April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter
All persons who have heretofore been exempted, in the county of Smith, from enrollment for service, under either of the following heads, are ordered to report to me, at my office in Tyler, on or before the 20th day of April next, for a fuller and more minute investigation of the grounds upon which exemptions in such cases were granted:
Salt Makers, Wagon Makers, Shoe Makers, Blacksmiths, Tanners, Millers, Overseers on the plantations of Widows and Soldiers, Persons taking care of indigent families, together with all others, who have not yet reported, between the ages of 18 and 40 years.
Those who are now standing exempt from either of the causes above mentioned, will be ordered into camps who refuse to obey this order, and treated as deserters.
April 7th, 1863.
J. M. Taylor, En’g Offi.