The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-11
the VOLUNTEERING.
The Mode OF Recruiting Hero an" IA
New England.
10 THw EDITOR U THE UKN1LUs
LAFAYETTE HAIL, NEW YoRK, Jan. 9,

rhe Mode OF RecruAtfng Hero an" m
New England.
TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
LAFAYETTE HALL, NEW YoRK, Jan. Q, 1854.
In article the HERALD Of this date you make reie-
sysem OF volunteer recruiting in New York
and vicinity Permit 70 say that il rs an utter in,
possibility for any TO be enlisted at Lafayette Hall
under any false preence whatever tho oath and obi
cations are clearly explained 10 the recruit every case
together with Of the service he 10 perform
as well all tho bountes he is entitled TO- After the
matter has thus been fully explained by the mastering
officer and the recruit is willing and FREQ from liquor, he
mustered into the service, and not otherwise. The
assignment Of his county bounty ID matter which
he alone has ursdctior and the right to dispose OF
he deem proper after it has been fully explained 70
him that he Is entitled to $780, done every IN
stance.
was ordered home recruiting service by the War
Department On my arrival here found that recruiting
in New York and Brooklyn almost entirely suspend
ed After consultation with several prominent citizens
commenced investigation to ascertain in what way
volunteering for the army could be revived and stmuat
ed. 10 the meantime was informed that large mum.
bers Of recruited New York and taken 10 the
Eastern States consulted with Mr. Orison Blunt and
other Supervisors Of New York in regard TO the best
means be adopted TO check the flow Of from New
York To the East ! conversed with number Of the
leading parties engaged in transferring the to the
Eastern States and impressed upon them the importance
and necessity Of enstng their in New York. in order
TO avoid the asserted hardshps OF another draft which
all Won meaning citizens were extremely anxious should
be avoided possible After great labor and attention 70
the matter increased enstmants u hundred
per day and Turned the flow OF from The East 10 the
city Of New York for enlistment, when TO my surprise,
find that friends Of the Loyal League drive them of
aganto Fart they now being conveyed at
the rate of about hundred daily and enlisted
10 she credit OF The quota OF those states by which my
enlistments fell OF 10 seven ih day from
OF about one hundred for the several days preceding IT.
and If crppes are palmed or upon the government 1t Is
owing to the criminal negligence pcompe,ency Of the
examining surgeons
In order that you may understand the modus oDandi
enlsting men at he East submit the following facts
which have learned with great care ard labor:-At
Portsmouth, N H., the broker produces the recruit
and passes him over into tho hands Of the repre-
sentatives OF the town county that the
crut Is for; at the same time the representa-
tive is handed card by the broker, with
tho amount Of money marked upon it that tho recruit
has agreed TO enlist for The representative OF the town
county takes the before the surgeon and If he is
by provost marshal, and makes an assignment 10 the
representative of the town or county, the may
be- Of all bouutes that no entitled to from the United
States. state, county and town. and on this assignment
the whole Of the money s paid to such representative
who hands 10 The recruit the amount named upon the
card and the balance he passes the broker And
In all cases the agreement entered into between the
Cfuit and the broker carried by the said repre-
sentative In every particular. While concord " H.
although the recruit mases similar assignment OF ali
his bouDtes yet the money there s paid to the broker
who settles with the recruit oy giving hun the
amount be agreed for and retains the balance
hmseN The broker Ia met At the railroad
depot in Twenty seventh street. where the agents the
Eastern States bid for his offering from tive SIX
hundred dollars for each and after the has
made bis arrangement with the agent or the AL il is
ieesrapned w spfngneo Mass. 70 winch place the
party that has been telegraphed to- who conducts the
broker and his men TO Boston, where they furnished
with carriages from depot 10 another, rnd subsistence
and transportation from Boston 50 the Office or the pro
vest Marshal 10 the State where The men 20 be
anined and mustered and this expense, together with
the entertainment furnished to the broker
mustered consisting OF wine dinners sleigh raes
&c is paid for by the authorities there who encourage
this speces Of recruiting by Joining the broker the
festivities referred And these together with the
moneyed ndncemenis offered, has taken aTGy Nso
York en0u0t, win the td@ nine,y to hare d
The quota ofthis cs,y under the last call ofte Presidea
But up TO this time there has been ou,cry from any
source agains: this system OF recruiting. may be
that ii all right, because IL done in the quota
OF certain OF the Eastern States whose agents
the OF the New York Loyal League tina, have 20
suddenly become soctous regard u the rights OF the
volunteers The more disturbance and the greater en-
that can be thrown around the rscrurg in
New York and vicinity the better II makes for the
Eastern States, where great reliance is put upon New
York 10 furnish large number OF men towards the
quota OF those States. Largo amounts Of money have
been realized by transferring men who have been
iected by the examining surgeon at lafayette
where they have been accepted aud mustered
into the service and here would saw upon ;nforms-
ing OF having filled her quota, is indebted 10 New York
for at least onehaf of the number OF men that have
been enlisted there and principles quite similar to
those above alluded Further, that in the very build
ing occupied by the County Bounty Committee, No 30
Broadway the Eastern AGENTS have an office. and are
daily outbddpg New York for their and yet have
not been able TO learn that my friends Of the LOYAL
League have taken any steps TO interfere with them
II appears that these Loyal League patriots had
better turn their attention 10 filling the thnncd ranks
81 the BY aiding 10 put men IN the service instead
Of aborng TO keep them ont Of IT, and working to hive
them discharged after they have been enlisted: or IL
theirs Is association Of phlanthropists | most
specially call their attention 10 the suferngs OF the
recruits that Rikers Island where they will
find extensive field for their philanthropc operations
Nj orison Blunt and his associates on the New York
Bounty Committee are men OF practical minds and not
theorists, and therefore adopted plan OF procgHng
crus that their Judgment, would have the 10
furnish the requisite number Of men TO relieve New York
from another draft, for they adopted the only policy
that could be pursued 10 enable New York TO compete
with the Eastern states in the procuring u the
military service of the country by volunteering and In
my opinion II let alone and allowed pursue their
course, would be able to give begovcrnmcnt oil the
called for from this city for they acquainted with
the nature and character Of the people they have deal
with. am, very respectfully, your obedicnt servant,
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