, 1864-09-20
ThE~b RAFT.
Quotas Of Illinois,
Important Report OF adjutant Gen
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Important Report Of adjutant Gen
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GENERA. AEAnsutnrEns, s7Arz or 1,1.soa..| :
0'''taa s1asses4ra5, SHaaE' se1s 811'is Fl, 1851
His Excellcpcy Governor Yaees:
On the t1rtt day Of FrbruayY last had the
honor to submit my report sho wing, Among
other things, that tbs fatal quotas Of thre,
| Jcars vo.ps teers assigned to thIs State prlos
70 and Including the call for 500, COO, Oct
t'1sth, 1853, vas las 100; that the State had
been credited for volunteers furnished ptior
to Oct !, 1868, With lsS, ,aa6s Ia ouR OWN aao-
1MEf1s'' and balance or 1873 on scttlem mt
with The State Of Missouri, making III, ,641,
sid leay'ng 3 balance againat the State OF
.45e; fbat the Statc, huwoger, claiu*d to
hare furnished prior. to that date ii, ,056,
leaving only balance Of LOLA, aad that the
uintEeQce IN accounts between tae Federal
nnd State GcTeSnmeuts woul proosblg soon
be placed to ths credit Of the State
As a part OF said report auomtt tabular
statement, compiled from descriptive. roll
books On Ale in this department. showing
the credits to which eacn cauntJ would then
counts should bs allowed by the War Depsrt-
uent, and thai besides specific credits there
stated, therp was S, 106 to BE- appor1ionod to
the different counties in tho State on account
!! ofvo}d1teeA tfoul other States in ouf regi-
| 1nents, End -yo1untters from our own State
/ wboee county :, s1denccs Wcrn then unkno wn.
/ I row have the honor to inform you that
Adnripe MY laBt T1sit to Washington a,l d1tfer-
ences concerning the number Of volunteers
furnished prior to July 1sl 1864, Wers eatts-
facton1y adjusted, ana all claims Of the State
allowed By the War Department =. J
/ HnrA ia anhmfttaA *nhu1ar -
| showing The population Of eacn cDuniy ia the
State according 10 ceneus OF 1850 the total
| first and second class enrolment in each
county JRs rAkeu BY the ProFo4t hIarshars
I department, and cotrec1e to Febru.ry l,
1e63 ;.ea'd enrolment Is corrected to July l,
1e64; the quotas Of this State Under all cxtis
61ncn the commencement Of The wars; the
| creelts Of each county for volunteers furnish
| et prior to July j, 1854; snd the deficits uf
Sky .thrss {63) counties, and surplus Of thlr-
| ts mine {s9) connties~
From this statement 1t will be acen that
our total quotas under all. Gala in 1861, was
~, 7S5; qno1as under calls OF 1852, 1855,
ND quoras under calls Of 1854, 1lU,69
maEipE-a grand total OF quotas Of 1o7- $50,
and which is only 163 1ees than tue frst cl4sa
enrolment Of 1862, Of all persons IN tue Stats
| subject to military dnty between the ages Of
twenty and thift1-tlve years, aud ali unmar-
| 1led persoLs eubiect to military cuty ABOVE
the age OF thirty i've and uuder the sge ot
| forty.five years. It will be noticed that
| there arc no quotas mentioned for the Year
/! 1868 This is pecauss the draft call for 1865.
| of which our ouota Tas &c 100. was waved
by 1he War Dr. nartmer1t or tpciuaed IN c,lis Of
lSC4. and the calI for 20. COO October IS 1863,
| OF which ouruuota WAS ii, $50 Ia included by
the President ln the call 1 500 900 February
!, 1854, of which our quota @as 40, 800 Our
quota under 1be call III zoo, 900 March II,
lsC4. was IS, 524. ana our uuota utder the caTf
Tor 500 eco july Is, 1854, was ,5s 057, making
tctal culls Ii 1864, ], ECO COO total quotas mn
der sale calls ll6,69h 1t slll be noticed that.
the total CREDITS TO Jn1y i. 1854. !, Isl. .171.
Showing that our enlistmeuts bstweeo Ortn.
DER /. 1Sti3. and July1 ISH. In addition IN
il soa onc hnndred f7ay. me, nor crsafresi
il 81 one. OF thIs latter number -C. l95 .nis
on nccnnnt Of rr-cnjtstrd yeteraus er.in.iva
of rhr yefrr,rs of ,he 37tt1 am 5ssh> rr,,.,
m.;..s Thnso roi1s hara nor sat 49,, =
a.ttas' "0ose 'one N"'e "oe sot seen r.
M.;ts. t., .ha oss,,,,,a. .r., =. t..,ar,..
aet,na - Gis y. a.nn;.s =. au ~ Hntsae,
1a,Itea 9aath. ~ ~ ans Sse 70
''A3 rts .s r,.1,e. s'nt ~! Ses <
osn'aa ~ tna ~ ~. pos5 =. III 1uYpea u ~ VI
! esAiug VI Le otass " enron Hs HInas osal-
| HE populAuon, a!a ~ Ssse u oeaGtency, 70
Ia tot 1cct Enen aessGnss, ~ "xs ,h;. hoaauuoeo
Masea y tsos ana , .ag eas.aa @0sHosauss Ie'
qalteo to.pes1oln snGasefslce t me mE 60
osefste, 4df1se Or oblecs, but nor decide;
IN. aft Iaereloto neltbef ehnssed 70 crsdlt
| !of au3 SUCCESS nor re- punsl1lt !ol an!t4liufe
IN tae Jae. ano eqo!ts9ae eAecoaoa a o. INC m m
f9lnehs acl, sn3 1nrl1el Inan VIC may. laf- :
l1En. r 1eluEe 10 lRiu!sut sn} lutornsuou
non thc Ssate records u oar pos,es1f2n ~
u out Fst, however, 70 LazoL Col Oases,
ne actise Efo5 cst Ma5shA teneral 81 this
stete, m tels connectNh 10 st4se, te1 10 r.
e}e1ice taese 9uo1as, ana appoftiouiux tatse
credits. there mas oeeo bet"Etfs ua perfect
II TIC o1scnarGc o1 taese lEWItAnt Gnues,
bttn most anxious suhtu Justiee 10 Ill parties
| a. far II possible. !.
These quotas, under thee Of 1881 and
! 1867, Nero aseigued by the War Department
| 10 E}atss accof01 4 TO their populanoa, A.
| asceyraiued b7 tbs censcs of 1880, THO
| quotas under the calIs of February and
March. 1861, were ase1g1ed ncrofdinE to the
enrolinent Of 1868, ns Corrected February l,
1sG4, aud the quotas under the call Of July
Is, 1854, WIRE assigned according TO the en-
roltmenIs as corrected to July /, 1864, Such
being the Tnle Under which quotas have h.en
assigned to States. the Same rub has bteu
sszgni9g ,s. to
In the apPortsoEment Of credits Tor vol
un.eera furnished prior to October !, 1868,
there has been more difficulty. They should
either BE- d'stiihnted rrssrat throughout tns
State 81 cord'Dg TO population or enrolment,
without Eegszd to what any counties Or
loWns had in fact furnished, OF specifically,
according to what each Locality had done, 80
far as could be officially aaeertainei.
Prior 10 October, 1868, the War Depart
ment Kept no account e1cep! With states.
Ihe m1steF rola Of fmustesinS oncers dia not
sEoT re re4ioence OF the va.uateers, aud the
Provost Ma1sha1 General on'the 1sth Of jag
! uArJ last, informed gou t1at Tue :Nsf Id
par.msnt DID not propose the ascertaiamsnt
n1 ne rnniner o. Foiuntets 1ninlshea 2!
tcch ecurty IL Ibis etate PRIOR TO octooer, a.
II kept aeconhta on!F WIN States, out aaaeos
inst II Ihe stste eould ano1 ny us reocras ass
haf pf9posipH re- saee &C. eoqn.y yc9 or aoc4sy y,1d ma
luthlsuEo Luz. rs w ~ ~ "sa.a ~
adopt lts appos.23nmen. as ana ant laere e, rs
~ to,u " Hare thsse credits annorlinnsd ac.
cnrd,nr'r ~ ~ IN ,ne fs1h of anfnstl tSrTsf7sre.
esher ~ arennnts NJ the STAG Tere adjnst.
xhtn 1he rs P,rast s1sha1 " 81 GsneSa1
IN Arting Prs,rnst Mnrshs1 General of lin
Site 10 apportjon these credits according to
tie records on tile in my office and in nus.
Il connty md Slate residence Of our ro1un,
: teer. 4tnm tha co,f,.nencenent If rht
49, ond IN nort caees ths
tnpn or noRt nfice e,5f1ress These roll:
1rnrn cr..t e the fI41d IN 1si;1 md dt1rd nr
sn5 -st1rnod ra.ifad ~ ctNrars ~ cnrnrnanft
r. onT fnrces and hare r. On In nae nrer since
Tber were nT;nina1;r nrensrcd tn rnocnrn ~.
3d.1are ~ thnsss Who vt.re - hurrje .lrsenr aTav
IN 1sg1 1rf+hnnt -nlia a-,d ntan IN 1hi aiu 1ora1
Mnistor;c.1 * infor1nai;on II was fonnd fha,
fhe 1,nst of1Ice ai}dress Of the y,,lunteers ina
hcen nsna1iv- owen instead al tfe tnWn.
toe,snin ne4 - ESaTi IN which thnv rrsid.d
~" % ns4ip ~ ~ nse+ed the sa.I,cs ana sNera
Hlen 1heA entered tnc sefFlcen auo, tue1e
tore the enect Q. msKl11ne uP ~ scc9uas y!
!oRL6 IFoh 1aobc Fou9, "oulu oe ~ 10 htest
1n3nstice 70 county to@ns WHITE t,3 aeT 91 ny nd
tbo1ough eSAmlnauon o. teese folis ~ my
gbce. ana 1nG muster loas o. fectnt1s slnce
Oc1s sbef, oo nie n my oulee, aoa a1so IT. tMae M
ofnce OF ileaI Go!, OaSes' eoo"ea I!4 80