The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-21
the ENROLLMEN

we this week have the pleasure OF announ.
ing that the Commissioner and Surgeon
the Board Of this District will be in COt.
DERSPORT on MONDAY and TUESDA1'
the 10th and 18th days of January
| ls65-to carry out the provisions of tha
order. There is no need Of our repeatin,
! the order this week. We have only one ad
ditional item in connection with it, to wit
Copies Of the Enrolment By Bofonghs an
To,ca hips wiH be placed in the hande Of th
Enrollng Officers of the District in order thG
citizens may haze access to them prior to tn
Examinations contemplated.
Here is the opportunity so long yearned
for by the people now let US see how they
will improve it. There has been great dea
of fault-f finding by persons who were igno'
rant in relation to that Of which they com
planned, hundred theories have been ad
vaneed by as many different persons as to The
reason of our Enrolment being so large, ant
charges of fraud and negligence have become
SO common that it is 90 longer considered
worth the trouble to refute them. But here
is the panacea for your aches, here is the
physician that will heal you, here is balm
for your mounds and cordial for your fears
Step up to the Captains Office and proclaim
your deplorable condition, your utter inabil-
ity to support yourself your family, or your
country, and you will be released from your
nightmare pains.
1t is so frequently the case that fear of the
Draft raises in the mind of the enrolled per-
son q very exaggerated belief as to his own
physical weakness and, under this impress
sion he presents himself for exemption when
there is no real cause for his being exempt
either before, or after the draft. He is dis
appointed and angry, and in many cases goes
away with charges of fraud &c, on his lips.
This is foolish and while we are anxious
that every man who IS not able to perform
military duty shall be stricken from the rolls,
we are equally anxious that every man who
is able SHALL bear his share Of the burden
with the rest of US. The Order says: "Per,
manent Physical Disability, ,"-mauifest,- =
that which is not only for a day, but perma-
nent. Every one can understand that. There
are many who can not have their names
erased, who, if they were now drafted, would
be exempt; while if they were not drafted
for six months or year might be just as
able, when drafted, as the most robust now.
The injustice of exempting them now, is very
clear, when looked at in this light This is
not simply theory, but great many in
stances of this kind have occurred and do oc-
cur daily. Let some judgment be exercised
in this matter and so not occupy the time of
the Board when they do come with cases that
can not be allowed
Cases Of Altsnags papers should be
made out, with the proper witnesses, and the
Prothonotary's certificate that the person has
not been ngturalized IN this Court, and also
accompanied with any other papers that may
have bearing upon the case.
Persons Ousrage-Should bring the Family
Record, if they have one. The parents testi-
mony is the best in these cases, where i: can
be procured, when it can not the oath of the
person himself and that of two witnesses
that they believe his statement to be true, is
necessary
Those who have been in the service should
bring the proper papers and also be able to
testify as to dates of muster and discharge
Of course, the proof in relation to deaths.
non-residence, and of being in the service of
the United States can be furnished by third
parties, and Committees should have the pa
pers properly prepared before the time of
meeting. Let these papers be properly
stamped.
We presume there are in every township
persons sufficiently acquainted with the forms
to undertake the position of Committees
that according to this order.
there can be no relief for them after this op-
portunity has gone by. We believe it is the
desire of the Board that the Enrolment shall
oe 1alf ana just, and that all should bear like
burdens. We have believed and do believe
that the Enrolment for this county is much
too large. and we are anxious to see it reduced
to something like truth, and now we will have
no one to blame but ourselves if this is not
corrected. Let there be no delay about this.
Let the Committees go to work Immediately
aud make it just and thorough correction.
We hold that Potter has sent into the army
more men in proportion to her population
than any other county In the State Our
men have filled the quotas ofadjoinng towns
in New York, in Tioga, and other counties in
this State, and if we cannot get credit for
them we can at least have them stricken from /
tho rolls.
Reader, this article is addressed to you,
personally. See that you do your duty