The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-18
Tn. r,,v ruroiip,ent ~pd Dran Law.
WAsnMeroN, February u.

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Tho new enrolment bill, as passed, provides
that the quota Of each ward of each city, or
town, township, precinct, or election district
of county-where the same Is divided M
10 wards, towns, townships, precincts or cleo
tion districts-shaIl be as nearly as possible,
in nroportion to the number OF men resident
therein subject to draft, taking into account
as far as practicable, the number which has
hen previously furnished theretrom and
ascertairling and filling said quota, there shall
he taken into account the number of men
who have heretofore entered the naval ser
vice of the United States, and whose names
are borne upon the enrolment lists as already
returned to the Office Of the Provost Marsha!
General Of the United States. ANY persons
enrolled under the provisions OF the enroll
ment act, who may hereafter be enrolled,may
furnish, at any time previous to the draft an ac
ceptabIe substitute who is not liable todratt
nor at any time in the military or naval ser
vice, and such person so furnishing suostl-
tute shall be exempt from dratt-not, how
ever, exceeding the time for which such su D.
stitute shall have been accepted but no PR pr.
vate soldier, musician n-c0mnHssloned OH
Ger. being in the United States, shall be pro
cured or accepted as a substitute :
The Boards Of Enrolment are to enroll all
persons liable to draft under the provisions
of this act. whose names shall have been
omitted by the proper enrolling officer; all
persons who shall arrive at the age Of TWEEN
tv wears before the draft all ali ems who shall
declare their intention to become citizens;
all persous discharged from the military or
naval service Of the UIited States who have
not been IN war and all persons who have
been exempted by the provisions Of the sec
ond section of the act 10 which this act is a
supplement, but who are not exempted by the
provisions Of this act And the Boards of
Enrolment shall release and discharge from
the draft all persons who, between the time
of the enrolment and the draft, shall have
arrived at the age OF forty-hTe years, and
shall strike the name Of such persons from
the enrolment.
ANY persons draftd into the military SER
vice Of the United States may, before the
time fixed for his appearance for duty at the
draft rendezvous, furnish an acceptable suo-
stitute. subject to such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary OF
War. If such substitute is not liable to
draft, the person furnishing him shall be ex-
empt from draft during the time for which
said substitute is not liable to draft, not ex-
ceedine the time for which he is drafted;
and if such substitute is liable to draft, the
name Of the person furnishing him shall be
liable to draft in filling future quotas. If
any drafted person shah hereafter pay mon
ey for the procuratiOn OF substitute under
the provisions of the act Of which this is an
amendment, such payment Of money shall
operate only to relieve such person from draft
during the time for which the person was
drafted, unless the names placed in the b0x
be sooner exhausted in which case his name
shall be returned to the wheel.
Members of religious denominations who
shall by oath or affirmation declare that
they conscientiouSIy opposed to the bearing Of
arms, and who are prohibited from dong so
bv the rules and articles Of faith and prttc-
tice OF such religious denominations, shall,
when drafted into the military service De
considered non-combatants, and shall be as
signed by the Secretary of War to duty in
the hospitals, or to the care Of freedmen, Or
shall pay the sum Of $500 to such person rs
the Secretary Of War shall designate to re-
ceive ito be applied to the benefit Of six
and wounded soldiers provided that no per
son shall be entitled to the benefit Of the
provisions Of this section unless his declara-
ton Of conscientious scruples against bear
ing arms shall be supported by satisfactory
evidence that his department. has been uni
forInly consistent with such declaration.
ANY mariner or able seaman, who shall be
drafted shall have the right, within eight
days after such notification Of such draft, to
enlist in the naval service as seamen. No
pilot, engineer, master, or any acting ensign,
e 10 r
ment or acting appointment as such, and be-
ing actually in tue naval service, shall be sub
iect to military draft while holding such APP
pointment
The following persons are exempted and
excepted from enrolment and draft, name
ly; Such as are rejected as physically or
mentally unfit for the serviCe,a persons ac
tually in the military or naval service of the
United States at the time Of the draft, and
all persons who have served III the military
or naval service, two years during the pres
eut war and been honorably discharged there
from; and no persons but such as are herein
excepted shall be exempt.
The two classes heretofore provided for in
the enrolment are consolidated
Ia all cases where colored persons have
been heretofore enlisted III the military SerV
ice of the United States, all the provisions Of
this act, so far as the payment Of bounty
and compensation are provided, shall be equal
ly applicable as to those who may be hereaf
Ter recruited.
The bill also contains the section for en-
rolling all the able-bodiud males of African
descent, and upon which separate vote was
taken before the bill was passed
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, February u
MIR. Schencks substitute for the Senate
enrolment bill-being that bill as amended
iuCommittee Of the Whole--passedt the House
by a more than three -ffths vote.
IWp important amendments were engraf
ted into the bill to-day,o The suggestion Of
Thad Stevens, SchencIl accepting them. One
provides that the payment Of the three hun
bred dollars Communication money shall oper-
ate to relieve the person paying during the
time for which he was drafted, unless the
names then placed in the box for draft shall
sooner be exhausted, in which case the name
shall be returned to the wheel.
The section requiring the enrolment of
all able-bodied males of African descent, be-
tween military ages; that loyal masters
shall receive the bounty Of 500 for each
slave on freeing him; also just compensa-
ton, not exceeding $500, upon the award Of
commission to be appointed-hy the Secre-
tary of War, is included in the bill. An
amendment, added to-day, applies these pro
visions to colored persons heretofore enlisted,
as we'll as those hereafter recruited.
Protection o ESccruiIS.
We find the following in the report of the
Proceedings of tile Assembly on the 1lth