The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-05
Genera, headquarters, STAT. Minnesota,
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. AZ.
ADJUTANr GBNBRAL's OFFICE,
ST. PAUL, MIMI, August %, 1869.

IL having Oeen IOun0 lmpoS6lDle IN sn0 pres
ent disorganized condition of large portion
of the State in consequence Of the outbreak OF
Indian hostilitiss, to complete the preparations
for the draft of the militia, ordered by the Sec.
rotary of War within the time designated by
him, and in order to give time for the rest0ra-
ton of quiet in thu disturbed districts, and to
remedy the defects incident to the hasty prep.
arations made necessary by the previous or.
ders of the War Department It is hereby or.
dred,
l. That the time when the draft shall com.
mence is postponed till the Sd day Of October.
.. 1t shall be the duty of the several county
Auditors, on or before the Goth day of Septem.
Der, to forward by mail or special messenger
to this Department an abstract Of the militia
rolls of their several counties, showing in sep.
arate columns, first, the whole number return
ed by the enrolling officer in each township or
city second. the number of each township or
city stricken from the rolls by the Commits.
sioner in pursuance of General Orders No. Is,
and So : third, the number found liable to do
military duty in each township or city (by
subtracting the number stricken from the roll
by the Commissioners from the whole number
returned by the enrolling officer y fourth. the
number of volunteers from each township or
city previous to July I'd, ls62-and fifth, the
number that have volunteered since July I'd,
ard the above abstract shall be attested by
the Auditor and Commissioner.
5, At the same time they shall forward list
of all volunteers from the county since the
commencement of the war, showing their
names, the township or city in which they sew.
orally had legal residence when they enlist.
ed. and as far as practicable the name of the
Regiment and Company in which they were
mustered in.
T. The quotas Of the counties will be fixed
by the COMMANDMENT Chief as soon as the
above returns are received upon the basis of
the numbers liable to military duty, and the
county shall be credited upon its quota with
the number of volunteers it shall have furnish.
ed since July End, and the draf: shall only be
made for the number remaining due on its
quota, if any.
S. As soon as the County Auditor shall re.
ceive notice from this Department of the quota
of his county, he shall Immediately, in pursu.
ance of General Order No. 80 (Which see.) ap.
portion to the several townships and cities
thereof the numbers to be drafted from each
by the following method:
Add the number of volunteers furnished by
the county previous to July End, 1869. to its
quota under the two last calls to be fixed by
this Department. Multiply the number thus
found by the number liable to do military duty
in a township or city, divide this product by
the number liable to military duty in the coun.
try from the quotient subtract the number
furnished by said township or city since the
commencement of the war. The result thus
found will be the number te be drafted in said
township or city.
6. AS soon as the apportionment among the
townships and cities shall have been made as
provided in Section S, the County Auditor
shall furnish the drafting Commissioner with
a statement showing the number of men to be
drafted from each township, and the said Com.
missioner shall commence the draft on the 80
day of October. and continue from day to day
thereafter, within the hours and in the manner
prescribed in General Order No. Is.
Z. In any county in which there is an iucOr
pOrated city or town, subdvded into wards
the Drafting Commissioners, Enrolling Agent
and county Auditor, shall form board and
and they shall determine whether the quota
of said city or town shall be apportoned to the
said city or town at large-Or to the several
wards--in which latter case it shall be subject
to the same regulations as townships.
s. And it is also ordered, that any township
from which certain number Of drafted men
shall be due, which b afOre the third day of Oc-
tober shall furnish an equivalent number Of
volunteers to serve for niue months shall be
exempt from a draft, it being understood how
ever that the said volunteers shall be cOnsid
cred "a substitutes for drafted men, and be
subject to the same regulations as the latter.
o. The Commander in-Chief deems it neces.
sary to repeat the instructions contained in
General Order No. SO:
4 / citizens of this State except those emu.
merated as exempt in section {, OF General
Order No q, are liable to draft, aud shuul /
not be tri;ken from the rolls:
As by the coast tuition of the State all per
sons of mixed white and Indian blood who
have adopted the customs and habits Of civil
cation, and all persons of foreign birth who
have declared heir intentions to become citi
zens of the United States, are invested with
the rights of citZans Of this State, all per.
sons embraced in either of these classes con.
stitute part Of the State Militia and are liza.
BILE to draft.
So also, all ,2ersons over eighteen and IN der
twenty -one being the children Of persons duly
naturalized are citizens by The laws of the
United States and are subject to eurolimen mt
and draft.
10 In determining all questi ms of exemp-
ton the Commissioner viii exercise sonnd
discretion. and see to it that the draft IS net
etdueu ny d COIOTdUit pTcJeAC. All pOSImdS-
tiers and their clerks or deputies actually and
necessarily engaged in the post Office are by
law exempt.
In determining application for exemption
upon these ground however the Commission
er will carefully distinguish between those EN-
plcyees usually and DO a tide employed aud
such appointments, ii any. as may have he, n
made with view to sore the employ ee from
the draft, and if satisfied that any appoin,me Mt
has beer mads tor this purpose it will BE- his
duty to refuse the application tor exemption.
IL. In determining questions of residence
the intention of the party if it can ba ascer-
tanned from the facts aud circumstances sur
rounding the case. will govern. A party hav-
ing fixed plac, of abode in one county or
State. coming into another for some tsmpora.
nv purpose, but with no intention of acquiring
a residence. will not be subject to draft in the
latter Every citizen is to be enrolled in the
county and town Of his actual residence, as
above defined.
H. In determining the number to be drafted
from each county or township, every volun.
teer will be credited to the county, or town,
or city. of his actual residence, ii it can be as.
certained although such volunteer may have
enlisted in "A different county or town, or city
ID. The officers appointed in the several
counties, pursuant to General Order No Is,
will continue to exercise the duties of their re.