Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-05-13
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BUREAU OF sCONSCRTPTION.)
RlcHNoaD, March Is, 1864.

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BUREAU OF CONsCRIPTIoN.)
RICHMOND, March Is, 1854
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!. General 30 3: oSsr., No. IS Aa;,..,. 40 1....,
tor Generals Office, March lst. tseS il herewith
made part o. this circular, and commandments Of
conscriptszare enioned TO procsed to the rapid and
vigorous execution OF its provisions, under the in
and Interpretation herein prescribed.
H. Under the terms Of the 9Th Section Of the act
of Congress published in General Orders, No. g.
Adiutant and Inspector Generals Office, and the
terms OF Circular No. S. of the Bureau last series,
commandments will proceed to organize the service
in their respective Statel In addition to the or
Sanization therein provided for, and in further
pursuance of paragraph!. of the said General
Orders No. IS, commandments will forthwith orga-
nze in each county Beard, to consist of not more
than three of the most reliable and intelig ent cit-
zer O. between the ages ol45 and 90 years, and
who have been enrolled and detailed for the ser
vice. These Boards will be charged with aiding
the local enrolling officer in obtaining information
concerning all applications for exemption and de-
tail, or agriculture or other industrials pursuits
and also in furnishing all Other iDtormatioa which
may be needed in the duties imposed upon the en-
rolling officers.
The local and congressional enrolling officer will
be required to supervise the action OF these Boards
and promptly report to toe tommandapt untitness
or delinquencies on the pirt OF the persons detail
ed for them. So long asthe duties are properly
performed, the persons employed will be exempted
from other service. Care will be used in the be
ginning to select proper men and in view Of the
grave duties herein oevolyed upon the enrolling
officer, he WILL at his discretion, reo,1ire the-yrit
ten opinion of the Board on claims'r,r exemption
or applications for detail and may cali IN them
for special information concerning matters larti
nent to the service. In every case referred hy
the local or Congressional district enrolngoficer
A.. MI -
must be cndols ed or accompany the case, and the
Ike rule will be rgidlj observed BY commandants
in referring to this Bureau.
III. Commapdants will order the immediate en-
rolnenr and examinat'orYnk al! persons within the
prescribeu.ages, who arg found il the employ nlont
of any department Of the Government and who
are not specially exempted BY the actsof Congress:
and such rs found fit for service in tee field.
may be detailed until thel0th day of April next,
provided eu application is made according to the
terms OF the 9Th paragraph ofGeneral Orders No.
g. herein cited
lV. Commandments of eonscripts will forthwith
transmit to this Bureau recommendations for ply
scians to be employed in accordance with nsr.
graph TX, General Orders No. 26, herein cited -
Much complaint reaches this Bureau concerning
irregularities in the Medical examinations, Loose
or irregular examinations must not be permitted
and commandants will promptly report any we'll
asccrtained delinquency in the III after
Y. Forms for consolidated reports BY the com
mandants Of Conscrpts win be forwarded also
forms for the records cf the Congressional District
and local enrolling officers These records must
be accurately kept, and the reports based on them
mnst be in clear and ineligible form or thew will
be returned for revision and correction,
VI. Persons and classes enumerated in the 1st
I'd, Sd, 4th, 9Th, and 9Th articles Of section 10th
except those referred to in the latter clause Of the
9TH article of the said 10th section Of tho got ot
persons referred to in saidiact shall be detailed.
VII. EXEMPTIONS BY EXAMINING BOARDS
i, Persons who shall be determined by theBoard
Of Examination to be incapable of performing &C
tive service in the field, andiany Of the duties men
toned in the 9Th section of the said act & Congress
from causes OF a permanent nature, shall be ex-
cmpted from military service BY the said boak.d
who shall grant certificates thereof; which sha
specify the Of the ncapacity reoitinq in fin
the nature and degree Of thf isease or other irta
pacity and the probable duration Of the disbil;t
caused by it, and the parties sh all not be subject
to future examination, unless specially ordered bv
the Board OF the Cong reasiDnal Distrit in which
such par ties reside, or by the commandant Of con
ecripts for the State, or By this Bureau.
2. When, in the opinion Of enrolling officers the
cause for which exemption vas gAanted to a per
son, after examination by the medical board la We
ceased to exist, they will make az report to the
Board. stating the name OF the person. when en-
rolled, when examined and tie disease or other
cause Of disability, with .hc reasons for believing
1t to have disappeared, anu that the person is ca
pabe of performing active service iIfthe field, cr
some of the duties mentioned il the said 6th sec
ton CT the act aforesaid.
The Examining Board will then order the party
to be brought before it for @ ro-exs nina sion -
When person is le-exaIninsd by tho Board, his
former certificate shall be surrendered end can
cclled. If again found unfit for duty, new Ger
tihcate OF exemption shall BIZ Issued 10 him.
:. Every certificate Of exemption granted by o
Board OF Examination shall be approved by the
Congressional district enrolling oihcer, who shall
protect this pei uHonapt~~ TuoIesratIOn by
the officers Of conception, and from re-exanina-
ton unless the Board of examination, or the Com
mandant Of Conscrpts, Or the Bureau Of ConscrD-
ton shall order the same
VII. EXEMPTION OF SPECiFlED CLASSES
AND INDIVIDUALS.
/. Application for exemption under the Sd and
9th articles of the 10th section OF the act aforesaid
sh all be made to the enrolling officer of the county
in which the applicant esides, who will thorough
ly Investigate the case, and II satisfied, by com pc
tent evidence, that exemption SHOULD be allowed.
sh all issue certificate thereof, which mus. espb
mitted to the enrolling othcer Ok the Congressional
district for his approval
8. Applications for exemptions under the 9Th
article OF the 10th section ofthe act aforesaid shall
be made to the com mandant of conscripts for the
State. who will grant the certificate eff exemption
authorized by law, to continue during compliance
with tho conditions prescribed bv said act Ex-
empton. except for the Presiient, Treasurer, Au-
ditor and superintendent, saall not be allowed TO
COMPANY,
unless the president supeIinend lent shall catt-
fv, on oath, that the parties applied for are in
iispensabie 10 tho efficient operation Of such ral-
road; that the number OF PERSONS exempted said
railroad shall not exceed for aac mile thereof
in actual use for military transportation; that the
exempts for such road shall be reported by name
and description, once Fl month, to the ,omlnandants
of conscripts for the State through which such road
passes or to the Bureau of CONSUMPTION, together
with the names and descriptive list OF any one W no
NAV leave the employment CT the railroad compa-
nv, or who may cease to be Indispensable to the
efficient operation OF the said road
4. The exemption OF OverseeIs or egrlcutursts
on each farm plantation upon which there are
now, and were Oh tie ist day Of January last, +
teen able bodied hands between the ages OF sixteen
and ffty, will be allowed for the space OF twelve
months, and the certificate Ct exemption shall be
granted by the officer taking the bond required by
law upon being informed By The commandment for
that State that the bond is approved.
l. The bond required to be given upon The cx-
th article of section 10th OF The said act shall be
taken by the enrolling officer of the county dis
trct in which such party resides, with the advice
and assistance of the temporary Board aforesaid.
1t shall be payable to the Confederate States Of
America, in a penalty double the estimated value
Of the products to bedeliverad to the government,
and conditioned for the faithful performance of the
fthc 4th article of the 10Th section
Of the aaid act. The value IF the said products
shall be assessed by the enrolling officer who shall
take the said bond, with the Assistance of the said
temporary Board, accordingto the market value
thereof at the time and pIacg Of assessment.
The said bond may be secured by a dennsit Of
The amount Of the penalty thrreof IN notes issued
from the Treasury Department Of the Conieder-
ates States, with any Of the depositaries OF the
said Treasury, or bv personal security, the nature
Of the security to be at the option of the principal