Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-16
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day, and, es We understand it, viii be
law as coon as the Senate cOncurs in the
amendments made by the House. So
Having examined the synopais Of tho
bin as given in the Washington dispatches
to the Chicago Times, we must say that.in
our joGe ment, the new bin instead of he.
ing an improvement on the CID enc. is
tenfold more Objectionable. The bill vas
passed by partiEsh vote, only two Demo.
Gratis, Messrs. Allinson and OdeiI, voted
for it.
The bill, as passed, provides that the
quota of each ward of city, or town,
township, precinct, or election districts,
shall be, as nearly as pOssiblesin proper
tion tothe number of men resident therein
suit c. to draft, takirg irB account as
far as practicable, the number which has
been previously iGruisbcd Ihcrefrom: and.
in oscertsining and filing said qrota, there
shall he taken into account the number Of
men who have heretnfo-e entered the naval
service Of tue United States, and whose
names are borne upon the enrolment lists
as already returned 70 the 1fEas Of the
Provost Marshal General ef the United
States.
Any persons enrolled under the provi.
Sions Of the enrolment act. igho may here
after BE enrolled, may furnish at any time
previous to the draft mot at the time 10 the
military or naval service, and such person
80 furnishing substitute shall be exempt
from draft during the t:ne for which such
substitute shall be exempted from draft
not, however. exceeding the time for which
such substitute shall have been accepted /;
but DO private 8. llier, musician. OF nom
commissioned off ser. bsing actually 10 the
military service Of the United States, shall
be procured or accepted as substitute.
TIE Boards of Enrollment are to enroll
all persons liable to craft under the provi-
sions of this pct. and of the enrolment act,
whose names shall have been omitted Sy
the proper eDrollinS officer all persons
who shall arrive at the age of 20 years be-
fore the draft oil aliens who shall declare
their intentions to become citizens; al
persons discharged from military or naval
service Of the United States who have not
been in such service two years during the
present war; aud Hll persons who have
been exempted uLder The provisions of the
provisions of the second section of the act
to which this is a supplement, but who are
not exempted by the provisions of this act.
And the Bard Of Enrolment shall release
aud discharge from drafs all persons who.
between the time of the enrolment and
tue DAFT shall have arrived at the age of
10 years, and shall sake the names of
sach persons from the enrolment.
Any person drafted into the military
service Of the United States may, befors
the time fixed for his appearance for duty
at the draft rendezvous, furnish an accept
able substitute If such substitute is not
liable to draft, the person furnishing him
shall be exempt from draft during the time
for which said substitute is not liable TO
draft. net exceeding tae tims for which he
is drafted
l! any drafted person shall hereafter
pay money for the procuration of a sub
stitute' srch payment Of money shalt only
operate to relieve such person from draft
during the time for which tho person wac
, sac HaCles placed In th.
Oo4 De sooner exhausted, IN Wnlea case
his name shall be removed to the wheel.
Members Ofreligious denominations who
shall by oath or Affirmation declare that
they are conscientiOukly opposed to the
bearing ofnrms, and who are prohibited
iron doing so by the rules and articles of
faith aud practice Of such religious demon
inations, shall, when drafted into the mill
tary service, be considered nun- com batants.
and shall be assigned By the Secretary of
War to duty in the. hospitals, or to the
care of freedmen, or shall pay the sum of
S3o0 to such person as the Secretary of
War shtll designate to receive ito be
applied to the benefit Of sick and wOundsd
soldiers. i
The foil wing parsons are exempted and
excepted from uurollment and draft, name.
~: Such as are rejected as physically or
mentally unfit for the service. all persons
actually in the military or naval service Of
the United States at the time of the draft.
and all persons who have served in the
military service two years during the
present war and been honOrally discharg-
ID therefrom and no-Persona but such az
are hereic excepted shall be exempt.
The two classes heretofore provided for
in The enrolment are consolidated.
: lu ell cases where colored persons have
been heretofore enlisted in the military
service of the Uuited States, all tue pro-
visions Of this act, 90 far as the payment
IT bounty and compensation are provided,
shall be equally applicable as we'll as to
those who may be hereafter recruited.
The bill also contains the section for en- |
rolling all the able bedied males of African
descent, and upon which separate vote |
was taken before the bill was passed.
I'VE Lnii az co-laboTers. on the Union |
platform. eli who ere willing to sacrifice |
slavery or anything else for the preserra>
tioL 81 our government and our freq instjs
tuition. "-Joliet Republican ~
Tbs Is rather ambiguous; but does it |
not mean that the Republican is Dot in fa-
Vor of the Uui1n unless slavery be sacri-
fcedI
Now cur platform is the UaiOu as it
was, and the constitution as ir IL. And
we are willing to "hail as co-laborers" all |