Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-12

shall Ok days for the examination Of eon.crpts In each county,
city, parish or district, and give at least ten days notice thereof By
publication In one or more newspapers. cireuladngln the congrs'-
iOnal District, and by notice posted atihe principal place. OF pub
lie resort.
/. The enrolling oncer for the county. city, parish or district
shall attend at such examinations, and enroll and send TO The camp
geon to be capable OF bearing ans The standasdof bodily eapa-
city shall be that established by General Order No. IS, modified by
the omission Of the third parag sph, which authorized the en'd'
ment o. persons not equal to all military duty. No person viii L.
4 Persons deemed incapable Of bearing AIMS shall he r ported
by the examining su geOn to the Board Of Examination, who shan
o. The certificates shall specify whether the incapschy IS teapo-
s az T sa, PERMANENT :, ,siS, sS u rb Ie,%. .ns@.n %t oI Ps,,s i =, ,br 4 n ssTI%
So soon as the Examining boa d shall he organized IN am Con
gresdonal District, and ,han enter upon the diSha ge OF thyr d.
lies, no other mode Of examination for person, In that district Will
be Punued. aud the decision Of the Examining board will be deemed
D. The fact that a person has been discharged from service Tor
| physical disability or other cause, doe. not OF Itself exempt from
q II any en- oiled person Is unable to attend a. the rendsEvoa,
| on account Of sickness, he will send 10 the Examining sl'geon a
certificate specifying the cau-r Of absence, and IT. probable da,s'
ton, tom some respectable physician sesident In The county, city,
ming surgeon shall send the certificate to the onmRDdant Of the
| nea'e.t Camp Of Instruction, and { the person mentioned therein
/ shall not rpo himself for examination at the said camp within a
| reasonable period, o. send to the Commandant Of the camp are.
/ A compensation Of q per diem, While actually employed,
on their certified account BY the Qasrtermaster Of the nearest Camp
/ OF Instruction.
W. Friends, DnHhdrds, Edtarenss and Mennonho..
| All persons Of the above denominations, Ia regular membership
therein on the llth dy Of October ls6s, shall be exempt for enrol
| Office a .eceipt hom a bonded Qusrtennaster for the lax Of I've
nnns s,y I'd ao = .'d ln 'p sS. cy "a &c, o, |. cS SSsr,. ha ? s : = n \, 4 :" ny Sy
sefye the reco Dis Of membership la the denomination to which The
ds m NM nh. anJsyi, must he tsl-n and certih.d by a jos
, a" of the Pracr. Or .rbrr of,crr sppoInteh By The law d II. sIste
10 administer oaths, aud BIZ. authority TO administer oath must be
crraed by the Clerk OF a Court OF Record, under the seal Of the
C.urt.
| will receive aud eceipt for Il and pay the sauf into the Treasury
OF the confederate States, without unreasonable delay. HE enroll
lug officer will receive the receipt and forward i TO the Command
ant Of Conscript'. b, whom it will be forwarded TO the Quartz mas
ter General, WHY will charge the Assistant Quarerma'ier with the
amount received by him.
VIM Trorision dgaint Erto,tion.
l. When application for exemption Is made by any shoemaker,
| wright moi In the rtnIloymrnt OF any company or e.t.br shmrnt,
| but working for himself the party seeking exemption shall state In
his said trade: that he Is habhually engaged Ia working for the
| public; that the products Of his labor, while exempt from military
| service, shall not be sold, exchanged or battered for a price ~
| creding the cost Of production and seventy five per cent profit
| thereon; aud that he will not, by any arrangement, -hit OF son
| iiyanc-. eSade the law, or receive a greater price or reward Than
| Il allows.
:. When application Is made to exempt 'upehnIendrnis aud
| operatives In wool and cotton factories aud paper uIll., aud IA
| perintendents aud managers Of woolearlingm machine, 'hoemAirs,
| tanners, blacksnitls, wagon-nakers, Wilers, mill engineers ~ mll.
/ wright., not working Tor themselves, but Ia The employment Of some
| company or establishment, the president or some director u the
| company he incorporated, II not, the proprietor OF The business,
| or II there be a hrm, some partner therein, hall make oath Ia
| writing that the said suPerintendenis, operatives, managers or me
| chanic., A. the case may be-, are skilled aud actually employed IN
their said vocaions; that they are habitusHy working for the pub.
lie; that they are absolutely necessary for HE su'yr-.hl pro'eeu
ton Of the business Of the concern; that the product, thereof
shall not be sold, or exchanged, or battered, during the said "a
five per cent profit thereon; that no shin, %con,d'anee or ar
rang,ment shall be made to ryade the law, OF 10 secure a larger
for a larger number Of persons than Is absolutely Necessary for tn
successful prosecution Of the business Of the concern.
3. The foregoing afhdayits shal he made before some justice Of
the peace or other person authorized by law to administer OATH,
aud II such justice or other person he not personally Known"
the enrolling officer To be What he puPorts To be, his official cha
racter aud his right TO administer oaihs must he certified by he
| clerk OF some court of record, under the sea' Of bis court.
The afida,its shall be returned To the Commandant Of Con
scripts, and exemptions shall be- granted by the enrolling officer
IT, however, he suspect iake swearing or mistake, he shall refuse
The exemption, and refer the ease, AFTER first enrolling the name,
| NJ The parties in question, To the Commaadani Of Con,cipts, VII"
shall dispose of It. II at any time the enrolling officer have cause
TO suspect false swearing or mistake In the foregoing sidsyis, he
shall report the fact 20 the Commandant Of Conserpts, and II the
| said commandment he satisfied, after due investigation, that a larger
number II persons is drsgnedly ~empIoyed than Is necessary, or
that a larger profit than the law allows Is received either directly
| or indirecty, he shall order the enrolment Of the parties exempted
upon the said athdavts.
Citizen employees and mechanics who are employed In establish
mrnts Of the GoNernmen! or by contracts With the Go'rrnmeht,i IN
the manufacture Of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores. and other
munitions Of war, saddles, harness and army supplies, viii be en-
rolled and returned To their work Provided, The Chief OF The
| Ordnance Bureau, or some ordnance officer authorized by him for
the purpose, shall certify that the number Of operative. required
by the officer In charge Of such establishment, or by such eonirae-
tor for Government worI, Is reasonable and not excessive, such
certificate viii he presented to the enrolling officer who will there
upon make the detail OF the men specified Tor a period not exceed,
Ing sixty days, aud return the certificate to the ComHandani oi
Conscipts. At The expiration Of such detail, the officer in charge
Of the Government shop, or the contractor la whose employ nent
said conscript, are, shall cause said certificate TO be renewed OF
return the conscrpts to the nearest camp Of instruction. II the
certificate be not renewed or the conscipis he not returned, no
other detail shall he granted Ia such establishment or contractor
tail shall make affidavit that the persons so detailed will not be
employed on any other than Government work, which afhds,i
found that at any time such detailed conscrip,s are employed by
be cancelled by the Comnandaht Of Couscrlpts.
Paragraph l, General Orders No. ~, current series, Is hereby
revoked
T. 10 t1om applications for Exemption must he addrssstd.
Applications fr exemption must, in all cases. be made to the
enrolling officer, FROM whose decision an appeal may be taken To
the Commandment Of Conscrpt,. The Department will not consider
the application until 1t has been referred by the latter officer.
H. Substitutes.
a substitute In service, he must exhibit to the enrolling officer = Dis
s !. eiSsa r'" "9 . ,"ms spI' 70 sS sss iSs , Sg ee'a I%,n,' b~IoSr e'" "T ,h @a S is
| longrd, see General Orders No. 49, or an exemption signed BY
the Cotnmandant OF Cosscripts. And IL the said dlscharI- Or e..
rmpiion ia not show that it was granted In consideration OF sub
.utute having been furnished, such fact must be certified in writing
by the commanding officer OF The regiment or command TO which
the company belongs, OF by the conmAndant Of conseTipts, .ths
But within all cases arising within thirty days from DE- date Of
this order the enrolling officer may grant the exemption, upon "a
iHfictoy proof that the party furnished a substitute, who MAS
.'uHN Ie'eNru wv '' sIN"r D. 'ohets'ne 'aue go
three years or the wal, rad the substitute i not liable 10 military
service such exemption may at any time be cancelled, II fraud
2. Paragraph II, General Order Ma. 20, current series, Is hereby
cnrd IN the Confederate states, or not Of good moral character, oT
Who Is liable under the existing order to enrolment as a eonscrpt,
| shall be- received rs a substitute.
And In all cases in which a substitute becomes subject to military
service. the exemption Of the principal BY reason Of the subs'fu'
Any person subject to enrolment who desire, to furnish a sub.
situte, may, a. ans tImr before the enrolment, or before he 1, as
signed TO a COMPANY aud seat from the camp Of instruction. pre-
sent a substitute at such camp. Aad Il The substitute be capable
the prohibited classes, he shall he received, and the principal shah
be exempt from military service.
IH potuntesr.ag.
An persons liable to CONSUMPTION may, before enrolment, yolun-
teer ia companies ia service on the 10Th Of April, Is6.. But amer
enrolment, they cannot volunteer, nor can they at any time Vo'
lunirer In companies received into service since the 10th Of Aphi,
| lsd2.
| Am MscsHdn,0us.
l. Al lmpressments Of men by regimenial, battalion OF comps-
ny commanders, under any pretence whatever. are prohibited Il
| being thr design Of the Department To supply the army exclusively
| through The officers appointed by this act.
: Al the laws and resolutions applicable TO dsseters shall be
applied to such conscTipts as fall To repair to the place Of reniez-
yOu- for enrolment, or who shall desert after enrolment.
| 3 Al the agencies employed for the apprehension and oophne-
men. OF deserters, aud their transportation TO the commands Of
their respective commanders, shall be applicable To persons liable
TO duty as conseTipts who shall fail TO repair 10 the place Of rem
devious after the publication Of the call.
By order 8 COOPER,
| nov lO-lw AdjatdHt and Inspector GehedL
SALT DIsTniBUrION.
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