, 1863-07-12

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The enrolment Of all bodied men in
State, in accordance with the act for calling
ont the national forces, IS nearly completed,
The number Of pamts taken amounting In
the aggregate to about S0o, coo. The enroll
mint IN 1he Sixth District was completed =
week ago, and preparations are now being
uade to tIanscribe The names from the rolls
to slips Of paper, so that everything may be
in readiness Tor the draft when ordered By
the President. At the lowest calculation,
there are between &C, coo and 1000 persons
IN this city belonging to the first c!ass,"
which will, Of course, be trst called upon.
has secefyed favorable reports of the progress
Of the work throughoutthe city, and from all
TINT ne can learn, the draft, should one be
ordered, will proceed quietly aud without
obstruction or resistance. Since the COM
1nercement Of the work, a>number Of persons
have been arrested for obstructiDg the officers,
and are now under bail to answer.
4 week OF 80 ago. Deputy Marshal Seeph-
tins, in the Sixth Dht1ict, arrested q young
man pamed Biesel, on charge of resisting the
enrolling officer. The accused was taken
before one Of the Unitcd States Commission
trs and held to answer, s.5o oail being re-
since, Deputy tfarehal Stephens, while in
| the discharge Of bis duty, was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff McClusky on q warrant issued
By Judge McCunn-charged with assault aud
battery by Biesel. The officer took Stephens
to the 10th ward station house, but suose.
quenty released him on parole, to appear at
| the City Judges Chambers at ten o'clock the
| next morning. At the appointed time the
| Judge could not hear the caae, but fixed an
| hour in the afternoon. One or two hearings
t baye been had, and the case Is still under IN
t vestigation.
Our reporter yesterday paid visit to the
| office Of tapt, Joel B. Erhardt, Provost Mar
shal Of the IVth Congressional Dissrictot this
| city, and was shown the manner in which tho
! final lists Of enrolment, from which the draft
| is to be made, are prepared. Capt. Esha1dt
! nearly 50, COO names, comprising the residents
| If lie First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Eigth Wards, have been enrolled.
Few persons hare any idea of the amount Of
labor required to complete in correct man
ner The work Of the enrolling otilcera Many
inal sheets, from the fact that & great deal Of
tie information furnished them was through
Eartfes others than those enrolled. About
furty ugro6sers-intelligent, cIerkly. looking
men-are engaged, beside halfn q dozen ont
side. The ontside men are kept constantly
making inquiries concerning, parties whose
names appeur on the enrolment sheets, and
Of whose residence there ls the least doubt
Immense piles Of blank sheets Of Glasses
aud 2, furnished from the Government print
ipg Office at Washington, are covered each
day. Erch sheet contains 20 names. The first
transfer the engIossers make Is from The org
; inal enrolment sheets to the consolidated
Ward are arranged alphabetically: each sheet
10 then passed through the hands Of tht
"checkefs,n who. with The aid Of map auG
| street directory Of each Ward before them
mark with red figure the number Of th'
Ward in which tile persons enro1led reside.
rs -f~4rA %r1r r5r7r
two or mole fractional sheets of each 1ette
and reducing them to one, 60 that only on'
fractional sheet of each letter or Ward up
pears in this copy. This copy is then dupli
, Gated, the different Letters from to i
, each ward being numbered successfully, il
. black ink. In these copies the place Of bust
, ness Of each individual is left out, and onl.
his residence appears on the sheets. Tles
tTo copies arc then given out In Wards-tW'
| men working IN each Ward-whosc busines
it is to catttully examine, and In the frs
IRE M exact copy Of the sheets numbered y
red. This dohe, the first name {iu soy til
First Wa1d), commencing with the letter A
is compared with every other name In tn
Ward commencing with the same letter
This is done to make sure that no name Is du
. piicated. II similarity Of names Is foun
: 10 the came address, md that the occupation
, or birth is not the came, the subject is mai
Q ter for inquiry. When the game name
t found on The sheets second time, tho sec
+ ond entry is ruled out. When this is all gon
! through, the final copy Is produced. Duria
: the different stages the work is watched ore
Q by superintendent, who is held strictly =
. sponeible for the least mistake Of any Of tf
t engroseers. As an evidence Of the strictne:
with which Capt. EEhardt requires the woE
to be done, we copy the following placaz
a which is posted conspicuously in the Office:
4 i.Nottce.-ray will not be allowed to ensrosse
n gloee work is not absolutely correct A stn:
= incorrect entry will be sufficient to stop pay a{
, epdapget dismissal JoEI D. EhHA1lnT, =.
J. Provost Marshal" !"
;. The order has been carried ont LITERAL
;. and several hare been discharged for q sing
!, mistake made through carelessness. II
Commissioner, Mr.. Mcfarland. mud the r
:. co1der, Mr. Geo. Tuthili, give the work the
q careful supervision, and from what We ss'
. . We have no hesitation In saying that the e
rolI1nent In Capt. Erhardt's district will
+ as correct as It Is within the bounds Of post
r. bility to have it.