The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
Enforcement of the CONSUMPTION Law.
Rules and Regulations of the War Department.
Officers and Salaries.
A Full and Official List of Exemptions.
Mode of Drafting
Mode of nrefting
From the Cincinnati Gazette.

The instructions of Provost Marshals and
other officers nnder the Conscription Law are
about to be issued by the War DeparrruvnU.
They have been prepared by Col. Fry, the Pro-
vost Marshal General and when that fact is sta
ted it is needless to add that they are clear, con-
else and comprehensive.
From advance sheets Of the work abstract
few points, which, now that this all embrac-
ing law is ON the eve of being put in operation,
will be of absorbing interest
SALARIES
The salary of the Assistant Provost Mar
shall General is of course, that of his rank in
the army. He will generally be 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 figures were recently forwarded.
The Deputy Provost Marshals may be ap-
pointed in each district, composed of more than
one county, with the approval of the Provost
Marshal General Their pay shall not be over
a hundred dollars per month.
Special officers and agents may be employed
for detecting and arresting spies, but not more
than four in district, without special authori-
ty. They may be paid forty to sixty-fve dol
lars per month, according to usefulness.
The Surgeon and Commissioner (who, with
the Provost Marshal, form the Board of En-
rollment) receive the compensation of an Assis-
tant Surgeon, frank of Captain) excluding COM
mutation for fuel and quarters. Their pay lasts
only during the time actually employed. En-
rolling officers, selected by the Board, arc to be
maid three dollars a dav
DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS,
Are fixed by the Provost Marshal General If
there is no Government building there suitable
for the purpose, an office, consisting of not more
than three rooms, may be rented. Each Pro-
vost Marshal may employ at these headquarters
two clerks, subject to the approval of the Pro-
vost Marshal General, and at such rate of COM
pensation as he may fix.
SOLDIERS REsTS-QUARTERs AND SUBSISTENCE.
'sRests' are to be rented by the Provost Mar
shall, to be used in providing for deserters, strag
glers, &c. He is also to contract for their sub
sistence at not more than thirty cents day, or a
contract made for their board and lodging at a
rate never over forty cents day, and which, in
general, is expected to be much less. Where
neither of these can be made, prisoners in charge
of Provost Marshals parties may be lodged in
jails, when only the ordinary Jail fees will be
paid.
INTERFERENCE WITH THE DRAFT.
The Provost Marshals are enjoined, in ac-
cordance with the terms of the act, to arrest
and deliver to the proper civil authorities, viz:
The United States Marshal, with written char
ges, any persons resisting the draft, or counsel
ing any drafted person to conceal himself, or in
any way disobey or dissuade from obedience to
the law. On conviction, persons so arrested
are to be fined five hundred dollars, or impris-
oned not to exceed two years or both. The in
struction is added that in all cases the Provost
Marshals shall execute this duty with firmness,
but also with prudence and good judgment, and
without unnecessary harshness. To enable them
to perform this and similar duties, they are au-
thorized to call on the nearest available militia
ry force, or on citizens, as posse constatus, or
on U. States Marshals and Deputy Marshais