Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-18

32,710
The total number service the st Of October near
be asceaned from the latest returns about twelve thou
sand two hundred and fifty.
The total number raised since Oct ] 1863 including 17h
regiment and I'd battery and credits heretofore allowed
14020
The State has thus furnished during the past year men
than in any previous year the of the
And the pomptude with which they have been furnished in
dcates in unmsakabe language the determination Of her
people ndcate the power OF the Government in this great
struggle and to favor vigorous prosecution Of The the
only Of establishing peace that shall be alike honor
able and enduring.
AMENDMENT OF ENROLMENT
Previous to the call Of the President for FIVE hundred thousand
men in July last orders had been ISSUED by the War Depart
ment to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General Of Yer
mont to have the enrolment lists the several towns IN the State
properly revised and corrected up July ls 1864 Notices
we're accordingly published several newspapers III the State
calling upon the seccen that the enrolment lists
properly corrected Upon the returns thus made the quotas Of
the several towns assessed Owing however either 10 the
fact that the notices did reach all the towns or to msun
dcsaudmg and neglect hcr part great discrepancies were
found when the quotas announced and numerous
applications made to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
General for the correction OF these and the reduction OF
quotas careful examination into these complaints satisfied
that officer that there grounds for hem and chat fur
ther opportunity should bo gwen Tor correcting the lists Ac
codngy the 2th day OF August notice was given to the
towns the lists and upon returns being made 1t was
tlat e ollcf enrolment Was die uy
five thousand and consequently the State had been assessed
nearly eight hundred many. a new assessment OF
quotas was therefore ordered The Acting Assistant Provost
Marshal General however, did feel authorized make any
alteration reduction OF the general quota assessed to the State
at large or the several Congressional Districts Consequently
the to towns made upon the amended enrol
ent still retaining the basis Of the old assignment OF quotas to
the State and Congressional Districts This mode ol assessment
although atordng relief towns only increased the bur
den others without relieving the real point OF difficulty 1t
became necessary therefore, to apply the War Department ior
the necessary ree accordingly made applications and sue
ceeded obtaining not only the proper reduction OF the enrol
men but also the corresponding reduction OF the quota OF the
State and authority apporon this to the several towns en
tied the same, 10 equaze tile several Congressional Dis
rcts The number thus credited hundred and sixty
seven men, which have been properly distributed to the towns
thus giving many who had already promptly furnished
their full quotas large and credit apply on future
calls while at the time those towns which were unusty
bdened by excessive assessment have been properly and
justly relieved
The question of the expiration the term of of the
recruits who enlisted into various regiments from tins State IN
the summer aud hall OF 1862 has been exceedingly delicate
and troublesome one both the State authorities and to the
General government and while have hbored earnestly both
by frequent correspondence with the War Department ana oy
personal interviews Tor them what seemed to me but
of justice yet compelled To- report my inability to
accomplish any favorable result
simple narration of the facts will better convey to your
minds the position of AFFAIRS and enable you To Judge OF
your duties under the peculiar circumstances in
which they placed
In 1862 the Governor of Massachusetts obtained from the
War Department special order for that State to the effect that
the OF OF all volunteers enstg IN regiments then
the 6ed would expire with that ol the regiment to which
they might attach themselves which order promulgated
usual form by publication IN the papers o the day. AT the
same time efforts were be made recruit tor the Vermont
regiments and the order from Massachusetts being published IN
the form OF general order and IN papers that were extensively
read in this State noury was made OF the State authorities both
by officers recruiting by the recruits themselves whether the
OF OF such might enlist IN the Vermont regiments
would expire with that of the regiment into which enstmen
might be made To this inquiry reply as am informed was
uniformly made that it would and assurances were freely gwen
in all where the question raised TIL became the gen
e understanding throughout the State Upon the strength of
these coming auhonbyey recruits enlisted freely and
joined the regiments OF their preference