The free South. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-31
ONE MORE RALLY FOR THE UNION.
100000 VOLUNTEERS WANTED.
Proclamation by the President.
The Usual Advance. Premium and
Bounty.
By the President OF the United States
Of America.
A PROCLAMATION.

JTIereos, the term of service of a part of the
volunteer forces of the United States will expire
during the coming year; and whereas, in ad-
dition to the men raised by the present draft, it
is deemed expedient to call out three hundred
thousand volunteers to serve for three years or
the war, not, however, exceeding three years;
Now, therefore, /, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Pres
ident of the United States and Cominander-n-
Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, and OF
the militia of the several States when called into
actual service, do issue this my proclamation,
calling upon the Governors of the different States
to raise and have enlisted into the United States
service, for the various companies and regiments
in the field from their respective States, their
quotas of three hundred thousand men.
do further proclaim that all volunteers thus
called out and duly enlisted shall receive advance
pay, premium, and bounty, as heretofore COM
nunicated to the Governors of States by the
War Department. through the Provost-Marshal-
Generals office, by special letters.
l further proclaim that all volunteers received
under this call, as we'll as all others not hereto
fore credited shall be duly credited on and de-
ducted from the quotas established for the draft.
further proclaim that if any State shall fail
to raise the quot, assigned to it by the War
Department under this call, then draft for the
deficiency in said quota shall be made on said
State, or OH the districts of said State, for their
due proportion of said quota; and the said draft
shall commence on the fifth day of January,
1864. =
And further proclaim tina. nothing in this
proclamation shall interfere with existing orders,
or those which may be issued, for the present
draft in the States where it is now in progress or
where it has not vet commenced.
The quotas of the States and Districts will he
assigned by the War Department, through the
Provost t-Alarshal-Gencrafs Office, due regard
being had for the NEIL heretofore furnished
whcther by volunteering or drafting. anu the
recruiting will be conducted in accordance with
such instructions rs have been or may be
Issued by that Department.
In issuing this reclamation, address my
self not only to the Governors of the several
States, but also to the good and loyal people
thereof. invoking them to lend their willing,
cheerful, and effective aid TO the measures thus
adopted. with Il view to re-enforce our victorious
armies now in the field, and bring OUr needtul
military operations to prosperous end, thus
closing forever the fountains OF sedition and
civil war.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Done at the City Of Washington this seventeenth day
of October in the year Of Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixtythree and OF the Independence Of
the United States the eighty eighth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President
WuIIAN II. SEWARD, Secretsry Of State.