Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-06
M0RNINGLEADER.
WEDNEEsDAY aIORNING. aIAY 9. Isea.


WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 6, ISeS
The CohserIptI0n Act---Fnu Dei15Is a
Ihe hules and Regulations Of the WaI
Depnrtment--Diseases which will Rrsur,
Exemption.
Al THIS time, no subject is Of more gen
ersl interest than the act for enrolling the
national forces, commonly known as the
ConscriptiOn Act All particulars regard
ing its enforcement are of interest 10 all
who are within the prescribed ages and to
all ofheir friends. We gather, therefore,
from the Washington correspondence Of
the Cincinnati Gazette quite full details
Of the rules that have been made for the
guidance Of the Assistant Provost Mar
shals. These officers are to be officers de-
tailed from the army to act in this eapaei-
y. They viii be styled % Acting Assistant
Provost Marshals General Of which one
win be assigned TO each State to have a
general supervision Of affairs in his State.
They will generally be Colonels or Lieu
tenant eolonels The district Provost
Marshals have the pay and rank Of Cap
tain Of Cavalry, (abOut SI6O per month";
Each Of these district MarshaIs may en-
ploy two clerks. He must provide place
Of abode and subsistence for deserters and
stragglers, and pay for their board and
lodging at a rate not to exceed 40 cents
per day. Any person resisting the draft is
to be arrested and delivered TO the Assist
ant Provost Marsha, when upon conviction,
they shall be fined $500 or imprisonment,
or both. To do this, the Marshals are au-
thOrized to call upon the nearest military
force, or on citizens as q posse eomitatus.
Those bringing in deserters shall be paid
q reward of S. for each one. Persons who
are drafted and daily notified, but fail to
report or furnish substitute or pay for
one, are to be considered as deserters.
EnrOIlmentis is to be begun as soon as
possible. Assessors are to be generally
preferred as enrolling officers. Generally, /
one in each ward Of a city, and one to a
township, will be appointed. Enrolling
officers are to enrol all persons subject to
military duty, l0EetLer l0hits or black. The
enrolled names are to be placed in the
classes as to age, &c, to which they belong.
Students in colleges OF. schools, teachers,
apprentices, sailors, travellers, &c are to
be enrolled at their legal residence, their
temporary absence not being considered
The mode of making the draft is already
familiar to our readers. The SOth regula-
tiOn says that discharge for one draft
furnishes no exemption for any subse-
quent draft, except that when the person
drafted has furnished an acceptable SUBJ
stitute, and has received certificate Of
discharge from preceding draft, he shall
be held exempt from the military duty
during the time for which he has been
drafted and for which such substitute was
furnished.
We have not space for the enumeration
of the many diseases and malformations
which will ensure exemption. It is enough
to say that they are such only as the sense
Of q subject himself and his friends would
decide at once to unfit him for any active
or lsbOrious life No besdaehe or Hc5n-
weakness, trumped up for Che
occasion, will obtain the discharge pupers.