NP, RD 7/17/1861

From the Richmond Dispatch
 
July 17, 1861
 
By the Governor of Virginia, a Proclamation
Executive Department, Richmond, July 16th, 1861
 
   In the Requisition for the Militia, called for by the President of the Confederate States, and embraced in the Proclamation of the Executive of the 13th inst., the following classes of persons will be exempted from the call.
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   Sixth.--Persons necessary to the operation and running of Railroads, and the repair of their rolling stock; also, those necessary to the operation of Telegraph Lines, upon the production of certificates from the Presidents or Superintendents of such Railroads, or the Managers of such Telegraph Lines.
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   All officers enrolling the Militia, or mustering them into service, are hereby ordered to allow the exemptions herein mentioned, and give a written discharge to those who may have been enrolled or mustered into service, when satisfied that the parties are entitled to exemption.
John Letcher
All papers publishing the Proclamation calling out the Militia, will publish this order.

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