Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-22
THE GOVERNMENT DRAFT,
regulations for the EmrOllmem I
and Draft of the Militia.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL's OFFICE,
WAR pEpARTMENT, Washington, 3 P. NJ,
Anrnst @ 1862


Regulations for the enrolment and
draft of three hundred thousand militia,
ein pursuance of an order by the Presi-
dent of the United States, bearing date
Aug 4, 1862, whereby it is provided that
draft of three hundred thousand mill
tia be Immediately called into the SER
vice of the United States, to serve for
nine mouths, unless sooner discharged,
and that the Secretary of War shall as
sign the quotas to the States, and estab-
lish regulations for the draft. Also that
, If any State shall not by the fifteenth of
August furnish its quotas of the addi-
tional three hundred thousand volun-
teers authorized by law, the deficiency
ofvoluutcers in that State shall also be
made up by special draft from the mill
tia, and that the Secretary Of War shall
establish regulations for this purpose.
1t is ordered; First, the Governors of
the respective States will proceed forth
with to furnish their respective quotas
of the three hundred thousand militia
called for by the order of the President,
dated the fourth day of August, 1862,
which quotas have been furnished to
the Governors respectively by commu-
nication from this department of this
date, according to the regulations hence
forth set forth
Second The Governors of the several
States are hereby requested forthwith to
designate rendezvous for the drafted
militia of said States, and to appoint
commandants therefor, and to notify the
af W. r ho1 To- ~
rendezvous and the names of the com
mandants, and it is important that the
rendezvous should be few in number
and located with view to convenience
of transportation.
Third. The Governors of the rcspec-
tive States will cause an enrolment to
le made forthwith by the assessors of
the several counties or by any other off
GERS, to be appointed by such Goven-
ors, of all able bodied male citizens be-
tween the ages of Is and Is 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 herciaafter provided, will
be reimbursed by the United States,
upon vouchers showing the detailed
statement of service performed and ex-
penses incurred, approved ty such Gov
iernors
Fourth. Where no provision is made
by law in any State for carrying into
effect the craft hereby ordered, or where
such provisions are in any manner de-
fectiye, such draft shall be conduc ted
as follows:
First. Immediately upon the compile
tion of the enrolment, the lots of en-
rolled persons shall be filed in the Of
ices of the sheriffs of the counties in
which such enrolled persons reside.
Second. Tie Governors of the several
States shall appoint commissioner for
each county of their respective States,
whose duty it shall be to supe rintend
the drafting, and hear aud determine
excuses of persons claiming to be exempt
from military duty. Such commissioner
shall receive a compensation of four
pollars per diem for each day he may
be actually employed in the discharge
of his duties as such commissioner.
Third. The enrolling officer shall
Immediately, upon the fling of the en-
roll:nent lists, notify said commissioner
that said lists have been so filed, and
the commissioner shall thereupon give
notice, by hand bills posted in each
township of his county, of the time and
place at which claims ofexemption will
he 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
before said commissioner, and if found
sufficient his name shall be stricken
from the list by red line drawn throuh
it, leaving it still legible. The COM
missioner shall in like manner strike
from the list the names of all persons
now in the military service of the
United States, all telegraph operators
and constructors actually engaged on
The fifth day of August, 1862; all en-
gineers of locomotives on railroads, the
Vice President of the United States,
the oficers-judicial and executive-of
the Government of the United States,
the members of both houses of Congress
and their respective officers; all custom
house officers and their clerks; all post
officers and and stage drivers who are
employed in the care and conveyance
of the mail of the Postofice of the
United States; all ferrymen' who are
employed at any ferry on post road;
all pilots; all mariners actually employed
in the sea service of any citizen or mer-
chant within the United States; all en-
gineers and pilots of registered or Ii
censed steamboats, and steamships, 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
exemption is claimed by them or not.
Exemption will not be made for disa-
bility unless it be Of such permanent
character as to render the person unfit
for service for 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 fixed as before provided by the
Commissioner for making the draft, the
Sheriff of the county, or in his absence
such person as the Commissioner may
appoint, shall, in the presence of said
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