The Portland daily press., 1862-09-04
O F F ICI A l..
STATE OF MAINE.


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ENERAL ORDER No. 50.
reauisition having been made upon the Govern
and COMMANDMENT Chief, by the President of
g limited states for nine Thousand six hundred
d nine (9f;O9 abIe-bodied men, to be drafted from
enrolled militia of the State for the service of
United States, to serve for nine months unless
oner INSTRUMENTATION Is hereby ordered as follows:
p,,sr
lies OF enrolled militia shall each appoint men,
of their company to be Clerk, who shall be sworn
ore some Justice of the Peace OF the County, to
Ike true and faithful record of the proceedingso of
Il company at such meetings for making the drah
a. are hereinafter provided blanks for appoint
n at and certificate of oatA aforesaid viii be season.
al furnished from this Office.
{; The time Of meeting Of companies Of militia
Il the purpose of making such DRAFT, shall be We'd
NJ lay the third day of September next at nine
O. ock in the forenoon, and notice Of the time and
p &c of meeting the latter to be designated 6y the
y erly Sergcant shall be given in manner and form
as IT the election OF officers but there shall be at
LEI twenty-fo hours notice given. At such meet
ca Q draft to be made therefrom in manner fol-
To- ng:
rst-He will cause box Of suitable size for the
pu rose 10 be prepared, and will place therein in
pr ence of the company, as many slips OF paper as
thu arc names on the roll Of his company, exclusive
of Ulcers elect, and upon the slips shall be writ
tel in letters and not figures. the numbers from
on, TO that which expresses the entire number of
me in the company, each slip having one number
WI en- thereon. The box shall then be closed, and
the ,apers therein thoroughly shaken up, when
drf shall be made thercfrom under his direction in
the aode here prescribed.
S ,ond-The names the company roll shall then
be lied in alphabetical order by the Orderly Ser
gca t. and each man, his name is called, shall draw
to iGe CLERK, who shall read aloud the number there
on, nd record the same upon roll previously pre-
par by him for that purpose, upon blank furnish
ed this office OppOsite the name OF the
dra ing the same until every slip shall have been
dra from the box and in case where an enrolled
mel Der of the company shall not be present, shall
neg ct refuse to draw upon his name being called
the rdery Sergeant shall designate some member
of company 10 draw for him.
IL rd-When there is more than one company in a
city town, the Mayor and Aldermen of the city,
and ne seiectnen OF the towns, are authorized and
reqt sted, Immediately upon receiving information
oft ir quotas, TO apportion the same equally be-
twe the several companies, having respect to the
borne upon the rolls. II such municipal
oflie shall neglect refuse to perform the above
scrv e in making the aforesaid apportionment, the
drafi will nevertheless be proceeded win, IN the
mani or above described, and notice OF the facts
sho, be Immediately forwarded to this office by the
Ord. ly Sergeant.
fore O'Clock, r NJ il viii be continued on the mex,
day, between the hours of O'Clock A. NJ, and
och (, p. NJ, and from day to day between the
bilii to enrolment tsuch exemption to be determined
as h; einaf,er provided against whose names upon
the cord thus made BY the clerk shall be found the
low, number commencing at one ~ and going up
%a until e 81 ~, ,e raed quota Of s aid
com my, and shall be held accordingly, and thus the
quot is to be completed from the lowest numbers
draw by non-exempted men.
81, h--Thc following persons viz:
III Vice President of the United States;
III officers, judicial and executive of the United
Stat
Tn members of both houses OF Congress and their
resp i've officers; custom house officers and their
cierl inspectors of exports; pilots, and mariners
ed in the service OF any citizen merchant
with the United States;
Po masters, assistant postmasers and their clerks,
post hcers post riders, and stage drivers in the care
and ,nycyance of the mail of the United States;
ierr, en- employed at any ferry on the post road;
artif and workmen In the United States arsenals
pers Of the denominations OF Quakers and
Sbal :; justices OF the supreme judicial court;
mini rs of the gospel, regularly ordained ac-
cord TO the nsages OF tncir denomhanons, SO
long as such relation continues; and officers OF
the sihtia who have been honornbly oischarged.
arce implied from iiabih.y 70 ehrolmenI ana drai.
and, pom evidence FURNISHED the orderly sergeant
that ey come within TINS exemption, ne VIII cause
thee rk to draw line across their names upon the
recoi but not rendering the names icgibic STATING
opp.o c, the ground Of exemption. line VIII also
be d. Sn across the names OF persons cialmng eN-
emp IRON iaoty On gfoun .,s OF ~. SEA a;sa
bly VINO shall estabhsh the sandiiy OF such claims
Defoi the Ofueriy SergeAht py INT cefunca'e OF any
surg, WITHIN the county,, appo'n.ea oy sne no.er-
nor, the purpose OF making such cAAmnanon'
whic certificate shall contain statement of the par.
t,cus gI1uSu oi sucn usaDy ny M, ., "a
.he Terry sergeanls ID ,n,s wi, s'a"u gooo
g, n,h Tbroa 1exs from tho draft axclusiva of
that y, sha DC allowed parhes claiming exemption
70 a sh eNiuen.e .,'e .'a mi Wy
orde eefgenn', anu no 1ecsion ~ ns ' .. sucn
such an Inmed;a,clx mon Tho ~ niration M mid
pcrio the of the persons drafted, and certi
fed Of the record made by the clerk, aforesaid,
shall transmitted 10 the Adjutant General. The
Orde Sergcants will notify the drafted men COM
prisil his company's QUOTA 10 appear at the place
wheI he draft was made, on the sixth day succeed
ings draft at 9 O'Clock A. NJ, and from thence he
will ,cced with them by public CONVEYANCE If such
can 1 had and If not by the most expeditions and
econ, deal method TO the place of rendezvous of
which notice will be given hereafter. In of the
rcsic ton absence or neglect of the Orderly Ser
gcan 10 perform the duties herein required the Cap
tans Get or either of the Leutenants in default of
his su rior officer will OFF ciate in his stead
Fig Unreasonable compensation will be made for
the n rmance OF these duties and necessary expen-
COS +, lbursed
nj, t-(ne or more competent surgeons In each
coun, will be designated by the Governor of whose
apnoi ment notice will be given and whose ccrtifi-
cafes disability and none Others win be respected
BY On crly Sergeants or others in authority. When
any /, rshn enrolled rs aforesaid il sick and unable
10 mr.. mt himself personally before the surgeons an
poipt rs aforesaid such surgeon NAV issue on GER
Utica (. of exemption upon the productions before
him the sworn statements of the PARTY in reference
10 tn nature and extent of his disability or disease
and sworn statement in detail concerning the
same ~ pbys stefan or surgeon of good standing in
Tho :, +, 1ty
TIE, The drafted men from the different compan-
los w arriving AZ the Mace of rendezvous will he
form. into panies and regiments which will be
oe, "A ms proyided by the laws of this State and of
tho tied States
Ele entl-Drafied men may furnish substitutes,