New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-06
FROM Washington.
WAR GAzBrTR-OYPICfAL.

WAR GAZBTTR-OYFICfAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT. SOLICITORS OSyfcg
WARRINGTON. ID. g.. Friday. August !. 1854.
The President of the United States ia author
ned by tho &C. OF July a. 1854 ITO osl for any numbe
Of men Is volunteer, Tor the respective terms Of
two or three years for military service. and any suci
volunteer in OF . draft hereinafter provided
any substitute shal be credited to the town. township
ward OF city. precinct election district or Of
county not undivided towards the quota Of which
ho may have volunteered. engaged as substitute
"In case any quota part thereof shall not be llod
within Gay days sner such cali the President Il
required Immediately TO order drait for one year " OIL
such quota or part thereof WEIGH may thon be unified
This cot u In addition TO- and in amendment or
N prior acts for "enrollng and oaIing out the ms
tons Forces" and must DO construed IN connection
Herewith.
On tho 18th day Of July. 1861 the President called
for 800 900 volunteers under tho provisions Of tic above
cited act
Volunteers and drafted men are thus 10 DO introduced
Into the service for one two three years. Whereas
period Of service crowded for ys years or during
tie ~sr; and hundreds Of thousands Of soldiers are now
in the service as thr e years men.
Questions having arisen relating 70 the sctement OF
quotas VI which the years men arc now TO c0ns'
tute part consideration Of the objects, principles.
and provisions Of the Enroilment laws has become
The chief object Of tLess laws 10 10 bring abieboded
men into the military service and 70 Distribute %
equally - practicable the burden OF supplying them
In ordor TO cquaze the quotas. the TERRITORY from
which tr0ops be- drawn In required by law 70 DO
divided into Districts So. and each district ID 70 sup
ply its due proportion Of men
But a. some disriots send and others less than
their resryo share Of troops and send soldiers
for Iona ger and others for shorter term Of service
the law requires tho President to equa<c tho quotas VI
tho respective districts by taking into consideration
the number OF mon and ths terms Of their SERVICE 10
''p ,so number Of men Zero taken into consideration
without regard the time u their service 1t Is clear
that the go.:Sss .Sna 20 the ss
military service OF the country 80.
II District furnishes 900 men for one yea II con
tributes only one third as much 70 the military service
az District b. which furnishes O mon for three years
although for the rst year the contributions OF and
are. In mere point Of numbers, equal
But during tho second and third years OF the three
years term District IL contributing nothing. and "
eQualize those districts must raise 900 men for the
second year. and lOG0 for the third year Of that
term.
Dor OF men from each district should be multiplied by
the number OF years Of each mans service. Inc pro-
duct yves the amount Of years service actually rsn
riot &C. whch 10 10 form the bass OF comparison for
eQualisng the ser, ce required from all tLe districts
respectively Such IL the requirement VI the statute
and it emldieo practical good sense and evenhsnded
To apply these principles to the prcsen. state Of facts
and to tho draft 10 DO made on the 9th OF september
next:
Tho amount Of servics rendered by each district"
&C. has been already ascertaincd by multiplying the
number Of mea BY their respective periods Of service
thus settling the old Of such district " this
date in accordance with the principles above stated
A now oall IL made for SO. OJ0 men. This num-
Der viii DO distributed among the "dstrcts 60, a.
required by law In strict proportion TO the number OF
military fcroes enrolled therein. That distribution
having been made each district will b. charged in
account with its quota IN tho lrst instance.
But in districts troops have already been fur.
s.lalc In fall lelr
have its separate account made up either BY creding
tho charging the defect Of years divided BY
three (assuninR as the unit VI all former quotas one
man rendering three year. ser,ice). .
In other words in settling and eGuazing the old 40
counts OF the different districts their respective mum.
Der of years service will be divided By hreef and the
will give the number VI meh furnished hereto
lore by each district. every person being
thus rcckoned ~ one three years man
FROM the deficiency in former calls will be added TO-
aud constitute part Of tho respective quotas now to be
obtained. All porrsons volunteering previously " the
draft will in like manner BIZ credited.
The call Ia for one, two or throc years volunteers
the dreit viii according to law, be for one year only
The question nov arises:
l. Whether the three years viii. under the pres.
ent call be credited in the quota Of district the same
10 tLrvc year men In other words, II District
shall DO required to furnish 800 year man. will the
requirements Of law and the Presidents call DO satisfied
II il should furnish 100 three.yeaTs men !
Ia considering this question: 1t VIII DO observed that
one man Engaged three yars has been deemed the
u.i. on which military services has been equalized
In adu mastering the former acts of Congress.
IL Is not material what unit Is taken the basis OF
EQUALIZATION Il that unit Is uniformly the same il Is on
tho that the mode Of calculation heretofore
dopted will be continued by thc Provost Marshal
/; enernl that the present call has been based
The call u the President is for the number OF ndiyd
nails actually required making allow In the call
only for those districts which, under this call will be
liable H. furnish comparatively few troops by Of
their having previously placed in the field more than
heir share under all former acquisitions.
Each man rnished under the present call. whether
his period OF enlistment be longer shorter should
count only in the quota required aud each dis
iic, should fnrnish tho full number Of men which shall
I'm aly be deer mined on and called for Nv is quota
But IL one district shall ill Its quota with year
men, and IL another disirict shall fill ito quota with
three years men, the amounS OF service OF these DIS
riots will not be equal. On making up quota
under n new call. one Of these districts should |
BIO credited with three times the amount of
service which should be credite dto the other and tho
quota Of the deficient district should be increased er
he quota of the district furnishing the three me
should be diminished accordingly under such new call
AT each successive CALL all accounts Of service pre-
,eding that call are made up and the call for quotas
should be such shall eQuaze the amount VI service
,ons therein liable 10 military service.
That district which. in the present dram, furnishes
Dne year men, cuts up it, burden into three parts, and
shoulders only part OF TIE present year ana leaves
the next 10 be met at the next cali
That distric. which furnishes three years men now
gains at once in It's account with the Provost Marshal
benerai tue sane penent on 'hc foh va TIC "s' W a
AZ though IL had furnished three times as many men Tor
Dne years service
II ii the duty OF each district TO furnish the full num-
Der OF designated its quota; these men should
be received whether for one two three years service
Those districts which furnish threcHesrs men now
WILDE entitled Ia the iu benefit thereof on all future
,,lS WILLIAM WILING.
Solicitor of tho Wsr Department
Special Di.p.,eh 20 The N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON. Friday. Aug. .. 1864.
PAY FOR WESTERN TROOPS.