Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-05-06

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BUREAU OF CONsCRIpTIoN,l
RICHMOND, March l8, rSe4.
CIRCULAR.
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j. General Orders, No. Is Adjptapt and Inspec-
tor Generals Office, March lst .e6l, is herewith
made part Of this circular, and commandments of
conscripts enjsihed to proceed to the rapid and
vigorous execution OF its provisions, under the in
structons and Interpretation herein prescribed.
IL. Under tn. terms OF the 9Th Section OF the act
Of Congress psblished in General Orders No. 26,
Adjutant and Inspector Generals Otfce, and the
terms OF Circular No. S. Of the Bureau last series
command ants will proceed to organize the service
If their respective States In addition to the Or
sanization therein provided for. and in further
pursuance Of paragraph II, of the said General
Orders, No. rs, sommandanss will forthwith orga-
nlze in each conntv Board to consist of not more
than three OF the most reliable and intely mt cti-
zers, between the ages Of IS and so years and
who have been enrolled and detailed for the s.r-
vice. These Boards will be charged with aiding
the local enrolling officer in obtaining information
concerning all applications for exemption and de-
tail. agriculture or other industriais PURSUITS
and also in furnishing al other iDformatos whic
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 the eommandant un6tness
or delirquencies the part of the persons detail.
cd tor them. So long as the duties are properly
performed, the persons employed will be exemrted
from other service. Care win be used in the be-
ginning to select proper mon and in view of the
grave duties herein devolved upos the enrolling
officer, he will, at his discretion, require thu wril
ten opinion of the Board on claims for exemption
or applications for detail, and may Gail on them
for special information concerning matters perth
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the local or Congressional district enrollnpofficer
to the comm sndants and opinion as to the merit
must be endol sed or accompany the case and the
Ike rae will be rigidlJ observed BY command ants
in referring to this Bureau.
III. Commandments will order the immediate en-
rolment and examination Of all persons within the
prescrlbeds ages, who are found in the employment
Of any department of the Government and who
are not specially exempted bv the act:.of Congress;
and such as are found it for service in tee field,
msy be detailed until the 10th day OF April next,
provided an application is made according to the
terms of the 9Th paraS- .ph ofGeneral Orders No.
&C. herein citedw
". Commandants of conscripts will forthwith
transmit to this Bureau recommendations for phy-
scians to be employed in accordance with para
graph TX, General Orders No. 26, herein cited =
Much complaint reaches this Bureau. concerning
irregularities in the Medical examn a,ions. Loose
or irregular examinations must not be permitted,
and commandanss will promptly report any well
v. Forms for consolidated reports BY the so,1.
mandants of Conscripts will be forwarded also
forms for the records Of the Congressiona District
and local enrolling officers. These records must
be accurately kept, and thu reports based on them
mnst bern clear and ineligible form or they will
be returned for revision and correction.
= vi. Persons and classes enumerated in the 1st
I'd, Sd, 9TH, 9Th. andt6th articles Of section 10th
except thase referred to IN the latter clause of the
4th article OF the said 10th aection of the act Of
Congress recited, shall be exempted. All O. her
persons referred to in said act shall be detailed
VII. EXEMPTIONS BY EXAMINING BOARDS
l, Persons who shall be determined BY theBoard
Of Termination to be incapable of performing &C.
tive service in the field and amy Of the duties men
toned in the 9Th section Of the said act of Congress
from causes of permanent nature, shall BE- ex-
empted from military service by the said board
who shall grant certificates thereof; which shall
specify the causes of the ncapacty recitnp in full
the nature and degree of the disease or other in ca
pacity, and the probable duration of the disability
caused by it, and the parties shall not b. subject
to future examination, unless specially ordered by
the Board Of the Cong ressional Distrit in whic.
such paI ties reside, or by the commandant OF con
ecrpts for the State, or by this Bureau
4. When, in the opinion of enrolling officers the
cause for which exemption ras granted to q per
son, after examination by the medical board, have
ceased to exist, they will make 4 report to the
Board, stating the name OF the person. when en-
rolled, when examined, and tie disease or other
Cdubc VI Will tiiC FSaSOLx IOF DellEVny
it to have disappeared, and that the person is ca
pabe Of performing active service in the field OF
fome OF the duties mentioned il the ssid S.h sec
ton OF the act afDress3.
The k1aiaining Board will then order the party
Sc DC brought beore it tor Denomination =
When aperson is re examiaed BY the Board, his
ormer certificate shall be surrendered and csn.
celled. ii again found unfit ior duty, . nsw Ger
siiicate OF exemption shall be issued to him.
). Every certificate Of exemption granted by a
KpAr Inf ny nsI,ut AZ
Congressiona. district enrolling oticer, who shat
protect the person exempted from lloiesta,ion BY
the officers of conscrption, and from rs.exainIns
ton unless the Board OF L1anlinA.ion or thu Com.
mandArt of Conscripts, or tie Bureau OF Con.crip.
ton shall order the same.
WILL EXEMPTION OF SPECIFIED CLASSES
And INDIVIDUALS.
l. Application for exemption under the I'd and
9th articles OF the 10th section Of The act aforesaid
shall be made to the enrolling officer OF the couut,
in which the applicant -esdes, nh will thorouy
y investigate the case, and it tisied by compe-
tent evidence, that exemption should be allowed,
shall issue q certificate thereof, which must be sub
mtted to the enrolling oncer of The Cosgres.sona
district for his approval.
4. ppli afions for exemptions under the FIFTH
article OF the 10th section OF the &C, aforesaid SD
be myde to the com mandaAt of conscr.pts far The
State. who VII! grant the certificate .: x.mpto.
authorised by law, to continue during compliance
with the conditions prescribed by SAID act Ex.
emption except for the President, treasurer. Au-
ditor and Superintendent, shall not BE- allowed to
any officers and employees Of railroad company,
unless the presidentor superintendent shall cert
~, on oath, that the parties applied f,r are in
dspensabio to the efficient operation Of such rail
road; that the number OF persons exempted on said
railroad shall not exceed one for each mile thercoi
in actual use for military transportation; that the
exempts for such road snail b. reported py name
aud description, once month, to the Command ants
OF conscrpts for the State through which such road
passes. or to the Bureau OF conscription together
With the names and descriptive list OF any one no
may leave the employment OF the railroad co1npa-
ny, or v no may cease to be indispensable to the
efficient operation OF the said road
1. The exemption OF overseers or arriculturi,ts
on each farm or plantation upon when there are
now, and were on the LIST day Of January last. ST.
teen able bodied hands between the ages OF sixteen
and fifty, will be allowed for the space of twelve
months, and the certificate Of 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
I. The bond required to be given upon the ex
cuption OF an overseer agriculturist, under the
4th article Of section 10th OF the said act, shall be
taken By the enrolling officer of the county or dis
trict il which such party resides, with tbs advice
and assistance Of the temporary Board aforesaid
IL shall be pay able to the Confederate States O
America, in penalty double the estimated value
OF the products to be,delivered to the government
and conditioned for the faithful performance Of the
requirements OF the 4th article OF the 10Th section
Of the said act. The value Of the said products
shall be assessed by the enrolling officer, who sh all
take the said bond, with the assistance OF the said
temporary Board, according to the market value
thereo! at the time and place of assessment.
The said bond may be secured by 4 deposit Of
the amount of the penalty thereof in notes issued
from the Treasury Department Of the Confeder.
ates States, with any ct the depositaries Of the
SAID Treasury, or by personal security, the natur.
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