The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-01

for raising troops whenever it becomes
necessary to supply them. The subject
should receive the attention Of town, pre-
ciuet and ward meetings, aud commit
tees. @."
The citizens Of the State are particu
larly requested to notify aud furnish ev-
ideuce to the A. A. Provost Msrshal
General Of this State, and all District
Provost Marshals, aud all special officers
employed under them and all boards OF
enrolment Of all information relative to
death, changes Of residences, enlistment,
or other causes which affect the enroll.
mcnt. N. b. BAKER,
AdjutAnt General of Iowa.
. Paoyosr MARSHAL GEN'Ls OEFIcE,3
WASHINGTON; D. e., Nov. Is, '6AS
Circular No. 80.
Attention is again called to the neces.
sity Of correcting the enrolment lists in
every district aud sub district. While
the Board is responsible, Is body, for
the enrolment, the Commissioner OF the
Board will be required to give his par
ticular attention to the correction, revis.
ion, and preservation Of the lists, and 10
the preparation Of all reports aud returns
in regard to them and he is hereby
especially directed to see that monthly
reports Of the corrections made in the
enrolment for the preceding month are
promptly forwarded to this Office on or
before the Sd day of every month.
Circular, No. "a, from this Office, dated
June rs, 1864, is reproduced and revis.
cd for the guidance of al! concerned. 1t
is us follows:
The attention of Boards of Enrolment
is called to Section Of tho Act amend
atory of the Enrichment Act, which is 10
the following words, viz:
"SEc. 6. And be it further enacted,
That Boards of Enrolment shall enroll
all persons liable to draft, under the pro
visions of this act, and of the act to
which this an amendment, whose names
may have been omitted by the proper
enrolling officers; ell persons who shall
arrive at the age Of twenty years before
the draft; al aliens who shall declare
their intention to become citizens; all
persons discharged from the military or
naval service Of the United States, who
have not been in such service two years
during the present war; aud all persons
who have been exempted under the pro
visions of the second section of the Act
to which this is an amendment, but who
are not exempted by the provisions of
this act and said Boards Of Enrolment
shall release and discharge from draft all
persons who, between the time of the
enrolment and the draft, shall have ar.
rived at the age Of forty five years, and
shall strike the names Of such persons
from the enrolment"
Attention is also called to paragraphs
So, Sc. 81, SO, SO, 60, GIL and 62, Re.
vised Regulations for the Bureau of the
Provost Marshal General.
1t is to be borne in mind by the
Boards, that their duties, 10 rcguard to
4 the correction Of the Enrolment, do no,
cease with it's revision as recently COM
pleted or now in progress. On the con
,rary, the revision and correction Of these
Lists is a continuous duty, to which the
labors of all boards must be directed
The names Of all persons liable to militia
ry duty taking up their residence sin a
sub district, ,cho from time to time, be
come liable, shall be added to the Enroll
ment lists; and the names ofpersons who
enlist into the military or naval service,
or remove permanently from district
or whose liability terminates while in it
will be stricken off; and in case of remov
al, whenever it is practicable, the Boare
of Eorollment Of the district TO which
the person removes will be notifiee, ane
he will be enrolled by that Board.
The Borad Of Enrolment shall hav'
copies Of the Enrolment lists open to tn
examination Of the public at all propc
times, and shall give public notice tina
any person may appear before the Boart
and have any name stricken off the list
if he can show, to the satisfaction OF th
Board, that the person named is not prop
crly enrolled on account Of
lst. Alieuage;
I'd Non residence;
81 Sd. Over age;
4th. Permanent physical disability, 0
such degree as to render the person no
a proper subject for enrolment under tn
law and Regulations;
5th. Having served in the military o
naval service two years during the pres
eut war, and been houorably discharged
Civil officers, clergymeu, aud all othe
prominent citizens are invited to appea
ut all times before the Board to point GU
errors in the lists, and to give such infol
nation ia their possession as may aid i
the correction aud revision thereof.
TO the duty Of hearing and acting "
on claims for exemption, Boards Of En-
rollment are enjoiucd to devote all tn
time that can be spared from osher les
pressing duties. They will report to tn
:. Provost Marshal General, for the purpos
Of correcting lists on file, at the end {
each mouth, upon sheets Of Consolidate
Enrolment Lists, the names and res'dcr
ces Of all persons who have been added II
or stricken from the rolls during tn