Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-05-29
DELAWARE, OHIO, MAY 90, 1863
The Coming Draft.

1he coming ursIL.
I The instructions issued to the provost mai
( shals by the War Department require that er
=: rolling officers, under the conscription law, ar
to enroll all persons subject to military dut!
whether white or black, and to note their res
. dences, ages, color and occupations The
5 must inelude-frst all able bodied males be
tween the ages of twenty and forty-fve, nc
! exempt by law; and second, all persons Of fol
: eign birth who shall have declared their inten
! tion to become citizens.
The enrolment of the two classes (betwee
] twenty and thirty ve,with unmarried persons
and second, all others must be kept on sepa
rate sheets. but made at the same time. Stu
dents in colleges or schools, teachers, appren
tices, sailors, travellers, travelling merchant
and the like, are tn be enrolled at their lega
residence, their temporary absence from which
forms no cause for exemption. Enrolling off
GERS are to judge of age by the best evidence
they can obtain; but appeals for exemption or
account Of age may always be made to the
board.
| Whenever any part of the forces tAus en-
rolled are to be called out, the provost mar
sbal general shall notify each district srovost
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:
73. The board shall make an exact and com
plete roll of the names of the persons drafted,
and of the 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 draft shall take place at the head
quar- ters of the district. 1t shall be public,
and under the direction of the board of enroll
ment. The name of each person enrolled
shall be placed in a box to be provided for the
purpose and the provost marshal, or some per-
son designated by him, 1.-THE drawer to be blind
folded,) shall draw therefrom one name at a
time until the required number is obtained.
"A. The exact and complete roll of the
names of persons drawn in the draft shall be
entered by the board in book to be kept for
that purpose, ruled and headed. to correspond
with the descriptive roll Of drafted men.
IS. The number required TO fill the call viii
be taken from this roll, by commencing at the
first name and taking in order, until the re-
quired number is obtained, all who are not
by the board, decided to be excepted and ex-
empt under the provisions of the enrolment
act.
76. The names of the men thus called into
service will be entered on descriptive rolls"
I'm triplicate) signed by the board One copy
of this roll will be sent to the provost marshal
general direct. one copy to the acting assist
ant provost marshal general of tbe State, and
one will be retained by the provost marshal.
II. Certified extracts from this descriptive
roll shall be made in duplicate by the provost
marshal for every party of drafted men sent
off, and sent with the party to the officer to
whom the party is to be delivered. One copy
is to be retained by this officer, and the other
is to be returned, with receipt for the party
as delivered to him on the back, The re-
turned copy will accompany the provost mar
shals monthly report to the provost marshal
general
Is. The board shall note Oh the roll book Of
drafted men, in the column of remarks oppo
site each mans name, the disposition made of
him-whether called into service and sent to
the rendezvous, exempted by the board, re-
placed by substitute, commuted for, deserted
or discharged, or not being required.
79 The substitute whom any drafted per-
son is authorized, by section 13 of the enroll.
ment act, to furnish, must be presented to the
board of enrolment; and it shall be the duty
of the board to examine him, and if accepted,
to place his name on the book of persons
drafted, with explanatory remarks. His name
will then be transcribed on the descriptive
rolls of men called into the service.
80. Certificates Of exemption from the draft
by reason of having provided substitute, or
having paid Communication money, shall be
fu rnished by the board of enrolment accord
ing to form 81. A discharge from one draft
furnishes no exemption from any subsequent
draft, except that when the person drafted
has furnished an acceptable substitute. and has
received certificate of discharge from pre-
ceding draft, he shall be held exempt from mil
itary duty during the time for which he had
been drafted, and for which such substitute
was furnished.
81. The board shall furnish a discharge
from further liabilities under the particular
draft to any drafted person who presents
bona fde receipt for the sum announced in or
ders for procuring substitutes from the person
by the Secretary of War to receive
it.