Washington telegraph., 1862-12-24
General rders-No. Is.
HEADQUARTERS TRANS. Miss. DEPT.


General trders-No. As.
HEADQUARTERS TRANSMITS. DEp'r,)
Little Rock Dec 8, 1867.
i. General Order No. Al, current series. Is
revoked, and the following general order sub
stituted therefor:
For the purpose of carrying into effect the
Conscript Act, as passed at the last session Of
the Confederate Congress, the following regu-
lations are adopted for the Trans Mississippi
Department:
l. Col. BENJAMIN F. DANLEY is hereby
appointed Commandment of Conscripts of the
District of Arkansas, which is hereby subd-
yided into four divisions.
2. Maj. JOHN J. H0RNER is appointed
enrolling officer of Division No. l, composed
OF the counties Of Marion, Izurd, Indepen-
dence, jackson. Woodruff, Poinsett, Missis-
slppi, Greene, Randolph, Lawrence, Fulton,
Crittenden, Craighead, Cross, st. Francis.
Philips, Monroe, and White. He will estab-
lish Camp of Instruction at Jacksonport.
3. Maj JAMES IL. SPARKS Is appointed
enrolling officer of Division No. 2, composed
of the counties of Sebastian. Scott, Yell, Perry,
Conway, Van Buren,, Pope, johnson, Franklin,
Crawford, Washington, Madison, Newton,
Searcy, Carroll and Benton. Ha will estab-
hsh Camp of Instruction at Dardanelle.
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rolling officer of Division No. 8, composed Of
the counties of Arkansas, De.ha, Chicot. Brow
Ashley, Jefferson, Prairie, Pulaski, and Sa-
line. lie will establish Camp Of Instruction
at Pine Bluff
D. Maj. JAMES I. ELLIOTT is appointed
enrolling officer of Division No. T. composed
of the counties of Ouachita, Union, Calhoun
Bradley, Dallas, Hot Spring, Clark, Pike,
Sewer, Hampstead, Columbia. Lafayette, PIX
and Montgomery. lie will establish Camp
of Instruction ut Camden.
.. The several Camps of Instruction will be
under the charge and dIectisn Of the several
division enrolling officers, who will a. point
one enrolling officer in each OF the counties Of
their several divisions
4. There shall be assigned 70 each division
three Surgeons, who will constitute a Board
OF Examination for said division; ana one or
more of whom may act at any place Of render
vous therein. They will be stationed severally
as follows:
First Divisional Smithville, Lawrence
county Mount Olive, lizard county and AT
Searcy, White county, Arkansia.
Second Division-At Jasper, Newton county;
Fort Smith, Sebastian county; aud Clinton.
Van Buren, county, Ark.
Third Divisional Little Rock, Pulaski
county Hamburg Ashley county aud
y.
Fourth Diyision--At Washington. liomp-
stead county; Princeton, Dallas county: and
Murireesboro Pike county, Arkansas.
3. lhD county enrolling officer will cause 10
be enrolled all white male persons b.t~acn
eighteen AID forty years Of age, liable III Der
form military duty, whom lac may fnl III M.
county; and will cause to be cntar.d WIN n
ages, Tune If enrolment, place of nativity.
ana date of their leaving their homes Tor the
Camp of Instruction. And wilt also note
opposite the name Of each one found not suL
Jcct to military DUTY, the cause thereof; and
roll prepared for that purpose, their Names
forward duplicate roll, to his division enrolling
officer, Que of which will be forwarded by tbS
division enrolling officer to the commandani
Cf conscripts
.. The county enrolling officers will notify
the examining board, or any one of them OF
the pla of rendezvous xed bv them for the
conscrpts OF their several counties and the
examining board of surgeons. or any one Of
them, will, by publication ia some newspaper
i'll their division, or by notices poste up in
the county, give ten DAYS notice N the time
when they will attend said rendezvous. ana
will then and there examine said conScripts
and such persons shall be found incnpnb lc
of bearing arms, on account of mental IN phys
icnl incapacity, by such examining surgeon.
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animation, who shall determine the question
of exemption, ana grant certificates thereof.
said certificates specifying whether the inca
pacity l. temporary or permanent; asd if per
mnnent, the party shali be exempt from future
examination, unless specially ordered hv the
board. In cases where the incapncity is tenl-
pOrary. or where AN enrolled person cannot
attend the place of rendezvous on account of
sickness, and shall send 10 he examining sur.
geon certificate specifying the cause of all.
senco, and its probable duration from some
respectable physician resident in the county
in which the rendezvous is situated, tho cx-
amning board, or surgeon, shall send such
certificates to the commandant Of the camp Of
instruction of his division; and III the person
mentioned therein shall not report himself for
examination Mt the said camp. within reason
able period, or send to the commandant Of the
camp, renewal of the certificate showing BIZ
continued disability, he shall be deemed ABB
SENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
IL. The Standard of bodily capacity shall he
that established by General Order No SIS,
Adjutant and Inspector Generals office, as
modified. viz:
J. Blindness, excessive deafness, and per
manent lameness, great deformty, are obvi-
Gus reasons for exemption.
2. Confirmed consumption, largo incurable
ulcers, ana chronic contagious diseases of the
skin, are csuses for exemption.
3. Single reducible hernia, the loss of an
eye, or several fingers, will not incapacitate
the subject for the performance Of military
duty.
A. A certificate of disability Of 4 conscript.
given by private physician, will not be CON
sidered, unless affidavit is made that the con
script is confined to bed, or that his health
and life would be endangered by removal to
the place of rendezvous
III. After such examination shall be had
by the board of examiners, the county enroll
ing officer will complete the roll by discharging
all found permanently, physically, or men
tally unable to perform military duty by the
examining board and all who may be entitled
to be discharged or exempt from other causes
and will cause the men enrolled to be collected
at some convenient place, thence to be for
warded to the Camp Of Instruction of their
proper division, and delivered with the dupli.
cate rolls to the commanding officer.
~. Applications for exemption must be
made to the county enrolling officers, who will
act thereon, and forward the same, with their
action endorsed thereon, to the commandant Of
conscripts.
V. The exemption act does not authorize
the discharge of any one enrolled, or in service
prior. to the Ilth day of October 1862; and
the fact that person has been DISCHARGED