The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-19
INFORMATION IN REGARD TO ENROLLING.

Az uIo pIcbcut tliuc, Wucu every Ouc Is IuOTc
or less interested in the enrolling process now
being carried on by the Government officials,
we think the following summary of the act
passed by the last Congress, in reference to this
matter, may prove interesting.
1t will be seen that the peculiar institution
is not exempt from enrolment:
The instructions issued TO the provost mar
shals by the War Department require that en-
rolling officers, under the consumption law, arc
to enroll all persons subject to military duty.
whether white or black, and to note their ages.
residence, color and occupations. They must
include, first, all able-b males between the
ages of twenty and forty-tive not exempt by
who shall have declared their intention to be-
come citizens.
The enrolment of the two classes Cbetween
twenty and thirty-fve, first, unmarried persons.
and second, all Others) must be kept on sepa-
rate sheets, but made at the same time Stu
dents in colleges or teachers, apprentices, sail.
Ors, Travellers and the like, are to be enrolled
at their legal residence, their temporary alb.
sence from which forms no cause from eXemp
ton. Enrolling officers are to judge of age by
the best evidence they can obtain but appeals
for exemption on account of age may always
be made to the board.
Whenever any part of the forces thus enroll
ed are to be called out, the provost marshal
general shall notify each district provost mar
shall of his proportion, with specific instructions
as to the subdivisions. The board shall then
make the apportiOnment to the subdistricts,
and shall add fifty per cent. thereto.
What follows is embraced in the following
regulations:
70. 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
quarters of the district. 1t shall be public, and
under the direction of the board of enrolment.
The name of each person enrolled shall be
placed in box to be provided for the purpose,
signated by him, (he drawer to be blinded)
sshall draw therefrom one name at time until
the required number is obtained.
~. The exact and complete roll Ofthe names
OF the persons drawn in the draft shall be en-
tered by the board in book to be kept for
that purpose, ruled and headed to correspond
with the descriptive roll of drafted men,
20. The number required to fill the call will
be taken from this roll, by commencing at the
first name, and taken in order, until the re-
quired number is obtained, all who are not by
the board decided to be accepted and exempt
under the provisions of the enrolment act.
76 The names of the men thus called into
oClNlCC Will W culCTcU Oh OCSCrlpClVc Tolls,
Gin triplicate,) signed by the board. One copy
of this roll will be sent to the provost marshal
general direct, one copy to the acting assistant
provost marshal general Of the state, and one
will be retained by the provost marshal,
"a. Certified extracts from this descriptive
roll shall be made in duplicate by the provost
marshal for every party of drafted men sent of,
and sent with the party to the officer to whom
the party is to be delivered. One copy is to be
detained by this officer, and the other is to be
returned, with the receipt for the party as de-
livered to him on the hack. The returned CO.
Ply Will accompany the provost marshals
monthly report to the provost marshal general
78. The board shall note on 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, committed for deserted
or discharged, as not being required.
49, The substitute whom any drafted person
is authorized by section thirteen 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 draft
ed, with explanatory remarks. His name will
then be transcribed on the descriptive rolls of
men called into service.
80. Certificates of exemption from the draft
by reason of having provided a substitute, or
having paid Communication money, shall be fur
nished by the board of enrolment according to
form thirty-one 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 re-
ceived certificate of discharge from preced-
ing draft, he shall be held exempt from military
duty during the time for which he had been
drafted, and for which said substitute was fur
nished.
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 orders for
procuring substitutes from the person author
lied by the Secretary of War to receive it.