Daily national Republican., 1863-06-16
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
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.1l " Twas DsSAurnsur,
Pnovclf mhnsnal onnElAt'a OEylcE,
thl 40 WAsaul1FnAiu ulfH, SoHs = IN ~
~ foAlowing spinisn q loo.i Wilnan Wpliine,
eullsllsr oruAs Wa pepattnint, hkSbtah iofasfsi
90 ~ puhliahod b. the nacretarY Of Waf! ri ~
I 1ts hAfionAl fdrSis, iiAbls % paffiFA mul,Ary
eltT' 'inslnds ali abIslsdisd maIs eitiaahs II IL
l UNITED oIAtoi, ana Yefsoua o. foroign bltth Who
hAss dAdIArad iisIr intsntion 70 bsSoihe cttissns
Asoording 70 law being between % and ts ysass Of
age-.tFliislita .il y loo tt71I
csrtaih psfioai srt excepted, divided Into eight
elAaaea. No pernona but such A. arc thercin OK
cePted ahah b exempt (seo ~ rry-.y,
.hlsdSclsrsdt tAs dlify ofths snrolins ofAOsr. 70
enroll all PeFsons subject to military duty ssa 81
An psraonn thut taroaed shaii u sdhjsdt, H5F VE6
years Aef July ID sucoeedinE shs enrolmant % b.
called inio ne miltSry psfyios (seo. itJ1 NC
me national fofess mot now In the nnnitAfy
seryiss) the sst shall bs diVidsdinto
two eIasses. tsee. ~
ThoSeiof ths ssSond class shall NOT be tailed out
hAIated. ~ r-r-,-r.5r ,--,,,-r,..-, -
mus II seems, BY ne tras OOnttrustipn o. thls
act, that WhHe an persoaa coning within itS pro-
visions are 10 be enrolled In the national forces
nevertheless, undef the arst eurollmshs thoas Who
were In the military service ~ the tine the act
went lhto eject arc not 10 be iksi1ded Ia that
uiasa which iS iubJost 70 the ffst dran.o5 10 II .
several proyihions Of the ststute are inoossstsht
with the idea that peons then In the sorvfce were
70 Be treated as liable 10 draf from the frst elAss
thus it u PrOsidad, IN the seventA asstios, that
resulas[volHatesrt, IIIitik man, oFpsrsons called
INTO the service under this or Hny otSr act Of Con-
gress, were 70 be arrested ~ deserters, wherever
they might b found, by the Provost Marshal, and
to be sent TO the estmIlaryp post, thus admit
tag plain digtinetiou between these dlnsrent
olAssps Of peFaona,vizI thoas who were then u the
- k..sI T..
The salae distinetioh between thosswho were In
the service and thoss who were to be drafted in, iS
recognised n section is, which provides bounties
70 those who, being then In the service, should
volunteer to re-enlist. 1927 Ei-". ..a
The statute in providing for the classification OF
troops from which drafiu are 70 be msds sBaets a.
followB (seotion 81 That the national forces OF the
United States, nOtAOS ih ne military service, enrolled
under this act, AhAll be divided into two classes.
Thus, those who arc "how" (thAt is 70 say, on tho
I'd Of March, 1884, in the military service are not to
be Included iu either OF these two CLASSES.
And a. those DSA (MArch Sd) In the service were
not included In either OF these two classes, they
may be said TO Constitute hird elsSs Of forces TO
be enrolled under the provisions Of the act.
As between the first and second classes the law
(Seetion ~ requires that the second class shAl not
in any district be called Into the service OF the
United States until those Of the first class shall
have been thus called in.
VoluntserB or regulars who have boenihthe ser
vice, and who had been discharged therefrom, or
had resigned prior to the ID day Of March, Iss0
hAble to be drafted Il the same manner as n they
had never been in the service. No regard Is to be
paid to their former period Of service, or to the
length or brevity Sfthe period the date OF
their discharge and that Of the draft.
Volunteers who were In the service Of the United
States the ID OF March, ISS1 and have since that
time been discharged, are not therefore, included
In the hrSt class from which the hrSt drAf 10 in-
tended to be made, and are therefore not now lia-
BILE TO be called on by draft which is to be made
from that class Of the forces Of the United states
under the provisions Of this act
WILLIAM WHITING,
solicitor OF the War Department.
JAMES D. FRY,
jeII Provost Marshal General.