The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-08-03
Important Military Order from
the Adiutant General OF Ohio.
GEN'I. HEADQUARTERS, STATE oP OHIO, J
ADJUTANT GENERAL's OFFICE,

ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
CoLUNBUs, June Is, 1864.
VNHE following information is published
for the henefit of all persons concerned: /:
The Act to organize and discipline the
militia of Ohio" passed March 3lst, 1854,
provides for an enrolment of all white male
citizens, residents this State, being EIGH-
TEEN years of age and under the age Of FOR
TY-FIvE years, i'm the militia, and that they
shall perform military duty, in accordance
with the laws of the State and the United
States,
Certain persons are exempt from ENROLL
ment in the militia, as follows.
LIST. All persons in the army or ftavy, or
volunteer forces of the United Statos.
ID Persons who have been or hereafter
may DE honorably discharged from the army
or navy of the United States, in consequence
of the performance of military duty for one
year.
3D. Commissioned officers serving under
this net, who shall huve served as such in the
militia of this State for the space of five
years; but no officer shall be so exempt un-
less by his resignation after such term of
service duly accepted, or in some other law
ful manner he shall have been honora6ly
discharged.
4th. Every non-commissioned officer, mu-
sician and private of every uniformed COM
pany, raised, or hereafter to be raised, since
May lst, 1868, uniformed according TO the
provisions of any law of this State, and who
shall have performed services in such COM
pany or troop for the space offive years from
the time of his enrolment therein, shall be
exempt from military duty, except i'll case
of war, insurrection or invasion.
5th. Every person physically disabled may
be exempted from military duty, if he files
with the county auditor, on or before August
10Th OF every year, a statement of u reputd
bic physician or surgeon, certifying that such
person is unfit for military duty by reason
of such physical disability or bodily mfr
nifty, which shall be described in said state
ment. This statement must be verified by
the affidavit of said physician or surgeon,
If any person shall knowingly or wilfully
make false affidavit in this matter, he shall
be deemed guilty of perjury"
In examinations under this class of ez-
emption, touching aperson's physical ability
to perform military duty, the same rigid OK
animation as is required under L. S. Army
Regulations for soldiers in the general SER
vice must not be made The question of
physical disability comprehends only the
ability of the person toperform the ordinary
military duty required under the State laws.
This clause must not be so construed rs
to allow county auditors, on the affidavit of
a physician, to exempt from military duty
any member of the National Guard. All
such exemptions are null and void, and will
not protect the person claiming exemption
obey the orders of his commanding officer.
7th. All persons absolutely exempt from
enrolment under the laws of the United
States.
This class of exemptions has given rise to
anltnber of inquiries as to what pcrsonsare
exempted under the laws of the United
States. All exemptions from Military duty
under the laws eff the United States prior TO
March ID, 1868, were set aside, and the act Of
Congress known as the transcription Law"
passed March 3d, 1863 provided for differ
eut class Of exemptions. Under the provis-
ions of the amended transcription Law"
still further changes were made in the class
es exempt from Military duty. Section ten
of the Act of Congress passed February "A,
1864, being the act amendatory OF the "Con-
scription Law" provides;
THAT the following persons be, and they
are hereby exempted from enrolment and
draft under the provisions of this act, and of
the act to which this is an amendment, to-
wit: such as are rejected as physically or
mentally unfit for service, all persons actu-
ally in the military or naval service of the
United States at the time of the draft, and all
persons who have served in the military or
naval service two years during the present
war and have been honorably discharged
therefrom and no persons but such as are
herein exempted, shall be exempt.
"A person who has been drafted and has
been released on payment of three hundred
dollars Communication is not thereby exempt
from the operation of any further draft, and
will not, therefore, be exempt from enroll
ment and the payment of communication nm
der the law of the State. a person, however,
who has been drafted, and has been released
by reason of having furnished substitute,
provided said substitute is not subject to
draft is exempt during the period for which
said substitute is not liable to draft, but not
exceeding the time for which said substitute
has been accepted. Such person will, there
fore, be exempt from enrolment and the
payment of commutation under the laws Of
the State during the period for Which he is
exempt from military duty under the laws
of the United States: provided the substitute
SO furnished shall not be liable to perform
military duty under the laws of the State.
No provision Is made for the correction of
the enrolment by county Auditors, by add
ing to ii the names Of such persons as may
have arrived at the age of eighteen years
subsequent to the annual enrolment by the
aSsessors This can only be done at the an
nual enrolment next succeeding, and in the
manner prescribed by law.
Persons exempted under the provisions Of
the State, or of the United States, who shall
voluntarily enroll themselves in any COM
pany of National Guards, will be considered
as waving their right to exemption under
those laws, add can only be released from
military duty therein by the Governor of
the State. 3. r.. COWEN,
Adjutant General of Ohio.
AUDIToRs OFFICE, HARRISON Co., O.,
CaDIz, July 6, 1864.
All white male citizens between the ages of
IS and As years. are hereby notified to make
payment of Commutation, or file exemp-
lions, on or before August 18th, otherwise a
penalty of 80 per cent, or 81 20 in addition
will attach, and will be collected by distraint
of the costs of collection.
SAMUEL KNOX,
Auditor of Harrison County.
July 6, 1864.