The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 4, Volume 3. Page: 36
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
the preventing cause may cease; the time for holding the same to be
fixed by the officer authorized to appoint the judges and clerks.
SEC. 9. Such officer shall be authorized to administer the proper
oaths to the judges and clerks, or they may administer the same to
each other.
SEC. 10. Every person concerned in holding such election shall take
an oath to support the Constitution of the Confederate States, and
to discharge his duty, in holding such election, faithfully and impar-
tially.
Approved January 19, 1864.
CIRCULAR CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION,
No. 3. Richmond, Va., January 19, 1864.
In view of the great increase of special applications for exemption
and the facilities with which signatures are obtained, it has become
necessary to prescribe regulations for proceeding in such cases to pre-
vent the allowance of exemption in cases specially presented and sup-
ported by many signers, with some show of testimony, but without
real merit. The officers of conscription will therefore be governed
by the following instructions:
I. Every application should be sworn to by the applicant and veri-
fied by the affidavits of at least two respectable citizens who are per-
sonally acquainted with the facts testified to by them.
II. Applications so verified should be carefully, particularly, and
vigilantly investigated by the local enrolling officers, and a report of
the facts, with their opinion in approval or disapproval, forwarded
through the proper official channel, with the application, to the com-
mandant.
III. The investigation should not be confined to an examination of
the papers alone, or into the truth of the statements therein made,
but should be directed with a view of ascertaining all the facts and cir-
cumstances of the case,.and the exact condition of the parties with
relation thereto, that an intelligent opinion on its merits may be
formed. For this purpose inquiries should be instituted of persons
unconnected with the application. The report should be somewhat in
detail, setting forth seriatim the facts developed in the investigation,
giving briefly the reasons for the opinion expressed, and instead of
being put in the form of an indorsement will be made on a separate
sheet of paper.
IV. In expressing his own opinion of approval the commandant
will state whether he recommends permanent or temporary exemp-
tion; and if temporary, for what length of time.
V. No application will be considered unless investigated in accord-
ance with these instructions.
By command of Col. John S. Preston, superintendent:
C. B. DUFFIELD,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
(To Commandants of Conscripts.)36
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 4, Volume 3., book, 1900; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139262/m1/45/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.