M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-03-19

oEO. D. ana be II lnrther enacted
That for each of said districts there
shall be appointed by the President a
Provost Marshal, with the rank, pay
and emolument of a captain ofcavalry,
or an officer of said rank shall be
detailed BY the President, who shall
be Under the direction and subject tc
the orders Of Provost Marshal Gen,
eral, appointed or detailed by the
President Of the United States. whose
office shall be at the seat of Goyeru-
reat, forming separate bureau ol
the War Department, whose rank, pay
and emoulments shall be those Of a
colonel Of cavalry.
SEC. G. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the Provost
Marshal General, with the approval
of the Secretary Of War, to make rules
and regulations for the government oI
his subordinates ~ furnish them
with the names and residences of all
deserters from the army, or any Of the
land forces in the service Of the United
States, including the militia, when
reported to him by the commanding
officers to communicate to them all
orders Of the President in reference to
calling out the National forces; to
furnish proper blanks and instructions
for enrolling and drafting to file and
preserve copies Of all enrolment listsj
to require stated reports Of all pro
ceedings on the part of his subordin'
ates to audit all accounts connected
with the service under his direction ;
and to perform such other duties as
the President may prescribe in carry.
ing out the provisions Of this act.
SEC. Z. And oe it further enacted
That it shall be the duty Of the Pro.
vost Marshals to arrest all deserters,
whether regulars, volunteers, militia.
men, or persons called into tho service
under this or any other act Of Con,
gress, wherever they may be found,
ana to send them to the nearest mill
tary commander or military post to
detect, seize aud confne spies oI
the enemy, who shall without unreas.
enable delay, be delivered 70 the Gus
tody of the General commanding tile
department in which they may be
arrested, to be tried as soon as the
exigencies of the service permit; TO
obey all lawful orders and regulations
of the Provost Marshal General, and
such as may be prescribed by law,
concerning the enrolment and calling
into service the National forces.
SEQ. s. And be it further enacted,
That in each of said districts there
shall be a Board Of Enrolment, to be
composed of the Provost Marshal ss
President, and two other persons, tc
be appointed by the President Of the
United States, one Of whom shall be
a licensed and practicing physician
and surgeon.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted
That it shall be the duty Of the said
Board to divide the districts into sub.
districts of convenient size, if they
shall deem it necessary, not exceeding
two, without the direction of the Sec.
retary of War, and to appoint, on or
before the tenth day of March next
and in each alternate year thereafter
an enrolling officer for each sub-dis
trict, and to furnish him with proper
blanks and instructions ; and he shall
Immediately proceed to enroll all per,
sons subject to military duty, noting
their respective places Of residence
ages on tho first day Of July following,
and their occupation and shall, on
or before the first day of April, report
the same to the Board OF Enrolment,
to be consolidated into one list, q copy
OF which shall be transmitted to the
Provost Marshal General on or before
the first day OF May succeeding the
enrolment. Provided, nevertheless,
That if, from any cause, the duties
prescribed by this section can not be
performed within the time specified
then the same shall be performed as
soon thereafter as practicable.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted
That the enrolment OF each class shall
be made separately, and they shal
only embrace those whose ago shall
be, on the first day of July thereafter
between twenty and forty-fve years
SEC. II. and be it further enacted
That all persons thus enrolled shal
be subject, for two years after the frs
day of July succeedinst he eprollmen
to be called into the military service
of the United States, and to cout!nu'
in service for three years, or during
, the war; and when called into service
shall be placed on the same footing
: in all respects, as volunteers durin!
5 the present rebellion I; not, however
] exceeding the term Of three years
. including advance pay and bounty q
3 now provided by law.
8 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted
9 That whenever it may be necessar