New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-15
JUDGE wATERBURY's PIGUREs.

The slightest glance at tho report Of Judge
Advocate. General Waterbury, published on
Thursday, shows so clearly tina. he 10 the
advocate rather than the judge, that its state
ments will carry little weight with them, rs.
pecally as at its close BIO admits that in
practice oil the injustice lie parades is obyi
atcd by the regulations under which the draft
proceeds. Mr. Waterbury, however. under
takes in the following paragraph to show
that the City Of New.fork had furnished .
sufficient number ia excess OF the quota Of
volunteers under all the calls made by the
President, prior to that Of July =, 1862, TO
compensate for its admitted deficiency under
that call:
my wish render the Justice thst 10 due to the CITY
Of Ns~ ora especially u the journals printed with
ia ito li!.s striving TO dof.me II, Such mpulaOns are
bss,d uyor statements Of the volunteers furnished the
ID Of July. ls, Tho woft Of the city Of Nrwfob was
H n.a ,m.s ,,,,a,, ,Ss
city though they had voted two to one ssna tho part, In
.a,s@,,S 70 ,a"e, n. .eS moo. .Sand.s,S
with and mems BJors the "a Of July 1862, the vol
sn. Of infsr,ry .iI regiments Of eAv,ry Quo battalion Of
mounted rlhes one rsgimsn, OF engineers one nssi-
srtllsry one regiment OF marine artillery, and
rocket misunderstanding total OF ~ 3t men Ia all tho
Of the STATE there were raised before July 1907,
thirty rsSmsnts OF infantry four regiments OF cavalry
and ,xent batasn. sni two batteries Of heavy
artillery. beng total OF J5,29 mon. will deduct one
fourth Of the forces raised IN Now orb very liberal
amount for volunteers from Brooklyn, which la,er city
though raised four regiments hssde In furnishing volun
tee II 10 most other respects. community with
New iofs. male no allowance or volunteers fron oihei
Places because they would no, equal 70 number those Or
other counties aud States recruited Ia Now YOk The de
ducion would reduce The number Of volunteer furnished by
Ne~iois cry 10 t0ito The ioa OF tho quota. o. thu ey.
uad.r ali h. call. ior ,olunt.srs was sos OF course a,
the city well emptsd before July 1862 could do
ever at tho very sa vosntssn beside the repeated
empor.r, service Of n' militia all Of which, in addition
TO tho OF LOCI before July 1904 10 aua
10 quota Of oil calls for volunteers previous 10 tho Con
'chp,on act.
If Mr. Waterbuys statements are to be re-
he'd on he certainly makes out a good case,
but unfortunately his figures are, as We shall
show by reference to official documents, wholly
untrustworthy. Where he got his figures We do
not know. 1t certainly was not by consulting
the official records lie is wrong in his state
ment of the total number Of troops furnished
by tho State prior to July 2, 1862, wrong in
his division of them between city and country
and wrong in his statement Of tho proper
quota Of the city. Mr.. Waterbury says that
prior to July 2, 1862, the city had furnished
81 regiments of infantry and the country 81,
making ~ for the entire State. But the an
nual Reports of tho Adjutant- General of the
State for 1862 (pages IL and l5) and 1863
(page G) give the numbers, commandments aud
dates of departure from the State of lO5 reg.
ments and two battalions of infantry, all Of
which LETT the State not only prior to July 2,
1862, but as early .as April 80, 1862. Mr..
Waterbury says further that prior to July 2,
1862, the city had furnished 53,554 volunteers,
and tho country 36,2l9, making for the State
q total of s9.773. but the reports of the Ad-
jutant. General (lsG2 page IL, 1868 pages and