Daily national Republican., 1864-03-16
IOFFICtAG- NOTICES.
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THE ENROLMENT Law
ApJuTAHr GrHrnafp OTTfcr,
WAsmSoroS, Feb. %. lesA. - |
General Orders, No. 70. .a-.a. .s...... ~
The following &C. Of oonsress is lpubllAhsd for |
the Information ofAn concerned: W.T.. r.
# ....f PUBIic, No. II.
L. An act TO amend an act entitled An act for en-
rolling and calling out the national forces, and
for other purposes" approved March ., 1868.
De q enacted yhs Senate and Hogss Of Reprssenia-
vss Of ne United Saies ef America IN Congress Gsse1-
bsd That the Preslient Of the United States shall
DO authorized whenever he shall deem II necessary
during the present war, to call for such number OF
men for the military service Of the United states
a. the public exigenoiea may require. s-rf
Sec. 2. And Be q further enacted, That the quota
Of each ward OF q city, town, township, precinct,
or election district, or Of = county, where the
county IL not dlYided into wards, towns, town
ships, precincts, election districts, shall be-
nearly as possible, In proportion TO the number of
men resident therein liable to render military
vice. taking into account is far practicable the
number which has been previously furnished
therefrom; and in ASoertaiAing and hllIng said
quota there shAn bo taken into account the num-
Der OF men who have heretofore entered the naval
service Of the United States, and whose names are
borne upon the enrolment lists as Already returned
TO the office Of the Provost Marshal General Of the
United States. t.t.rn. ....n.
Sec. .. And further enacted ThAtif the quotas
shall not be filed within the time dehignAted
by the President, the Provost Marshal Of the dis
triet within which any ward Of city, town, town
ship, precinct, or election district, or county,
where the same IL not divided into wArdr, towns
townships, precincts, or election dlItricts, which
Is deficient in its quota, 10 situated shsll under
the direction OF the Provost Marshal General,
make draft for the number deficient therefromi
but all volunteers who may enllst after the drsft
shall have been ordered, and before It shall be
| tually made, shall be deducted from the number
| ordsred TO be drafted In such ward, town, town
ship precinct, or election district, or county. And
II the quota OF any district shall not hed by the
draft mAde In accordance with the provisions Of
this act, and the act TO which 1t is amendment,
further drafts shall be made, and like proceedings
had until the quota OF such district shall be filed
SEC. (. And be q further enacted, That any person
enrolled under the provisions OF the act for en-.
rjlling and calling out the national forces, and
for other purposes, approved March 3, 1850, or
who may be hereafter so enrolled, may furnish, At
any time previous 20 the draft, an acceptable sub
sttute who is not liable to draft nor at the time,
| in tho military or naval service Of the United
States, and such perton so furnishing substitute
shah be exempt from draft during the time for
which [Suohl substitute shall not be liable to
draft, not exceeding the time for which such sub
Stituts shall have been accepted.
Sec. 8. And be u further endeied, That any per.
son drafted into the military service of tho United
States may, before the time fs cd for his appear
Anee for duty at the draft rendezvous, furnish an
acceptable substitute, subject to such rules and
regulations as msy be prescribed by the secre-
tary of War. That II such substitute is not liable
i to draft, the person furnishing him shall be ex-
| empt from draft during the time for which such
substitute s not liable to draf, not exceeding the
| term for which he was drafted; and II such aub-
stitute Is liable to draft, the name OF the person
| furnishing him shall again be placed the roll.
and shall be liable to draft on iuture calls, but not
until the present enrolment shall be txhAustedi
| and this exemption shall not exceed the term for
which such person shan have been drafted And
any person now In the military or naval service
Of the United States not physically disqualified,
who has so served more than one year and Whoae
term OF unexpired service Hh1ll not st the tlmo Of
nubStitution exceed six months, may he employed
as substitute to serve In the troops OF the state
in which he enlisted; and II any drafted person
shall hereafter pay money for the proeuration OF
n substitute under the proviaionB Of the act to
which this Is an hmendT ent, such payment Of
money shall operate ouly to relieve such person
from draft In filling that Quota and his name shall
: be retained on the roll In hlling future quotaa
G but In no instance GhGll the exemption OF any
: person on account OF his payment OF esmmutAtion
Q money for the procuration Of substitute extend
! beyond one year; but at the eud of one year, IN
every such case, the name OF any person so ex
empte shall be enrolled again, II not before 70
turned to the enrolment list under the provisIonI
1 OF this section.
sec. g. And be q further enacted, That Boards O
Enrolment shall enroll all persons liable to draf
under the proviEioBs Of this act, and the act tC
4; which this IL an amendment whose names mar
4 have been omitted by the proper enrolling officers
all persons who shall arrive at the age OF twenty
years before the GrAft all aliens who shaI declare
their int nton to become oitizensj all persons dis
charged from the military or naval service OF ths
United States who have not been in such service
two years during the prefent war; and all PersonI
who have been exempted under the provisions o
the second section Of the act TO which this IL al
amendment, but who are not exempted BY the pro
visions Of this actj and said Boards OF Enrolment
shA release and discharge from draft all person.
: who, between the time OF the enrolment and tho
draft shall have arrived at the age OF forty. five
years, and shall sthke the names of such persons
T from the enrolment
$ Sec. T. And be further enacted, That any mar.
} liner, or able or ordinary seamSn, who Ehan be
drafted under this asst, the act 10 which this IL
} an amendment, shall have the right, within eight
days after the notification OF such draft to enlist
In the naval service as seaman, and oertincAtt
that he has enlisted being made out, In conform
ity with regulations which may be prescribed
! to the Provost Marshal OF the district in which
such mariner, or able or Ordinary seaman, shal
have been drafted shall exempt him from suci
draft Provided, That the period for which he shall
have enlisted to the naval service shall not bt
l,rS than the period for which he shall have been
drafted into the military service And provided
further, That the said certificate BhAn declare that
sstiSfaetoFy proof has been made before the naval
officer Issuing the same that the said psrEon &c
euliBting in the Navy iB mariner by vocation, OF
an able or ordinary seaman. and any person now
in the military service Of the United States who
shall furnish satisfactory proofthat he is mariner
, by vocation, or an able or ordinary seaman, may
enlist into the Navy under such rules and Eegula
ions as may be prescribed by the President of the
= United States Provided, That such enlistment
G shall not be for less than the uneXplrCd term o
r his military service, nor for less than one year
G And the bounty money which any mariner or sea,
o man, enlistng from the Army into the Navy, may
i have received from the United states or from tho
State In which he enlisted IN the Army shall be To-
y Quoted from the prize money to which he may be
u come entitled during the time required to complete
e his military service And provided GIier That the
. whole number Of Euch transfer enlls lments shal
= not exceed ten thousand.