The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-19
TT z RAFT.
SYNOPSIS or THE HOUSE
~ AMENDMENTs.
A NEW LIST OF EXEMP-
TIONS.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.1The following is
full synopsis of the amendments to the Enroll
ment Act passed by the House to-day:
Inc bill as passed, provides that the quota
OF o1. each Ward Of city, township precinct, or
Jiecsion district, or county, where the same is
divided into wards, towns, Townships, or election
districts, shall be as nearly as possible in pro-
Potuon to the number of men resident therein,
suDJect to draft, taking into account as far as
Practlcable, the number which has been previ-
ouslS furnished therefrom and in ascertaining
anu nllng SAID quota. there shall be taken into
account the number of men who have hereto
fore entered the naval service of the JInited
oIa.Ss, anu whose names are borne upon the
enrolment lists as already returned to the of
flee OF the Provost Marshal General of the
United States. a. 81 - = ~ -
Any person enrolled under the provisions of
the enrolment act who may hereafter be en-
rolled may furnish at any time previous to the
draft an acceptable substitute who is too liable
to draft, nor at the time in the military or
naval service, and such person so furnishing a
substitute shall be exempt from draft
during the time for which such SUBJ
stitute shall be exempt from draft, not
however exceeding the time for which such
substitute shall have been accepted but ro pri-
vate soldier, musician, nor non-cOmmissioned
officer being actually in the military service of
the United States shall be procured or accept
ed as a substitute.
The Boards of enrolment are to enroll all
persons liable to draft under provisions of this
act and of the former act whose names shall
| have been Ommitted by the proper enrolling
officers, all persons who shall arrive at the age
of twenty years before the draft all aliens who
shall declare their intention to become citizens,
all persons discharged from the military or
naval service of the United States who have
been in such service two years during the
present war, and all persons who have been
exempted under the provision of the second
section OF the act to which this act is a sup
plement, but who are not exempted by the
provisions of this act, and the boards of en-
rOllment shall release and discharge from the
draft all persons who between the time Of en-
| rollment and the draft shall have arrived at the
age OF forty-five years, and shall strike the
names OF such persons from the enrolment.
Any person drafted into the military service
OF the United States, may, before the time
fixed for his appearance for duty at the draft
rendezvous furnish an acceptable substitute
subject to such rules and regulations as may be
| prescribed by the Secretary of War. 49,. ID.
Ii such substitute is not liable to draft, the
| person furnishing him shall be exempt from
| draft during the time for which such substitute
is not Liable to draft, not exceeding the time
| for which he is drafted; and if such substitute
is liable to draft. the name of the person fur
nishing him shall be liable to draft in filling
future quotas: and if any drafted person shall
hereafter pay money for the procuration of
substitute under the provisions of the act of
which this is an amendment such payment of
money shall operate only to relieve such per-
son from draft during the time for which the
person was drafted, unless the names placed in
the box be sooner exhausted, in which case the
name shall be returned to the wheel. fef
| Members of religious denominations who
| shall by oath or affirmation declare that they
| are cOnscentOusly opposed 10 the bearing of
hitpd Hoir
by the rules or articles of faith and practice of
such religious denomination shall, when draft
ed into the military service be considered nom
combatants, and shall be assigned to the Sec
rotary OF war to do duty in hospitals, or to the
care OF freedmen, or shall pay the sum of $500
to such person as the Secretary of War shall
designate to receive it, to be applied to the
benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers.
provided that the person shall be entitled to
the benefit OF the provisions of this section,
unless his declaration of conscientious scruples
against bearing arms shall be supported by
satisfactory evidence that his department. has
been uniformly consistent with such declara-
ton. ? ItI .Gs.f
Any mariner or able bodied seaman who shall
be drafted, shall have the right within eight
days after the notification of such draft to en-
list In the naval service as seaman. No pi-
lot, engineer or master, or any acting master
acting ensign or acting masters mate having
an appointment or acting appointment as such, 9
and being actually in the naval service shall be
subject to military draft while holding such
appointment.
The following persons are exempted and ex-
copied from enrolment and draft namely:
Such as are rejected as physically or mentally
unit for the service; all persons actually in
the military or naval service at the time of
the draft; and all persons who have served
two years during the present war and been
honoably discharged therefrom. and no per-
hr,t y,
exempt.
The two classes heretofore provided for en-
rolment are consolidated In all cases where
cOlored persons have been heretofore enlisted
in the military service of the United States, all
the provisions of the act so far as the payment
of bounty and compensation are provided,
shall be equally applicable as well rs to those
who may be hereafter recruited. nl .r,
The bill also contains the section for enroll
ing all the able bodied males of African descent,
&c, upon which separate vote was taken be-
fore the bill was passed.
at half-past six O'Clock the House adjourned
until Monday. .
Federal Expedition ia FIorida-..Fir-
Ing on Charleston---Lce's Report
of Late Federal Reconnaissance
Small Pox at Knoxville.
New YORK Feb. 13.-Richmond papers of
the 9th contain the following:
LAKE Cry. Fla, Feb. S.-Eighteen YES
sells, gunboats and transports, have arrived
here. The enemy, presumed to be in large
force, has landed and is advancing.
"CHARLEsroN, Feb S.-The enemy renewed
their fire on the city last evening. A nth
monitor made its appearance to-day. The en-
envy is engaged in mounting several guns at I
Wagner bearing on the channel. A 20O-pound .
shell exploded last week in blacksmith shop, .
wounding six persons" /
d The Examiner contains Gen. Lees report /
concerning late Federal reconnaissance, 1
which states that the Federals left seventeen
dead and forty-six wounded in the hands Of the
rebels. Their loss was six killed, twenty
wounded and lieutenant and twenty five men
captured. One Federal captain and thirty
nine priyates were captured. c:aihIos
, MoRRIsrowN, Tenn., Feb. S.--Reports from
Knoxville represent the garrison suffering from
the small pox, of which there are 700 cases,
and also scarcity of rations. .aasa9Fo{
% The Richmond Erdnsiner says the authori
ties have taken measures to prevent an antici-
pated rising Of Yankee prisoners on Belle Is
land. 80. ......t, - "N ~