The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-24
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Official Copy from General Fry.
The Act Takes Effect Immediately.
WAR DEPARTMENT,


WAsHINGToN, d. e., March 8, 1865.
CIRCULAR No. S.
The following Act of Congress is published
for the information and guidance of all con-
cerned:
ANACT to amend the several Acts heretofore
passed to provide for the enrolling and calling
ont the nationa! Joeces, and for other purposes.
SECTION 49,. And be it further enacted, That
where any revised enrolment in any Congaes-
siona or draft district has been obtained or
made, prior to any actual drawing OF names
from the enrolment lists, the quota of such dis
trict may be adjusted and apportioned to such
revised enrolment instead of being applied to
or based upon the enrolment as 1t may have
stood before the revision. 80
"SRcrIoN IA. And be st further enacted,
That hereafter all persons mustered into the
military or naval service, whether as volgn-
teers, substitutes, representatives, or otherwise
shall be credited to the State, and to the ward,
township. precinct or other enrolment sub-diS-
trict, where such persons belong by actual res
idence, Of such persons have an actual resi-
dence within the United States, and where
to enrolment and it is hereby made the duty
of the Provost Marshal General to make such
rules and give such instructions to the
several provost marshals, boards OF en-.
rolment, and mastering 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 section
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 county,
town, township, ward, precinct, or election
district, and mustered into the military or naval
service on the quota thereof ...rgg
SECTION Is. And be m further enacted, That
in computing quotas hereafter. credit shall be
given to the several States, districts, and sub.
districts for all men furnished from them, re-
spectively, and not heretofore credited during
the present rebellion, for any period of
service of not less than three months, cal
culatin the number of days for which
such service was furnished, and reduc-
ing the same to years: Provided, that such
credits shall not be applied to the call for adj
ditional troops made by the President on the
twenty-frst day of December, eighteen hum
dred and siXty-four. -.....rl,
SECTION 16. And be 1t further enacted, That
persons who have been, or may hereafter be
drafted, under the provisions of the several
term of one year, and who have actually fur
nished, or may actually furnish, acceptable
substitutes (not liable to drafD for the term of
three years, shall be exempt from military duty
during the time for which such substitutes
shall not be- liable to draft, not exceeding the
time for which such substitutes shall have been
mustered into the service, anything in the act
of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, to the contrary Notwithstanding.
SECTION II. and be 1t further enacted, That
any recruiting agent. substitute broker, or
other person, who, for pay or profit, shall en-
list, or cause to be enlisted, as a volunteer or
substitute, any insane person, or convict, or |
nIars pAi ofr fnr q fol 0r
in a condition of intoxication, or deserter |
from the military or naval service, or any mi
nor between the ages of sixteen and eighteen
years. without the consent of his parents or
guardian, or any minor under the age of six
teen years, knowing him, in either case before |
to be such, or who shall defraud |
or Illegally deprive any volunteer or substitute |
Of any portion of the State, local, or United |
States bounty to which he may be entitled, |
shall, upon conviction to any court of compe- |
tent 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, in the
discretion of the court aforesaid.
SECTION Is. And be 1t further enacted That
any officer who shall muster into the military
or naval service of the United States any de-
serter from said service. or insane person, or
person in condition of intoxication, or any
minor between the ages of sixteen and eighteen
years, WlluOuL luc COuSCuL Vi ulo pniChto VI
guardian, or any minor under the age of six
teen years, knowing him to be such, shall,
upon conviction by any court-martial, be dis
honorably dismissed the service of the United
States.
SECTION 10. And be 1t further enacted, That
in every case where q substitute Is furnished to
take the place of an enrolled or drafted man,
and it Is shown by evidence that shall be salts
factory to the Secretary of War, that such sub
stitute was, at the time of his enlistment, known
by the party furnishing him to be non. cornpos
mer,tis, or in condition of intOxication. or un-
der conviction or indictment for any offence OF
the grade of felony at the common law, or to
have been guilty of a previous act of desertion
unsatistied by pardon or punishment, or by
reason of any existing intirmity or ailment,
physically incapable of performing the ordi-
nary duties of soldier in actual service in the
ranks, or minor between the ages OF sixteen
and eighteen years, without the consent 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; and if such person SO en-
listed aud incapable shall have been, since the
passage of this act mustered into the service
as a substitute for person liable to draft,
and not actually drafted, the name of
the person SO liable who furnished such
substitute shall be again placed on the list
duu uc cuoll OO SupyCCt W UTdlt IucTO-
after, as though no such substitute had been
furnished by him: and if such substitute SO en-.
listed, and incapable as aforesaid, shall have
been, since the passage of this act, mustered
into the service as a substitute for person &C.
tually drafted, then it shall be the duty of the
Provost Marshal General to direct the Provost
Marshal of the district Immediately to notify
the person who furnished such substitute that
he is held to service in tue place of such sub
stitute, and he shall stand in the same relation
and be subject to the same liability as before
the furnishing of such substitute.
SECTION 20. And be II further enacted, That in
case any substitute shall desert from the army,
and it shall appear by evidence satisfactory to
the Secretary of War, that the party furnishing
such substitute shall have, in any way, di-
rectly or indirectly. aided or abetted such
desertion, or to have been privy to any
intention on the part of such substitute to de-
sert, then such person shall be immediately
placed in the army, and shall serve for the pc.
Rod for which he was liable to draft, such SER
vice to commence at the date of the desertion
of the substitute.
SECTION q. And be It further enacted, That
in addition to the other lawful penalties of the
crime of deSertion from the military or naval