Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-11-06
Prociamation by the President
..... WAsHIxGToN, October H.
The following proclamation has been issued
by President Lincoln: ..- 49,.
A PROCLAMATION

A PROCLAMATION, ssg.5 of
BIZ THE President or rHE UNITED srArEs:'
i WHEREAS, The term OF service Of part .ol
the volunteer force of the United States will
expire during the coming year, and whereas, in
addition 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 during the war, not, however, exceed
ing three years. Now, therefore, /. Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States, and
Commander in Chief Of the Army and Navy
thereof. and Of the militia Of the several
States, when called iHto active servise, do is
sue 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. +
/ further proclaim that all the volunteers
thus called out and duly enlisted shall receive
advance pay, premium and bounty, as hereto
fore communicated to the Governors OF States
by the War Depart ment, through the Provost
Marshal Generals Office, by official letters. "a
l further proclaim that all volunteers re-
ceived under this call, as well as all others, net
heretofore credited, shall be duly credited and
deducted from the quotas established Tor the
next draft. ~. Ia.
!. l further proclaim that if any State shall
fail to raise the quota assigned to it by the
War Department under this call. then draft
for the deficiency in said quota shall be made
in said State or in The districts OF said State
for their due proportion of said quota, and the
draft shall commence on the 9Th day Of Jan
uary, 1864 s,e .y... .-l .s.gsl o, q .lsp'
further proclaim that nothing 10 this proc
lamation 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 is not yet been commenced. The
quotas of the Stales and districts will be as
sig ned by the War Department through the
Provost Marshal Generals Office, due regard
being had for the men heretofore furnished |
whether by volunteering or drafting, and the
recruiting will be conducted in accordance
with such Instructions as have been or may be
issued by that Department. f,. .s5t -as.+ re-,
In issuing this proclamation l 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 cheerful,
wiling and effective aid 10 the measures thus
adopted, with q view to reinforce out victo-
rious armies now in the field and bring our
military operations TO . prosperous end, thus
closing forever the fountain Of 7sediliop and
cruel war. -, -, I'D ,,g
In testimony whereof have hereuntO set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed, Done at the city OF
Washington, this 18th day of October, in the
year Of our Lord, eighteen hundred aAd sixty
three, and Of the undergraduates of the United
States the eighty eighth. A. LINCOLN.
By the President: .=l
WV. H. SEWARD, Secretary Of State. .,