New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-06
THE DRAFT.


Credit Given for she Naval Eniistsaents.
As stated in our columns yesterday morning
the long pending question Of the credits due to New
York for the Naval EnstmeD;s has at length been on
cay and definitely settled III favor. thanks to the
nntring energy Of Mr.. Blunt TO whom We are princI
pay indebted for escaping the excitement OF the dTs
The following correspondence explains itset;
suPrRvIsog BLUgT's LETTER TO TIE COMMISSIONERS
HrapouARrsns, Cous1r yoIusrsEa coxxTTss /
Neville rs sept. 3. ioo@
T. b. SroyEHoUsg Assistant AdlutaDt Oenffal. 100
Lieut. Col FRED. TOWNSEND. Commissioners, 9o.s
GENTLEMEN; IN support Of my claim eirea1y MAGE mace
for credit for the count! 81 New iofA sor - rels
ary ls64 have the honor herewith to transmit hdui'
d. nal evidence, consisting OF Innscrlp1s OF be Iecoo
OF the receiving ship North Carolina OF an mel ss,eJ
In New.York CITY and county and received on Dcs'd
said ship from the 18Th Of April leCl. to the 2i'h Us
February 1854 viii sup orling ouda,ts esto Toe cor
rect ess ~ said Isis. copied and herewith presented
These hats embrace twe.ty six thousand tour hundred
ard cgh teen names. The numbsr claimed In my ietter
Of AH. at - having beeo enhst'd ID the eity aa
cDunty o. New York between tie 18th of April lsbls
an the 2itn OF Fearusiy iet4 was TWENTY-FIVE tbous
and four hundred and tyons There Therefore appens
to have been nire ana SHY
tlere reported To You as lavDg cten enlisted
cur rendezvous. This discrepancy Is easily cIpIaineo
bv the fact that men are SOMETIMES received nem steI
vessels for ships in NowYork, who pass through tne
receiving ship and are credited 10 New for. enns,
meuts. although they msy not rave p'sseo tntfongs
the New York city rendezvous As that class OF meg
are credited on tue books New York. the same as
enlisted ut New.York city rendezvous II Is almost
impossible 10 separate the and hence the oiu'fenoel 40
the hgries.
Ii Is hoped that this queson Of naval credits may be
determined soon as Pssibe O at we may know lu.s
hcy the quota New York county stands and trust
ing that the additional evidence OF our claims hereby
trnGered may lie found sufficient AID satisfactory sn.
gentlemen. very respectfully! your obedisht 'srv nn
Chairman County Volunteering Committee
ASSISTANT ADJUTASr GENERAL sToSEHousEs
AIBAyY Sept. ,, 1894.
To oHsoS BLUNT Chairman Of County Volunteering
Commissioners report by telegraph this morning:
IL ses New ork eighteen thousand Tour hundred aS
e 44s) Brooklyn six Thousand ana forty sx
o 0i the balance t. other portions Of the State To-
| tai navy enstments. twenty seven thousand seven
hundred and forty sl (''S dh teorl raS
has been instructed ~ eater and allow the credits At
once.
/ shall probably be at the Astcr House to-morrov'
Rolls Lot required now. J. B. SIosanoUsE-
The iis naval enls.men,s Just credited the surpno
Il 1877 over tie last draft and the enlisted at tho
County yolun.ecr Offices and the Offices o. the Distee
amount in all 10 p 00 To be deducted
fion our quota ~ 49, leaving deficiency Of ia men
ye. due from tic city. A slight difference from thesa
figures IL Observable IN tho report Of Cen. Hays who,
on Saturday. received dispatch from Washington.
asking how many nen had been secured in this city
since uly IT, hen the call for five hundred thoasan
men issued.
The General replied that including the excess OF
l. 1877 men the previous call, 1893 men were to 10
cied,ed to this city leaving deficiency Of g. 2o2 on
the present call
With the credit Of ls 44s naval enlstments the city
would still have TO recruit 7a men; but from this
number has - be further deducted SD men recruited In
tho Eighth District. and not included ~ Gen. Hayes
report, which will Leave liza 20 DO raised accord.
ing to Gen. Hays. 1t Is not at all likely that Dram
will take place for the INA or Liza men still duo. -
the revision and correction OF the enroll nea Yet 10 DO
made will II expected. RESULT in tho erason OF sew
eral thousand Nance and would reduce the qnota BY
nearly 600 men, leaving only hundred or one hun
ded and seventy to be raised by the draft, number
that could be far more easily raised BY the ordinary
methods Of recruiting
TIE ONLY persons who will be likely 10 regret the turn
which affairs have taken will be those intending sub
siitutes who have been holding of in anticipation Of
the high rates which would have been offered for sub
sttues had the draft really taken place and the snbs.
tute broter who viii find the best part Of their occu,
patton gone but the Of these classes Will not
meet with much sympathy from the public they bad
hoped 10 ycnlze The greis OF these persons may BE-
somewhat mtigated by the following correspondence
between Col. Townsend and Col Fry in reference 70
the bounties ct present paid by the government.
STATE OF NEw.YoRK.
OFFICE OF TIE A. A. =. n. G., ,
ALBAsY Sept. 3. 1864. }
Brig. Gen. JAMES D. FRY. PrOrO@ Marsha General
Wdshiaeton. ID. G.
beg 10 DO informed whether the bcunties authorized
by Circular No "a r. NJ u. o., VIII oe continued atsk
the 5th Of September. 1894.
(Signed tREDk lo"Nsssp,
Lisut..CoL 9th U. S. Infantry, A. A. Z. N. q. /.
(Copyl T.
BY telegraph from WASHINGTON ~; :"
To Esnt Col +. TowNsESD a. 4. r. NJ o. A1oa"y'
twill be cout.nred until further orders,