The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-31
WAR DEPARTM ENT,
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE,

ment, the Commissioner Of the Board will
be required TO give his paxticulas attention
to the correction, revision, and preserva-
ton Of the lists, and to the preparation Of
al reports and returns in regard TO them;
and he 10 hereby especially directed to see
made in enrolment for the preceding
month are promptly forwarded to this
Office on or before the Sd day Of every
month.
Circular, No. q. from this Office. dated
uno 25, 1864, Is reproduced and revised
for the guidance Of all concerned. It IL a.
follows:
The attention OF Boards of Enrolment isl
called to Section 6 Of the act amendatory Of
the enrolment act, which is in the follow
ssEcrloN 8. And be i.further enacted
That Boards Of enrolment shall enroll al.
persons liable to draft under the provisions
Of this act, and the ac! to which this 10 an
amendment, whose names may have been
omitted by the proper enrolling officer all
persons who shall arrive 1t theage Of fwen-
II years before the draft; all alien who
shall declare their intention to become cit.
liens al persons DISCHARGED from the mil.
i:ary service of the United States, who have
cot been in such service two years during
.Ae present var, and AL persons who have
been exempted under the PROVISIONS Of the
an amendment, but who are not exempted
by the provisions OF, this act and said
Board Of Enrolment shall release and dis.
chargefrom draft, all persons who. between
tho time Of enrolment and the draft, sball
have arrived at the age Of forty Sve years.
and shall strike the names OF such from the
enrolment.
Attenticn. is also called to paragraphs IS,
IS, 81, 58, 50, GO, 81, and g., Revised Regula-
tons for the Bureau ofths Provot Marshal
General. s.eF a-r aseF sg~
II il 10 be borne in mind by The Boards,
that their duties in regard to the correction
of the EnroAment, do not oease with its re-
vision as recently completed, or now in
progress. On the contrary, the revision
duty, 70 which the labors Of all Boards
must be directed. The names Of all persons
liable TO do military duty, taking up their
residence in sab-tlistfict, as well AZ all in
the sub-district, who, from time to time be-
come liable, shall be added to the enroll
zaent lists; and the names of persons who
enlist in the military Or naval service, or
whose iiatility terminates while In II, will
be stricken on; and ia case OF removal,
whenever it is practicable, the Board Of
Enrolment Of the district to which the per-
son removes will be notified, and he be en-
rolled by that Board.
The Board Of Enrolment shall have
copies Of the Enrolment lists opened for
the examination Of the public at all proper
times, and shall give the public notice that
any person may appear before the Board
and have any name stricken OF the list, If
he can show 10 the satisfaction OF the
Board, that the person named Is not prop
erly enrolled, en- account Of
lst. Alienage;
Cd. Non residence;
80. Over age;
4th. Permanent physical disability, OF
such degree as to render the person 10. a
proper subject for enrolment under the
law and regulations; ~
5th. Having served in the military OF
naval service two years during the present
war, and been honorably discharged.
Civil Officers. s;,;. elergyTen, Ia and all othe.
all times before the board to point out er-
roys in the lists, and 70 give such informg-
| ton in their possession as may aid in the
| correction and revision thereof.
To the duty of hearing and acting upon
claims for exemption, Boards of Enroll
ment are enjoined to- devote all the time
that can be spared from other less pressing
Marshal General, for the purpose Of cor
rec,ing lists on file, At the end OF each
month, upon sheets OF Consolidated Enroll
ment lists. the names and residences Of ali
persons who have been added to, or strick-
en- from the rolls during the month. They
will send with ach report a recapitulation,
showing, in concise form, the unmber en-
rolled ct the time Of forwarding the last
list, the number stricken from the enroll
| ment, and the number added TO II since
| that time, and its GctssGt condition at the
date Of report.
| JAMES B. Fry, a
Provost Marshal General.
Eo7E.-Act;ag Ass.s.an. Proves. Mar
shal General will see that in all cases where
rollmen. lists for the month, that, never
| theless, q report Of that fact sknH be
promptly made Mt this office, by the Com
missioner. before the third day Of the en-
suing month.
q Papers in the State usually authorized
| 20 publish orders Of this department will
pub,.sh ence.
| The Board Of Commissioners appointed
n pursuar ce of an act OF the Legislature ol
Ohio, passed March 80, 1864, TO- examine
and approve or reject claims for damages
suffered by citizens Of the Stnfs during The
Morgan raid in 1868, have lnseed upon
4, 375 claims presented from twenty-nin
counties. The total of damages claimed
| was sG76, ,9la.03. 4ns,
Tho amounts allowed are as follows:
Damage by rebels .2i2S. ljs
Damage by forces under United
States officers. ........-.............. l4l, ,s5i
Damage by Union forces not under
United states officers. ................- $40:
Tota, 4575, %;
l.PARcLED MEN ExCHANGEp.-It having
been officially reported 'tha. Mr.. ould, reb.
el Commissioner Of Exchange, has de-
! clared, without consulting with the author.
| tiles Of the. united States, tha. al zebel
prisoners delivered for exchange or parole
0y the United States government up ie