Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-16
The Wisconsin Draft.

The Wisconsin Draft.
No Official announcement has vet been
made as to the time of the draft in this State
yet it is repeatedly given out, both at Mil
waukee and at Madison, that the draft will
actually take place b" in two or three weeks
1t is better that it be fully understood that
injustice to the State, no draft ought to take
place here under the present call 1t has
been demonstrated beyond chance for dis
pute that Wisconsin has already furnished
every man necessary 20 fill its quota under
the pending draft. Both Ohio and Illinois
have been exempt from CONSUMPTION upon
precisely the same ground that we claim ex-
emption for Wisconsin, e-.
In speech at Springfield Ohio, on the
9th Of August, Gov Tod said 1.-THE Secre-
tary of War had fixed Ohios quota for the
draft at about $4,000. The fact that Ohio
had furnished almost entirely three wears men
was laid before the department and credit
was given accordingly" Ohio's quota, he
stated, was only some 5000.
W It'll "a single exception, every regiment
sent from this State enlisted for three years
Upon the same basis of calculation adopted
for Ohio and Illinois, our excess is between
sixteen and twenty thousand.
The above is from the Milwaukee Aeacs.
1t condenses the false statements which are
being industriously circulated with regard to
the draft in this State into small compass,
and is easily retuted.
In the first place there is no authoritative
statement that Ohio Illinois will be ex-
empted from draft Ii they are, it viii be
because they have furnished an excess of
three years men sufficient to meet their quota
under the present demand for men bv draft
Our excess is not between Is, 900 and %, 200
under the same basis, nor under any other
reasonable basis of calculation
We have obtained from official sources the
following, with regard to the quota of Wis
consin.
The quota ofthis State, previous to the call
of July I'd, 1862, was 81, 1913. At the Adju-
tant Generals office, in Washington, we are
credited with "A, 725 men as an offset to the
above, being an excess of 1872. Our quota
under the call of July ID, 1862, was II ,9O4
We are credited with furnishing 3 regiments
and 1870 recruits for old regiments, making
l4,23o men, so that down TO the call OF Aug
ust 9th, 1862, for l ,904 nine months men,
we are credited with excess of 5298 men,
three years men. Next comes this last
call, for ii 1904 nine months men; and here
we are credited with one regiment (34th) of
95S men, showing a deficiency of &c, 946 nine
| months men, Upon the basis of the above
figures, multiplying the excess (of three years
mem by 4, to reduce it to nine months men,
We have q, 1872; from which deduct the def
cheney of nine months men, 40 ,946) and we
have an excess of 10, 246 nine months men,
or :, SCI three gears men, which is the actual
| excess now credited to the State by the Adj
iutant General, L. S. A, as furnished to the
Provost Marshal General. The excess, in all
cases, is calculated-by the Department on the
basis of three years men.
On examining, however the detailed state
ment of this calculation, received from the
Adjutant Generals Office at Washington, it is
found that his figures fail to give this State
credit for a considerable number of men be
longing to different organizations, and also
for the substitutes for drafted men, who went
into old regiments, all amounting to about
400 three years men. \ full and careful
statement of this matter is being prepared,
and viii be forwarded to Washington, imme-
diately, and will doubtless be allowed so that
the final amount OF excess to be allowed TO
the State will be about 4,0O0m men.
Whatever this excess is it is to be, accord
ing to the system adopted by the Department,
deducted from the total number of enrolled
men of the 1st class in the State, and one
fifth of the remainder are to be drafted This,
according to the best data at hand for calcu-
lation, would make the number to be drafted
from this Congressional district about 2 800.
Of course, where towns have furnished largely
heretofore, they have less of the lst class
men remaining, and their one-ffth will be
less than that of towns which have not here
tofore furnished so largely, and have more
lst class men remaining; so that, to a GER
tain extent, towns will after all get credit for
the numbers heretofore sent.
Governor SALOMoN holds that, instead OF
deducting the excess from the whole of the
lst class enrolment, and drafting one-ffth of
the remainder, the juster method would be
70 first ascertain 10 fifth Of hot a.
deduct the credit from that number, and draft
the number remaining, and has addressed the
Provost Marshal General to that effect. The
difference Is seen by a simple calculation
Say that this Congressional district has 8, 900
men of the LIST class enrolled, and an excess
of 500 men. The present plan would result
thus:
,0OO-SOO-l2, POO, divided by ;, makes
., 440 to be drafted. The other method urged
by the Governor, would result thus:
10000 divided by is 1900, from which
deduct 500 leaves 800 to be drafted
In view of the letter from the Provost Mar
shall General to Hon. VI. CLARKE, of Rochester,
recently published, declining to give credit to
tolC7,S for excess of men heretofore furnished
thus contradicting the letter to Gov. SALoNoH
promising to give such credit, the Governor
has addressed the Provost Marshal General
enquiring as to what is the fral determination
of the Department, so that the people of
this State may not lose their time and labor
in looking up their lists of volunteers.
We have no doubt that full justice will be
done Wisconsin in this matter as compared
with other States, and if credit is not allowed
to towns on account of excess of troops here
tofore furnished, Gov SALoMoN will at least
have made every effort to secure it. We
think the Ne1rs and kindred papers who are
making themselves unhappy about this matter
may safely trust the Governor to look after
the interests of Wisconsin-lState Jou,7am.
" All Hail the Haunting Lie 1T was Written
by an Irish Democrat.