The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-10
Quota under
Total ..23,l40 So

AS s understood that all quotas fixed the basis
great difference in the number Of men demanded under
the several calls is caused by the daference the
ber enrolled. When the quota under the original
call 500 900 fixed the figure demanded was
first higher than thsA nuay sesfled upon Bnt
your Department, through comm issioo, having inves
gated the subject, concluded tas Injustice had been
done this county. and hence tho proper reduction
made We are impressed with the belief that the enrol
ment npon which the present qnoa rs based 10 even more
mperseot than the lsst enrolment and that point
beg 70 call your attention . !, =; ss.o ,sw nsu,ss
ton OK this city and county at 500 656 We do not be-
iievs tss the population any greater today for the
always very large in citissl has boen almost entirely
DRAINED 70 tho number Of over 900 for the army and
can be addnced has the notorious scarcity Of labor in
every branch Of business. We assume, then, that the
present population Is about what Il was IN $780, viz
The tota vote Of this city 1882 members Of Con-
gress was 1874 Aha political excitement Pan high and
the 900 larger than the vote last year for
Secretary o. State Allowing "a 600 for legal voters who did
not The right OF the elective franchise (Which
very large eskmate) there were, in November, 1862
say 100 900 legal voters in tho city Legal voters
braoe ali Of the liable 10 draft at and age
Of u. Those liable TO dram musuce between the ages OF
20 apdl5. And certainly the number q voters the
age Of IS must be very much greater than the number
lhis draft between the ages Of 20 and 81 while DO
sides those over age there be a very large number
wAhn the prescribed age Tor draft not liable by reason
% - All Il. aas M 0 ,ha
TINA. II is therefore logical and natural sequence,
think, that true enrolment would not show as many
we have TO day 900 legal voters, taIny three
fourbs OF that number or 10 900 would be very large
estimate Of the number liable TO dra.t assuming that
those Is entitled TO vote only balance those under
81 Liable V draft
But the humber enrolled, IL seems In 138 ,612 being
about 63 coo than far estimate aDd calculatoo,
based upon the facts and figures presented which
think adisputabe, would seem 10 render possible
70 be liable. Surely cannot reasonably BE- commended,
principle natural increase that popuai 100,
or at least that portion Of II liable to draft have
grown fourth larger since October 7, 1663. period
a about ten months. Yet that would be about the rate
OF required to render this county liable l6l
more at this time than demanded OF US under
the call Of October 1853, for the same number OF
and the proportion would seem sti moro unreasonable
whoa h considered that since August 1866, We have
depleted population Of liable TO draft TO the
tenn Of thirty thousand, being the number enlisted
In this county for The army and navy from August 1888,
10 july, 1864.
ing the figure 900, u b reasonably supposed
that h eyexs i've and three quarters Of the whole
pcpu atson Including men, women and children the well
and the dsabed IL liable 10 be enrolled and in every
thirty -four and three qusrtess TO be drafted when
know that d the whole population two thirds at least
airs children, and OF me remaining third adults
the account the fact that We have floating population
OF least two hundred thousand who have no real local
habitation aud hardly . name among vs.
The following table shows tbe fgures on which the
foregoing suggestions are bssed:-