New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-15


tirey in the country. while, with the exception
of those raised Immediately after the outbreak
Of the war, there was hardly one regiment
that did not contain company or more from
the country. Indeed. the expenses for trans
portaton of recruits from all parts of the
State to this city were, prior to July, 1862.
enormous, amounting to hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars, and this was one Of the rea-
sons why the State was at that time divided
into districts. Recruiting offices for so-called
city regiments were opened all over the State,
and recruiting officers swarmed through the
country. But though Mr.. Waterbury talks
vaguely of "thOse for other counties and
States recruited in the city, we say unbes.
tatingly that no men were recruited In this
city prior to July, 1862, for country reg-
ment Except, perhaps, few for Brookyn),
aud that no recruiting Offices for such reg-
ments were opened in this city, and no ex.
pense was incurred for the transportation Of
recruits to the country.
But though it is impossible to tell with any
accuracy the number Of men recruited in the
country for the city regiments We can ind.
cate its extent. In the 18th Regiment there
were not lees than five entire companies, from
the counties Of Wcstchester, ROckland, Che.
mango, Wayne, and Wyoming Ia the go
Regiment were company from Tarrytown,
aud one from Ithaca; in the Goth, one from
Buffalo, 10 the 37th two from Cattaraugus.
We think that all Of these, and others OF tho
fret - regiments (which formed the first quota
of the State) had other entire companies from
the country. The German regiments contained
many men from Albany and the other cities Of
the State, while we cannot find any city com.
pany among the country regiments.
/ In the regiments of the first quota, except the
German regiments, each company was substan'
italy recruited in one locality, but this was
not SO generally the case under the other quo
tas, when volunteering had become less rapid.
The result was that there was hardly CON-
pany in the so.called city regiments that did
not contain recruits from the country, and
many were composed entirely of them. Thus.
the 5lst Regiment contained majority OF men
from the country, the SD less but SILL
considerable proportion, the 18th ar least
half the 59th a large proportion. the 6l't at
least two.thirGs I've think all but two compa.
nies) the gid had many from Albany aud
Utica. tie Goth had one half from abroad; OF
the five Regiments of the Excelsior Brigade,
We think considerably more than one.half OF
the men came from the country, particularly
It rot l.p IN m
Delaware Counties. The 18th Regiment con-
tanned not more than two or three companies
from this city; the S7th and Goth drew largely
( from Brooklyn, and the 95th had two COM
panies from Westchester and Rockland, and
more than half its members from the country.
The same was true Of the lO2d, while the
lO3d had an entire company from EImirs.
Beside these, We note the CID. 65th, and o5th
4 Regiments as containing, We believe, large
representation of countrymen. All our city
regiments contained representations from Rich
>>nond County and Long Island, and We think
the SD had al entire company from the for
mer. In the Cavalry the representation from
the country was still larger. The Sd Cavalry
contained large proportion from the center
of the State, while the 9TH and 9Th Cavalry,
known as the Ira Harris Cavalry, were at
least three-iourths from the country, especially
from Monroe County ard along the line OF the
Central Railroad, and from 81. Lawrence
County. Troy was, We believe, well repre-.
sen.ed in the 9TH Cavalry. As for the Artl.
lery. the I'd Regiment was raised almost en-.
trely in Oneida County aud its vicinity. while
the 9Th drew its men almost exclusively from
Brooklyn and the country. The Marine Artil-
lery recruited largely in Buffalo. and drew
several hundred men from as far west as
Chicago, while the Engineer Regiment raised
men from among the artisans throughout the
State.
We have no doubt that inquiry would en-.
able us to add considerably to this lengthy
enumeration, which we make hastily but as
being substantially correct. But We have gone
far enough to show the erroneous nature OF
the basis assumed. OF the 63.5l0 men who
were claimed Tor New-iork because their reg-
ments were CHARTERED here, Mr.. Waterbury
admits a deduction for Brooklyn Of 1861.
The companies We have enumerated IN the
first 3 regiments call for further deduction
of 500, while from the other regiments We
have specified. not less than 10000 should DO
deducted This leaves as the approximate
number furnished by the city 36,O29, while IL
carries tho number furnished by the State out.
side the city up to 7l,94S. We are confident
.hat .ha ,umbar sIlowsd TO the city would DO
reduced TO about 10000 could We ascertain