The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-03-22
Militarp Orders,
THE NEW ENROLMENT ACT:
loFFICIAL.l
WAR DEPARTMENT,


WAR DEPARTMENT, !
| PRovosT MARSHAL GEMS. OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. g., Mar. 3, 1868.
Circular No. s.
The following act of Congress is published
for the intormationand guidance of all con-
| cerned:
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SEVERAL ACTS HERE
ToFORE PASSED TO PROVIDE FOR THE
! ENROLLING AND CALLING OUT THE Ma
TIoNAL FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURpo-
| SES.
Y
SEC. Is. And be 1t jMHher enacted, That
where any revised enrolment in any con-
| gressional on draft district has been obtain
ed or made, prior to any actual drawing of
names from the enrolment lists, the quota
Of such district may be adjusted and ap-
portloned to such revised enrolment, in
stead Of being applied to or based upon the
enrolment as it may have stood before the
revision.
SEC. IA. dnd Je 1t further enacted That
hereafter all persons mustered into the mil
| itary or naval service whether as volunteers,
substitutes, representatives, or otherwise,
shall be credited to the State, and to the
ward, township, precinct or other enroll
mcnt Snb-dstrict, where such persons belong
by actual residence (if such person have an
actual residence within the United States
and where such persons We're or shall be
| enrolled (ifliable to cnrolment( and it is
! hereby made the duty Of the provost-nar.
shal general to make such rules and give
| such instructions to the several provost
marshals, boards of enrolment, and mus
tcrlng officers, as shall be necessary for the
faithful enforcement of the provisions of
this section, to the end that fair and Just
credit shall be given to every -cction of the
country: P'oridcd, That in any call for
troops hereafter, no county, town, township,
ward, precinct, or election district, shall have
credit except for men actually furnished on
said call, or the preceding call, by said coun-
ty. town. township, ward. precinct, or elcc-
ton dis strict, and mustered into the military
or naval service on tie quota thereof
SEC. Is. Ind Ge 1t further cnactH, That
in computing the quotas hereafter, credit
shall be given to the several states, districts
| and sub-distrlcts for all men furnished 10y
them, respectively, and not heretofore cred
ltcd, during the present rebellion, for any
period of service Of not less than three
months, calculating the number of days for
which such service was furnished, and re-
duciES the same to years; POr,ded That
such credits shall rot be applied to the call
for additional troops made by the President
on the twenty-frst day of December, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-four.
SEC. l6. AndGe 1t further enacted, That
persons who have been or may hereafter be
drafted under the provisions Of the several
acts to which this is an amendment, for the
term OF one year, and who have actually
furnished, and may actually furnish. ac-
ceptlbe substitutes mot liable to draft for
the term Of three years, shall be exempt
from military duty during the time for
which such substitute may not be liable to
draft, not exceeding the time for which such
substitute shall have been mustered into
the service, anything in the act of February
twentytour, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, to the contrary, Notwithstanding.
SIC. II. And be it fntter enacted, That !
any recruiting agent, substitute broker, or
other person who, for pay or profit, shall
enlist, or cause to be enlisted, as volun- |
teer or substitute, any insane person, or |
conyict, or person under Indictment for fel- |
ony, or who is held to bail to answer for |
felony, or person in a condition of intoxca-
ton, or deserter from the military or naval |
service, or any minor between the ages of |
sixteen or eighteen years, without the con-
sent OF his parents or guardian, or any Mi |
nor under the age Of sixteen years, knowing !
him, in either case before mentioned, to be
such, or who shall defraud or illegally de-
prlve any volunteer or substitute of any
portion OF the state, local, or United States
bounty, to which he may be entitled, shall
upon conviction in any court of competent
jurisdiction, be fined not exceeding one
thousand dollars, nor less than two hundred
dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding two
years and not less than three months or both,
III the discretion of the court aforesaid
SEC. Is. And be 1t further enacted, That |
any officer who shall muster into the mill |
tary or naval service of the United States
any deserter from said service, or insane
person, or person III a condition of intox-
ication, or any minor between the ages OF
sixteen and eighteen years, without the |
consent Of his parents or guardian, or any
minor under the age OF sixteen years. know |
ing him to be such, shall upon conviction |
by any court-martial be dishonorably dis |
missed the service of the United States.
SEC. 10. And belt further enacted, That |
in every case where substitute is furnish |
cd to take the place of an enrolled or draft |
ed man, and it is shown by evidence that |
shall be satisfactory te the Secretary of War !
that such substitute was, at the time of his
enlistment, known by the party furnishing
him to be non compos n,a,tis, or in a condi-
tion of intoxication, or under conviction of !
indictment for any offense of the grade Of |
felony at the common law, or to have been
guilty OF previous act of desertion unsat-
istied by pardon or punishment. or by rea-
son of any existing inhrmity or ailment |
physically incapable of performing the ordi-
nary duties of soldier in actual service in
the ranks, or minor between the age of six.
teen and eighteen years, without the con-
sent Of his parent or guardian, or minor
under the age OF sixteen years, it shall be
the duty OF the Provost Marshal General,
on advice of the fact, to report the same to |
the provost.marshal of the proper district;
AVID il such person, so enlisted and incapa.
bic, shall have been, since the passage of
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