Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-03-21

n years, or during THE war and when coiio,
!, ihto service shall be placed on the sam
e footing, in all respects, as volunteers fo
= three years, or during the war, includip
| advance pay aud bounty as now provide
by law. gr
, SEC. IL And be Il further enacted Tha
when it may he necessary to coil out the D,
! 'ional forces for military service, the Pre-,
: ident Is hereby authorized to assign to eac
district The number Of men to be furnishe,
; by said district and thereupou the enroll
Ing board SHALL under he direction of thu
President, make a draft OF the reauiret
number. and fifty per cent in addition. auC
shall make couplete and exact roll of the
: persons SO drawn, in the order in which
they we're drawn, no that the first shall
stand first, and so on, and the persons SC
drawn shall be notified within ten davs
thereafter by q written or printed notice
served personally or by leaving the same il
his last place ct residence, requiring Linn
TO appear az a designs ell rendezous and
report tor duty, and in assigning to the dis.
tFicts 10 each case he number Of men TO he
furnished therefrOm, the President shall
Take into consideration the number of vol.
uEteers aud militia furnished by aud from
the several States for the service of the
United States 10 which said districts are
situated, and the period of their service
since the commencement of the present Re.
bellion, aud shall make suid assignment so
as to equaise the numbers Of the several
States, considering and allowing for the
numbers already furnished as aforesaid
SEC l3. Aud Be ii fHrther enacted. That
any person drafted and no ified 10 appear
aS aforesaid, may on or before the day
! liked for his appearance furnished an accent
able substitute to take his place in the
draft, or may pay TO such persons as the
Secretary OF War may authorize to receive
| 1t, such sum as the Secretary OF War may
deterfniee. not to exceed three HUNDRED
dollars, for the procurement of such subsii-
tute, and Ihereupon the said person furnish
ing substitute or paying the money sholl
be discharged from any further liability un.
der that draft but any person failing to
report after due service Of notice as herein
described without furnishing substitute
or paying the required sum therefor, shall
be deemed deserter, & shall be arrested by
The Provost Marhal and sent to the nearest
military post for trial by o court.martial
unless upon proper showing that be is not
liable so do military duty, the Board of En.
rollment shall relieve him from the draft.
Sec. IA. And be 1t fartksr enacted, That
all drafted persons shsll, on arriving at the
rendezous, be carefully inspected by the sur.
geon of the Board, who shall truly report
to the Board the physical condition of each
one and all persons drafted and claiming
exemption from military duty on account
o! disability, or any other cause, shall pre-
seat their claims TO be exempted to the
Board, whose decision shall be final
SEC is Amd Be IL CtsrtIer suaetsd. That
any surgeon charged with the duty of such |
who shall receive from any one
money or other vaubIeIhing or agree direct
Igor indircctlyio receive the same to hisown
or auother's use for making an imperfect
inspection or q false or incorrect report. or
who shall wifuIly Neglect to make a faith.
tul inspection and true report, shall be tried
by court-martial, and on conviction there
OF, he punished by fne not exceeding five
hundred dollars nor less than two hundred
and be Imprisoned at the discretion of The
| ourt, and be cashered aud dismissed from
The service.
SEC 10. And Be IL further enacted,
That as soon as the required number of I
able'bodied men liable to do military duty
shall be obtained from the list of those
drafted the remainder shall be discharged.
and all drafted persons reporting at the
place OF IendeZvous shall he allowed travel
ing pay from their places of residence and |,
all expenses connected with the enrolment
and draft, including subsistence while u,
The rendezvous, shall be paid from the ap.
for enrolling and drafting, un
der such regulations as the President of /
the Uaited States shall prescribe aud all
expenses connected with the arrest and re- II
.urn of deserters to their regiments, or such !
other duties as Provost Marshals shall be :
called upon TO perform, shall be paid from I
be appropriation for arrestiug deserters y
lnder such regulations SIS the President of r
he United States shall prescribe Prouid |,
d, The Provost Marshals shall in no ease r
eceive communication for transportation or +
or fuel aud quarters, but only for forage. j
When not furnished by the Government,
egelher wi th actual expenses Of postage, Il,
tatonery. aud clerk bre authorized by
he Provost Maishal, General. iR faaaarI
SEC II. And Be IL faytier enacted That 4
my pc son enrolled aud drafted according Il
o the provisions of this act who shall fnrn.
sh an acceptable substitute, shall there.
lpoa receive from the Board Of Euroll. q
nen,, certificate of discharge from such !,
lraft which shall exempt him from mil.
tary duty during the time for which he was .
lrafled, aud such substitute shall be enti-
led to the same pay and allowances pro
-ided By law as it they had been originally
lrafted into the service Of the United
states. ~
SEC Is And be il further snaeted That !;
Och Of the volunteers and militia now 10 :
be service Of the United States as may re. i
nliSt to serve one year, unless soonor DIS
harged, after the expiration of their pres.
ut term OF service, shall be entitled to n
ounty Of $50, one.half Of which to be paid
pom such re enlistment, aud the balance II
be expiration of the term of re enlistment a
nd such as may re-enist to serve for two ii
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