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The Act for enrolling and calling out the
National forces, and for other
nurnOscs.

Eil'..itiee AM itf-Ni WOI1lu5 nect-eBIY % III !
sure precision IN the administration Of the .
act, i, will caa5ls cur readers to understand .
its provisions with ease.
Tho preamble SITS forth tho existence q the +
rebellion and the duty @! the Government to .
suppress It, 70 guarantee to each State re-
pablioan form Of government, and T. pro
serve the public trsnquility-that iy7 these
purposes q military force is Necessary, TO (
raise and support which 81 persons ought /
willingly 70 contribute.
Section provides fer the enrolment Of al /
able bodied citi1enz Of the United States b.
tween the ages OF 20 and 45,-including
persons Of foreign birth, who have declared
their intentions to become citizens Of the
United States and have exercised the right Of
Suffrage in any Stste-erempts under the act
excepted.
Section 2 ezempts such persons IS are
mentally and physically unfit for military
duty; the President, judges, ana Heads Of
Departments, and Governors of the several
States the only son of widow dependen;
upon his labor for support, the only son Of
aged OF in6rm parent or parents dependon;
upon his labor for support; also, where there
are two OF more CONS Of aged OF infrm pa
rents subject 70 draft, HE father. OF Il he y
dead. the mother nav elect which s1n shall
he exempt; also. the only brother Of chill
dren not twelve years old, having neither
father nor mother, and dependent upon his
labor for support; also, the father Of moth
erlees children under twelve years If az,
dependent upon his labor for support; also,
where there are a father ami sons IN the
sane family snd household, and two of them
are in tie military service Of the United
States ne n.n-commissioned oficsrs, musi-
Clans, or privstes, the residue Of such family
and holscl3li not exceeding Two; hut no
person VIM has been convicted of any f4,lny
shall he a,3red to serve.
See. ). r-rsons subject 70 draft, = .s d.
vided int5 two classes; thos1 between q and
IS to b. called on first, and than I'll h-tFeen
IS and Is. Unmarried men betwcen 20
and Is are all in the first class.) Thoss Of
the q class are not to be called out till those
OF the frs; class have been called.
Sec. !, divides the country into districts
for the purpose Of enrolling sn3 calling OUT
the na,ional forces. Zach Congregational
Distri-; - { 4 district. The District Of
Column = te one each Territory g. ~
one c. more as the President may direc,.
Sc. 3 Proyos; Marshals, with tie rank
nd ray O: captain, to be appointed by the
PTeeij,n; g each dist7icD. and Pr1-,.t
Marshal General, to have rank and pay Sc
Coly1el, to be appointed his Office to b AZ
Warrington.
See 6 Prescribes the vsri '-s dltiee 4 The
Provost Marshal general. such s. to make
r-les FOR his subordinat--, under APPROVAL e
t'e Secretary Of war, furnish names and
r. licences Of deserters and c,mmpnieate mp
d.gs in reference to calling out the national
3 ces, furnish blanks, maze Up chr ,Ilmcrt
HIS, and its accounts, d..
Sc. 7. Deserte,s and sFi-s 70 Re tined a
tie nearest military r,st. WITH tae lsa.t prs
si.le delay.
SEC. 8. Provides for Board Of Ezemp-
tons in each district, to consist Of the Provost
Marshal and two Others to be appointed by
tue President, Que Of whom to be licensed
AMI practicing physician and surgeon.
&c. Q. Provides fov the subdivision OF
military districts into smaller districts. il
necessary.
sec. 10. The enrolment of each class to h
ula1s separately and to embrace those whose
ages shall be On the first day Of July there
after. between 20 and IS years Of ace.
5 c. IL. Enrolled persons to lie subject
for i'so years after the said first day Of July
TO Is called into the service, and to continue
in !. for three years, or during the rebellion,
on tie same footing as Misunderstanding
advanced pay and bounty.
Sec. Il. Empowers the President to as
sig1 the number Of men for each district and
pruscribes the mode Of draft Persons whose
rames are drawn, to be notified within ten
days thereafter In fixing the quota, the
number Of volunteers already furnished by
the respective districts is to bs taken into
consideration-with view to equalization,
&c far as practicable.
Sec. Is. Drafted men may furnish sub
stitute, or pay IN lieu Of military service,
sum not exceeding $500. Persons failing to
report, or furnish a substitute after due
notice, are to Be treated as deserters.
Sec II. Drafted men must be examined by
surgeons.
Sec. Is. Surgeons taking bribes, or neg
lac;iug to make true and correct report, %
he court usrtisled, and liable to heavy fine
and imprisonment, and be cashiered and dis
missed from the service.
Sec. l6. Provides that drafted men shall
be allowed travelling pay from their resi-
dence to the rendezvous also provides for
all expenses of enrolment, arrest and return
Of deserters, &c, &c.
SEC. Il. Provides that a substitute shall
be entitled to the same payas if he had been
originally drafted, and the person for whom
he is a substitute shall he held exempt for the
time for which he was drafted.
Sec. IL. Volunteers and marine now in
the service, are entitled, on re-enlisting for
ons year, to a bounty Of $50 /; one half to
be pad down. Those who -c-enlist for two
wears, shall be entitled to bounty money
provided for in the oct Of July %, lS6l.
Sees ~ and %. Provide for the consoli-
cation Of volunteer regiments when reduced
10 half the maximum number allowed b Law
and Limitation Of the number Q: regimen