The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31
1ur WAR FOR THE UNION.
.,pv OF THE OPERATIONS AND
.non OF BUSINESS OF THE PRO-
|,,,TMARSHAL'S OFFICE IN THE
rrH DIST, PA, SINCE IT'S #.
Establishment IN 1868.

.,,r or Pro. MAR. nth DIST. Pa,
niIo gor1IpAYsBURG, July 10, 1865.
!, Gen. Jan,es b. Fry, ProUost Mar
Ggral, Washington, d. C.-Gen-
In compliance with instructions
n office of thea. A. Provost Mar
isneral Western Division of Penna.,
AZ harrisburg, May 1st, 1868, L
Itbe honor to submit for your consid-
|on the following report of the opera
and method of business OF this ONCE
| its establishment.
l. Board of Enrolment as originally
[iuted, April 29tb, 1868, consisted of
D Campbell, of Huntingdon, Cap
md Provost Marshal; Abraham
sck. NJ. D., of M'Veytown, Sur
and NJ. S. Harr, of Ebensburg,
i,soner. The Board first convened
Jfdaysburg, Blair county, on the
}T Of May, 1868, and having or
-sj proceeded at once to the division
CONGRESSIONAL District into sub
q. Of convenient size, and as nearly
|s,ticable Of equal population. At
Ioueut meetings of the Board of En-
seu, suitable persons were selected to
S enrolling officers, usually one for
sub-district, and their appointment
itted for approval to the Provost
HAL General. Deputy Provost Mar
and special agents also, to the
sr allowed in paragraph 1873 of Re
s Regulations for the Provost Marshal
u's Bureau, were in course of time
,.sd By the Board of Enrolment and
I BY the proper department.
n the provisions Of the Act Of
Sd. 1868, had been thus far car
ro effect, very little further Organi-
vas necessary before commencing
anllmeut Of that class OF persons
gnstituting the "natiouaI forces. y
.story of the country, and especially
itary situation just at that time,
Ied that every possible effort be
to strengthen the weakened organi-
8 in the field at an early day. The
er to the Nuon arms at Chancellors-
| and the threatened invasion and
/ bIe devastation of Maryland anC
syivania by the Army of Northern
nIa we're most conclusive proofs tc
hole North, not only OF the formlda-
ilitary power, but of the desperation
uib.e earnest of the enemy.
,n it became evident, therefore, that
.aber of men obtained by voluntary
ueuts would no longer be sufficient
|rpIy the demands Of the Government
Eing emergencies, or even to recruit
frmies again to their complete and
ksary proportions, there remained, as
eress Mad wisely anticipated, only the
resoTt-that of enforced military
IT,.
ENROLMENT.
compliance with orders received from
roper bureau, the approved enrolling
IstOr this Congressional District were
Hgtsi to enroll as speedily as possible
ren between the ages of twenty and
i've years in their respective sub
t'ts, without regard either to color
Fnity, or physical deforrnity, and al
fld Of each week to report the result
ar IabOrs to these headquarters. AS
Of the sub-districts were small, il
afterwards thought unnecessary to
them make report until they shoald
completed their rolls. The exact
r OF making the enrolment as
" Soy each officer, it would be i'm
p-e ~! NE to detail, because circum-
Is with which l am unacquainted,
Tnieh existed in different degrees in
various Sub-dlstricts, influenced to a
extent the mode pursued in carrying
40 completing the enrolment. But
general thing, the information neces-
w oe placed on the rolls was obtained
.0 o4eer making a complete canvass
rJs ~ sSSo'aIstrlct and examining the
as =. The families composing it. In
.1ses' S'' the rolls which had been mad G
- -. o,ale draft in 1862 were consulted
!. g1eu G TO render very valuable infor-
NV. .YL Tue completion of the present
rrD. ~s o::lglnal rolls, in compliance with
F'y5"lons .pns of the Act of March Sd.
.De too classes of persons liable to
uuty were kept separate and dis.
l;Sa saul the amendment of February
va, abolished this distinction by
'hese classes, and thereby mate
IVreasing the available forces from
" recruit our armies. Each en-
Omcer was furnished suitabl,
rom the Provost Marshal General,
through this office, on which =,
The enrolment OF his sub-distric
should have it correct and com
plor to sending it, with his fina
~ ~ these headquarters. Generally
,'vse OF each days laoors he would
- these rolls from his temporar,
,aloa the information necessary =
the enrolment of the person,
!, lanes ne had thus far taken down
h.: shen ne had made the circuit q
ra". G', he Was ready, with little addi
'eVlslon and oorut:a .. -.