Daily national Republican., 1863-06-15
oFFICIALN NOTICES.
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b-2 u wAn DEPARTMENT, Ioa
fAH7csE s'ss Ssss, S1ssa' sass I, tss S "a
M foIlovinr oplnfon % Hon william Waitihk,
nolioilof ofths war papkrt hAa tesh ofdsred
70 ss pnhlishsd hy ths ssors.aFE df Wan 90 goas
p aTAe national forces, liable TO perform military
duty, lnoluds ~ ttls OdiPd male eitissnl Of the
have deolared ti,slr tntsntion TO become eitiasnh
aesordinG 70 lavs ssing between % pnd IS years Of
Ake .NiEUOA ULE lGOl
Certain pcruOuu are excepted, divided into eight
olaslss. No pstuohs but sush a. Are thsrsin bsG
oSptsd Shall - exempt tsse ~ ~ 5ai lElneg z
hia dsSlAfsa ths duty 81 the enrolling ollsefh V
enroll an persons Gubltstto military dn, tses-al
AL psrnons thus snroled ahAll Be snt1eot tor I'VE
years after tuy ist sueoecdlng the Snroiment 70 "
called into ths miltafY asryies lsse III T, =, s
The national forces mot now 70 the MILITARY
servios) onrolsd under the act shall be
two elahaea. tsee 1li ua rAD'5 5Et'ta y 10 a"hhhS
Those Of the second class shall not be called out
until thoSs OF the frSt elAsa shall have been sx-
hAuated.
. thus II seems, by che true constitution Of this
act, that while All perpona coming within Its pro-
viaions arc 70 be enrolled In the national forces,
nsYerthslesa undsF the arnt enrolment, thoas who
were In thu military Service At the time the act
went into effect are not TO be included in that
class which 4 subject 10 the first dran. Z - 81
Several prbvfsionsof the statute are inoonsiHtsht
with the tdea that Pesona then in the service were
TO be treated As liable 70 dram nom the arst class
ThuR II Il provided, In the seventh eeaon, ,thAt
ulsrsvoIuntserS, militia men, or persons called
into the service under this or any other act Of Con-
greSS, were to be arrested as dsserteru, wherever
they might be fopnd, BY the Provost Marshal, and
to be sent 70 the nearest military post thus admit
tiRE q plain distraction between these different
classes Of peruons Wiz thosewho were then m the
service, Ahdthose who were 10 be drafted in.
The same dIatinotion between those who were In
the servieeAnd those who were TO be drafted In 10
recognized in section IS, which provides bOunties
to those who, being then in the service, should
volunteer TO re-enliat. .EEf
The statute in providing for the clasGincatfon OF
troops from which drAfta TO be made, enacta a.
follows tsection 81 That the national forees Of the
United statoH iHo0 IN The military service enrolled
under this act shall be divided into two olasses.
Thus, those who arr snow" chat Il 70 say, on the
I'd Of March, 1884, In the military service not to
be included ia either Of thsss two classes.
And as those BeA (MArch sd) In the service were
not included in either Of these two classes, they
may be said to constitute Gird class Of foi to
be enrolled under the provisions Of the act.
As between the first and second classes the law
(Seotion 81 requires that the second class AhA not
In any district be called into the service OF the
United States until those OF the first class shall
nave been thus called In.
Volunteers or regulars who have been 10 the ser
vice, and who had been discharged therefrom, or
had resigned prior to the I'd day Of March, ls6S are
liable to be drafted In the same manner a. II they
had never been in the service. No regard lS to be
paid to their former period Of service, or to the
length brevity Of the period between the date Of
their discharge and that Of the draft.
Volunteers who were in the service of the United
States on the I'd Of March ssS and have since that
tims been discharged, are not, therefore, included
in the prst class from which the first draft iS In
tended to be made, and are Therefore not now La
BILE to be called on BY draft which Is to be made
from that class Of the forces of the United States
under the provisions OF thiE act.
WILLIAM WHITING,
.n Solicitor OF the War Department.
JAMES D, Fly,
Ieil Provost Marsha al General.