New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-14


there exhibited in all their variety. The present
business Of the Marshhls and their surgeons is the
reception aud eXaOnnaion OF military substitutes,
and OF parties claiming exemption from the draft
About seventy cases per day disposed OF by
each Marshal. All have busy time OF IT,. At
Capt. Leb mans Office, yesterday, we watched The
process IN its various iorms. The experience here
shows the tact that the two iptrm,ies most com,
mon tsnoug men IN cities are henOrIboIds ilcs ahd
rupture in its forms. ON account OF these
two affections fully three-fOurhs of the applicants
COR exemption receive tier discharge kuptufe Is
an affection that il in its very nature incursbe. lis
ELECTS NAV lie pal sted, but "a IuptureG man could
not possibly perform a soldiers duty. Very bad
cases of hemorrhods are equally disqualihcatory for
military service
! In examining substitutes the most rigid scrutiny
/ j. exercised. Many attempts at fraud are made.
Men u, fit Tor service sell themselves substitutes,
fooshly surprising themselves able to conceal their
/ infrmities. They little know the ordeal through
which they must pace They entirely overlook tue
fact that a surgeon in five minutes can overhaul
them as n matchmaker Overhauls watch. There
In abundant atteIlpt at fraud all around. Drafted
claim disqualification Oh the ground Of dsabill-
/ ~, and men who want substitute money endeavOr
to conceal their ailments Both call into practice
the utmost skill OF the surgeon making the exami-
nation.
/ The substitute upon presenting himself for ac-
ceptance, 10 taken into a room, where be disrobee
himself. The surgeon begins with his teeth, and
/ examines MS WuOie UouN uoWH ~ toto. Abo
examination is more searching than the ex-
animation Of applicant for policy OF insurance
upon his lie by life insurance company surgeon
IL the front teeth are gone 40 that man cannot
for infantry service. He may do for trooper
/ Every lmb is examined. IL the lungs are uusound,
the IL Ieranent apOplectc, or the stem wasting
the Government does not ant the man, either
volunteer. a conscript, CT a substitute.
the applicant ~ made 10 throw himself into
tfa md atrafh s
practically perfect. He is made to pick up grain
Of corn from the ground without bending his
knees TO stand upon The poinis OF hs toes, and TO
show that he If perfect IN hs anatomy. III he
stands this test he accepted and release is given
10 the man who brings him. The substitute then
receives his money aud is taken into the custody OF
a guard. lie is then "a United States soldier for
three years.
AT Capt. Lehman's Office, yesterday. we saw
some humorous incdeuts. A man abou, 40 Year, OF
age came limpiug into the office. lie wanted ex-
emption.
/ = What ais your Lex ?" the frat question.
"Why, !, 5 s,iiI, that ar leg H. Its been stiff
nigh on two year
" What makes II stiH =
/ WHY, | reckon il e the rhcumatis Doctor That
! l-g aiIt got no more Joint IN II than Il orowbsr."
% Well, We j see. step outside there, and We II
/ look n; you
ooh, sou need nj give yourselves no trouble.
kin iest roll up my trousers lex night here
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/ that room We wan, to sec that leg; perhaps We
can cure il. We've performed some remarkable
cures lately.
/ Tue man did ut want TO 90 into the room, hut sgw
/ there guard a, hand likely TO enforce the order.
/ :, he went in He stripped, exposing IA very dirty
biae 10 the sunlight. The doctor looked at the Icg,
and formed has own conclusions. He asked the
man more questions, and received positive ans wcr
n AT the LIMB war imtovaby stIdcned, the resuI OF
rh, umatism.
"You must take ether, my man, can cure you
Of THE stiffness s..id the doctor.
81 reckon you haint eot no ri ht 10 do nothin'
81 that hiud" raid the man. " come here with
stiT leg You eau zee | haint III Tor sojerin' no
how, and you ham, got no right to to p.z !.
neither.
I'VE have the right to prevent sneaks ard liars
from evading the duy OF every citizen, and we ARE
COIN. 10 iesi the tTnth Of what you have been say
ing"
The man grew very ugly. The Fpongo of ether
was brought aud applied but he ln;sesd L. away.
Five men were required at last 10 h' Ia Inn oow IL.
Int the ether WAS applied, aud .he man At last
dered rn,eDsible. 10 accomplish tins required iuil
/ bottle OF ether. The surgeon Wa satisfied the
was shanming About his leg there was not the le.si
ripidIty II was IN oil respects perfect. When be
came 10 conrciol,u,ss the told that until bis
substitute VAS procured he wac cOusdep IA
,criut lie was exceedingly surprised thas he de
oeplion was uumssked.
Another man followed him. who wished 10 be
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spayins upon 4 hor,e. lie was az Irlshmau. The
! a, ctor,As at Il glance that he was uns0und ana
Dismissed him Will sharp iepIooi Tor his sIupidily
/ IA presenting bImssi.
+ 1he next was little man, who claimed 10 De-
rurtured The removal Of bis clothing disclosct n
truss with pads sbou. big "a toa saucer,, large
enough 20 cover frsi.class ruliur, upon TIE Bel
plau gant. The doctor could Ind no sIyu OF any
rupture but ~ rup'urc sometimes dtscends or
cedes the man wis told 10 at down for while IN
a
The man sat down, "a pHTis nGfaraIf1HS, upon "a
chair trembling Ike n leaf. But the rupture Gidn't
,how itsen Tn. surgeon said tint IL he could hring
"A respectsble medical certificate Of rupture existing
il should have due weight .he nan lett, ,aying
he Won ID get il. lie appeared honest.
Out Of about thirty whom We thus saw ~ tninod
Yesterday morning. more than a dozen were badly
ruI,urcd a fact which elbows that dealers III trusss
do "a lively buriness. One fellow had voluntarily
relinguished hIs front teeth 10 escape c0nscripio
10 hir unniterable dismay he acceptcd for cav
airy service. lie was evidently coward. When
he found bimsef caught his kuees smO,e together
and mir face paled 10 the whiieners OF the paper
which the surgeon wrote hif name and condition.
He was In splendid health. The gums from which
the sound teeth had been violently drawn had not
vet receded into petition. Very lew oOlored men
apply Tor release. When drawn they 90 or else
] bring substitutes and lew Of them do tbs.
A Gaze in this connection has been gro.sly mis-
represented by COppefbead ststemontr with the
evident intent 10 cart Odum upon the very lair apd
/ honorable Marshal OF the Let DirtIict. A ron o.
Common Councilman Nickels, who has been ap-
pointed to IA comfortable clerkship IN the Gas Office,
/ appeared on Tuesday before the Board Of Enroll
menr aud on beiug asked bis business, SAID he hud
4 reported according 10 "A notice served upon him.
/ lie was asked il he wished TO commute procure Il
substitute 10 which he replied that he would DO
neither.
! Capt. Lehman then said il became bis duty to
enlist him in the service Of the United States.
Nickels answered that the Captain might do ar lac
pleased; that he had already Instituted su against
/ The Board OF Enrolment, and Intended 10 test the
constitutlonalty OF the Conscnpuon act and that