Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-06-04

OUcfrs and Sdldrics--FuH and Official List
Of Exemptions, and Mode Of Draf ing.
tSpeca Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette
WAsmNGToS, April 80.
Tho instructions for Provost Marshals
and other officers under the Conscriptiou
law are about to be issued by the War
Department. They have been prepared
by Col Fry, the Provost Marshal Gcner.
al; and when that fact is stated it is need
less to add that they are clear, concise
and comprehensive.
They cover the whole ground Of the
duties of Assistant Provost Marshal
Generals; Of District Provost Marshals,
with their Deputies ana Agents of the
apprehension and delivery of deserters I;
of tho arrest of spies OF Boards of En-
rollment; of exemptions, and tho rules Of
evidence by which they are to DO determ
ined; Of the physical examination Of draf-
! ted men and substitutes and of the ac-
counts. reports and returns of officers un-
| der tho law.
Secretary Stanton prefaccs the pamph-
let (Which makes, including an elaborate
index, about sixty octave pages) with
the announcement that these regulations
have been approved by tho President,
who commands that they DO published for
the government of all concerned, and that
they be strictly observed
From advance sheets of the work alb
strnct few points, which, now that this
all embracing law is on tho eve of being
put in operation, will be of absorbing
interest.
ASSISTANT PROVOST MARSHAL GENERALS.
When tho Conscript bill was under
discussion in Congress. the question OF
having Assistant Provost Marshal Gen.
erals for each State was raised, but there
was II decidedly adverse majority. The
Department. regarding such oilenses as
essential to the proper execution of the
law, obviated the difficulty by detailing
! officers from the army to servo as acting
Assistant Provost Marshal Generals. -
| They are directed to exercise subvcrsion
over the Provost Marshals aud their sub
oldinates in their respective States to
/ communicate to them the orders and in
stluctiops of the Provost Marshal Gcner-
al, aud SEQ that they are promptly and
efficiently executed; to give from time TO
time such Instructions, in accordance with
these regulations rs may be required, and
enforce obedience to them. to communi-
cate freely with tho Governor and other
State. town OF county officers, and shall
make full and frequent reports to the
Provost Marshal General Oh tho condi.
ton and wants of the service in his State.
SALARIES.
The salary of the Assistant Provost
Marshal Generals, Of course, that of his
rank in the army lie will generally be
a Colonel or Lieut.. Colonel.
The District Provost Marshal has the
rank. pay and emoluments of Captain
Of cavalry, (amounting. | believe, to
about $l60 per month. The exact fig.
ures were recently iorwarded)
Two Deputy Provost Marshals may
be appointed in each district. composed
Of moro than one county. with the appro-
val of the Provost Marshal General
Their pay shall not be over hundred
dollars per month.
Special officers and agents may be en-
ployed for detecting and arresting deser-
'ers and spies. but not more than four in
district, without special authority -
iney may be paid forty to sixty-ive dol
iArs per month, according to usefulness.
The Surgeon and Commissioner who,
with the Provost Marshal. from the Board
OF Enrollment) receive the compensation
OF an Assistant Surgeon. frank Of Cap.
'sin) excluding oommutation for fuel and