GENERAL ORDERS, No. 73. STATE OF INDIANA, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Indianapolis, August 16, 1862. The following General Orders, issued by the War Department, are printed for the information and guidance of Commissioners for drafting the militia: GENERAL ORDers, No. 99. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, August 9, 1862. Regulations for the Enrollment and Draft of Three Hundred Thousand Militia. In pursuance of an Order by the President of the United States, bearing date August 4, 1862, whereby it is provided that a draft of three hundred thousand militia be immediately called into the service of the United States to serve for nine months, unless sooner discharged, and that the Secretary of War shall assign the quotas to the States, and establish regulations for the draft; also, that if any State shall not, by the 15th of August, furnish its quota of the additional three hundred thousand volunteers authorized by law, the deficiency of volunteers in that State shall also be made up by special draft from the militia, and that the Secretary of War shall establish regulations for this purpose IT IS ORDERED: First. The Governors of the respective States will proceed forthwith to furnish their respective quotas of three hundred thousand militia called for by the Order of the President, dated the 4th day of August, 1862, which quotas have been furnished to the Governors, respectively, by communication from this Department, of this date, according to the regulations hereinafter set forth. Second. The Governors of the several States are hereby requested forthwith to designate rendezvous for the drafted militia of said State, and to appoint commandants therefor, and to notify the Secretary of War of the locations of such rendezvous, and the names of the commandants. It is important that the rendezvous should be few in number, and located with a view to convenience of transportation. Third. The Governors of the respective States will cause an enrollment to be made forthwith by the assessors of the several counties, or by any other officers to be appointed by such Governors, of all able-bodied male citizens, between the ages of eighteen and forty-fiye, within the respective counties, giving the name, age, and occupation of each, together with remarks showing whether he is -A in the service of the United States, and in what capacity, and any other facts which may determine his exemption from military duty. All reasonable and proper expenses of such enrollment, and of the draft hereinafter provided, will be reimbursed by the United States, upon vouchers showing the detailed statement of service performed and expenses incurred, to be approved by such Governors. Fourth. Where no provision is made by law in any State for carrying into effect the draft hereby ordered, or where such provisions are in any manner defective, such draft shall be conducted as follows: 1. Immediately upon completion of the enrollment, the lists of enrolled persons shall be filed in the offices of the sheriffs of the counties in which such enrolled persons reside. 2. The Governors of the several States shall appoint a Commis sioner for each county of their respective States, whose duty it shall be to superintend the drafting, and hear and determine the excuses of persons claiming to be exempt from military duty. Such Commissioner shall receive a compensation of four dollars per diem, for each day he may be actually employed in the discharge of his duties as such commissioner. The Enrolling Officer shall immediately, upon the filing of the enrollment lists, notify said Commissioner that said lists have been so filed, and the Commissioner shall thereupon give notice, by handbills posted in each township of his county, of the time and place at which claims of exemption will be received and determined by him, and shall fix the time to be specified in the order aforesaid within ten days of the filing of the enrollment at which the draft shall be made, and all persons claiming to be exempt from military duty, shall, before the day fixed for the draft, make proof of such exemption before said Commissioner, and if found sufficient his name shall be stricken from the list by a red line drawn through it, leaving it still legible. The Commissioner shall in like manner strike from the list the names of all persons now in the military service of the United States, all telegraph operators and constructors.actually engaged on the 5th day of August, 1862, all engineers of locomotives on railroads, all artificers and workmen employed in any public arsenal or armory, the Vice President of the United States, the officers. judicial and executive, of the Government of the United States, the members of both houses of Congress and their respective officers, all custom house officers and their clerks, all post officers and stage drivers who are employed in the care and conveyance of the mail of the Post Office of the United States; all ferrymen who are employed at any ferry on the post road, all pilots, all mariners actually employed in the sea-service of any citizen or merchant within the United States; all engineers and pilots of registered or licensed steamboats and steamships, and all persons exempted by the laws of the respective States from military duty, on sufficient evidence, or on his personal knowledge, that said persons belong to any of the aforesaid classes, whether the exemption is claimed by them or not. Exemption will not be made for disability, unless it be of such permanent character as to render the person unfit for service for a period of more than thirty days, to be certified by a surgeon appointed by the Governor, in each county, for that purpose. 5. At the time fixed as before provided by the Commissioner for making the draft, the sheriff of the county, or, in his absence, such person as the Commissioner may appoint, shall, in the presence of said Commissioner, publicly place in a wheel or box, of a like character to such as are used for drawing jurors, separate folded ballots, containing the names of all persons remaining on said enrollment lists not stricken off as before provided, and a proper person, appointed by the Commissioner, and blindfolded, shall thereupon draw from said box or wheel a number of ballots equal to the number of drafted men fixed by the Governor of such State as the proper quota of such county. 6. A printed or written notice of his enrollment and draft, and of the place of rendezvous of the drafted military force shall thereupon be served, by a person to be appointed by the Commissioner, upon each person so drafted, either by delivering the same in person, or by leaving it at his last known place of residence. 7. Any person so drafted may offer a substitute at the time of the rendezvous of the drafted militia force, and such substitute, if he shall be an able-bodied man, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and shall consent in writing (with the consent of his parent or guardian, if a minor,) to subject himself to all the duties and obligations to which his principal would have been subject, had he personally served, shall be accepted in lieu of such principal. 8. The persons thus drafted shall assemble at the county seat of their respective counties, within five days after the time of drafting, whence transportation will be furnished them by the Governors of the several States to the place of rendezvous. 9. As soon as the draft has been made and the names marked on the enrollment lists, the Commissioner will send a copy of the draft to the commandant of the rendezvous, and another copy of the same to the Adjutant General of the State, who will immediately organize the drafted men into companies and regiments of Infantry, by assigning one hundred and one men to each company, and ten companies to each regiment, and send a copy of the organization to the commandant of the rendezvous. 10. At the expiration of the time allowed for the drafted men to reach the rendezvous, the commandant shall proceed to complete the organization of the companies and regiments by proclaiming the names of the regimental commissioned officers, which shall be designated in accordance with the laws of the respective States; the number and grade being the same as in the volunteer service, and in case the laws of any State shall provide for the 2 D. J.-38 election of officers, they shall be elected under the direction of the commandant of the rendezvous, and reported forthwith to the Governors of such States in order that they may be commissioned, and the non-commissioned officers may be appointed either before or after muster as the Colonel of the regiment shall decide. 11. As soon as the officers of the companies and regiments are designated, the muster roll shall be made out under the direction of the commandant of the rendezvous, and the troops inspected and mustered into the service of the United States by the mustering officer appointed for that purpose. 12. În States where enlistments have been made by municipalities and towns, instead of counties, the Governors of such States are authorized to apply the foregoing rules of draft to such munici palities and towns instead of counties. Fifth. Provost Marshals will be appointed by the War Department in the several States, on the nomination of the Govern ors therof, with such assistants as may be necessary to enforce the attendance of all drafted persons who shall fail to attend at such place of rendezvous.* Sixth. In case any State shall not, by the 15th day of August, furnish its quota of the additional three hundred thousand volunteers called for by the President, on the 2d day of July, 1862, unless otherwise ordered, all incomplete regiments shall then be consolidated, under the directions of the Governors of the respective States, and an additional draft shall be made as before provided, sufficient to fill up such quota; the number to be drafted from each county of the State to be fixed by the Governor thereof. Seventh. From and after the 15th day of August, no new regiments of volunteers will be organized, but the premium, bounty, and advanced pay will continue to be paid to those volunteering to go into the old regiments. By order of the SECRETARY OF War. L. THOMAS, Extract from General Orders, issued August 14, 1862, from the War Department. 2. Volunteers to fill up the new regiments now organizing will be received and paid the bounty and advanced pay until the 22d day of this month, and if not completed by that time will be consolidated and superfluous officers mustered out. 3. Volunteers to fill up the old regiments will be received and paid the bounty and the advanced pay until the 1st day of September. "The draft for three hundred thousand militia, called for by the President will be made on Monday, the 4th day of September, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M., and 5 o'clock P. M.. and continued from day to day, between the same hours, until completed." Additional Special Orders Respecting Enrollment of the Militia in the State of Indiana. In addition to former orders the following are issued for the guidance of Commissioners and Enrolling Officers:— 1. The Commissioner is instructed to have the township lists completed, in all respects, by Tuesday, the 26th day of August, instant, at which time the Commissioner and his deputies will meet at the Court House in their county and organize themselves into a Board, and will proceed to determine all claims and applications. for exemption from military duty. 2. Notice of the time and place of the meeting of said Board, setting forth the object thereof, must be given immediately upon the receipt hereof, by handbills to be prepared under the direction of the Commissioner, and posted in at least three public places in each township. 3. A surgeon will be appointed in each county, to meet with the Board and carefully and impartially examine all persons who claim exemption on the ground of physical disability. The instruction contained in General Order, No. 64, respecting certificates of practicing physicians and requiring the same to be filed with the county Auditor, is superceded. 4. When a person is found by the Board to be justly entitled to exemption, a red line will be drawn through his name, so as to leave it legible on the list, and the cause of exemption will be noted in the column for remarks. 5. To enable the quota, which may be due from the county, to be correctly ascertained and apportioned among the several townships, it is important that the names of all volunteers furnished by the townships, respectively, and mustered into the army of the United States for any term of service, should be entered upon the "volunteer list." It is equally important that the name of every man who may be liable to draft, residing in the township, be enrolled on the other list. The Enrolling Officers will be particular to see that this is done. |