Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-03-04

Congress last week. We have not the space
to publish it in full, but have taken some
pains to condepse all its provisions in the fol-
lowing synopsis: Ass W. I
Section lst gives the President power to
call for such number Of men as he may deem
necessary at any time. sfssf.e ... s.;s
I'd. Provides that the quota of each dis
tr,ct shall be as nearly as possible in proper
ton to its arms bearing population, taking
into account, as far as practicable, the number
already enlisted in the army and navy.
Sd. Declares that the quota shall be filed
by draft, provided it is not filled by enlist
ment after the time the draft is ordered till it
shall actually be made.
4th. Permits any person enrolled to furnish
substitute who is not subject to draft, such
person so furnishing substitute to be ex-
empt from the draft during the time for which
such substitute may not be liable Ir .s.g
Section 9th, in regard to furnishing substi-
tutes et1er the draft, is Of such importance
that we copy it entire: .-.-
Sec. s.. And be it further enacted, That any
person enrolled or drafted into the military
service of the United States may, before the
time fixed for his appearance for duty at the
draft rendezvous, furnish an acceptable sub.
stitute, subject to such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary Of
War. That if such substitute is not liable
to draft, the person furnishing him shall be
exempt from the draft during the time for
which such substitute is not liable to draft,
not exceeding the term for which he was
drafted, and If such substitute is lIsb!e to
draft, the name of the person furnishing him
shall again be placed on the roll, end shall ba
liable to draft on future calls, but not until
the present enrolment shall be exhausted !;
and this exemption shall not exceed the term
for which such person shall have been draft
ed And any person now in the military or
naval service of the United States, not phys
ically disqualified, who has SO served more
than one year, and whose term of unexpired
service shall not at the time of substitution
exceed six months, may be employed % .
substitute to serve in the troops of State, in
which he is enlisted and if any drafted per-
son shall hereafter pay money for the procur.
alton Of substitute under the provision Of
the act to which this is an amendment, such
payment Of money shall operate only to re-
iieve such person from draft in filing that
quota !; and his name shall be retained on the
toll in filing future quotas but in no in.
stance shall the exemption of any person on
account of his payment Of communication
money for the procuration Of substitute, ex.
tend beyond one year, but at the end of one
year in every such case, the name of any
person so exempted shall be enrolled again,
if not before returned to the enrolment list
under the provisions Of this section.
9th. Makes it the duty Of boards of en-
rollment to enroll all persons liable to duty
under the provisions Of this act, whose names
may have been omitted by the proper enroll
ing officers-all aliens who shall declare their
intentions to become citizens-and all per-
sons discharged from the military or naval
service of the United States who may not have
been in such service two years during the
present war. Said boards of enrolment shall
release from draft all persons who, betweeen
the time of enrolment and the draft, shall
have arrived at the age of As years, and shall
strike their names from the enrolment.
7th. Provides that any mariner or able
bodied seaman may, within eight days after
being drafted, enlist in the naval service and
receive the usual bounty, which shall be de-
Quoted from his first prize money. Such
enlistments, however, are not to exceed ten
thousand.
Sth and 9th. The district in which such
mariner resides shall receive credit for his
enlistment. .f
10th. The following persons are exempted
frcm enrolment and draft, to wit: Such as
are rejected as physically and mentally unfit
for service, all persons actually in the militia
~ 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 been
honorably discharged therefrom, and no per-
son but such as are herein exempted, shall be
exempt. ..... ...
11th. Consolidates the two classes provided
for in the enrolment act of March Sd, 1868.
18th. Any person who shall forcibly resist
or oppose the enrolment, or who shall incite,
counsel or encourage such resistance, shall be
punished in fine not exceeding $500, or by
imprisonment not exceeding five years, or
by both of said pupishments, in the discre-
ton of the court. This provision is also
made to cover the crime of aiding the escape
of a spy or deserter from the military service.
If the death Of the officer is caused in such
resistance, the offender shall be deemed guilty
of mruder. l., ...'s ..a is
18th. Authorizes the Secretary of War to
appoint an additional nun Der Of surgeons for
temporary duty in the examination Of per-
sons drafted. .r,o
14th. Such examinations may be held at
different points in the enrolment district,
and in districts over 100 miles in extent, the
board shall hold their examinations in at least
two places in such district, at points best
calculated to accommodate the people thereof
18th. Provost Marshals and boards of en-.
rollment have power to summon witnesses in
behalf of the Government and enforce at
tendance without previous payment of fees
The only fees allowed witnesses in such cases
are six cents per mile for mileage, counting
one way. Drafted men shall have process ia
bring in witnesses, but without mileage
Any person convicted of testifying falsely in
such cases shall be fined not exceeding $500
and imprisoned not less than six months no,
more than twelve months. .~,.- b.,
! 10th. Records Of any Provost Marshal o,
boards Of enrolment, properly certified, shall
be taken IS evidence in any civil or military
court. e'