The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-12-15
REVISION OF THE ENROLLMENT
EIsTS. Ass.--
Important Circular from the Provost
Marshal General

FISTS sz--.
Important Circular from the Provost
Marshal General.
"a wAl DEF'r PRdsosr- AIAnsHAL. .CExEaAL's)
orIIcE, WAsHlSGtoN, b, o., Nov IS, "a
CIRCULAR No, 80.
Attention is again called to tho ne
cessity of correcting the enrolment
lists in every district and sub district.
While the Board is responsible, as a
body, for the enrolment, the Commits
sioner of the Board will be required to
give his paticular attention to the cor
rection, revision and preservation of
the lists, and to the preparation of all
reports and returns in regard to them;
and he is hereby especially directed TO
see that monthly reports of the correc-
tions made in the enrolment for the
preceding month arc promptly for
warded to this Office on or before the
Sd day of every month.
Circular No. "a; from this office, dat
cd June 25, 1864, is reproduced and re-
vised for the guidance of all concerned
1t is as follows: ..t,
The attention of the Boards of En-
rollment is called TO Section G of the
Act amedatory to the Enrollment Act,
which is in the following words, viz:
"SEcTloN 6. And be it further enact
ed That Roards of Enrolment shall en-,
roll all persons liable to draft under
the provisions Of this act, and the act
to which thisi is an amendment, whose
names may have been omitted by the
proper enrolling officers; all persons
who shall arrive at the ago of twenty
years before tho draft; all aliens who
shall declare their intention to become
citizens; all persons discharged from
the military or naval scrvive Of the
United States who have not been in
such servivc two years during the
present war; and all persons who have
beer exempted under the provisions Of
the second section Of the act to which
this is an amendment, but who arc not
exempted by the provisions of this act;
and said Boards Of Enrolment shall!
release and discharge from draft all
persons who, between tho time of the
enrolment and tho draft, shall have
arrived at the age of forty-fve years
and shall strike the names OF such per.
sons from the enrolment"
Attention is also called to paragraphs
So, 56, 81, So, SO, 60, 81 and G2, Rcvis
cd Regulations for the Bureau OF tn,
Provost Mars hal General.
1t is TO DO borne in mind by The
Boards that their duties, in regard t
the correction of the enrolment, dc
not cease with its revision as recently
completed or now in progress On tn,
contrary, the revision Of these lists is I
continuous duty, to which the labor'
Of all Boards must bc directed. Th'
names of all persons liable to military
duty taking up their residence in /.
sub district, as well as all in the sub
district who, from time to time, be
come liable. shall be added to the on
rollment lists; and tho names of per
sons who enlist into the military or ma
val service, orwho remove permanent
ly from district, or whose liability
terminates while in it, will be strickel
off; and, in case Of removal wheneve
it is practicable, the Board of Enroll
mcnt of the district to which the per
son removes will be notified, and h
will be enrolled by that Board.
The Board of Enrolment shall hav
copies of the enrolment lists open +
the examination of the public at al
proper times, and shall give pubic no
, tice that any person may appear be
fore the Board and have any nam
. stricken off tho list, if ho can show, t
the satisfaction of the Board, that tn
person named is not properly cnrolle
on accout of .......
lst. Alicnage. %
.. I'd. Non residence. ...... .
, 3D. Over ago. ..... .... a
4th, Permanent physical disability
, of such n degree rs to render the per
son not proper subject for enrollmen
under tho law and regulations.
9th. Having served in tho militar
or naval service two years during til
0 present war, and been honorably dis
, charged.
4 Civil officers, clergymen, and q
other prominent citizens are invited
Q appear at all times before the Board t
=, point out errors in tho lists, and to Civ
}. such information in their possessio
> as may aid in tho correction and revis
ion thereof .. .
|. To the duty of hearing and actin
g upon claim for exemption, Boards
Il Enrolment are enjoined to devote a
Q the time that can DO spared from otl
o or less pressing duties. They will r,
port to the Provost Marshal Genera
for the epurposo of correcting lists 0
file, at tho end of each month, upo
Ii sheets of Consolidated Enrolmer
). Lists, the names and residences of q
@ persons who have been added to
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