Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-03-14
THE EVENING STAR.
The DR. AFT.
Imper,an. Provision. Of the New Law


The provisions OF the new amendatory act
OF Congress, pas sed at the late session, IN re-
gard 10 the enrolling and Gazing OUT o. TIE
national forces. have seen puoisnea oy deni
rry .o far as they relate TO the details and
the nachinery OF the draft and to drafted
men. the folio wing is q full abstract. As
the sixteenth section is important, We give 1t
yerberbatim:
REVISION OF ENROLMENT.
The law provides that quotas shah hereafter
be assigned according to the enrollments re-
drawing OF the names, and without regard to
previous appointments. Itappears, however;
hat this provision has no reference TO the draft
lately ordered.
NEW SYSTEM OF CREDITS.
All persons mustered In to the service are 70
be carefully credited TO the ward, toWEsnip' VI
precinct where they actually reside. nn,s -
to pre- vent miscellaneous and unaothort1Sor o-
cruiting, and secure fair and just creuits 10
every section Of the country. provided tnat In
any call for troops hereaI,er, Ere1 ftasd NOT
mai or on the preceding call, and mustered
into The military or naval service liz COM
nptine quotas hereafter, credits shall be given
Tor ali men furnished by them respectively,
and not heretofore credited during the present
rebellion, for any period OF service OF not less
than three mon this, calculating the number OF
DAYS for which such service was furnished,
and reducing the came to years; provided that
such credits shall not be applied to the call
for ad ditioDal troops made by the President on
the 2lst of December, 1854.
IMPORTANT TO DRAFTED MEN.
The following section will be interesting to
O class of persons drafted last summer. IL
was added during the last hours of the SEES
sion:
'.Sec. TO- And be 1t further enacted, That
persons who have been. or may hereafter &c
drafted, under the provisions of the several
acts 10 which this is an amendment, for the
term OF one year, and who have actually fur
nished may actually furnish acceptable
substitutes (net liable TO drafD for the term OF
three years, shall be exempt from military
duty during the time for which such substi-
tute shall 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 twenty fourth eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, to the con rary not
withstanding."
Under the ruling of the War Departures at last
ypar, any drafted person who put in g subsu-
tute for three years was exempted but for
single year.
IIRGAL Observation-Disclosures FOR
sWINDLING RECRUITS.
ANY recruiting agent, substitute broker, or
other person enlistBg, or causing to be en-
listed, An insane person or convict, or
person under Indictment or bail for felony, Or
person in a state of intoxicaton, or a deserter,
or a miL or between the ages of sixteen and
eighteen years, without consent of his parents
or guardian, or any minor under sixteen years
OF age, knowing h i'm to be such; or any broker
or other person who shall defraud or illegally
deprive any enlisted man of his local, State or
United States bounty, shall, upon conviction,
be fined from two hundred to one thousand
dollars, or imprisoned three months to two
At the discretion OF the court. An officer
mastering in any person whose enlistment is
forbidden may be dishonorably dismissed the
service.
THEIR SUES TITUTEs.
In eases in which persons (insane convicts
&c, ) are so improperly enlisted as substitutes,
after passage of this act the names OF the prlnci
pals shall be restored to the enrolment lists
a Institute, by reason Of any ailmeut exist
Ing at the time of muster, and since the pas
sh,eo ,nI1 hn
perform the duties Of a soldier, the principal
will be held to service as though he had fur
nished no substitute. If a man furnishing a
substitute shall In any way encourage the said
substitute in deserving he shall himself be
placed in the ranks for the period for which he
" as liable TO draft dating from the time Of the
Gesertion OF the substitute.
FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS.
The law also provides for the forfeiture of
the right OF citizenship, or the privilege of be.
coming citizens, or of holding office, in case Of
desertion or avoidance OF the draft, and il re-
quires the President to issue a proclamation
setting forth these provisions, and notifying
deserters to return to their places. The procla-
nation is already published.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PROVISION.
The law providing tor recruiting in the re-
bellious States for the benefit OF the loyal States
ID repealed. Any person or persons enrolled
in any sub-district may, after notice OF draft,
and before the same shall have taken place,
cause to be mustered into the service of the
United States such number of recruits not sub.
lect to draft as they may deem expedient, " hich
recruits shall stand to the credit Of the persons
thus causing them TO be mustered In, and shall
be taken as substitutes for such persons or SO
many Of them may be drafted to the extent
Of the um Der of such recruits, and in the or.
der designated by the principals at the time
such recruits as thus aforesaid are n ustered
in. -
EXEMPTIONS.
Acting assistant surgeons, contract surgeons
and surgeons and commissioners on the enroll.
ing boards, while in the military ser vice of the
United States, shall hereafter be exempt from
all liability to be drafted under the provisions
of any act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces.
This act is now in effect. Nothing therein
lie to operate to postpone the pending draft, or
interfere with the quotas assigned therefor.
Col. Baker among the Bounty Brokers