Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-15
THE DIE Al Il.
HOW TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER
ALREADY SENT.

EDITOR JOURNAL II wish to call the
attention Of the citizens of Pierce county
to the late proclamation Of Gov. Salo-
mon, in relation to the quota Of troops
furnished by the different towns and
wards of Pierce coun'y. The following
communication, from the Provost Mar
shall General to the Governor, appears in
the Proclamation
your letter of the 18th inst. has
been received.
when the quotas of the several dis
tricts of Wisconsin are calculated, the
excess or deficiency of troops furnished
by each district under the calls of 1901
and 1892 will be considered, and due
credit given, but in regard to assigning
quotas to particular towns or localities,
there are no sufficient data upon which
to make the necessary calculations.
The statement furnished 10 Col. Low
ell 10y the a ut mt General Of Wiscoen-
sin, and BY him sent to this Office, gives
only portion of the number claimed to
have been furnished, to particular towns.
For example in the statement referred to,
the lst Congressional District, is repre-
sented to have furnished l64 enlisted
since,the enrolment of 1862, of which
only II are assigned TO towns, the re-
maing 81 icing reported as persons
whose exact residence can not be ascer.
tained.'
1T is therefore impossible to calculate
the qnotas to &c furnished under the presen
enrolment i'll any other way than by Ia
king the number enrolled in the whole
Congressional District as basis and al
lowing credit for any surplus VIII Gu may
have been furnished b; that district un-
der former calls. This will be done, and
if it shall be found, after quotas have
been thus assigned, that any particular
town has actually furnished surplus OF
men over its previous quotas, number
of those drafted equal to this surplus will
be discharged"
1.-The only means of ascertain NO
whether town hes actuaIly furnished
names of all the men furnished by the
town Claiming an excess prepared, and
compared with the names Of all men
| from that town actually mustered into
the service of the United States, and
borne upon the muster rolls on file in
the office Of the Adjutant General of tire
army.
''This will show how many men from
t,wn have been actually furnished,
whils the tables giving numbers claimed
to have been furnished differ so much
! from the Humbors known to have been
mustered intotho United States service,
that no just. contlufion can be arrived at
from them"
In conclusion the Governor says
Under these circumstances, | would
advise and request that the people of
each town, or ward of city or village,
appoint at ore a committee to prepare a
| complete list of all laen that have volun
teered from such town OF ward, so that
they be ready with the required evidence.
These lists should he very carefully made,
giving accurately the name of The soldier
aud the co .pany and regiment in which
he enlisted and not containing the name
of any one who was not when he enis
ted, an actual resident Of such town or
ward, for, if inaccurate, such list may
be entirely rejected.
EDWARD SALoMoN. Governor.
l would suggest that the towns imme-
diate,y h0'd Mass Meetings, and careful
ly make list of tho names of all men
volunteered in said town, the number of
Company AMI Regiment in which they
enlisted, as | firmly believe that the Co.
has furnished an excess that would near
ly, if not quite, exempt it from a draft
under tbs present call.
Yours truly,
J. w. BEARDsLEY.
| Prescott. Auonst Is. 1863.