Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-08-22
THE GOVERNMENT DRAFT.
REGULATIONS FOR THE ENROLMENT AND DRAFT
Is s'as".s ''s' 81 .a OF THE MILITIA. -..
~ ApJuTASr-GESERAL's oFrrcr,

Regulations for the enrolment and draft al
three hundred thousand militia, in pursuance
Of an order by the President of the United
States, bearing date August 4, 1862, whcre-
by it is provided that draft Of three hun.
dred thousand militia be immediately called
into the service Of the United States, to serve
fer nine months, unless sooner DISCHARGED
and that the Secretary of War shall assign
the quotas to the States, and establish recu.
lations for the draft. Also that if any State
shall not by the fifteenth Of August furnish
its quota Of the additional three hundred
thousand volunteers authorized by law, the
deficiency of volunteers in that State shall al
SO he made up by special draft from the
militia, and that the Secretary of War shall
establish regulations for this purpose.
1t is ordered: Frst-The Governors of
the respective States will proceed forthwith
to furnish their respective quotas of the three
hundred thousand militia called for by the or
der Of the President, dated the forth day of
august, 1862, which quotas have been fur
nished to the Governors respectively by COM
munication from this department ofthis date,
according to the regulations henceforth set
forth, r.- +e......-. .~. ....- ... ......
- Sscond-Thc Governors Of the several
States are hereby requested forthwith to des-
ignate rendezvous for the drafted militia Of
said States, and to appoint commandants
therefore, and to notify the Secretary Of War
Of the location of such rendezvous and the
names of the commandants, and it is irnpor-
tant that the rendezvous should be few in
number, and located with view to convcn-
fence Of transportation.
Third--The Governors Of the respective
States will cause an enrolment to be made
forthwith by the assessors of the several coun-
ties, or by any other officers, to be appointed
by such Governors, of all the ablc-bodicd
male citizens between the ages of eighteen
and forty-fve within the respective counties,
giving the name, age and occupation of each,
together with remarks showing whether he is
in the service Of the United States, &C., and
in what capacity, or any other facts which
may determine his exemption from military
duty. All reasonable and proper expenses
of such enrolment and Of the draft herein
after provided, will be reimbursed by the
United States, upon vouchers showing the
detailed statement of service performed and
expenses incurred, approved by such Cover
nors. .sr
Fsurth-Whers no provisions are made by
law in any State for carrying into effect the
draft hereby ordered, or where such provis-
ions are in any manner defective, such draft
shall be conducted as follows:
Parliamentary upon the completion
of the enrolment, the lots of enrolled persons
shall be fled IN the Offices of the Sheriffs Of
the counties in which such enrolled persons
reside.
.Sscoad-The Governors of the several
States shall appoint commissioner for each
county of their respective States, whose duty
it shall be to supcrintend the drafting. and
hear and determine excuses of persons claim
ing to be exempt from military duty. Such
commissioner shall receive compensation of
feur dollars per diem for each day he may be
actually employed in the discharge Of his du-
ties as such commissioner.
Tird-Thc enrolling officer shall imme-
diatsly, upon the filing of the enrolment
lists, notify said commissioner that said lists
have been 50 filed, and the commissioner
shall thcrcupon give notice, by handhls
posted in each township of his county, of the
time and place at which claims of exemption
will be received and determined by him, and
shall fix the time to be specified in the order
aforesaid within ten days of the filing Of the
enrolment at which the draft shall be made,
and all persons claiming to be exempt from
military duty shall, before the day fixed for
the draft, make proof of such exemption be-
fore said commissioner and iffound sufficient
his name shall be stricken from the list by a
red line drawn through it, leaving it still
legibls. The commissioner shall in like man.
ner strike from the lists the names of all per
sons now in the military service of the Uni |
ted States, all telegraph operators and con-
structors actually engaged on the fifth day of
August, 1862 all engineers Of locomotives |
on railroads. the Vice President of the Uni
ted Statos, the efliccrs-judicial and eXecu-
tivc-of the government of the United States.
the members of both houses of Congress and
their respective officers, all custom house Of |
fcers and their clerks; all post officers and
stage drivers who are employed in the care
and conveyance of the mail Of the Postoffice |
Of the United States; all fcrrymen who are
employed at any ferry on postroad; all pilots;
all mariners actually employed in the sea SER
vice Of any citizen or merchant within the
United States; all engineers and pilots of reg |
istered or licensed steamboats, and steam
ships, and all persons exempted by the laws
Of the respective States from military duty,
on sufficient evidence or on his personal
knowledge that said persons belong to any
Of the aforesaid classes, whether the exc,np- |
ton is claimed by them or not. Exemption
will not be made for disability, unless it be
Of such permanent character as TO render the
person unfit for service for a period of more
than thirty days. to be certified by surgeon
appointed by the Governor in each county
for this purpose. 9Th At the time fixei as
before provided by TIE Commissioner for
making the draft, the sheriff of the county,
or in his absence such person as the Commis-
sioncr may appoint, SHALL in the presence Of
said Commissioner, publicly place in wheel
or box of like character to such as are used
for drawing jurors, separately folded ballots,
containing the names Of all persons remain
ing in said enrolment list not stricken off, as
before provided, and proper person appon-
ted by the Commissioner, and blindfolded,
shall thcrcupon draw from said box or wheel
a number Of ballots equal to the number Of
drafted men fixed by the Governor of each
State as the proper quota Of such county.
Sirth-A printed or written notice Of his
enrolment and draft, and OF the place ofren-
dezvous of the drafted military force, shall
therefore be served, bya person to be ap-
pointed by the Commissioner, upon each per- |
sen SO drafted, either by delivering the same
in person or by leaving it at his last known
,,l.co of residence Fth Anv person so |