The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-01-05
N. IA DAMN,
Adiutapt General OF Iowa.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

N' AdjutaDt General OF Iowa.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
PRovosT MARSHAL GENERALS Office
Washington, D. c., Nov. Is, 1864.
CIRCULAR, No. SO.
Attention, again is called to, the necessity
of correcting the enrolment lists in every
district ard sub .listrict. While the Board
is responsible, as body, for the enrolment,
the Commissioner of the Board will be re
quired to give his particular attention to
the correction, revision aqd preservation Of
the lists, and!to the preparation Of all re.
ports and returns in regard to them; and he
is here W 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 be.
fore the Sd day Of every month.
Circalar No. "a from this office dated
June "a, 1864; is reproduced and revised
for the guidance Of all concerned. 1t is as
follows:
"SEcTIoN 6: A,ad be further enacted,
That Boards of Enrolment shall enroll all
persons liable to draft under the. provisions
of this Act, and the act to which this is an
amendment, whose names may have been
RENTED by the proper enrolling Officer; all
persons who shall arrive at the age of twen-
ty years before the draft, all aliens who shall
become citizenss alt persons discharged'from
the military Of naval service of the United
States who have not been in such service
two. years during the present war and all
persons who have been exempted under the
provisions of the second, section of the Act
to which this is an ameni,nent but who are
not exempted by the provisions of this Act;
and said Board of Enrolment shall release!
and discharge from the draft all persons
who between the time of the enrollnhnt
ana the draft, shall have arrive at the age Of
forty five years, and shall strike the name IS
Of such persons from the enrolment. q /,
Attentions is also called to para graphs IS
Sc, 81, SO, SO, 90, 81, and 81. Revised
Regulations for the Bureau Of the Provost
Marshal Gene raj. '53t by ''''
" Il Is to be born in mind by the, Boards,
that their duties, in re gard to the correction
of the Enrolment, do not cease with its re-
vision as recently completed or now in pro-
gress. On the contrary, the revision and
correction of these Lists is a continuous du
ty, to which the labors Of all Boards must
be directed The names. Of all persons liz.
BILE to military duty taking up their resi-
dence in ubsdistrict, as well as all in sub.
district, who from time to time, become liza
BILE shall be added to the. Enrolment lists;
and the names of persons who enlist into
the military or aavaf service, n remove per-
manently fsom district, or whose liability
terminates while in it, will be striker off
and in case of removal, whenever it is prac-
ticable, the Board of Enrolment Of the dis
trict to which tine person removes will be
notified, and he will be enrolled by that
board 20 i'@si a
The Board oiEnvollment shall have copies
of the Enrolment lists open to the examine.
ton Of the public at all proper times, and
shall give public notice that any person
may appear before the Board and have any
name stricken off the list, if he can show to
the satisfaction Of the Board, that the per-
son named is not properly enrolled, on &C
count Of 3's l3
Tst. A lienRge; 1919 silae|G sdl f
I'd. Non residence; aga4l lradgaI /
Sd. Over age; s6t 10 a4ayy.,s,i,
4th. PERMANENT physical disability, Of
such degree as to render the person not a
proper subject for enrolment under the law
and regulations fafo 1iT,9one5sni 1oi
I 9Th. Having served in the military or
naval service two years duridg thee present
war. and been honorably discharged. Part !,
Civil officers, clergyWen, and oil other
prominent citizens are invited to, appear at
all times before the Board to point out err
rors in the lists, and to give such informa-
ton in their possessions as may aid ip the
correction and revision thereof. 70 sa2H
To the duty Of hearing and acting upon
claims for exemption, Boards Of Enrolment
are enjoned to devote all the time that can
be spared from other less pressing duties.
They will report to the Provost Marshal
General, for the purpose of correcting lists
on file. at the end of each month, npon
sheets of Consolidated Enrolment Lists,
the names residences ofall persons who
have been added to, or strike from the rolls
during the month. They will send with
each report p recapitulation, showing, in
concise FORM the number enrolled ut the
timo Of forwarding the last list, the number
stricken from the enrollment,i and the mum.
Der added to il since that time, and its actu-
81 cotidition at date of report. shoiiioa u
Hai2 - -" JAMES B. FRY. d
- ot'''n''oni' Provost Marshal Gen'l.
:, NoTE,-7A Acting Assistant Provost Mar.
||ahals General viii see that in all cases
where no alterations baye been, Wade in the
ENROLMENT lists for the month, that never
theless, report of that fact shall be promp-
tly made to this Office, by the Comnission-
ers, before the third day Of the ensuing