Billings On Drafting

There are somc nicc points in drafting üperations which are extcnsively discusscd in the red-ribbon oircles. The most lucid elplanation of a few of these is giren by Jogh Billings : Widder wimmin, and tlieir only son, iz xompt, piovided tho wiildflr's hüsbahd has already sarved 2 ycara in the war, and is willin to po agin ; i believe the supremo corte has decided this thing íorever. Once more: If a man shonld run ;iv;i with his draft, he probably wouldn't ever be allowed Ho stand the draft agiu; this looks sevearer at fust sile, but more yu look at it the more yu eau se the wis dom into it. Once morely : Xcmpts are those who i have been drufïed inlo tlie stait prizzen for trying to git an bonest livin bi supporting 2 wives at ons ; ilso, all theui people who are crazee and unsound on tlicgoose; a!so all nusepaper correspondents and fools n general. Once morely agin : No substituto ■will be aeksepted who is less than three or more than ten fuet high; he must kno how'to chew tobaeker and drink poor wiskee, and musu't bo afeered of the iteh nor the rebels. Mornl charakter aint reuired, aa the government furnishes that aud rashuns. Conclusivelj; No person can be drafted but twico in '2 difi'erent piases without his consent ; but all men has a nght to be drufted at least cnst; i don't thiuk even a writ of habeas corpus could deprive a mau of :his last blessed privilege.