The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-22
General Headquarters. State Minnesota,
GENERAL ORDERS, NO 36.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,

| GENERAL ORDERS, NO 80.
| ADJUTANr GENERALS OFFICE,
ST. PAUL, (MINNEsoyA,) August 10, 1862. J
In order to clear understanding of the
various orders issued by this Office in relation
to the Enrolment and Drafting of the Militia
of the State of Minnesota, and in pursuance of
further instructions recently received from the
War Department, the officers heretofore ap-
pointed under General Orders No. rs, will be
governed by the following instructions:
The agent appointed by the COMMANDMENT.
Chief, pursuant to General Order No. Is, shall
Immediately visit each town and city, and
ascertain if the assessor has made proper mi.
litia returns in accordance with Orders Nos.
| %, %, and rs, and shall see that each assessor
perfects his enrolment lists, or if the assessor
fail or refuse to do so, the said agents shall
proceed Immediately to prepare the said en-.
rollment lists, in accordance with the follow.
| ing Instructions;
| The said enrolling officer assessor or age1t)
shall prepare list of all white male citizens
between the ages of Is and As, whether PIE.
| sumed to be exempt or not, by reason of
physical disability or any other cause--statiny,
! however, in the return under the head of gea.
eral remarks, the nature of any apparent boil
| lily defect, or presumed disqualification, and if
in the service of the United States, state the
| capacity.
| In case any doubt exists as to the age of the
party, his name is to be taken. All foreign
| born persons who have declared their inten-
<bo Tint
| are to be included in the returns and in any
case where doubt exits whether foreign born
person has been naturalized, or has declared
his intention to become citizen, his name
must be taken.
| The names of all persons who have enlisted
from each township since July I'd, 1862, under
the recent calls for 100000 men, and the desig.
nation of the regim ent and company in which
they have severally enlisted, are to be careful.
ly ascertained and reported, by inquiring of
each head of a family, and by such other
means of information as are accessible to the
| agent or assessor.
The enrolling officers (agents or assessors)
of each county must file their enrolment lists
in the Office of the Sheriff of the county on or
before the Oath instant, and must therefore
Immediately notify the Commissioner that said
lists have been filed.
See Sec. of General Order No. %, for the
duties of Commissioners. The Commissioner
will not. however, fix the time at which the
draft shall be made as provided in General Or
der No. 25. In pursuance of a more recent
Order of the War Department, the date at
which drafting shall commence is hereby fixed
on Wednesday, the third day of September
next.
In determining the suficiency of proofs Of
| fered by persons claiming exemption, the
Commissioner will strike none from the lists,
except % those producing a certificate of dis
ability, signed by the Surgeon appointed for
that purpose. (2.) Such persons as are in
cluded in the second subdivision of section of
, General Order No. 25; (3) such persons as
shall furnish clear and satisfactory proof that
they are not of the prescribed age-or "a for.
eign born persons not naturalized, or who have
zens. Persons known to have exercised the
rights Of suffrage, shall be presumed to be liza
BILE to military duty, unless the contrary be
shown.
In examining a candidate for an exemption,
the examining physician will be governed by
article 1861 of the army regulations, which is
in the following language:
q In passing recruit the medical officer is
to examine him stripped; to see that he has
free use of all his limbs; that his chest Is ample;
that his hearing, vision and speech are perfect;
that nlcprQtn0
sively cicatrised legs; no rupture or chronic
cutaneOuS affection ; that he has not received
any confusion or wound of the head, that may
impair his features that he is not drunkard,
is not subject to c0nvulsiOns, aud has no in.
fictitious disorders nor any other that may I'm.
fit him for military service"
The agents, commissioners and surveyors
appointed under General Order No. Is, for Ger.
tain bOuntes, will act also for the counties at.
tached to them in pursuance of General Order
No. IS, under which the said officers were ap.
pointed, and in apportioning the quotas among
the several counties, all counties so attached
will, with the county to which they are at.
taehed, be held as one county.
The Auditor Of the county shall Immediately
upon the filing of the enrolment lists in his of.
fee, or before the 26th day of August, forward
by special messenger to the Adjutant General
a statement of the whole number of persons
enrolled in each township, with the regiment
and company in which each has enlisted.
1t is necessary that the enrolment lists be
completed and promptly forwarded to this of.
flee by the time designated in order that the
Governor may. if possible, apportion the quo.
tas of the several counties on the basis of the
enrolled numbers in each, in time for the draft
in pursuance of recent order of the War
Department..
In case, however, the quota of each county,
on the basis of the enrolled militia, should not
be ascertained in time for the draft on the
third day of September, the quota of each