Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-08-12
TIE ENROLMENT LIST,
WAR DEPARTMENT.
ProVoa Marshal Geaey0LS Office,
WAsHINoron. D, c., June %, 1854.

hAhHlhOroN, ". w june A1i loot'
CIRcULAH,l
No, "a.
The attention of Boards Of Enrolment is called
to Section of the Act amendatory OF the En-
rolment Act, which is in the following words,
viz:
"sEoTIoE 9. And Be 1t further enacted, That
Boards of Enrolment shall enroll all persons
liable to draft under the provisions Of this Act,
and the Act 10 which this is an amendment,
whose names may have been omitted by the
proper enrolling officers all persons who shall
arrive at the oge Of twenty years before the
draft all aliens who shall declare their inten-
tOn to become citizens; all persous discharged
from the military or naval service OF the United
States who have not been 10 such service two
ycnrs during tue present. war; and all persons
who have been exempted under the provisions
of the second section Of the Act to which this IS
an amendment, but who are not exempted by the
provisions Of this Aoti and said Board Of Bn-
ronent shall release and discharge from drift
all persons who, between the time Of the enroll
ment and tho draft, shall have arrived at the
age of forty five years. aud shall striko the names
oil such persons from the enrolment.
Attention is also called to paragraphs 55, So,
81, 6S, 90, 80, 81, and 62, Revised Regulations
for the Bureau of the Provost Marshal General.
1t is to be borne in mind by the Boards, that
their duties In regard to the correction of the
enrolment do not cease with its revision as re-
Gently completed or now in progress. On the
contrary, the revision and correction OF these
lists is a continuous duty, to which the labors of
all Boards must be directed. The names of per.
sons removing to or from a district will be added
to or stricken from the lists, and notifications
thereof must be served upon the other Boards Of
Enrolment concerned.
The Board Of Enrolment shall have copies Of
tho Enrolment Lists open to the examination Of
the public at all proper times, and shall give
public notice that any person enrolled may mp
pear before the Board snd claim to have a name
stricken OF the list, il he show, to the salts.
faction Of the Board, that the person named Is
not properly enrolled on account of
list. Alienage.
ID. Non-residence.
80. Over age.
4th. Permanent physical disability, Of such
| degree rs to render the person not proper sub
ject for enrolment under the law and RegHla.
tions.
Civil officers, clergymen, and all other promi-
nent citizens are invited to appear at all times
before the Board to point out errors ia the lists,
and to give such information in their possession
as may aid in the correction and revision
thereof.
The duty of hearing and acting upon claims
| for exemption, Boards Of Enrolment are enjoned
to devote all the time that can be spared from
other less pressing duties. They will report to
the Provost Marshal General, for the purpose Of
correcting lists on fe, at the end of each month,
upon sheets Of Consolidated Enrolme0t Lists,
the. names and residences of all persons who
have been added to, or stricken from the rolls
during the month. They will send With each
report recapitulaiiOn, showing, in concise
form, the number enrolled at the time of for
warding the last list, the number stricken from
the enrolment, aud the number added to it since
that time. aud lis actual condition at date Of re-
port. JAMEs D. Fay,
Provost Marshal General
All newspapers throughout the State will
please copy the above circular for the informa-
tlon and action Of tho people.