Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-26


lfict. sut 'bas srsa iAs keuo.pG q suss ssusss
pabapslp soold ha sIyoa'oi the .inle, p lce
Ind runber of men ts'6e drafted. This is
well snd has remoyed ihe fears Of many perrons
who were apprehsnslve that a different course
might be pursued. And why we're they thus
spprehensivef Because they had watched the
operations of the draft In other places,',s 80
For two or three weeks past draft operations
have been going on in the Middle and Eastern
States, and yet no official announcement has
been made public, Of the quota required from
any one State, or OF tho time, place and number
Of men to be drafted iu any District or Other
locality In any State. This 10 the truth in re-
gard 20 the operations of the draft in other
places, and surely IL required no great stretch
OF Imagination TO suppose it might be car
risd on in similar manner here.
This supposItiOn was strengthened by a care
ful examination Of the Conscription law, or the
"act for enrolling and calling out the National
Forces, aud for other purposes" approved
March 3, 1868. TWAS found that the only sec
tion In that act, relating TO the assignment of
the number Of men to be drafted in any district
and the mode Of drafting, ~as the twelfth,
which reads as follows:
SEQ. l2. And DO IL Itirtlsr enacted, That whenever
may be necessary to cali out the national forces FOR
military service, the President s hereby authorized TO
assgn 70 each district the number OF men 70 %
by said district and hereupon the enrolling board SHALL
under the direction OF the President make draft OF tue
required number, and fty per cent In addition and
shall make an exact and roil Of the psmes o.
drawn, that the arst drawn may stand 1mt upon
the said ROLL and the second may stand second and 90 on
And The persons drawn shall be notded OF the same
within ten days theTeafterby written printed notice.
10 be served personally or by leaving copy at the last
place Of residence, requiring them TO appear at desg
mated rendezvous report for duty. In assigning 10
the districts the number Of to be furnished there
FROM the President shall take into consideration the
number Of volunteers and militia Furnished by and from
the several states in which said districts are saatee
OF the present rebellion and shall 30 make said assign
ment TO equalZs the numbers among the datrcts Of
the several Hates considering and allowing for the num-
be already furnished aforesaid and the time OF their
service. q s's
j There 10 neither 10 this section nor In any
other in the Conscript act, any provision reqnir-
Ing the authorities before proceeding with q
draft n any district or locality to give public
notice Of the timo, place and number OF men
to be drafted. II they omit to give such no
tice. as It appears they have done In the drOit
operations 50 far In the Middle and Eastern
States, they trsnSgtcsa no ldw, nor are they
guilty Of anyVmslieasAnce or mlsfeasaure in o.
foe. If il is fault that such notice is not
given, Il is the fault Of the ls~, and not of the
officers ordering or conducting she draft under
the law. But the editor who insinuates, as the
visescre Of the Gazette does, that the Conscript
act requires such notice to bo given, and thus
indirectly charges the public authorities, in
making the draft in the East, with violating
The law, ia either an ignoramus or q knaveis1