Year: 1864

/
The amendment was agreed to yeas, 81; nays 81
The House having thus agreed to the com
| missioner amendment to the bill, Mr.. Schencl
submitted 3 substitute which was agreed to anc
/ the original bill, aS thus amended, WAS passed
Yeas 50, nays GO.


This bill as passed provides that the quota o
! each Ward Of City, Township or Election Dis
trict, or County, where the same Is divided into
wards, towns, townships, or election districts
| shall be as nearly as possible in proportion tc
tee number of men resident in them, subject tc
draft, taking into account as far as practicable
the number which has formerly been furnished
therefrom, and in ascertainng and filling the
said quota, shall be taken into account the num-
Der Of men who have heretofore entered the ma
val service OF the United States, and whose
names are borne upon the enrolment lists as are
already returned to the Office Of the Provost Mar
shal General of the United States.


Any person enrolled under the provisions Of
the enrolment act, vino may hereafter be en-
rslled, may furnish at any time previous to the
draft an acceptable substitute who is not liable
to draft at the time, in the military or naval ser
vice, and such person so furnishing substitute
shall be exempted from draft during the time
for which such substitute shall be exempt from
draft, not, however, exceeding the time Tor
which such substitute shall have been accepted;
but no private soldier, musician, or non:eom-
mlssloned officer, being actually in the military
service Of the United States, shall be procured
or accepted as q substitute.


The Board Of Enrollment are to enroll all per-
sons liable to DRAFT under this act and the en-
rollmsnt act whose names shall have been
omitted 5y the proper enrolment of1cers.


All persons who shall arrive at the age Of 20
years before the draft shall also be enrolled.


All aliens who shall declare their intention to
become citizens, all persons discharged from the
military or naval service Of the United Ststes,
who have not been in such service two years
during the present war, also persons who were
exempted under the provisions OF the second
section Of the act Of which this sct is q supple
ment, but VINO are not exempted by the pro-
visions of this act.


The Board Of Enrolment shall release and
discharge from the draft all psTsons who be-
tween the time Of the enrolment and the draft
shall arrive at the age Of 46 years and shall
strike the names Of scoh persons from the en-


An person drafted into the military service Of
the United States may, before the time hIed for
mis- appearance for duty ST the draft rendezvous.
furnish Sn acceptable substitute, subject to such
rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Secretary Of War. Ifsueh substitute is not
liable to draft, the person furnishing him shall
be exempt from DRAFT during the time for witch
his substitute is not liable to draft not exceeding
the time for which he is drafted, and if his sub
sttute is liable to draft, the name of the person
furnishing him shall be liable to The draft filling
future quotas and any drafted persons shall
hereafter pay money for procuring ofa substitute
under the provisions Of the act TO which this is
an amendment, such payment OF money shall
operate only to relieve such person from draft
during the time for which the person was dried,
unless the names placed in the box be sooner
exhausted, in which call, the name ahRll be re-
turned to the wheel.


Members Of religious denominations, who
shall, by oath or affirmation declare that they
are conscientIously opposed TO the bearing OF
arms, and who are prohibited from doing so by
the rules and srticles Of faith and practice Of
such religious denOmenation, shall when DRAFT
ed into the military service, be considered nom
combattants and shall be ASST gned to the Seere-
tary Of warrior duty IN the hospitals or to the
care of Freedmen, or shall pay the snm ofs300
to such person as the Secretary Of War shsll des-
gnste to receive it and the same TO be applied to
the benefit of sick snd wounded soldiers )
Provided that no person shall be entitled to the
benefit Of the provisions of this section, unless
his declaration Of conscientious scruples against
bearing arms shall be supported by satisfactory
evidence that his department has been uniform
ly consistent with such declaration; and MARINES
or able-bOdied seamen who shall be drafted shall
have the right, within eight days after the notii-
cation OF such draft, to enlist in the naval service
as seaman No pilot engineer, master or any
acting master, seting ensign, or acting masters
mste, having an appointment or acting appoint
ment as such, and being actually in the naval
service, shall be subject to military drsft while
holding such appointment.


The following persons are exempted from
draft and excepted from enrolment:


All who are physically or mentally unfit for
the service. All persons who are in the military
or naval service of the United States at the time
OF the draft, and all persons who have served in
the military or naval service two years during
the present war, and have been h0norably dis
are hersIm eEoapIsI shall Re s~sraTt-


The two classes heretofore provided for en-
rollment, are consolidated.


In all cases where colored persons have been
heretofore enlisted in the military service Of the
United States, all the provisions of this act so
fur as the payment OF bounty and compensation
are provided, shall be equally applicable, as we'll
as to those who may be hereafter recruited.


The bill also contains the section for enrolling
all the Rble-bodied males of African descent,
upon which sepsTate vote was taken before the
bill was passed,


At $50 the House adjourned until Monday.