New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-23
RECRuITING.

thousand men in this city, aud sixty thousand
in the State. SO far as the city is concerned,
the machinery Of frecruiting is now substantially
arranged. Every Proyost-Marsha! is muster
ing officer. Every recruit who presents him.
self will receive promptly not only the large
bounty paid by the Genera, Government, and the
smaller one paid BY the State, but the three hun.
dred dollars, cash down, paid by the Supervisors.
That is, be can and should receive the Super
visors bounty, If he knows and viii claim bis
rights; but it is feared that large percentage
Of this bounty, which none Of us bcrudge If
paid into the hands Of volunteers, finds is way
into the pockets Of middlemen WHO have no
moral or legal claim to it. II is incumbent upon
the Supervisors to guard against the schemes of
the brokers oud runners by which they secure
at leas, half the bounty TO themselves,
giving the other half only 10 the recruit. The
Government pays fifteen dollars 20 every man
who brings forward an acceptable volunteer.
We believe this sum Is sufficient TO calist the ey-
e.tions Of many men in this city. though il is
doubtless insignificant in the eyes Of the
substitute brokers who have been making
their thousand dollars day. II il Is
not large enough, lc, the Supervisors
increase it, but lei, them insist upon paying TO
tie recruits themselves every dollar they oAer
a. bounty. and let them recognize 10 assign
mcn;s made 10y tho recruit before his muster.
Only in this way can they justify this crPendi-
iure 90 TIE capitalists and taxpAyom of the c.y.
The original plu Of tAo SupcT'on proPo ~
that TIE United State, tlouh detail q muster
ing officer and surgeon al the Office Of hc
supeTyifors. when The bounty would be paid
there aud only 20 The recruit. Tic Government
for satisfactory reasons did not accede 10 uis
plan and len the Provost NarfhAla ~ the mus
tcrng officers. The proper coure for The Super
y.sors. then, was 20 send a man 20 each Provost
Mar.hnls Office, and there pay tho money TO
each recruit. But o. the buanc Is low con
ducled. though the United States nay GET the
men. the brokers will get thc lpn's share of the
bounty. II is not too late for the Supervisors 20
return TO the simple plan Of paying tie bounty
directly into the hands Of those 10 whom It
ngh,lully belongs.
b. .dc thc bouniic7 there is other recruiting
machinery about ready o. 90 into operation.
The United states has appointed in each Con-
ercssional district two recruiting Commi ion
err. who, in connection with two 10 DO appointed
hy Gov. Seymour, are 20 ,ofm board vho afc
10 de-. ggaic a. many recruiting agents rs ucy
deem proper, though, IN iLis city, any man can
be "a recruiting agent without any appointment.
Among the names Of these Comm lolDIs in The
frst ten Congressional districts sc notice those
Of e4-Goy. King. J. > i. Strnnahan, D'mas
Strong, Charles II. Mr. hall, Andrea, Wilmann.
Daniel Drew, and Others equally worthy and
well known. But Coy. Seymour has not yet
appointed his Commissioner for the e. Districts
and, indeed, has dono nothing TO promote Tie
volunteering he was 50 clamorOus for a iew
weeks since.
Measures are on foot, however, 10 arouse
public feeling in this city. 4 meeting las been
called, TO take place at tho Cooper Institute on
next "Wednesday evening. Judge Sutherland
and John +. Hoffman arc among the signers Of
the call, and Elijah /. Purdy, John l.. Deyelin,
aud other prominent Democrats are expected 10
participate. Tie leaders OF Tammany Hall, it
ia hoped, intend to prove that their demand for
vigorous prosecution Of the war are not mere
words. Beside tho meeting at the Cooper lnsti-
tutc, local meetings are 20 be held in tie several
wards. The police also are to become recruiting
officers, though we DO not see Why their efforts
should be confined TO Gen. Spinola's brigade, az
the order requires. The Union League Club has
undertaken TO Gll up one regiment, aud VIC hear
Of similar movements by other organizations. II
every citizen viii but feel that he mu5toxcrt HIM
self, that he individually can and fhould get az
least one recruit, wc believe that by January >,
the number of men raised in the city viii sur
psio The most saugunc
In the country they do not yet seem TO have
aroused themselves 10 the necessity Of action.
AZ general thing, the bounles there will not
be 30 large as in this city, Tho Commis toner's
appointed By Gov. Seymour will, in some
instances, not 90 heartily into tie work. The
local authorities are doing little, aud there is q
want Of that general movement Oh the part OF
all the citizens which gave us the magnificent
oupouring Of the months OF July, August and
September, 1862. But the material is there,
and it only needs ihat the work be taken up
with proper spirit. If the people Of any Con-
gressional District have TO submit 20 draft
next January, they can blame only Themselves
for tho President has given them ample time
and opportunity TO gil their quota.
We may add fbat aflnrbs are making TO induce