The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-19


itary or naval service Of the United States,
who have not been in such service two years
during the present war, and all persons who
have been exempted under the provisions OF
the second section to which this act is sup
PIGMENT, but who are not exempted by the
provisions of this act, and the boards of enroll
ment shall release and discharge from draft
all persons who, between the time Of the en-
rolment and tho draft, shall have arrived at
the age Of As years, and shall strike the names
of such persons from the enrolment. Any
person drafted into the military service ofthe
United States may before the time fixed for
his appearance for duty at the draft r0ndez-
tOus, furnish an acceptable substitute, sub
ject to such rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of War, if such
substitute is not liable to draft The person
furnishing him shall be exempt from draft
during the time for which such substitute is
not drafted, not exceeding the term for which
he was drafted and if such substitute is liza
BILE to draft the name of the person furnishing
him shall he Labs 70 draft in filling future
quotas, and if any drafted person shall here
after pay money for the procuration of a sub
stitute under the provisions of the act to
which this is an amendment, such payment
OF money shall operate only to relieve such
person from draft during the time for which
the person was drafted, unless the names
placed in the box become exhausted; in which
case the names shall be returned to the
wheel. Members of religious denomina-
tions, who shall by oa.h or affirmation de-
clare that they are conscientiously oppo-
sed to the bearing of arms, and who are
prohibited from doing so by the rules and
articles of faith and practice of said religious
denominations, shall, when drafted into the
military service, be considered as non-com-
batants, and shall be assigned by the Secre-
tary of War to duty in the hospitals or to
the care of freedman, or shall pay the sum of
$500 to such persons as the Secretary Of War
shall designate to receive it, to be applied to
/ the benefit Of sick and wounded soldiers; pro-
| v.ded that no person shall be entitled to the
/ benefit Of the provisions of this section unless
his declaration If cosnclentJus scruples
against bearing arms shall be supported by
satisfactory evidence that his department has
been uniformly consistent with such declara-
ton. Any mariner or able seaman who shall
be drafted skall have the right, within eight
days after the notification Of such draft, to
enlist in the naval service as Il seaman. No
p:lJt engineer, master,at-arms, acting mas
ter, acting ensign or acting masters mate,
haYmg an appointment or acting appointment
as such, and being ACTUALLY in the naval SER
vice shall be subject to military DRAFT while
holding such appointment.
The following persons are exempted and
excepted from the enrolment and draft,
namely:
Such as are rejected as physically Or men
tally unfit for tho service.
All persons actually in the military or ma
val service of the United States at the time
of the draft.
All persons who have served in the military
or naval service two years during the present
war, and who have been honorably discharged
from the service, and no persons but such as
are herein excepted shall be exempt. The
two clauses heretofore provided for in the en-
rolment are consolidated In all cases where
colored persons have been heretofore enlisted
in the military service of the United States,
all the provisions of this act, 50 far as the
payment of bounty and compensation are
provided, shall be equally applicable, as well
as to those who may be hereafter recruited
The bill also contains the section for enroll
ing all able-bodied persons of African descent,
upon which separate vote was taken, before
the bill was passed. The House, at halfpasi
six O'clock, adjourned till Monday.