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

officers, selected by the Board, are to be
paid three dollars a day.
DISTRICT HEADoUARTERs
Arc fixed by the Provost Marshal Gen
eral. II there is no Government building
there suitable for the purpose, an Office
consisting Of net more than three rooms,
may be rented. Each Provost Marshal
may employ at these headquarters two
Clerks, subject to the approval Of the
Provost Marshal General, and at such
rate of compensation as he may fix.
SOLDIERS REsTs--ouARTERs AND sUBsisT-
ENCE.
Rests are to be rented by the Provost
Marshal, to be used in providing for de-
serters, stragglers DC. He is also to con-
tract for their subsistence at not m ore
than 80 cents a day; or a contract may
be ID ade for their board and lodging at
rate never over forty cents day, and
which in general is expected to be much
less. Where neither of these arrange
ments can be made, prisoners in charge
Of Provost Marshals parties may be lod
ged in jai|s, whom only the ordinary Jail
fees will be paid.
IETERrERENCE WITH THE DRAFT.
The Provost Marshals are enioincd, in
accordance with the terms of the oct, to
arrest and deliver to the proper civil au-
thorities, to- wit: The United States Mar.
sbal, with written charges, any person
resisting the draft, or councelng or aid
ing resistance to the draft, or councellng
any drafted person to conceal himself, or
in any way disobey or dissuade from ODE.
dence to the law. On conviction, per-
sons so arrested are to be fined five hun
dred dollars, or Imprisonment, not ex.
ceeding two years, or both. The instruc.
ton is added that in all cases the Pro-
vost Msrshals shall execute this duty with
firmness, but also with prudence and good
Judgment, and without unnecessary harsh
ness. TO enable them to perform this
and similar duties they are authorized to
call on the nearest available military
force, or on citizens as posse cOnitdtaS,
or on United States Marshals and depu-
ty marshals.
APPREHENSION AND DELIVERY OF DEsER-
TIERS.
Every possible effort must be made by
the Provost Marshal to arrest all desert
ors within his district, and he must re-
ceive and hold all deserters preser ted to
him by other parties. The five dollars re-
ward for the delivery Of deserter is to
be paid just as soon as he is satisfied that
the person presented is deserter, 80 that
those bringing in deserters may receive
their rewards as surely and promptly as
possible. Where there is military sta
tion in the immediate vicinity. deserters
will be sent to it at once. If such sta
tions are remote, they will be sent tri-
monthly, or oftener if there be m ore than
five on hand at any intermediate period.
a special guard may be employed, when
a military one is not procurable, to ac-
company the prisoners, for which they
shall be paid dollar a day and expen-
ses, if they deliver the prisoners safely
otherwise nothing. Persons who are
drafted and duly notified, but fail to re-
port or furnish substitute or pay for
one. are to be treated as desertors. FL
nally, Provost Marshals are warned n
gainst improper or unwarrantabe ar
rests, and urged to special care on that
point.
Ale to be arrested as deserters, and forth
with turned over to the General comman.
ding tho Department.
ENROLMENT
Is to be begun, under the orders of the
Board, as speedily as possible. Asses.
sors are to be generally preferred for en-
rolling officers. One is to be appointed
from each sub district, and the Board
may make MS many of these as it decms
necessary, having generally but one for
each sparsely settled county, and one in
each ward of city, or township of a
populous county.
Enrolling officers are to enroll all per-
sons subject to military duty, whether
mhie or 6iack, and to note their ages, res
licences color and occupations. They
mnst include. First, all able bodied males
between the ages OF 20 and As not cx-
empt by law; and Second, all persons OF
foreign birth who shall have declared
their intention to become citizens.
The enrolment of the two classes ihe ID.
tween the ages Of 20 and 35, with uu-
married persons, and second all others J
must be kept on separate sheets, but made
at the same time. Students in colleges
or schools, teachers, apprentices, sailors
travellers, merchants and the line are to
be enrolled at their legal residence their
temporary absence from which forms no
cause for exemption. Enrolling officers
arc to judge of ago by tho best evidence
they can obtain, but appeals for exemp.
tion on acbount OF age, may always be
made to the Board.
DRAFTS.
Whenever any part of the force thus
enrolled are to be called out, the Provost
Marshal General shall notify each Dirtrict
Provost Marshal of his proportion, with
specific instructions as to subdivisions
The Board shall make the apportion-
ment to the sub districts, and shall add
80 per cent. thereto.
What follows is embraced in the fol.
lowing regulations
73. Tho Board shall make an exact
and complete roll of the names of the
persons drafted, and OF the order in which
they were drawn. so that Tho first drawn
may stand first on the roll, and the see
ond may stand second. and 30 on. The
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