Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-11-06
Proclamation by the Governor.

The President of the United State
= has issued his proclamation, calling upo
the Governors of the different States
> raise and have enlisted into the service {
the United States, their quotas of thre
4 hundred thousand men, and has pre-
9 claimed, that if any State shall fail
\ raise the quota assigned to it by the Wa
Department under the call, then drai
for the deficiency in said quota shall b
made on such State for its proportion @
said quota and that the draft shall com
mence on the 9th day of January, 1864
And for the purpose of avoiding
possible resort to another draft, tn
President proclaims the offer of larg
and generous bounties to all such as ma,
now enlist voluntarily.
The quota of Vermont under this cal
has been assessed at three thousand tire,
hundred and thirty men, and the defc
under the present draft at nineteen hun
bred and twenty-three, making tota
OF five thousand two hundred and fifty
three men.
| would therefore most earnestly in
wife the people of the State to RESPOND
promptly to this call, and fill the quotas
assigned to it within the time limited by
the Presidents proclamation as the only
means of averting another draft, which,
! if it must finally be resorted to, will of
necessity be enforced with more rigor,
and in such manner as to secure beyond
possibility of failure the complement Of
men, so much needed by the Govern
ment.
And l respectfully urge upon the mu-
nicipal authorities of the State, and up
on all patriotic citizens, the importance
of contributing their most earnest efforts,
by active labor and encouraging appeals,
to stimulate and promote enlistments in
their respective towns. 1t is with a Just
and becoming pride that we refer to the
promptitude with which the State has
responded to all former calls for volun-
teers. She has, on all occasions, given
freely of her sons to the country: and
now, under more hopeful auspices, when
bu. one more decisive blow needs be
struck to complete the triumph, and sub
due the work of treason, she surely will
not falter, but, as in times past, will still
maintain her proud distinction and her
fair fame. Nor can she forget the strong
appeal of her soldiers already in service
for renforcements. 1t is their decimated
ranks that are to be filed. Let Vermont
now show that she remembers the trials
which they have endured, the no.
BILE record which they have made, and
let generous response cVmo up from
willing hearts throughout the State TO
this urgent call in their behalf.
The quotas assigned to the State, both
for volunteers under the call of the
President and for deficiencies under the
draft, will be assessed to the several
towns in the State on proper basis,
reference being had to the credits due to
said towns for erlistments prior to this
late, as also TO men furnished by the
several towns under the present draft, so
FAR as they have been a8certained, to the
end that opportunity may be afforded
hem to fill their quotas, and make up
deficiencies, by voluntary enlistments,
and thereby also secure the liberal boun-
les offered by the Government.
The quota of each town, the details of
he bounties to be paid by the General
Government, and the necessary instruc-
ion to the proper recruiting officers, will
,e speedily furnished by the Adjutant
General of the State. K
LET THE STATE REMEMBER HER {
DUTY. 5
Given under my hand and the Seal of q
he State, in Executive Chamber at [
this 28th day of October, in r
he year of our Lord ore thousand eight 5
hundred and sixty.three, and of the In t
dependence of the United States the E
ighty-eighth.
J. GREGORY SMITH. d
By the Governor, p
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, Il
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