, 1864-02-08

OF. communications from the War Depart
ment showing the quotas Of this State for
fhrse years volunteers under 81 calls OF the
| Fedcrul Government, to be as follows:
t Total quotas nader calls OF 1S61, 47,7s5
Quota under call Of July, 1e6'... 90, 14B
Qrlaa under cali Of Aug, 1867,
o. lac,14e nine months men, 40 ccx
eae,a nndcs dit ca,i of 1885,. sS7o @
Qn1ta under call for 2o0, Coz, Oct.
", .tt5. t5......-.................S S|,a31 o1,"6o
! ]. Grand total -. One hundred
ard 1oEtY five thousand one hun
1 A4ca.....-.--.. -..4-.........-.. 19ot tiuV
The calls Of 1861 and 1869 were based upon
population. The calls Of 1868 were based
upon first claes enrolment.
When the last call was made in October last,
the State had been credited ono hundred aud
| twenty-five thousand three hundred and
eight thousand one hundred and fifty-one
(8,l51} over previous calls, and 1eaVing the
bAlaEcc of our quota under that call Of nine
tccn thousand seven hundred and seventy
nine, rs, ,570, but subject to further reduc-
ton to the extent of all volunteers furnished
but Iot tlcretofore credited.
To ASCERTAIN whit this further reduction
should be, by showing the number who had
| entered the service and hnd not been included
I In the above general credit Of one hundred
md twenty y-flTe Thousand three hundred and
twenty-one {115, ,S21) became duty Of grave
importance 10 tho people Of the State and,
on account of defective and irregular returns
from mastering officers, one Of considerable
difficulty.
In ny report of Janu3iy l. 1863, tho num-
Der of three ycans' volunteers furnished by
the State prior to that time, aad Of which re-
turns were then on 1lle, Was stated at one
hundred and thirty thousand FIVE hundred
md thirty-nine (1S0, ,539.) In addition to this
it was believed that several thousand had
joined our old regiments in tho field, from
1r1,5 5a1x f$5fRu 1,o.l
ceiycd, and 1t WIS known that between tho
LIST Of January end 1st of October, several
hundred Ind been mustered In the State.
thorough revision Of rolls which had
been commenced in June last has been COM
plctcd; additional returns from regiments In
the field have been cent for and received;
re-exumination OF rolls and returns Of yoluu-
tccrs furnished by tho State h1s been made BY
the War Department and the result is an ad-
ditioDal credit for volunteers furnished by
this State prior to the last call Of ten thou
sand nine hundred ind forty-sevcn (10,94D
secured, making total credit in oar o,cM req
iments Of one hundred anG thirty-six Thousand
two hundred and si7ty-eight l.3G, ,98s)
In Jul. last made IN Arrangement with
General John 3. Cray, Aa;utant General Of
Missouri, 10 cecertaill the number Of citizens
OF Illinois WHO Lad enlisted IN Missouri rcsi-
mcnts, md the number Of citizens Of Mis-
sonri who had enlisted In Illinois regiments.
with the agreement that when tile same
should be aseer!ained, that, with the approy-
al Of tho War Department, each State should
be credited with its own volunteers. On the
loth Of August Last, q partial settlement was
lrade which showed balance iu favor Of this !
State Of three thoueand one hundred and |
twcnty-nfn e, 10y THIS was placed to the |
credit Of tlis State by the Mar Department !
on the 9Th Of LAST November. During the |
month d December the rolls Of all Illinoiaus |
in Missouri regiments, through the courtesy |
OF The Adjutant General of Missouri, were !
copied BY employees Of this department. The |
result Of that examination slows ttat SIX |
thousand :nd thirty-two (8,oS2) citizens Of |
this Site Aavc enlisted in Missouri regiments |
and sixteen hundred and fifty-nine &, ,65g) cit
liens Of Missouri have enlisted in Illinois reg I
imcnts, giving the State Of Illinois IN addi- |
tional credit from tAis source Of twelve hun
t'rcd and forty-fonr {1.2i4), making total |
in this account OF four thousand three hun |
tstd and seventy three Il ,373) and which has
been credited this Stale.
From the foregoing 1t will be seen that our
quota under all calls is one hundred and for I
ty-tivc thousand one hundred (145, 1907
Amount Of credits for cnlistmeuts In our
own regiments. ...........-....196s6s s6s
Balanre in Missouri regiments prior to Last