Litchfield enquirer., 1862-10-16
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E A STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ,oS4 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

sGSMAfTFoRD, October llth,s 1852.
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 The President of the United states recently made asreaaisition on this State for seven thou sandbone hundred and forty five men,t serve in thA army threeyears, and an equal number, to ssrss nine months. making g total of fourteen thousand two hundred and ninety,
 ETke call met with a cordial response, an d eight regiments of infantry and one battery of artillery, embracing eight thousand two hun dred and sixty three men, volunteered for three years service.
 Volunteers alsosoffared their services tor nine mShtks, but bafare the requisite number was se- cured draft from the State militia was ordered by the War Department to make up the def cisncy.. s7a'-- S--s'-4- Se' :SE7-3<
 The States quotaof the i've hundred thou sand raqmredj last year. and of the three hundred thousand recently called for three years, as they ware mostly furnished by volunteers prior to the completion of the present enrolment was ap- portioned to the several towns on the enrollment
 If a town had furnished more or less than the number required for three years, the surplus was deducted from, or the deficiency added to the quota ofmilitia required for nine months and Spportioned to the towns upon the enroll ment ofls62. q~,.~.-
 Upeti this basis the selectmen were ordered to make afi enrolment of all residents of the several towns who had volunteered for .nlne naonthss and draft from the enrolment militia suficisnt number to complete the quota, AS some towns had furnished surplus or Voiun- tesrs, the drafted men would, if able bodied have been more than sufficient to have met the reuuisiten but by, far the greater part thereof have been discharged by selectmen, county sur geons, and post surgeons on the ground of phy- sicnl inability to perform the duties of soldieF A large number ef, volunteers was also,. for the same reason, discharged, previous to being mus tered into Jhe United States Service.
 There are now .rendezyoused,in the State six skeleton regiments which still require about eight hundred men to complete their organiza- tion, and meet the demands of the C Generai Gov eminent. This number has been opportioned to tue several toynsswhich have not yet finnish cd phsir quota statement of which will be forwarded to the Selsctnen by the Adiutant General-with the hope that volunteers in sufi cisnt numbers will fill the ranks within a very brief period. If not. the Selectmen will be or dsrcd to make new draft, and continue the same from time to time until the vacancies, which may occur from exemptions, shall be filled Afd the quota ofsthe State supplied.
 Fellow citizens Our State presents bright record in, this war for Che Union. From Roa iioke and Ncwbern, from Pulaski and James Island, from the Department of the Gulf and the Chickahominy from the gallant retreat down the valley of the Shenandoah, ill itself victory, rom Cedar Mountain and Antieta m, the test mony is uniform to the galantry and patriotism of our noble volunteers. An immediate and hearty response to the call from the Executive, furnished and sent into the field. in a little more tbah sixty days, eight regiments fully armed and equipped. The proud pre-emnence thus ob- tainsd among sister States is in danger of being lost. would, therefore. urge you. by the rich history of this commonwealth which you would preserve untarnished for your children, as well as by all .ths hopes which are dependant npon the preservation of Democratic Government and republican Gsttutions and by the deep and earnest patriotism which has led you to offer your sons upon the national alter, to meet vol untarily the requistOp, and thus sustain the Government in tn is hour of its necessity.
 - WE. A. BUCKINGHAM.