New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-22
rrr. Waterbury, Figure.

SIR: ia your article on Judge Waterbury,
figure IN your issue Of Saturday, yor give toe large
credi, TO almost all Of The NcwYork City regiments
had something "a do with fnsine some 81 these Feci'
cnis and know that however accurate figures my DC
n tie nln TINT far They re!nc to tie strength o;
N.w-Yori City regiments hey are Invariably nniTu't
worthy refer especially to oil after tie fret twenty
regiments My experience led ne 10 believe that At
oaat IS pcr cent of tic men mustered into Tie service
ro, CT len the city for The field The sch Regiment tor
20: Gown 81 ss7 men. lLov tlli j, dG not take 'OJ
into the field The S7th you piece a 100 whereas II did
not hnve over 20 The rcgimcai Of engineers SerTc
you state o., s55 II s vel known that upio July isC2
q ia no, number 200 Aicr tie GoVorri eni iH'd The
minimum number required before fcers o'rld &c
mustered into tie service the figures In tic state 40
jaali eDosas oicc 90 ial % they cocoon CT! f'f
menis cease to to worthy Of attention. In many rcsi
rnenis mon were mustered too and tAros Ircs over
under d!fcren, ntLaes Ciheis again. for tie same
purpose twellne tic nnsisf rolls --Isiorsd. hc-
inr u-ofiscl beforehand tlli they should not bc taken
nua, Hundreds we're mastered IN a. many ~ hall
dozen dinorent rcgincnts. wlle Auldf'Is Of other,
deserted before ttSy iLo army.
Prior to October ie1i. real surgical crn"inai"''
Of recruits waS made H. thu city regiments Tic fesu''
va ,ha, at tas, one te;h 81 oil tie recruits acre INIT
for service tie Gay iA'J enc VI - -
the prouof,ion wai greater. All doc men were DIS
charged wi,in a fce months, yet uey 70 'ossc' iho
LET. H. tie conrtiy rcg.cuts 80 ir a. r.
eo,s The owls di1 ~: cllst sHttIi TO 'riJ tHei
extent
In referring 70 regiments raised 30 tls ely Int hlv
ing recruits iion To- county yor male O., Eenion %
lie 41ih oletiIl 4 Witch cars fsom or.site 4 Toe
ctr To 9Th Or fourth of which came floH Tic ooen-
iry; 1ua tie is.h ncnly tlroo brlli Il WlieA cane
rom tie colulr-TIoy bcnr ieITesca.eiiy re.iiy q
COMPANY Fcclflu ono COMPANY. new Je.ocy neatly
tvo conranics AID Ccanooileui nearly company
tie cIc4icr posi- f tie rcf.as.t con-" BON lii'DA
o.dr ile city mere &c ilio lsuertcd Co. PEN! Doc
formerly acted o. pa,ior. a lr 20 proportion q TIE
9th came fom Long r.land 50 ilso II tie olth Not
over oncllii Of sgrscns Eagiloers bc'oas 10 elihr
New.Iork 81 IToolJn.
Dari,, tie Summer q 1901 I,ravclci Arga,l The
sso,e north % H. Troy and VET 90 fr a. LlnJra
GA recruiting luiueas. ed recruited soro nirn ~ Il
New -lorl regimen, ln Schuyler County. Esry"icfc
l went found Itt young men 30 inIfc numbers bad
gone or were going. to Hew SofL CT % Join regi
.sents thinking that tn here iled a. qncLef ana
that By Joining then they could Sc, sooir to TIE scene
a, ,var which they believed would soon BE- over. hum
bcls 81 men q this cass be tlni ln regiment
lat l,i Nov.Yort rIor 20 July. ltf2 except. refhni,
the Brooklyn NH My experience iead, ne to Tie con-
elu,ion that EewYork City hes sent less shnn 20 II
men 10 tho field Judge Waterbury reports C.3c
Prom thiI deduct allowance foT Bfooiyn 1861 leaving
70 NsTYo-k g. so. according t. The Judge Adyocato
Fror this doduo, o23. or . 4 cent ~ fiic mrsieFs
end men who never went to The fel'. sDd We hh'e az
the result. 3a7aL further deduction 81 % per cent
or 9ois siould 10 made for country recrui's When
would leave 2eTi6 Take frcn ills 10 per
cent or 1914. who descred or we've DISCHARGED
within three months aftcr entering the service and We
have as the ne. result, e6772 men furnished by New
Yor. City; and. 5Ir Editor feel perfectly confident
could the accurate figures DO obtained Ills result would
be found 700 great II were to deduct from thin 1000
for unnatu-alzol foreigners, who enlisted within three
months af.er entering the country aud for Which New
York Is entitled credit IT would be- quite Just and
leave 10 the credit ~ the city bat "a i52 And now,
Sir permit nc to cay that do.lt II any careful oh
server can spend month about the streets Of New.
YORK making note Of the nuinhrr Of men between The
accs Of II and So md comparing II with the numhor Of
the entire population. without concluding that New
York City could lavo sent OYER "a. ~ 10 the
n war. SOLDER VINO KNOWS.
! Brookl,a Aug Il, 1903