New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-13

With tbs errollnent made Iast year by Genera!
Apihon" 1t s trne that tie Federal enrolment Is
somewhat smaller than the State enrolment MS
llu New-York aud Brooklyn; blt elarce At he
figures will chow that in ca DISTRICT OuisiAe oi
iese cities the Re leral enroGen Is only about
0ne-halt ss large IS the State enrolment. I0'Ie
should be as gGelt disparity IN these two eil'ti
and ccca &c there is NOT, ,Ae Federal enrolment -
coud ipned 10y tie tss; proposed by Ccl tfy,
The state enrolment WAS necessarily The lafSeat
n irClnded III oirze from Il 10 - years Ot a5e,
W Lille tie Federal enrolment for the trel class only
includes athens aNd inchcqe citizens from ~ To 80
years Oh age and, If unmarried, from 80 to 10 lt1
number Of unmarried men Of tie ages last spern'u
g very SMALL Tie ate enrolment also lnclndeu
eypmits OF ,ghich there l76,9!2 IN The safe
| The TACT is however, that the STATE cnfoHneh'
| 'ss' wear for the cties OF New Ork ana broOhp"
wns also enormously too large. lben, aH now
ue0rlo were enrolled aud re-enrolieG ~ '.efS 'iI'
without much regard TO The point whether OF nov
they we're liable TO be enrolled az all Ibns " ""e
| 10, large in New-YoTk ami Brooklyn l. iuli s.oN.
bv the above tables. The State enrolment eAoeit
in tie districts numbered two 20 nlne inciueNe' 20
about the same as the number OF males 'et"cen ~
I'd AZ ,aers of age ACCORDING 10 the ceusus oil ioOo.
IL 40 Interior districts, III an aggregate Oh over
| 400 N tie di.iere az the taOiU e"o"s 10 ouv
| f37 In districts two to nine, however, comprising
line cities OF N.w-Iork and brooklyn, the Sute Vn-
| rnllm.rt exceeds tic to.al number of males OF the
sn,s aces bv more than 80, coo. Whom 1t Is remcm-
| hercl that the Federal enrichment, compared With
the State enrolment added over 81, 200 10 the dis
proportion seaiutt the city, the excessive Injustice
Of the Federal enrolment is more fully perceived,
liza calculation be made oi tho proportion thai the
! Federal enrolment bears TO the number oil males
from ~ TO 81 years OF age according 70 the cchsu.
OF 1863, it will be that the enrolment Ia ITO
per cent. in the metropolitan and 20 per cent IN
! Tho other GstrictS. In other words, IN tie city
districts the enrolmen! is 10 per cent more than the
whole number Of males OF those ages, aud III the
country districts q per cent. less than the whole
| number.
So in respect to the total population. The enroll
ment in the city districts s ID 2iO per cont OF ITO
whole ana In the country districts 2 ~ per cent,
being u discrimination OF 1--we per cent. against the
| two cities.
| Such dispropor,ion ia fully explained by the
facts. The greater paTt Of the persons doing Ousi-
ness IN the two citics, whether on Their own &C
count or III the employ OF othors, were enrolled
twice and some We're enrolled three or four
| lines each. 1t eau be proved by an over
whelning mass Of testimony thsI enrolling
officers went 70 places where meA were en-
pioyed cid buslness away from their homes,
demanded and took tie names OF all tie pcfs0ns
there, notwithstanding they wero already enrolled
Ut their homes, aud while TO doing, refused " AID
The residences TO tue IaInes they took. by 'hh
course, persons residing not only IN different dis
r;cis but also III other countries ana States were
wrongly enrolled Al their places % busiut ss. 30
also every person who Was not rlaniieeuy under ~
or over a. years Of age, was enrolled. statement
Of age below above tie hG.i.s u the Conscli.-
ton Act did not avail any thing, ualess the physical
| sgDs were 10 convincing thai II would bhve been
absurd 20 relocs them, and In some cases even
then they were not accepted. beside these, the
aliens in the Two oties @ host in Ia, mseives were
enro led, though they were ci.I1eAs; and, like
ci,zens, most o; them two .hree or four tucs each
la cases. The poll isls were copod, aud ihhrn
men, some even past thIse yeAIs an. ten, we're
swept into tho enrolment.
iAe effect Of this Wholesale taking down OF names
is sirikingly displayed in the case OF tie becond
! Ward IL the City OF New-1ork. Tbs Federal en-
loneus in tho first els Is 40. lie whole pop.
ulation IN the Ward, by Tie census OF 1860. wac
x,J07, aud the number Of males, ~ 10 ~ years OF
age, oi7 OF which tie number ~ ~ ~ years OF
/ agu was CO.. full vote of tie Ward Is GooI! 4JJ.
Inc number OF conscrpts repaired rom tbe Ward ID
about 3ln. IL these were exactod, 10 draft would
| 10 Necessary. for 1t would Take 10 supply them,
| every able bodied man In the Ward, haUio under
tie Lonscnpton Act 10 DO military duty 40 tho Lrsi
! class.
which will cite. Ga my return from Wasnin9to
l obtained Ia the care copy VI iesdins Admins
trgtioD journal, for which sOme per.oD writes over
The signature Of "Cgr Bebson, IN favor OF The
epeody and relentless enforcement OF tie draft. In
It there wac d commuNIosiion by hiID, comp flaming
thst by the delay Le was detained IN the city 10
asswer possible drawing OF bis name. lilo says
- am one OF u household VI i've malcs-al Of the
Others alieus and myself phyEcaIiy disquaIhe1.
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off until after the draft Without relief tho effect
OF tic enrolment Of these i've persons, hons OF
whom could be made ~ serve, would be, although
none of them were drawn, " require pOsiiiyely
some other mgD wrongSllly 10 serve as = oonscnpt
MiIb relief tue enrolment Of tie four a.ens tic
nunqei aTe 1atrLy dram, viii do no harm; but the
disehsed ysn, II be Is drawn, hobbies TO tue enroll
ing Office and compcls some other map, perhaps In
some ects less aoio to endure, in bis place
what greater hardship and danger than = continued
sojou-n amid the enjoymenis of Rome.
\ paise here to notice statement In some OF the
public prints that the draf Ii heavier III tie Liy OF
N-w-York, because the city ID behind in Is supply
Of volunteers IL would be sufficient answer TO
state again tho fact that in no district Of this or any
other STATE If there any addition 10 the number Of
cors:ripts required, by reason Of any sden Go
! 4 cheney.
# Is my wish TO 60 further, and render the justice
tina, is due 10 the Cily Of New-fork, especially as
! some Of tue journals prDed within 40 limits, are
striving TO deiame ii. Such imputsiionB based
| uoou statements Of the volunteers furnished sHce
he % Of July, 1867 The work OF the City Of New
! York was manly dono before that day. When the
Uniou was assiiled aud it fag fired upon by armed
trais,rs, the people Of the city, though they had
voted TWO 10 one, agaiDs, the party Ia power, oX-
| erted themselves with unprecedented enthusiasm
and unanlinity, to supply the Adminih'raton, mo-.
abundantly with men AID mesns. B1Ue the ~ OF
july, 1862, the volunteers Ialsed ~ the City oi
/ New-York were ii regiments OF infantry, Elk
regiments OF cavalry, one battalion OF mounted
rifles, regimen, VI engineers, one pg-
meut two baltalions and seven batteries Of heavy
artillery, one regiment OF marine artillery and one
rocket Notwithstanding total Of So 554 men. In I'll
tie rest OF the State there rieed before July
| 1862, 81 regiments OF infantry, four regiments VI
cavalry and one regiment, one battalion aud two
bat OF heavy artillery, being total Of IS 2lJ
ucn l will deduct one-iourtb OF tho forces raiDed
in York, a very liberal amount, for volunteers
from Brooklyn. which latter city, though IL raised
four regiments veside In furnishing volunteers, Ia
il is in most other respects vas one community
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