Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-10-15
Government BGunties. 1.-The Draft In this State.
Quotas.

| A circular Order, dated Sept. Is, 1868,
from the Provost Marshal General, directed
| in blank to Governors of states, has been
| widely published by the press, which propos-
ed opay bounties of 1862 to accepted recruits
of new volunteer regiments, and authorized
| the raising of such regiments. Such circu-
| lar not having been received by Governor
| SALoMoN, he Immediately addressed a tcle-
| gram to the Provost Marshal General on the
| subject, asking that if such bounties were
offered by the Government i'll any State they
should be provided for in Wisconsin also.
The following reply, received yesterday,
gives important information in regard to the
draft, the method Of crediting volunteers and
| assigning quotas, and as will be seen, de1'eS
that such boanties as are retaTed to are offered ::
WASHINGTON, D. c., P. M, Oct. s.
Gov SALoMoN The 25th of October is fixed for
the commencement of the draft in Wisconsin. All
the volunteers mustered into U. S. service up to
the moment before draft, at which L can be adj
vised of the muster, will be deducted from the
quotas, the deduction being made from the enroll
ment sub-district, if the mastering officer reports
to me the number in from each. If he cannot re-
port the number of each sub-dstrict, then the de-
duction will be made by Congressional Districts, if
he gives me the number from each. II he cannot
do that, then the credit will be given to the State
at large
There are additional bounties for eW recruits
Veterans get s4O2 in instruments.
]. B. FRY,
Provost Marshal Gen.
The Provost Marshal General would do
well to consult his almanac By ours the
25th of October falls on Sunday.
--e~ 49, ....
ONE RACE-The Nashville Union, to illus
trate that the people of this country are not
of diverse races, as the rebels are fond of as
setting, saws wittily: THE Yankee is superb
or to the Palmetto man in his degree Of civ
ilization and education. Make the men eX-
change their localities, and they often under
90 personal transformation; the South Car
Gilman taking to clean shirts, cold water, and
voting for Chas. Sumner, and the Yankee to
whipping negro women, raising rice and talk
ing in favor of notification, and John c. Cal
houn's skeleton. The loyal and rebellious
people of this republic are of one blood they
are the same people"
- 1t is untrue that recruiting slaves in
Maryland has been stopped by the President.
The only change likely to be made will be by
on order regulating the matter so as to secure
Identification, and furnishing other means Of
enabling the master to substantiate his claim.
DEATH OF WISCONSIN SoLDERs.-MIcHAEL
MURRAY, of the 31st Wisconsin, died at Cairo,
in the hospital, last week. JOHN RIcKART, of
the 9th, and T. SEvARRoN, of the 9th Wis
consin, died at St. Lonis, last week.
sW- Col. W. P. LYON, of the 18th Wiscon-
sin, is at present commander of the post at
Stevenson, Tennessee; Capt. E, D. WoOD-
NAN, provost marshal, and Capt. CoscRoss,
assistant.
- Capt. DONALD c. McVEAN, of the 1st
Wisconsin, was mortally wounded, in the
late battle of Chickamauga