Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-02

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BE- prescribed by the Secretary Of the Ma
w, aud duly presented 10 the Provost
MSrshsl of the district in which such
mariner or able seaman shall have been
n drafted, shall exempt him from such
draft: Provided, That the period for
J. which he shall have enlisted into the ma
val service shall not be less than the Pc
riod for which he shall have been draft
ed into the military service: And pTovi-
ded further, That the said certificate shall
declare thst satisfactory proof has been
made before the naval officer issuing the
same that the said person so eniisting in
the navy is a mariner by vocation, or an
able seaman. And any person now in the
military service of the United States who
shall furnish satisfactory proof that he Is
a mariner by vocation or an able Seaman,
may enlist into the navy under such rules
and regulations SIS may be prescribed by
n the President Of the United States: Pro
. pidsd, That such enlistment shall not be
for less than the unexpired term of his
military service nor for less than one year.
And the bounty money which any mar
iner or seaman, enlisting from the army
into the navy, may have received from
the United States, or from the State In
which he enlisted in the army, shall he
deducted from the prize money TO which
he may become entitled during the time
required to complete his military service:
And provided, further, That the whole num-
ber of such transfer enlistments shall not
exceed ten thousand.
SEC. 8. And Be Il further enacted, That
whenever any such mariner or able sea
man shall have been exempted from such
draft in the military service by such en-
lfSfn int l,n
such due certificate thereof, then the |
ward, town, township, precinct, or elee
ton district, or county, when the same is |
not divided into wards, towns, townships, |
precincts, or election districts, from which |
such person has been drafted, shall be |
credited with his services to all intents |
and purposes as if he had been duly mus |
tered into the military service under such !
draft
SEC. Q. And Be il. further enacted, That all
enlistments into the naval service Of the
United States, or into the Marine Corps
of the United States, that may be here
after made of persons liable to service
under the act of Congress entitled "An
act for enrolling and calling ont the na-
tional forces, and for other purposes" ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, shall be credited TO the
ward, town, township, precinct, or cleo
ton district, or county, when the same is {
not divided into wards, towns, townships, Z
precincts, or election districts, in which
such enlisted men were or may be enroll {
ed and liable to duty under the act :
aforesaid, under such regulations as the {
Provost Marshal General of the United 1
States may prescribe. {
SEC. 10. And be IL further eaactd, That :
the following persons be, and they are c
hereby, exempted from enrolment and I
draft under the provisions of this act and of I
the act to which this is an amendment, to e
wit: Such rs are rejected as physically |
or mentally unfit for the service, all per- a
sons actually in the military or naval I
service of the United States at the time f
of the draft, and all persons who have d
served Ill the military or naval service
two years during the present war, and n
been honorably discharged therefrom (; G
and no persons but such as are herein ex- C
empted shall be exempt. a
SEC. IL. And Be il further enacted, That a
section third of the "Act for enrolling e
and calling out the national forces, and o
for other purposes" approved March 81
third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 8
and so much of section ten OF said act as Il
each class, be, and the same are hereby b
repealed; and it shall be the duty of the t,
board of enrolment of each district 10 C.
The two classes mentioned in
section third of said act. a
SEC. Il. And Be Il further enacted, That I,
any person who shall forcibly resist or Q
oppose any enrolment, or who shall in il
cite, counsel, encourage, or who shall D
conspire or confederate with any other y
person or persons forcibly to resist or op a
pose any such enrolment, or who shall Il
aid or assist, or take any part in any for d
chile resistance, or opposition thereto, or s
who shall assault, obstruct, hinder. i'm Il
pede or threaten any officer of other per e,
son employed in making or in aiding to
make such enrolment, or employed IN II
the performance, or in aiding in the per il
formance of any service in any way re D.
atinG thereto, or in arresting or aiding to 10
arrest any spy or deserted from the mill m
.ary service of the United States shall, n,
ipon conviction thereof in any court pl
competent to try the offense, be punish c.
ID by fine not exceeding FIVE thousand eI
dollars, or by Imprisonment not exceed to
ng FIVE years, or by both of said punish A
nents, in the discretion Of the court re
And in cases where such assaulting, OBJ al
Itructing, hindering. or impeding shall ul
produce the death of such officer or other %
person, the offender shall be deemed "a
yuilty of murder, and upon conviction fu
hereof upon indictment in the circuit al
,ourt of the United States for the dis ec
riot within which the offense was COM sh
nitted, shall De punished with death &c
And nothing in this section contained %
hall be construed to relieve the party or
from liability under proper in 10
lictment or process for any crime against a
he laws of State, committed By him I'll
While violating the provisions Of this sec e1
ion. &C
SEC. Is. And Be il further enacted, That bt
he Secretary of War shall be authorized Ii
o detail or appoint such number Of addi- W
ional surgeons for temporary duty in the NJ
examination of persons drafted into the be
military service, in any district, as may NJ
oe necessary to secure the prompt exam oil
nation of all such persons, and to FIX the
to be paid surgeons so ap- ID
pointed while actually employed. And al
uch surgeons, 80 detailed or appointed, as
hall perform the same duties as the sur cl
,eon of the board of enrolment, except vC
hat they shall not be permitted 10 vote sh
" ST. .<ith the board Of enrolment. IN
SEC. IA. And be Il firiher tcacctsd, That su
he Secretary of War is authrrized, when !"
.ver in his judgment the public interest tn
will be subserved thereby, to permit or s.
equire boards of examination of enrolled sis
,r drafted men to hold their examinations te
It different points within their respect pc
We enrolment districts, to be determined af
" him: Provided, That in all districts m
'ver one hundred miles in extent, and in be
uch as are composed of over ten coun- til
ies, the board shall hold their sessions in m
It least two places in such district, and at h'
uch points as are best calculated to ac- dc
,omnlodate the people thereof. th
SEC. Is And Be It further enacted, That :.
Provost Marshals, boards of enrolment, tn
II any member thereof, acting by au- tn
hority of the board, shall have power 20 WI
,.,;t,,assas IN behalf of the GOV ch