, 1864-02-07
TEE WAR RECORD or ILLINOIS.
Official Report of the Adju-
" tant General.
Tabular Statement Of Population,
Quotas anl Credits to Oct. 1st,
1858, Of all the Counties.
Illinois has Filled her Quotn
and Lends the Vuu.

AplrrAnr GENERALS OrF1cE,l
sru1so71E1D. February :, ls6L
His EKcelcncy Governor Yates:
have the honor to submit herewith copies
ment. showing the quotas of this State for
Mree years volunteers Under all calls OF thc
Federal Government, to be as follows:
Gatal qrotss under calls Of 1861, s7,7o
t 4nota anaer eau Of July, 1e6!... ea,149 ...'.'
QtDta ~ 9naer call Of Aug, 1861,
Qnda under dali csli of is6a... $50 ......
Qaoe z under y call for 800, coo, Oct. ~ c,en
A'sfsoS'--"'-.-...-........ %f,"o' "''Ss
Gaud total. One hundred
4no 1Uty'nVe thousand one hun x.oo
1he calls of 1861 and 1869 were based upon
population. The calls of s186S were blsed
uponfset class enrolment
Wien the last call was made in October LAST
tue sfte had hten credited one hundred au9
twenty-five thousand three hundred and
eight thousand one hundred and hfty-one
fs,l5l) aser psesious calls, and leaving the
balance bf our quota under that call OF nlne~
teen thousand seven hundred and seventy
nine, {1s,s3) but subject to further feduc,
but rot iherctefore e. credited. Fed
To ascertaIn what this further reduction
Should be, W showing the number VINO 1ad
entered the service and haa not been included
In the above general credit Of one hundred
and twenty-five Thousand three hundred and
twen1y~one (125 ,Sa1) became duty OF grave
importance to the people Of the state and,
on eccount Of defective and Irregular returns
from mastering olaecra, one of considerable
difficulty.
In ny report Of January i, 1868, the num-
: ber Of three years volunteers furnished BY
the State prior to that time, and OF: which re-
turns were then on file, was stated ut one
hundred md thirty Thousand Eve Nundred
and tbirty-nine {120, ,5Sy.) In addition to this
1t was believed that seyeral thousand had
joined our old regiments In the field, from
feiyed, and It was known that between the
lst Of January and 1st Of October, several
hundred had been mustered In the State.
A thorough revision Of rolls which Ind
been commenced In June last has been COM
pltted; additional returns from regiments In
the field have bscn sent Tor and received;
rc-cxumInation OF rolls and returns of volun-
tcers furnished By tho State has been made by
the War Department and the result is IN ad-
ditionaI credit for volunteers furnished by
tllis State prior to tho last call Of ten thou
sand nine hundred and forty-saven (10,947}
secured, making total credit in oHr oun reg
imtnts Of one hundred and thirty y-slx Thousand
In July Inst made an arrangement with
General JOHN D. Gray, AGjutant Gcaaral Of
Missouri, to ascertain the nu1nbcr Of citizens
Of Illinois who had enlisted in Missouri regi-
ments, und the number Of citizens Of Mis-
souri, who had enlisted in Illinois regiments,
with the agreement that when the same
should be ascertaincd, that, with the appror-
nj Of tho War Department, each State should
be credited with its own volunteers. On the
1Otl, Of August last, partial settlement was
made whicA showed balance in favor Of this
State Of three thousand one hundred and
tncnty-ninc {3,129.) This was placed to the
credit of this State by the War Department
on the eth Of last November. During tho
month OF December the rolls Of au lllinoians
iu Missouri regiments, through the courtesy
Of the Adjutant General Of Missouri, were
copied by employees of this department. The
result Of that examination shows that six
thousand and thirty-twb {6,032) citizens OF
this Statc have enlisted in Missouri regiments
aEd sixteen hundred and ffty-nine q, ,059) cit
fzens OF Missouri have enlisted In Illinois reg
imcnts, giving the State Of Illinois IN addf-
tional credit from this source Of twelve hun
drcd and forty-1our 244}, making total
in this account Of four thousand three hun
dred and seventy three ,573) and which has
been credited tlsjs State. :
From the foregoing 1t will be seen that our
quota under aq calls is one hundred and for
ty-tlve thousand one hundred (145, ,100.)
Amount Of credits for enlistments In our
own regiments. ts.................- .196, ,969
Balance IN MtsEouH Te9iments prior to last
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