The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-31
TO DRAFTED MEN.
CIRCULAR No. AZ.

PROVOST MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, d c.. July II, 1863. I
I Drafted men become soldiers in the service of
the United States by the fact of tleir names hav-
ing been drawn in the draft. The notification,
served upon them by the Provost Marshal, is
merely an announcement Of the fact, and an order
for them to report for duty, at a designated time
and place.
IL The following opinion of the Hon. William
Whiting, Solicitor of the War Department, is
published for the information Of all concernrd
"WhPn person has been drafted in pursuance
of tn" Enrolment act of March 3, 1862, notice of
such ,iraft must lie served within ten DAYS there
alter Icy written printed notice. TO be served
on him personally, or by Tearing copy at his late
place 9fresidece, requiring him TO appear at des
igu;ttcd reuda zyous to-report for duty. Any per-
falling to report for duty after notice LEFT AT
HIS LAST PLACE Oh RESIDENCE, or served on him
personally, without furnishing n substitute or
paying $500, is pronounced 10y law to be dt serter
lie may be arrested and held for trial by court
martial, and SENTENCED TO DEATH.
= If person after being drafted, and before
ceivinE notice, deserts, the notice NAV still he
served by leaving it his late place Of residence,
and if he does not appear in accordance with the
notice, or furnish the substitute or pay the $500
he VIII be in law drserter and must be treated
accordingly. There is no way manner in which
person, enrolled can escape his public
dutieS, and when dI afted, whether present or alb
sent, whether he changes his residence absconds,
The rights of the United States against him are
secured and it is only by performance of his duty
to the country, that lie will escape liability be
treated as a criminal.
GSgned.1 CIVILIAN WHITING
'Solicitor of the War Department"
JAMES b. FRY,
Prov st Marshal General.
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War Department.
Provost Marshal Generals Office,
Washington. d. c., July 1Tth, 1868.
To answer inquiries made to this Office, it is an
nounced:
LIST Any drafted person paying $780, under Sec
ton Il of The Enrolment Act, is thereby exempt
from liability Under the droJt, but not from any
subsequent draft.
ID. ANY drafted person furnishing an accepta-
BILE substitute is exempt from military service for
the period for which said substitute is mustered
into the service
3D.. substitute, once mustered into the service,
cannot be drafted while in service.
4th. A drafted man cannot ply communication
money, present substitute. after he has re-
parted himself TO the Boaru Of Enrolment for
examination. .---
5tlI Men who, on the Sd of March 1854, were in
the military seryicc of the United States, as sub
stitutes under the draft of 1862, and whose terms
of service have since expired, not liable to the
present draft but the persons for whom they
were substitutes liable to the draft, the same
as though they had been drafted and furnished
substitutes under the draft of last year.
9th. In serving the notice as required 10y Circu-
lar No AZ, from this Office, reasonable time to re-
port shall, in each case, be granted by the Board
of Enrolment to men in ; tote seTrice who have
JAMES FRY.
iv24.1w Provost Marshal General.