The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-14


Tie Preseat Aeass laadsqsass 10 Ssp-
Tply ~ A,my--A a Drqtl b 6s Made
for Short Terms Osly---Re-
ssits Of ne Co~seriptioa.
Washington. June s. {
| The following Was laid by the Speaker
before the House to-day, snd Va re.
fefrsd to the Committee on Military Al.
fairs:
| hare The honor 10 suhmit lor iAs con.
sidsration OF Co0gress letter aud iBcIo-
surs from the Secretary Of War, With my
ecncnrrsnee in she rscompendsioa there.
N made. ABRAHAM LInuotn.
WAR DarA.pAsss,
WAsarNarox. June I, 1864.
To the President:
SIa:-I beg lsave to submit to you !
report .Dsde 20 ne bJ tho Prevsst Mar
shal General, showing The result Of the
draH nas Goisg - - gu ths dsfGenoy
il the qsosas VI csrsain S,sses, asd recon-
msnding repeal Vi tho clau,e VI the en-
ron lmcnt act. commonly knows q The
''thres hundred clause" The recommen.
dstion ~ the Provost Msrshsi Gsnesal IL
approved By this Depart nsat; asd .rss,
,hat II will be recommended BY ,os in
Congress.
The recent successes that have attend
ed our arms lead to the hops that, by
msinsssoisg eur military strength, and
gtviug il such increase n the extended
6std u operations may require, m early
tsrm'nasien u she war may b stained
Bat TO acccmplish this il is aosoluteiy ne
ceaeary that efkeisnl means b taken. sish
vfgos and ptomptness, 10 keep the army
up to its stseagth, and supply de6c,en-
clss ocCasiossd BY I'll the iosses u the
held.
To this end resort must Be had to the
draft. But ample expsrienes has nov
shown thst the pecuoisry exemption from
service f'astiates the object of tho en-.
rollmept hs By furnishing money instead
of men.
Al additional reason for rspealisl thsI
exemption clause is, thai it is oosten pis-
Ted y make the draft for eonpar4tively Il
short tsrm. The burdss Of military ssv-
vicS will therefore BE- lightened. Bat iss
csrssiaty Of furnishing troops Is an abso-
late essential to success.
I have the honor 70 be, Jour obe't SER
want. E. n. SfAKroH,
Sscy Of War.
wA4 nzrAaszsxi. Pnovosr sssnAl-arsraAI AIs orr,cs
. A.1 wshiaston. D c. Juns q loA +
10 Hon. = \ ssa.au1 sssy II ware
Sss: 10 accordance With the smeaded
enrolment act, approved Feb. e. 1854.
and your orders on the subject, am nev
conducting craft in various sub-districts
for their rsrpeotive de6ciessies % qsotas
Of troops heretofore ssssgned. The result
of the draft, 20 far % shown By the ~
ports ID this date. are worthy Of atteu,
tion. They ere briefly - foIio~s:
Humbsr a ss.ne4 nsa sxs.anel 1xi
SaSss sssspssd q q esSe@ ss, ssasss s..y -
Nnhs1 ns1;Isf ,s oss
NunBsr 80 hess sarsisaed Isse
6un6r htad 81 personal ssrvire I2so
III Iast ineisdss some who may YET pay conmn-
X 49, sss-s3 = st4E Ess4s8s -
i These reports came from sub districts
10 eight different States.
invite your asteasien 10 the snall peo.
portion Of soldiers bsiag ohsaipsd usdef-
she exiting. ias. / see no reason % Be-.
liese that she army osn b n.tssialiy
strengthened By DRAFT 90 1oag as tbs thrse
hundred dollsr clssse IS 10 foros, nor do I
taink is safe to assume that the comm ues..
tion paid By daftsd msa will enable ,be
0svpfanent 20 procure yslautess OF
sdbstitdts 10 bis place w
l do not think that large bounties b
the Uaited States should = ssain resost !
ed 70 forssaising troops. i st ss.gs
ltsecommesd thss the thrse hundred
dollar clause. ~ it is known, bs re-
psaled. LAM sir, very rssp;y. xs I
your ob't serv't,
skA JAassssR Fas,s
Psovose Aashal Gen.
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