The national Republican., 1862-08-14
HOW DRAFTING N TO q. posE,

HOW DRAFTING 10 TO IN DONE.
Adj. Gen. Thomas has autographed 10 Gov.
Andrew, Of Massachusetts,, The manner 10 which
the business Of drafting sAall be done. We
extract enough to show the process:
\rHE ENROLMENT.
The governors Of the respective States will
cause an enrolment to be made forthwith by
the assessors Of the several counties, or by any
other ofacers, TO be appointed BY such Cover.
nors, Of all able.bodied male citizens between
the ages Of Is and 45 within the respective
counties, giving the name, age and occupation
OF each, together with remarks showing wheth-
or be Ii In the service Of the United States, &C.,
and in what capacity, or any o:her facts which
may determine his exemption from military
duty.
TEE PREPARATION FOR DRAFTING.
Where no provision IL made by law In any
State for carrying into effect the draft hereby
ordered, or where such provisions are In any
manner defective, such draft shall be conducted
q follows:
First. Immediately upon crmpletiou Of the
enrolment, the lots Of enrolled persons shall
be hled 10 the Offices OF the sherliis OF the
counties in which such enrolled persons reside
Second. The governors Of the several States
shall appoint q commissioner for each county
Of their respective States, whose duty II shall
be to superintsnd the drafting, and hear and
determine excuses Of persons claiming to be
exempt from military duty.
WHO ARE ExEnPT.
Third The enrolling officer shall Immediately
upon the fling Of the enrolment lists, notify said
commissioner that said lists have been 90 filed,
and the commissioner shall thereupon give no.
tlce by handbills, posted In each township of his
county, Of the time and place ut which claims
Of exemption will be received and determined
by him, and shall fix the time to be specified In
the order aforesaid within ten days OF the ding
Of the enrolment at which the draft shall be
made, and oil persons claiming 10 be exempt
from military duty shall, before the day flxed
for the DRAFT, make proof of such exemption
before said commissioner, and II found sufi-
Client, bis name shall be stricken from the list
by red line drawn through Il, leaving II still
legtble. The commissioner shall In like man.
ner strike from the list the names Of oil persons
now in the military service oi the United States;
all telegraph operators and constructors actu.
ally engaged on the 9th day Of August, 1862 |;
oil engineers Of locomotives on railroads, the
Vice President Of the United States, the officers
judicial and executive-of the Government
Of the United States, the members of both
Houses Of Congress and their respective officers:
oil custom house officers and their clerks alf
post officers and stage drivers who are en-
ployed In The care and conveyance OF the mail
Of the Post Office OF the United States; all fer.
rymen who are employed at any ferry or post
road; oil pilots; all mariners actually employed
10 the sea service Of any citizen or merchant
within the United states; oil engineers and pi.
lots Of registered or licensed steamboats, and
steamships, and oil persons exempted by the
laws Of the respective States from military duty
on sufficient evidence or on bis personal knowl.
edge that said persons belong TO any OF the
aforesaid classes, whether tho exemption is
claimed by them or not.
Exemption will not be made for disability
unless It be Of such permanent character a. 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.
THE MANNER OF DRAFTING.
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 az the
ence Of said commissloner, publicly place In Q
wheel or box Of . like character to such as are
used for drawing jurors, separately folded bal.
lots, containing the names Of all persons re-
naming ON said enrolment lists not stricken
Of, a. before provided, and proper person
appointed by the commissioner, and blind
folded, shall thereupou draw from said box or
wheel number Of ballots equal to the number
Of drafted men fixed by the Governor Of each
State, - the proper quota Of such county.
THE DRAFTED TO Be NOTIFIED.
A printed or written notice Of bis enrolment
and draft, and Of the place Of rendezvous Of
the drafted military force, shall thereupon be
served, by person to be appointed by the
Commissioner, upon each person 20 drafted,
either by delivering the same In person, or BY
leaving II at bis last known place of residence.
SUBSTITUTES.
Any person so drafted may offer q substitute
at the time Of the rendezvous OF the drafted
militia force, and such substitute, II be shall
be an able-bodied man, between the ages Of
eighteen aud forty y.6ve years, and shall consent
In writing, with the consent Of bis parent or
guardian, II he be- minor, to subject himself
to all the duties and obligations to which bis
principal would have been subject had he per.
sonally served, shall be accepted in lieu OF such
principal.
NO sKULKING ALLOWED.
Provost Aarshals will be appointed by the
War Department In the several States, on the
nomination Of the Governors thereof, with
such assistants as may bs necessary to enforce
the attendance Of all drafted persons who shall
fail to attend at the places Of rendezvous.