Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-05-27

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day; or a contract can be made for their
board and lodging at rate never over forty
cents day, and which, in general, is expect
ed to be much less. Where neither of these
arrangements cen be made, prisoners in charge
or Provost Marshal's parties may be lodged in
iaTs, when only the Ordinary Jail fees will be
paid.
INTERFERENCE WITH THE DRAFT.
The Provost Marsbals are enjolned, in ac-
cordance with the terms ofthe act, to arrest
and deliver to the proper civil authorities, to-
wit-the United States Marshal--with writ
ten charges, any person resisting The draft, Or
counsehng any drafted person to conceal him
self, or in any way disobey or dissuade from
obedience to the law. On conviction, persons
as arrested are to be fined FIVE hundred dol
lars, or imprisonment not exceeding two
years or both. The instruction is added that
in all cases the Provost Marshals shall execute
this duty with frmness, but also with pru-
dence and good Judgment and without any
unnecessary harshness. To enable them to
perform this and similar duties they are au-
thorized to call on the nearest available mill
tary force, or on citizens as a posse coD1itamus,
or on United States Marshals and Deputy
Msrshals.
APPREHENSION AND DELIVERY OF DEsERTERs.
Every possible effort must be made by the
Provost Marshal TO arrest all descrters within
his district, and he must receive and hold all
deserters presented to him by other parties
The five dollars reward for the delivery of a
deserler is to be paid just as soonas he is sat
isied that a person presented is a deserter, SC
that those bringing in deserters may. receive
their rewards as surely and promptly as pos
sible. Where there is military station in
The immediate vicinity, deserters viii be sent
to it at once. If such stations are remote
( they viii be sent tri-monthly or oftener ifthere
lie more chan five OF. hand at any itermediate
period. A special guard may be employed
when a Hiiiitary one is not procurabe, to ac-
company tie prisoners, far which they silal
be paid dollar day and expenses, if they
deliver the prisoners safely-otherwise moth
ing. Persons who are drafted and duly mott
led, but fail 10 report, or furnish substitute
or pay for one, are to be treated as desorters
Finally, Provost AIarshals are warned against
improper or unwarrantable arrests, and urged
to special care on that point.
SITES
Are to he arrested as deserters, and forth
with turned over to the General command
ing the department.
ENROLMENT
Is to be begun, under the orders of the Board
as speedily as possible. Assessors are to be
generally preferred Tor enrolling officers. One
Is to be appointed from each sub-district, and
I The Board may make as many of these as il
deems necessary, having generally bat one
/ for each sparsely-settled county, and one il
each ward Of city, or township of a popu,
/ Ious county.
Enrolling officers are TO enroll all person,
subject to military duty, nchetEsr ,0hits 0,
Blaez:, and to note their ages, residences, color
and occupations They must include, first. al
able-bodied males between the ages Of TWEEN
/ ty and forty five, not exempt by law; ant
second, all persons of foreign birth who shall
have declared their intention to become citi.
zens.
The enrolment of the two classes-be.
tween twenty and thirty-fve, with unmar-
ried persons, and second, all others-must be
kept on separate sheets, but made at the same
time, Students in colleges or schools, teach.
ers, apprentices, sailors. travellers, travelling
merchants, aud the like, are to be enrolled al
their legal residence, their temporary absence
from whic'i forms no cause Tor exemption
Enrolling officers are to judge of age by the
best evidence they can obtain, butappeals ior
exemption on account of age may always be
made to the Board
DRAFTS
Whenever any part Of the forces thus en-
rolled are to be called out, the Provost Mar
shal General shall notify each district Provost
Marshal Of his proportion, with specific instruc-
tions as to the subdivisions The Board shall
then make the apportionment to the sub-dis-
tricts, and shall add fifty per cent thereto.
What follows is embraced in the following
regulations:
49, The Board shall make an exact and
complete roll of the names of persons drafted,
and ofthe 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 craft shall take place at the
head quarters Of the district 1t shall be pub
1 lie and under the direction of the Board ol
Enrolment. The name of each person en-
rolled shall be placed in a box to be provided
for the purpose, and the Provost Marshal, OF
some person designated by him-the drawer
is to be blinded-shall draw therefrom one
name at a time till the required number is OBJ
tanned
"A. The exact and complete roll Of the
names of persons drawn in the draft shall be
entered by the Board III book 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 this roll by commencing
at the first name, and taking in order, till the
required number is obtained, all who are not,
by the Board, decided to be excepted and ex-
empt under the provisions of the enrolment
act