Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-08-23
ORDER FOR DRAFTING.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. |

| August 9th, 1907.
To Governor Samuel J. Knkuood Daren.
port.
GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER NINETY NINE (99
Regulations for the enrolment and draft
OF three hundred thousand (300,000)
Militia
In pursuance Of an order by the Pres.
ldent of the U. s, bearing date August
fourth (4th,) eighteen hundred and sixty.
two lle62, whereby it is provided that a
draft OF three hundred thousand militia be
Immediately called Into the service of the
United States, to serve for nine (9)
months, unless sooner discharged; and
that the Secretary Of War shall assign the
quotas to the States and establish regula.
tons for the draft. Also, that if any
State shall not by the 18th ll5,h) of Au-
gust furnish its quota Of the additional
three hundred thousand volunteers author.
lied by law, the deficiency in that State
shall be made up by special draft from the
militia, and that the Secretary Of War
shall establish regulations for this purpose ;
it is ordered,
FIRST 1st THE Governors Of the res
pec.ive States will proceed forthwith to
furnish their respective quotas Of three
hundred thousand militia, called for by
the order of the President dated the fourth
! (4th) day OF August, eighteen sixty two
| (lS62, which quotas have been furnished
to the Governors respectively, by commu-
nications from this Department Of this
date, according to the regulations herein
set forth.
SECOND cd The Governors of the
several States are hereby requested forth
| with to designate rendezvous for the draft.
ed militia of said State, and to appoint
commandants therefor, and to notify the
| Secretary Of War of the location Of such
| rendezvous, and the names Of the comma
| dants. tits important tina. the rendezvous
should be few in number AID located with
view to convenience Of transportation.
THIRD l3d The Governors Of the
| respective States will cause an enrolment
to be forthwith made by the Assessors of
the several Counties, or BY any other Off
GERS to be appointed by such Governors.
OF all able bodied male citizens between
the agea of eighteen Isl and forty We
10, within the respective counties Civ.
ing the name, age aud occupation of each,
together with remarks showing whether
he is in the service of the United. States,
and in what capacity, and anv other facts
which may determine his exemption from
duty. All reasonable and proper expen,
SEES Of such enrolltnent and of the drai,
hereinafter provided will be reim bursed by
the United States, upon vouchers showing
the detailed statement of service per-
formed and expenses incurred, to be ap'
proved by such Governors
FouRTn 18th. Where no provision is
made by law in any State for carrying in.
to effect the draft hereby ordered. or where
such provisions are in any way defective,
such draft shall be conducted US follows
First lst Immediately upon compe.
ton Of the enrolment, the lists OF enrolled
persons shall be fled in the offices of the
sherltls OF the counties in which such en-
rolled persons reside
Second ID The Governors of the
several States shall appoint a Commits
sioner for each county of their respective
States, whose duty it shall be to superin
tend the drafting and hear and determine
the excuses Of persons claiming to be ex,
empt from military duty. Such Commis
sioher shall receive a compensation of
four 4 dollars per diem for each day he
may be actually employed in the discharge
Of his duties as such Commissioner.
Third I'D The enrolling officer shall
Immediately upon his filing Of the enroll
ment lists notify said Commissioner that
said lists have been SO filed, and said Com
missioner shall thereupon give notice by
hand bills posted in each Township in his
County, of the time and place at which
claims Of exemption will be received and
determined by him, and shall il the time,
to he specified in the order aforesaid, with
in 10 days Of the fling Of the enrolment,
at which the draft shall be made, and all
persons claiming to be exempt from mill,
tary duty shall before the day fixed for
the draft make proof Of such exemption
before said Commissioner, aud il found
sufficient his name shall be stricken from
the list by red line drawn through it
leaving it still legible. The Commissioner
shall in like manner strike from the list
the names Of all persons now in the mill
tary service Of the u nited States, all Tel.
egraph operators and constructors actually
engaged on the fifth (5th) day of Angus,
eighteen hundred aud sixty two QS62,O
engineers of locomotives on railroads, the
Vice President of the United States, the
officers Judicial and Executive of the Gov
ernuent of the United States, the mem.
bers Of both Houses of Congress and their
respective officers, all custom house Off
GERS and their clerks, all post officers and
stage drivers who are employed in the
care aud conveyance of the mail OF the
Pos, Office Of the United States. all fairy.
men who are employed at nny gerry on
post road, all pilots, all mariners actually
employed in tho sea service of any citi.
zen or merchant within the United States,
all engineers and pilots Of registered or
lictnsed 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 ex
smption is claimed or not exemption win
not be made for disability unless i, be Of