, 1864-11-28
THE DRAFT,
he<ting Of tie Citizens Dr=f. Committee =
Eeport-cur Quota on eau for soo, 200
: =---A Consolidation Recommtnded--
500 Dennty to be Paid.

500 Dsnnty to be Paid.
On Saturday cronsng IN adjourned .me:tne OF u
Citizens Draft Committee, consisting Of reprcsc
tatives ffoua vnrdous subdistrlcts Of Cook com
I WIS held In the Circnit Court Room, Chas Wake
Esq, tn the chair-J. ". Hathaway, Esq, actlr
The minutes Of the previous meeting were re.
and approved.
Dy request Of the Chairman, Ms. usthauay, O
behalf OF the committee appointed to offer 4 pla
Of permanent Organization and action, reporte
the result Of their deliberations. The followin
Is tReiE Esper omitst9g sh.t portion Of the pre-
Snturday last: =.
WuEEHAa it is desirable to anticipate the com
prices, and il Is believed tat tSa csn y 1 b. don
By united and central action Of all the subdstrtct
composing the county. 1t is therefore recon
FarH-1hat there he permanent committee O
| three appointed to consist Of one member fro1.
each df1sten Of the city, whose dnty It ehau be t
1nents and the payment Of ci1zcns' bonnties.
Seeond-1hat all the snb-diatricts OF the city ane
county M shall be equally entitled to the benefits q
7hird-1hat It Is hereby made tie dpt7 of esid h
Cominisee az At the earliest possible period, to pro
! the number Of men required to fll he ouotS b
each snb-distEict in Cook county under ali former
fi 1 thf @ per cent allowed
number required In each sub district In casc iu
| ture call shall be mnde for zoo 600 men, upi then
! work upon the basis so fixed in the following
Frst-To fl1 the quota under all former calls Of
each district that furnishes the necessary fnnds
eommencifg at No. /, then No. :. aud so On to he
tricl Then commence again at No. !, T md Isl 50 On On
until The quota Of each district Ia filcd. The Com.
mittee saall number Tho suhdlsticts in the order
pay for at least dre men. And in case INV Two or m
moro wards or districts shall Offer funds at one and
ths same time, the committee shall decide By lot
secoadlY- Y-To proceed Ia like manner to aau any
future calls that may be made.
1Atrd-No fnnds belonging to ono district shall
Fourth-Said committee arc hereby authorized
to pay the su1n Of fifty dollars as citizen bounty
70 each volunteer. and no more, unless otherwise
. at1er due notice in the daily rspers. And no
money shall b paid to any volunteer until after he
e swotn, accepted and In charge Of the Provost
siened by Chas. &. Wicker, r. Daggy, and J. ".
Hathaway.
Upon motion Of J. G. Miller the report was &C.
Mr. Hathaway reported az committee appoint
cd to see how recrnfting operations were going on
In the city TINT there are from ten to fifteen recruits
sg day snisa nS and so19
chiefly to Indiana and Wisconsin. They are psy-
Ing from $500 to F400 q man, SO that bv Offering
Geek sSoaa III saRs
chad obtatned two men at $50 apiece who. is the
second Yard was the only ub-dlstrict which had
e %es to e ssat q the DRAFT
AID. J: J. o'sulliva0 thought that with such
poor attendance Of representauves' OF Wards, q
support Tie consolidation proposed b. ye he Com @
would be for each Ward to recruit On it, own sc
ss sIa s to gss a1 more than
! G. 6. Wicker had obtaincd from the Provost
Marshal the copy Of the enrolment upon which the
z e az he he eoun1 ssss M aoa
have TO raise, irrespective Of all calls, $50 men,
| On this basis, calculating on the enrolment made
Tue 1ast draft !he = fifTt Ward viii require IL
the F1nh 4o Sixth 46, Seventh 50 Eighth 80, Ninth
g, Tenth 81, Eleventh GO, Twelfth 9. Thirteenth
II 81 end e
the Wards, feeling that much good wonld ensue.
At. Carter thought that Us they were all volun-
feer representatives, they were not sufficiently au-
thorized to act for their wards.
Ar Walker saia objections had been made that
AZ ne wards were not represented. This, he
ttyc, as WAS impossible to get them all together
ct h5st. The others would probably come ia alter
wards. he believed that tic seven wards, which
3ake the general good Of their respective Wards.
Hthcy only put the men into the 1eld, their ards
Mili ceIlalhiy heip and endorse them. Regarding
meeting OF the :superyisors they ask ios S1oo pct
T man IN me comfy scrip. Uthey only work har-
Inoniops,y and regularly, all viii .be well. They
and must honorably pay that debt He moved
tnas me seyen wards present unite for action md
commences work Immediately.
AID. C'6ulliran still objected to the union and
wong not agree TO join, until he had consulted his
consntnents. He believed that the extent Of the
nnlon between the Wards. should be simply an
I 3ETGEmGNt nth }r$f NAV,
recruits. ~
Nj; Hathaway understood that this was siuply
anieng maSieang OF 5azens not Of regularly appointed
oeleeafes. They did not propose any close bond
successfully catch hold of fe nnmbers e Of me1 ~
eeSn 2 e4sed led III s5s tss
Wisconsin.
M, ME: p,ggy a,so objected to AID. o'sullivanse
act IN any WY which would take 1t frs out Of The
dra1t, and wonld therefore object to any views
,hasa &s1s Ss S tend t. ST. @ ss sssn
4 tney are IN such hurry to nj their quota iet
them do 1t, they will have freed themselves in =
month or so. when the field will be open for thc
consolidated COMMITTEES to work.
AID. o'Snllivau said there was no sclhshness In
als action; hut as they had go many more men to
i rnsh aan other wards, they would be SO far be-
AE. Walker desired that the discussion terni-
aa1e a9a 9,i, nc matter he put to vote.
in 4aaon 20 Esg that The wards be called
Of the consolidation when all who objected to It
could remain separate. ~ -
AID. Holden favored The pfo}ect in M = cconort.
cal point Of view, ms they would certainly lose
es fn1nsS oS eopsoa Ne though. he
county good one, for in The present snsthctsc
condition q the citizens they viii not form tbeIl
dst. dMh comteea scta separately He hslieved imme
cfedted to the county. and not carried away TO |