Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-02-25
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The following Is asynopsis af he hI

3 The following is asynopsis af sha hi
d agreed upon In the u, s, Senate
Il Section Q exempss the following pas
: sons Such ~ are physieally, morally .
: nensally aaat for service such 10 IL
necessary gsF the profession and sappoz
I OF aged and lnhrin parenks, eTphana !
helpless children, and suea aniortanat
persons - are not provided Tor By th
I public; provided that, in each eas
the circumstances of ca eh part
claiming exemption be saeh that h.
cannot render an eqaisaieHa for persona
service also, FIRST, the Vice President 81
the United States, the Judges Oh the Va.
riuus Courts Of the United Stats, aad Ehs
heads Of the departments seaond, tbs
onty son Of aged and infrm paFenl, d
parenss, dependent upon him .fag sap-
port; third, where there are two or mors
sons Of aged or infrm par4nfs aaI
ject 30 draft, the father, or If he BIC dead
the mother shall select which son shall 81
/ exempt; fourth the only brother 90 ehii-
dren not IL years old, having neither fa-
thsr nor mother fifth, the father Of
motherless children under i2, dependent
/ SA aA&A SA&tls SAGEG tHEFG 21S IAkL1EF All
sons in the self same family and house
hold, and two sons are Ia the military
service as nOn- commissioned ptteers,
musicians, or privates, the residue.of such
family and household, not exceeding two,
shall be exempt; seventh, all fathers hay-
ing two or more children +, no one, of
whom is over the age Of Ii, owning or
occupying farm not exceeding City acres,
upon which he is dependent for support
and maintenance OF himself and family
and no person but such As are herein ex-
esapsed shall be exempt provided that
no person who has been conviete b of any
crime punishable by imprisonment shall
be enrolled or permitted to serve.
Saetion ) enacts that the national fore
es NOS now IN military service shall be di-
Tided into two classes, the irst of which
shall comprise all persons subject to mil
ltary duty between Is and 80 yeqrs, and
ali unmarried persons subject to military
duty above the age Of 80 and under As
the second class shall comprise 4ii other
persons subject to do military duty, and
they ahail not in any district ba called
into service until those of she itst class
shall have been called.
Section 1 provides that, for greater
convenience in enrolling, organizing, etc.,
the United States shall be divided into
military districts the District Of Co
lumbia shall constitute one each Terri
tory shall constitute one or more, as the
President shall direct and eatd Con-
gressional district fixed by Law shall con-
stitute one; provided that. id States
which have not, by their laws, been di-
vided into two or more Congressional dis
tricts, the President shall divide the same
into as many enrolment districts as may
be convenient. A Provost Marshal,
with the rank of Captain, shall be ap,
pointed for each of these districts, who
is to be subject to the orders Of a Pro-
vost Marshal General appointed By the
President, whose Office shall be ia Wash
ington, with the rank of Colonel.
Section 6 provides that the Provost
Marshal General shall make slI rhlEs and
regulations, subject to the Seer 4tary of
Wars approval, and perform otAer do
ties which the President may prescribe, |
in carrying out orders. All doserters
from any force and spies may be arrested
By tue Rroyst MaFshals.
Section erects Board of EuTbIImcut, |
to be composed of the Provost liarihal,
as Prasiden, and two others, 10 be ap-
appointed by the President, one 9f whom
must be licensed surgeon.
Sections 8, 9 and 10 provides for sab
districts, to be made by this Boa I'd, and
she appointment before the 10th af March
next, and in each district, who is 20 en-
roll all persons subject to duty before the
Ist Of April, to include those of he first
class who are subject for two years to be
called into service, and to serve for three
years or during the war, aud when draft
ed into service, shall be upon she same
footing as all volunteers.
Sections II and II provide for the
President assigning to each district the
quota, and the enrolling Boatd shall
make draft OF the repaired NAM ber-
The remaining sections, from q TO 1t
inclusive, provide for bounty Of $50 on
the reiniissment Of present soldiers the
acceptance of substitutes from any draft
ed men, and the latter's consequent e&-
emption the imposing of severb penal
lies for desertion; the consoiid nsion of
regiments when reduced making rules
for courts, martial, etc.