Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-03-01

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quota Of such district shall be filled
Persons enrolled may furnish at any tim
previous TO the draft sn acceptable sub-ti
tuie who is not liable 10 draft, sny sue.
person thu. furnishing substitute shai
b, exrmp, from draft not exceeding tn
time for which such substitute shall bav,
been accepted. Ary person drafted may
before the time fixed for his appearance a
the draft Tenttz.ous, furnish al sccepta
: tle substitute, sutJsc; 10 such rules aud
regulations US may be prescribed by tb'
Secretary of War.
Ii any drafted person shall hereafter
pay money for the procura'ion of a sIbst
sute, such psyn Ut shi!! operate only tC
relieve the person from draft on that call
and bis name shall be retained 90 the roll
aud he shall be subject to draft iu filing
that quota, aud his name shall be retained
on the roll 10 filing future quotas; but IL
10 INSTANCE shall the exemption Of any
person on account Of tis pay ment of com.
mutation money 10. the procuraIlOn of a
substitute extend beyond ooe year, but a,
the end Of one year in every such case the
name Of any person SO exempted shsll te
enrolled again, if not before returned to
the enrolment list under the provisions Of
this section.
The boards Of enrolment are required
TO enroll all persons liable to draft whose
names may have been omitted by the
proper enroliiug officer, all persons who
shall arrive at the age Of twenty years
before the draft, all aliens who shall
declare their Intentions TO become citizens,
all persous discharged from the military
service of the United States who have not
been in service two years during the
present var, and all persons who have
been exempted under the provisions Of
the SECOND section Of the enroliaent act,
but who are not exempted BY the provis-
ions Of the present act; and the said
boards of enrolment shall release and
discharge from draft all persons who,
betxeen the time Of enrolment and Jtbe
draft, shall have arrived at the age of
forty i've years, aud shall strike the
names Of such persons from the enroll
nent Any marine, or able or ordinary
seaman, who shall be drafted, shall have
the right, within eight days after the
notification Of such draft, to enlist In the
naval service as seaman, aud be exemp-
ted from the draft. Any person now in
the military service Of the United States,
who shall furnish satisfactory proof that
be is q mariner by vocation, or an able
seaman, may enlist into the navy under
such rules and regulations ss may be
prescribed BY the President Of the United
States; provided that such enlistment
shall not be less than the authorized term
of hi. military service, nor for less than
one year; and the bounty which any
m arinsr or seaman enlisting from the army
into the navy may have received from the
United States, or from the State in which
be enlisted iu the army, shall be deducted
from the prize money 10 which ne may
become entitled during the time required
10 complete bis military service; aud
provided further, that the whole mum Der
Of such trsnsfer-eniis,men,s shall not
exceed 10, 900. Eurollments in the naval
service are to be credited to the draft.
The following persons are exempted
from the enrolment and draft, namely
Such as are rejected as physically and
mentally unfit for the service; all persons
actually in the military or naval service
~ -, tafo ok ha Of ka
draft, and all persons who have served in
the military or naval service two years
during the present war and been houora-
bly, discharged, and DO persons but such
as are herein exempted shall be exempt.
81 much of the enrollment act as pro.
vides for two classes Of enrolment is
repealed, and they are now consolidated.
Any person forsibly resisting or aiding
to resist or oppose the enrolment, ETC.,
upon conviction thereof, in any
court competent to try the offence, be
punished by 9 fue not exceeding five
dollars, or By imprisonment not
exceeding five years, or both OF these pun.
ishments, at the discretion of the court
And in cases where asssulting, ,obstructing,
or impeding shall produce the
death of the officers or other persons, the
offender shall be deemed guilty Of murder,
and, on conviction, be punished with
death.
The Secretary Of War is authorized to
detail additional surgeons for temporary
du, ! N The = mina.ion of drafted persOns
and be is authorized to permit or require
boards of examination to hold their exam
nations at different points within their
enrolment districts, to be determined By
him.
Provost MArshals, boards Of esrol ment,
" any member thereof, have power to
'ummon witnesses in behalf Of the Gov
'rnment, and to enforce their attendance.
Members of religious denominations,
rho shall, by oath or affirmation, declare
hat they are conscisntiousiy opposed to
be bearing Of arms, and who are prohibi-
ed from doing so BY the rules and articles
f faith and practice Of such religious
shall, when drafted into
be military service, be considered non
and shall be assigned BY the
Of War to duty 10 the hospitals
r to the care Of freedmen or shall pay |
be sum Of $500, to be applied to the ben.
&, of the sick and wounded soldiers Pro- /
idsd, That no person sh'll be entitled to
be bene6. Of this section unless bis decla-
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