The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-23
TIE CoMSCRIPTsON.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
CORRECTING THE ENROLMENT.

WAR DEPARTMENT, PRoyOsr MARsHNL-GES
RAL's Or1cE, WAsMSGroN, ID. C.,Noycmoer -,
1854 Circular No. 39.-Aitcntion is again called
TO the necessity Of correcting the enrolment lists
in every district and sub-district While the
Board is responsible, as body, for the enrol
ment, the Commissioner Of the Board will be
required to give his particular attention to the
correction, revision, and preservation of the lists
and to the preparation of all reports and returns
in regard to them; ard he is hereby especially
directed to sec that monthly reports Of the cor
rectons made in the 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 Juno
rs, 1861, is reproduced and revised for the guild
ancc OF all concerned. 1t is as tolows:-
The attention Of the Boards OF Enrolment Is
called to Section OF the Act amendstory TO the
Enrolment AcI, which is in the following words,
viz. -
"s, cton And be Il further enacted Tha. the Boards
Of Enrolment shan ehfo an tho pcsoas liabo 20 drau
the provisions Of this aud tie witch this
by prop, enrolling Officers; persons shan ar
~ at tSS "SS 4f tent 'o5E before r. dr:t al
come citlz,rs' al persons discharged from the mill
not been IN such service years during the present
ana al persona wuo have been exempted under tua
an an ~ dmcut bot wac are not exempted BY he pr,yi
suus of tins act aud said Boards OF Enrolment shall
teeaso aud 9isenarge from an All persons Sho, between
the time OF noUt and toe draft shan have arrived
the e ave years, and shall s.rke the nsm5s
ofslch persons ON the cnroIment,'
Attention is also called 10 paragraphs 55, 50, 81,
58 SO, 60, 81, and 62 Revised Regulations Tor tho
Bureau of the Provost Marshal-General.
1t is 20 be borne In mind By the Bouds that
their duties in regard 10 che correction of tia en-
rolmeut, do not cease with It's revision rs recently
completed or now in progress. On the contrary
the revision of these lists IS q continuous duty to
which the labors of all BoaIds must be diTected.
The names OF all persons liable 10 military
duty taking up their residence in a SUB district,
as well as all in the suh-disiriCt WHO from time
TO time shall becO me liable, shall be added TO the
enrolment list; and the names Of persons who
enlist into the military or naval service, or wlO
remove permanently from district Or whose
liability terminates while in il, will be stricken
CtT; and in case OF removal whenever IL 10 pr4ci-
cable, the Board of Enrolment of the district TO
which the person removes will be notified, and
he Will be enrolled by that Board.
The Board of Enrolment shall have copies Of
the enrolment lists open TO the examination of
the public aE ali proper times, and shall give pub
| lie notice that any person may appear before the
Board aud have any name stricken OF the list, II
he can show to the satisfaction of the olrd that
| the person named is not properly enrolled, on
| account Of
!. Ali,nage;
2. Non residence.
| 3. Over ggc;
4. PermaHen, physical disability, of such a
| degree a5 10 render the person not proper sub
jeCt for enrolment under me law aud reg latiOns
5. Having served in the military or naval ser
vice two yeas during the present war, and been
| bonorahiy discharged.
Civil officers, clerPymeu, and all other prOml-
| Bent citizens are inyied 10 appear az all times
! before he Board to point out errors in the lis s,
al d to give such information In their possession
rs may aid in the correction and rey'iDn thereof.
To the duty OF hearing and acing upon claim
| for exemption, B0ards ~ EnrOlment are en-
! joined 10 devOte all the time that can be spare
nom other less pressing duties. They will report
| to the Provost Marshal. General. for the purpose
OF correcting lists tile, ~ tue oud OF each mOnth,
/ upon sheeis Of Consolidated Enrolment Lists,
| the names and residences Of all persons who have
! been added 10 or stricken from the rolls during
| the month.
They will send with each report q rcclpitull-
! ton, showing, In concise form, the number
! enrolled Ot the time OF forwarding the last lsr,
| the number stricken from the enrolment, and the
number added 10 IL since tha; time, aud its act"
| condition az date of report. "a
JAMES B. FRY, Provost 81 aarsbaI. f,oror,I