose of making such examination.
which certificate shall contain statement of the par
ticular ground of such disability. The decisions of
the Orderly Sergeants in this regard will stand good
unless reversed by the Adjutant General.
Seyenth-Threc days from the dram, exclusive of
that day, shall be allowed parties claiming exemption
10 furnish evidence establishing their claim before the
Orderly Sergeant and no decision in favor of such
eAempIion sfa PC gisen unlcss WITHIN Iour uays oi
neriod the names Of the nersons dratfed and cer,i
lied cony of the record made by the cerk aforesaid
shall be Transmitted to the Adiutant General The
Orderly Sergcuuts will notify the drafted men com
prsing his company,s quota TO appear at the place
where the dra was made ON the sixth day sueceed
;nsssa;d draft at q oclock A NJ and from thence he
viii nroceed with them Inv nnbc convey ance II such
can 6e had and If NOT nv The most cxned;tiops and
economical meti,od 10 the nlace Of rendezvous of
which notice will he ryen hereafter In case of tho
fains elect or either of tho euteDants in default Of
his sunerior officer will ofHciate in his stead
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rompensation will he made for
tbo iarformance of these dfes and NECESSARY ncn
eos rre;mbursed