New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-15

DlsIIct NOiumuiA Volunteers. Ton Sept ~ eoJ, lor
passing c6nraband goods into the encmys country has
been Cancelled, Col TAFT having been mustered ont OF
the service May 81. 1863
TIE PREMIUM FOR ACCEPTED RECRUITS.
The Provost Marshal-Gen directs that the
premium Of SIS and s25 for accepted recruits shall not
be paid to commissioned officers to persons holding
commissions or appointments from Governors Of States
and who are to be mustered into the United States
ice when the organization for which they recruiting
is complete. or TO the recruit himself.
CAVALRY OPERATIONS.
COL Percy Wyndham, recently relieved from
his command in tho Army Of the Potomac has COM
menced work the operations Of the cavalry sending
notices the different officers requesting them 10 fur
nish him with full particulars &c. This coming to the
knowledge Of the War Department. order prohibit
ing Col Wyndham from any such proceedings in viola
ton Of army orders was served upon him.
COMMISSION FOR THE COURT OF CLAIMS.
Col. j. b. Freeman, formerly OF Philadelphia,
has been appointed Commissioner for tie Court Of
Claims for the District of Columbia.
CASH SALES OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Returns Of cash sales OF public lands for
November 1868, were to-day received AZ the General
LandOfce from Stockton California, California, show
ing that tie sales for that month amounted TO 5ee2
beside that, 297760 taken up in the same
month under the Homestead law and $50 acres located
by bounty land warrants. For December 1863. the re-
turns received to-day show that at Ionia Michigan
1903 30 taken up under the Homestead act
and that the cash receipts at that place for lands were
81 OF ST..
HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE FLAGS.
WAR DEPARTMENT ApJrrASr. GENERALS OFFICE
GENERAL ORDERS, No. s.The Hospital and Ambulance
Hospitals yellow bunting by feet, with the letter II, "a
inches long Of green bunting in center s..
with letter H. "A inches long, Of green bunting in center
For smbulsnces and g.idon to mark the way to Fled Hos
By order Of the Secretary Of War:
Z. d. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.
MAJ.-GEN. BURNSIDE TO FILL UP THE NINTH
ARMY CORPS.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADyurASr,GLsE RAJ q oIr s'
| SPECIAL OapxRs No l6.-E1trsct S. Ordered That
Maj Gen burnside be and he hereby assigned 70 recruit
:s NUMBER n ls " Fly Mem S duty
specially assigned % said Corp. by the War Department
E. D. TovxsExp Assistant Adutsn. General
Official: R. WILLIAMS Assistant AdutansGenersI
DECISION CONCERNING THE ENROLMENT ACT.
"AA D'f onncr %%arsorcs, jan + 1854.
CIRCULAR No. 3.-The following opinion Of Hon.
g.: &c.; &C.:
ss ns Sht u.s s:s. s's %
the number Of bodied soldiers between 20 and IS years
sss s sn S: duty to S ss%
Of hs the s s
qure The design Of Congress as expressed in the caaseo
ea s:a isf salseu on n.
far pOs,be smong the several loyal States and among
To attain tbs result The statute directs the President
take into the number q volunteers and Iie
heir lnce
IL obvious tina, the number Of men, and the periods ofthe
respective service both be taken elements Of cscu
ton In 70 scertain the total amount 'eye performed
service thus ssesrtsned in each state would give total
the aggregate Of al the service perornedn oil tho
To s,certsin the amount service which either Of the
would have rendered II had borne Its nst nsrei or
Due eiH nem .ash State became compare The pop
uation by Of each State with the aggregate
State should IN pSps.lsa to Il.
in.amush there wa. no Snst os s s
forming d1y Thu the Ra Re, ns spp y Ss
ulent of volunteers among the several States.
The proportion Of due from each STATE ws 70 OBJ
tanned from all the states IS the nu.bsr Of nhsosn 81 nat
States The solution ths iormuary for each State the
nuT Of f 4. nsnS:s ~ required
proportion that defci. should be oHlRoKD IL the number
account Of the dr.a under the ENROLMENT act.
When the enrolment has been completed new and more
the DRAFT Having sccrtsned the number of actually
enrolled in the irrai Scte' the number OF troops TO DO
drawn from each State will be calculated as folows:
A. total number enrolled in all the State 10 TO the nnm
Der enrolled in particular State the total number b
drafted the number to be drafted in particular State
The number to be drafted thus ascertsined should be
the particular Stare and then the amount due
OF due FROM that State the account Of former service
should be added ubtrscsd from that number The bal
snce Is that which due the State in question and when
balances are made up for all the Saes the Of
service will be equally distributed according TO law
The statute also that the Euronen Districts into
which the be divided should be equs among
themselves This may be effected upon the principles
stated The number Of TO be furnished by
District bears the proportion to the number TO be nr-
BY the State the number Of enrolled that Dir
trct bear. 10 the whole number enrolled In the State
The only provided by the statute enable the Pesi
dent 10 The drst among the several Districts by ref
the numbers therein respectively enrolled There
being Of Federal population for either Of these
Dis,rcte Sub districts and authority given 20 the Pes
dent TO take thereof obviously the intent Of Con-
that the enrolment itself should be the basis for eqahz
number Of troops the several States and though
the President therefore left TO his discretion the
mode of the into effect yet he 10 certainly usti
ed In the mode Of eQus1ng the spioEg tho
States as prescribed for ecuai1ing the several Dis
tr,cts and whatever mode lac adopts BY which the law
carried into effect his decision Is final as to the assignment Or
quotas -.
ute the circumstance that troops required for
vice before enrolment could be completed in oil the States
and impossible for them to ascertain definitely the exact
OF each and District por TO the complexion ofthe
enrolment To obvste this difficulty end 20 avoid The danger
having the army depleted while in the presence Of the
was deemed proper to divide the sr aa INTO Two
OF tie equalization OF the draft whole after the
enrolment should have been completed The second part Of
therefore give each State credit in tho
mentioned account for all troops furnished under the
part the aforesaid draft and the balance inst dat
be all that will be- due that draft from each stats
respectively.
for the last section thereof can be assigned new e
lieln ba fa.e