, 1863-08-14
THEDRAFT,


TIE rREsDEST'g 2E;42 RE1o1NDER TO GOV.
wAsH.so7os, August Il, 1885,
Te Els E1eellency Hosatlo Seymour, Governor Of
Yours Of the eth, With Judge Advocate
General Wate:bury's report, VAS received to-
day.
Asking you to remember TINT consider
Time as being rery Important, both to the
general canse Of the country and to the sol
diers In the fleld, I beg to remind you that I
waited at your request from the LIST until the
dated the Sd. In view Of its great length,
and the known time and apparent care taken
in It's preparation, did not doubt that 1t
contained your full case as ion desired to
present It. 1t continued the figures Of twelve
districts, omithrg the other nineteen, as
supposed because you found nothing to com
plain Of as to them. I answered accordingly.
In doing so laid down the principle to
which propose adheripg, which is to pro-
ceed Efth the draft, ut the same time en-.
ploying infa1iiblc means to avoid any great
wrong.
with the communication received to-day
jon send figures for twenty eight districts,
Including the twelve sent before, and still
omi:tipg three. for which suppose tho en-
rollments arc not yet received. In looking
over the fuller lists Of twenty Eight districts,
/ tlrd TINT the quotas for sixteen of them are
above 1900 and below 200, while Of the
the rest si1 arc aboye z, 700 end six are below
1000.
Applying the Principle to these new Facts,
the 5fh aud It'll districts must be added to the
four in which the quotas have already be.n
reduced to 1900 for the first draft; and with
these four others must be added to those to
be re.enzolled. TIC correct case will then
and sth districts, fixed at z ZOO for tbs first
draft. The Provost Mn1thal General informs
nc that The drawing is already completed in
The 18th, 17th, 18th, 23d, 9th, 20th, eth,
esth, 2oth and soth districts. In the others,
will be made upon the quotas as now fixed:
After the first drafS the I'd, 4th. 5th. 9Th. I'll
8th, 10th, 17th, 21et, 25th Goth md 3Ist will
be re-cnrolled, for the purpose and in the
M' manner stated Y my NJ, letter q TIE nh inst.
outstanding districts when 1tcy ehall come
IN. No part Of my former aotfer is rcpndia.
ted by reason Of not being restntcd in this, OR
for any other cause. :
Your obedle1r servant, 4. LINCOLN.
TILE DRAFT IN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Springfield Republican Of Monday gath
ers The following items:
Only five ,conscr1pts were examined in this
district On Saturday. and all Of them were ex-
em}jted. The Doard Of enrolment In this dis
trict had visit Inst week from Medical In
spector, sent BY the Government to see that
things were going on right, Who didn't know
here, and brusquely stated he was going to
investigate the matter. He would examine
some men. &c did--eleyen Of them, aud ex-
empted ten.
The business OF procuring substitutes has
grown into large and profitable one, and the
substitute brokers are making money like
smoke. The men furnished are mostly for
c.gners, many Of them uewly arrived emil
grants, who can be got cheap, and are not SO
quick to skedaddle as long residents who
hare learned the ropes. The prices paid by
the brokers average about 500, and the price
they get from 500 to $500, depending good
deal npon how badly frightened the drafted
man IL Who wants to purchase. New York Is
the headquarters of This as It is Of every ottcr
business OF the country.
In tas es3 "a district Of this State, up to Aug.
~, 659 conscfipts have been examined, 81
which 479 AaFc been accepted and LILO cS.
empted.