, 1863-08-09

hfLipS AtetStAnl Surgeon GtnGsal, u. y. 4.
To His Exccl!encJ. Richard Yates, Springfield, ILL.,
THE DRAFT.
The Three hundred Dollars Excmp.
ttou.
The following communication, from tho
TACT that 1t aprears In the Washington inleNl-
Yncer, ith tic initial Of namc frequently
tren appended to documents Issued from tho
Adtutant Gencrai'o office, uny be regarded as
semi-oficlal exposition Of the groun'1s tipon
which reic founded Tic decision regarding
tbe s:co exemption clause:
To Tic Edlto,s of the National tntcllgentes:
., ,HtSrtEitGs:-i 4hl it, 1out Inrer Of ttty
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XII T.. IN aMia4. LII tv1' nt ten,s",Y,hs ft' tt'stl
~ l''4 'a'ta frtial.al'tH elll lltule 70 |htiitn
."Het ~ WH ,i!aet utpnt! ritIaf - ~ W.
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:, ,is"si, - e eM"nl TYP W N.sslFssl|nA
al ~ ''aaas 10, sIat ~ ~ W9r'ls q! aHy
mEt!a'ssnuot AI.'n.a!ng ~ 'Nh common 'ian u
ttAe'n. ~! aptllsa T. l'le hnlthct mailer "f
H." '",, 49,, ss y, w. aoAeMnIna ~ expressing tho
atrl nport ID te or IN, .!as n mS% ~
.ls .,..at W. h nasS'agea tt9n !"TMer liability n4;
ger thdt hrr!t,' certainty IL not that he stull
~ Ieleasca 1rn1n liability, nut oHlS under that
atai1, out unael any other dralf, ~ throo
Year,; IL ~ nowhere suggested That Lie
.h .h.ahlng O! NATURAL IMPORT or These words, as
they ssnna, eAtends 10 other drafts, or that
sly a..y aouut would aflnn upon them. It Is only
ny 1eso111ns 20 ano1her section tt!lo l7th}
ttl.. . reason IL lhoI'snt TO 10 found Tor say
.6rsa !, ,1ts,bnsrea Iose 70 anis, tna. tao
A., H., .,ran - nuH tnt.Ael iiaol4ly un'
ti,a,- ~ liz i,oh1,a.1 .us 'sSaatseo t1om ta5.
;t,,n 1G.y t11ny unae. "as or any o1a5r made
ther ~ the,c |rcs.,on, t. * .aai nct-
~, t,nxos+ 80 ihs eti 10 .no ptaln anu nat'
W aonin thn II {31st s .ection e of +he at,,rt. de.
c}are:s ,hat certain ncrsans "a s11.,1 cnn.t;,uto
lie rational frces. And shsii ho 1ish]e to
1trf,rm milftnry fintr IN tic Tni,cd st,tcs
Whcn calied ont br % tc prcsiSont Tar th,1 n"rs
1,osen @oA -
TIN ninth sccf!on 7,rov{des FIR fin enro1.
mcrt Of nil snch ,,ers5r,s, and thc tcnth scr.
t!on ccacts that nil persons thus cnroiScd
shall be subject for two wears afier tue first
day Of ,JuIy st1ccee,ljnf- thn ..nrn;incnt n hc
called into the miIitarT service Of The f1nitcfI
States, md 10 continue in service during tbs
rrcscnt rebellion. not howcvcr evccr,lI,s1 tha
term Of three ycarso' &c.
These provisions Of tbs statute impose upon
certain persons liability to be called upon
for two years to render military service for
three wears. This is the general liability Of
oil persons properly enrolled under tile Stat.
! ute. But when thu President calls a part Of
the NATIONAL forces Into military service, this
general liability under the statute is, under
tho draft, changed, rs to some persons, into
special and actual liability to render military
| service for three years fror17 that Tina 'Th,,
twelfth section provides for mixing TIC draft,
and for notlf5lng tho person drafted TO appear
and report Tor duty. The thirteenth section
has express reference to duties created by the
twelfth, and provides two modes in which a
rerson dtafted ard notified to appear, under
the previous section, may disch1rgc himself
from the obligation to appear aud report for
duty thus created, and from the liability to
he deemed dcserter for FILLING to do 80.
| The subject matter OF the section |. tho LIN.
bility Of the drafted man, created by the pre-,
ceding section, to appear and report for duty
| and tie natural IMPORT OF tbs words "dIs.
charged from further liability under thnt
| draft," when taken In connection with the
subject nattcr, would clesrly eeeul 70 la that
lie Is d1.chargcl from the obligation 20 appoa.
| and report for duty, md from the liability to
| be deemed tlescrter for falling to do SO.
It Is true tliat thus far the man paying the
communication money aud thu QUE furnishing
tho substitute stand on the same footlug
| they urc both mike simply discharged FROM
Their liability under TINT draft.
| But the seventeenth section, for the pur.
I rnee It. rnnRonr1,1o II, r.F s.,.,