Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-30

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The Amended EsnfS1linemf f3flI.
We quote from an official copy of the
amendments to the Enrolment Law, adopted
by the last Congress, the important sections
verbatim, giving synopsis Of those of less
general interest. .,... 'lt Ha~
Sections one to twelve do not relate to the
enlistment of troops, and are, therefore, omit
ted. Section l3 provides that where any re-
vised enrolment of district or sub-district
has been made previous to any actual draw
ing of names, the quota may be revised and
readjusted to the revised enrolment. Sec
ton IA provides that all persons hereafter
mustered into the service as volunteers, sub
stitutes or representatives, shall be credited
to their actual residence, if they have any in
the United States, and that no district, here
after, shall have credit except for men actu
ally furnished by such district and mustered
into the military service on its quota We
quote Sections Is and l6 in full:
Sec, IS And be it fprther enacted, That
in computing quotas hereafter, credit shall be
given to their several States, districts and sub
districts, for all men furnished by them, re-
spcctivcly, and not heretofore credited, dur
ing the present rebellion, for any period of SER
vice Of not less than three months, calculating
the number Of days for which such service
was furnished, and reducing the same to years;
ProUidea, That such credits shall not be ap.
piled to the call for additional troops made
by the Presiden on the 2lst day Of pecem.
ber eighteen hundred and sixty-tour
See. IT, Aad be ii Gather enactea, That
persons who have been, or m@y 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 fur
nished, or may actually furnish, acceptiblc
substitutes (not liable TO dratt) for the term
Of three years, shall be exempt from military
duty during the time for which such substitute
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 twcnty-fourth, eighteen hundred
and siXty-tour, to the contrary notwithstand-
ing sr
Section II fines or inlprisons or subjects to
both penalties all the substitute brokers, re-
crrlting agents or others who knowingly en-
list minors under the age of sixteen on any
condition, those between sixteen and eighteen,
without the consent Of their parents insane
or intoxicated persons, Or persons under in
dictment or held to bail for Il felony Sec
ton Is provides for the dismissal of the Off.
Ger who knowingly musters in such improper
substitutes.
Sections 10 and 20 make the principal in
certain cases liable for the CHI ractcr of his
substitute. We quote them entire:
Sec. 49, And be ii UfWther enacted, That
in every case where substitute is furnished
to take the place Of an enrolled or drafted
man, and it is shown by evidence that shall
be satisfactory to the Secretary Of War, that
such substitute was, at the time Of his enlist
ment, known by the party furnishing him to
be non cOnpus mentis, or in condition Of
intoxication, or under conviction or indict-
ment for any oifense Of the grade of felony at
the common law, or to have been guilty of
previous act of deserton unsatished by par
don or punishment, or by reason of any exist
ing infrmty or ailment, physically incapable
of performing the ordinary duties Of soldier
in actual service in the ranks, or minor be-
tween 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 Cen
eral, on advice of the fact, to report the same
to the Provost Marshal of the proper district;
and if such person SO enlisted and incapable,
shall have been since the passage of this act
mustered into the service as n substitute, for
person liable to draft, and not actually draft
ed, the name of the person 80 liable who fur
nshed such substitute shall be again placed
on the list, and he shall be subject to draft
thereafter, as though no such substitute had
been furnished by him; and if such substitute,
50 enlisted and incapable as aforesaid, shall
have been since the passage of this act mus.
tered into the service as substitute for per-
son actually fed, 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 sub
stitute that he is held to service in the place
OF such substitute, and he shall stand in the
same relation and be subject to the same liza.
bility as before the furnishing Of such substi-
tute. 'H
I Sec. 90 And be itJuther enacted, That
in case any substitute shall desert from the
army, and it shall appear by evidence satislac.
tory to the Secretary Of War, that the party
furnishing such substitute shall have, in any
way, directly or indirectly, aided or sbetted
such deserton, or to have heen privy to any
intention on the part of such substitute to de-
sert, thin such person shall be Immediately
placed in the army, and shall serve for the
e. .el, L.~ a., 81 IL