Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-04-19

i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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i ~ : - BUREAU or CONSUMPTION, /,
RIonxoxD, March Is, 1864. :
CIRCULAR,
l. General Orders, No. 26, Adjntant and Inspect,
Generals office, March lst, 1854 is herewith made
part of this circular and csmmandants of Conscrip
are enjoined to proceed to til rapid and vigorous
ecution of its provisions, under the instructions
interpretation herein prescribed.
u IL. Under the terms of the 9Th section of the act
Congress published in General ORDERS No. rs, Adj,
tant and Inspector Generals Office, and the terms
Circular No. So, of the Bureau, last series, comman
dants will proceed to Organize the service in the
respective States In add ion to the organizatio
therein provided for and in further pursuance of
agraph II, of the said General Orders No. 26, CON
mandants will forthwith organize in each county,
Board, TO consist of not than three of the
reliable and intelligent citizens between the ages
40 and 80 years, and who have been enrolled and de
tailed for the service These boards will be charge
with aiding heioca enrolling officer in obtaining in
formation concerning all applications for exemption
and DETAIL for agricultural or other Industrial pul
Suits and also in furnishing all other Information
j whicL may be needed in the duties imposed upo
the enrolling officers. se s9s e. asa
The local and Congressional enrolling officer will
be required to supervise the action of these Boards
and promptly report to the commandment unhtness o
dslinquences the part of the persons detailed TO
them SO long as the duties are properly performed
the persons 3D. employed will be exempted from othe
SERVICE Care will be used the beginning to selec
proper men; and in view of the grave duties herein
deyolved upon the enrolling officer, he will at hi
disc-eticn require the written opinion Of the Boart
on claims for exemption or applications for detail
and may call on thAm for special information concern
Ing matters pertinent TO the service. In every
referred by tie local or district enroll
ing officer to the commandments an opinion as to the
merit must be endorsed or accompany the case and
the Ike rule viii be rigidlv observed by command
ants In referring to this Bureau.
Ill. Commandments wilcrder tue Immediate enroll
ment and examination of all persons within the pre-
scribed ages whoare found in the employment of any
department OF the government and who ire not spe-
cialy exempted by the act of Congress- and such as
found fit service in the field may be detailed
until the 10th day of April next, provided an appli-
cation is made according to the terms of the 9Th par
agraph of General Orders No. 26, herein cited.
Nv. Commandments of conscripts will forthwith
transmit to this bureau recommendations for physi-
clans to be employed IN accordance with paragraph
TX, General Orders No. IS, herein cited, Much
plant reaches this Bureau concerning Irregularities
in the Medical examinations Loose or irregular ex-
aninations must not be permitted, and commandments
Will promptly report any well ascsrtai1ed deinquen-
cy in the matter.
ants OF Conscripts will be forwarded also forms for
the records of the Congressional District, aud local
enrolling officers. These records must be accurately
kept and the reports based them must hs in clear
and lntelllgibie FORM or they will pc returned for re-
vision and correction.
VI. Persons and classes enumeratedin the Ist Cd
3d. 4th: 5h and 9Th articles of section 10th, except
those referred 10 the latter clause of the 4h article
OF the said 10th section of the of Congress reced
shah be exempted. All other persons referred to in
said act shall be detailed.
VII. EXEMPTIONS BIZ EXAMINING BOARDS
l. Persons who shall be determined By the Board
OF Examina1on t9 DC .ncaRable Of PERFORMING active
service In tAe held with any of the duties mentioned
in the 9Th section of the SAID act OF Congress from
causes of permanent nature shall be exempted from
military service by The said board, who shall grant
certihcates thereof; which shall specify the causes of
ne lncapaeity, reciting in full the and degree
OF the disease or other incapacity end the probable
duration of the disability caused by it, and the pa
ties shall not be subject to future examination unless
spec ally ordered by tne board of the Congressional
District in which such parties reside or by the com
mandant Of conscripts for the State, or BY this Bn
teau. EAAls
p When in the opinion of enrolling officers the
causes Tor which exemption was granted TO person,
after examination by tae medical board have ceased
TO exist, thsy wall make report to the board stating
the name Of Inc pefaon, when enrolled, when exam.
ned and the disease or other of disability with
he reasons for belsiv it to have disappeared and
tnat the person Is capable of performing active
wee In the field OF some OF the duties mentioned IN
10 9 said 6th section OF the act aforesaid,
Inc Examining Board will then order the party to
De brought before 1T for denomination. When
person Is Fe-examined by the board his former cerf
icate snail De surrendered and cancelled. If again
VI
shall be issued TO HIM
o. Every certificate OF exemption granted by board
OF examination shall be approved by the COMPRESSION
al asllot enrolling officer, which shall protect the
PEI sor exempted from m0estatIon by the officers of
CONSUMPTION, and from reorganization, unless the
Board OF Examination. the Commandant oil Con.
SCRIPTS Of the Bureau Of CONSUMPTION shall order the
same.
VIII. Ecempt6on of specified classes and individuals
l. Application for exemption under the Sd and 9th
articles OF the 10th section of the aforesaid sha
be made to the enrolling officer of the county in which
the applicant resides, who will thoroughly inyesti-
me case ana satisfied by competent evidence
that exemption SHOULD be allowed, shall issue GER
theate thereof, which must be submitted to the en-
rong officer OF the Congressional district tor his ap
prevail. ,fs 81 asia
2 Applications for exemptions under the 5th article
Oh the 10th section of the act azores i'd shall be maze
TO the commandment of conscrIpts Tor the State who
VIII grant the Certificate OF exemption authorized by
law, TO continue during compliance with the condi-
tons prescribed by SAID CT Exemntion except for
the PRESIDENT Treasurer Auditor and Superintendent
shall not be allowed to any Officers and employees of
faroad company, unless the Presid ent or Superin
endent shall certify, on OATH that the parties applied
Tor are to the efficient operation OF such
abroad; that the number of persons exempted on
sal1 railroad shall not exceed tor each mile there
VI In actual use for military transportation that the
exempts for such road shall be re ortec by name and
des rlption, once month to the commandants of
Is Tor the State through which the road passes
Or to the Bureau of Conscription together with the
names and descriptive list OF any one tho may eay
the employment of the railroad company, or who may
to be indispensable to the efficient operation of
The said road. $500 80 3 s IS. 1888
., Inc exemption of overseers or agriculturists on
each farm or plantation upon which there are now.
and were on the first day of January last fifteen able
Dooie0 hands between the ages of sixteen and fifty,
VIII be allowed tor the space of twelve months an
Inc cerihcate of exemption shall he by the
tcer taking the bond required by law upon being in
formed by the commandment for that State that the
bond is approved
Ihe bond required t, be given the exemp-
on OF an oVerseer or agricuturist under tie 4th
cie OF section 10th of the said act shall be taken by
ihs enro ng officer OF the county district in which
sacn party resides, with The advice and assistance of
the temporary Board aforesaid 1t shall be payable
double the estimated value OF tn products to be de-
lyered to the government, and conditioned for the
faithful performance of the requirements of the 4th
article OF the 10th section ofthe said act The value
OF the sad products shall be by the enrolling
ofhcer who shall take the said bond with the assls
lance of the said Temporary Board according to the
market value thereof at the time and place Of assess
ment. s
the said bond may be secured by deposit of the
amount of the penalty thereof in notes issued from
the treasury Department Of the Confederate States
with airy or the Depos tares of the said Treasury
by personal security the nature OF the security to be
at the option OF the principal oblgor the SAID bond
Should the person so exempted eject give person
al security, toe sureties rendered by hi shall justify
their suffciency under oath before some Justice of
peace, but shall not be accepted unless the enrolling
officer taking the said bond under the advice of the
said temporary board, shall deem them sufficient
Such bonds SHALL after due execution be transmitted
to tue commandment of conscrpts for the Sfate for