, 1864-09-20

came. and the Provost Marsh .ls Of the dffftr-
ent oistr1cts notif1eh accoFdfnsls. 1aYestt-
&af1tns OF this commission are be4o{ COZ
ttA9eo, i9 tue expectation that credits Of srv.
essl nnnuIed more men Will be secured.
VI sbt E7th ultime coHc1 11ed an a'1Just-
ment with the 4 jniant Central Of. Mi.soni
!of Re enlisted veterans, whose original on-
ils' oent was included In our settlement of
sspoarJ Inst. 1t ap .eared trum al exA,ntna-
uor o. The rolls that 7l3 residents Of Illinois
II MISSOURI regiments have re.eaItstrd, sad
that 1S6 residents OF Missouri in uliuois reg
ime4.s ,,e Gase r enlisted. leaving hilasce In
our 1eFo! OF 6226, which have been placed 70
TIC credit Of thr S,ntr, and the proper local
eferlfs given. Although these eulissments
IN the navy and re enlietmenta In Missouri,
amonltsng to 1,6Q0, Wera prior to IasJ I,
leu, ttt Us they haTe been ascertatnea since
tnat atte, they have been added to 1a1 mus
.ets Made curing thnt month, ant passed to
rs I; sn,5 S.tdlts; na1dsg a total crtdi: in
oull Oh e1. Elllstme6ts during the month
oI Aognef, of y Itch rolls have bren received,
amount 70 SOL, beng total credit fur July
aid August ot 2 ~.
The total deficiency against the State on
me 1st OF July lssr, was 16,182 The tctal
esas otnc1tpsy BY counties on tue LEI Ct July,
trict1 On the 1st Of JulY, was 20, 7o7. That
1a la~ 10 %. ssgs tho total quotas Of thu State il
19!,3g Total credits Of tho Stare to July !,
III, 11a. Tatal dencits Of stxts-rhree couu ;.
TIES July L q, ,024. total turplus in thirty
n1Ie couhtiss, 10, 0,8f3. Total deficits 10 va
lious sub-d!h'1icss JULY !, 20, 79z Total sur
Plus, In other sub distTictB July l, Is. .615
the State OF ,183> !,
, The present credit Of the State is 183, go,
!tay1ng general balance against the Stats OF
IL .saO. The tutal deficits Of sixtf-two couu>
fits Is 25,043, AID the pxcees OF fortr COIN
ties ls II Cos and ths deficiency Of portion
Of the sub.djstricts is q, ,058 aud the excess
ersl balance egaieE the State. as before
stated, Of 1S,446- It will thus be seen that
1lthtugh~tre crtdlts ni July ard August Ia
2,1434 Jet thtee crfdits haYt In fAct only re-
duced the deficiencies by sob districts ], 7S0,
and to draft fof.the tul deficiencies Ia sub
districts {2S 05S would b: Il ,Gl8 more than
sthe generl balance rgainst Us as State.
As no genera, settlement h.d been cun.
clndeo with the War Department until the
9Th ulttmo, The apgoTtionmEnt could not be
completed and announced uutl she 9Th Of
that month, or only eight days before. the
e1aft Vas ordered to b. made Local ,au-
thortties therefore awatted notification Of
tDelr eitust1on refore Offering local oouaties
to stcure eplIstments. and this thiaK is
the principal rcason Wh3 80. Jew enlissments
we're made during the months Of July and
August. believe with q few daSa extension
OF time before the draft tie Dal4ucE RE1anak
us as State Can be ruiseH by volunteering,
luI have no expectation whatever that ohe
total eSticIency py sub-dietrtcts Gun be raised
In that banner.
In regard to drafting in tbs State for more
thsn the deficiency as snch presume all citt-
zens agree, and although strict construc:
ption OF the law nay authorize a draft to be
Msdc In each eue.distr1ct for 1ts deficit With
cut reference to the fact that othet districts
have an excesa, yet 1t is BOT strange that the
pt opie Of a 8t.te which .tor the past tHo years
has tnrD,ebet a1 average surplus Of from
Is, eco to 40, 600 vofuatser1 in excess Of all
calls, and which has sent TO the field 1823,,o2U,
and had on the Frat Of July SO. .875 Of THREE
Y3ARs' MEN 10 snaWer sgaiust ito a1atA Of
IL, ,057 ONE YEAR MEN, will feel some pude of
State ard doubt the Justice of belaE required
to furnish e, ,05S ny sno-districts, when there
are only Il, }aga,nst thela u u State. And
i therefore suumit that though the law may
require each eub district to stand on its own
xccoant, Jet It seems TO me tbs Federal GOV
ernnent can well afford to- o~s1spend the exc
cution If such power md give the State a
reaeopable time to I'LL the. balance Of its
quota by volunteering Under all these cir.
cumstaIces I c&pfot but believe yoar reco al-
uenaasiots on this eubN ct, heretofore rnadt,
will meet the approval Of the War DEPART
ment,
hare the honor to remain,
Very respectfully. 5our oba't serg's,
ALES e FULLER, AdTt Gen.