Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-06-25
The Coming Draft.


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The Coming Draft.
The instructions issued to the provost
marshals by the War Department. require
that enrolling officers. under the Conscrip-
ton law. to enroll all persons subject
to military duty. whether white or black.
and to note their ages, residences, color
and occupations. They must include,
first, all able bodied males between the
ages of twenty and forty five. not exempt
by law: and. second. all persons of for
eign birth who shall have declared their
intention 10 become citizens. r''
The enrolment Of the two classes (be-
tween twenty and thirty five, first unmar-
ried persons. and, secand. all others Unjust
be kept on separate sheets. but made at
the same time, Students in colleges or
schools, teachers, apprentices. sailors.
travellers. and the like, are to be enrolled
at their legal residence. their temporary
absence from which forms no cause for
exemption. Enrolling officers are to
Judge of age by the best evidence they
can obtain; but appeals for exemption on
accoant of age may always be made to
the board.
Whenever any part Of the forces thus
enrolled are to be called out the Provost
Marshal General shall notify each district
provost marshal of his proportion. with
specific instructions as to the subdivisions.
The board shall then make the sppoFtion-
ment TO the subdistricts, and shall add
fifty per cent thereto. ~
i What follows is embraced in the. fol-
lowing regulations: nW + I'll.
73. The board shall make an exact and
complete roll of the names of the persons
drafted, and of the order in which they
were drawn, so that the first drawn may
stand first on the said roll, and the second
may stand second, and so on. The draft
shall take place at the headquarters of
the district 1t shall be public and under
the direction of the board Enrichment
The name of each person enrolled shall
be placed in a box to be provided for tho
purpose, and tho provost marshal, or
some person to be designated by him.
the drawer to be blindfolded. )shalI draw
therefrom one name at time until the
required number is obtained C-
Il. The exact and complete roll of the
names of the persons drawn in the draft
shall be entered by the board in book to
be kept for that purpose, ruled and headed
to correspond with the descriptive roll of
drafted men.
IS. The number required to fill the call
will be taken from the roll by commenc-
ing at the first name. and taking in order,
until the required number is obtained
all who are not by the board decided to
be excepted and exempt under the pro
visions of the enrolment act.
rs. The names of the men thus calle,
into the service will be entered on ..de-
scriptive rolls" in triplieate,) signed by
the board.
One copy of this roll will be sent to the
Provost Marshal General direct, one CODY
to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General of the State, and one will be re-
tanned by the provost marshal.
II. Certified extracts from this descrip-
tive roll shall be made in duplicate by the
lprovost marshal for every party of draft
ed men sent off. and sent with the party
to the officer to whoa the party is TO be
delivered. One copy is to be retained by
this officer. and the other il to be return
ed, with receipt for the party as deliver
ed to him on the back. The returned
copy will accompany the provost mar
shal's monthly report to the Provost Mar
shall General.
Is. The board shail note on the roll
book OF drafted men, In the column Of re-
marks opposite each mans name, the dis
position made of him-whether called in
to the service and sent to the rendezvous
exempted by the board, replaced by a sub
stitute. commuted for. deserted or dis
charged. as not being required.
10. The substitute whom any drafted
person is authorized. by section Ii of the
ENROLMENT act, to furnish, must be pre-
scented to the board of enrolment; and il
shall be the duty of the board to exam
inc him. and, if accepted. to place his
name on the book of persons drafted,
with explanatory remarks. His name will
then be Transcribed on the descriptive
rolls of men called into service
so. Certificates oil exemption from the
draft by reason of having provided sub
stitute. or having paid Communication mon
ey. shall be furnished by the board Of en-
rollment according to form 81. A dis
charge from one draft furnishes no exemp-
ton from any subsequent draft. except
that when the person drafted has furnish
ed an acceptable substitute, and has re-
Iceived certificate Of discharge from
preceding draft. he shall be held exempt
from military duty during the time for
which he had been drafted. and for which
such substitute was furnished.
/ 81. The board shall furnish discharge
from further liabilities under the particu-
lar draft to any drafted person who pre-
sents bona tiae receipt for the sum an
nounced in orders for procuring substi-
tutes from the person authorized by the
Secretary of War to receive it. =
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