Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-03-24

patch IN which he is required to commence
the draft on the 10th Of March in all sub
districts that have not furnished their ono
to. Are we to infer from this that sub
districts are to be drafted when the State
in the aggregate has filed her quota?
To this received the following answer:
WAsHrNGroN. March 2. 1864.
Gov. o. p. Morton, Indiaaapolis:-
Section three [3] act approved Februa-
ry twenty fourth, 1864, requires the draft
to be made in every sub district which is
deficient in its quota. Orders for draft
will be given accordingly, without regard
to the aggregate raised by the State at
large, j. B. Fry, Z. Nj. Gen.
The 81 section of the act approved Feb
ruary "a, 1864, is in these words, to-wit:
"SEo. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the
quotas shall not be filled, within the time designa
ted BY the President, the Provost Marshal of :he
District within which any ward of a city, town,
township. precinct election district. or county
where the same is not divided into wards, towns,
townships, precincts, or election districts, which is
deficient in its quota, is situated, shall, under the
direction of the Provost Marshal General, make a
draft for the number deficient therefrom, but all
volunteers who may enlist after the draft shall
have been ordered, and before il shall be actually
made, shall be deducted from the number ordered
to BE drafted in such ward, town. township, pre-
cinct. or election district, or county. And if the
quota OF any district shall not be filed by the
drafs made in accordance with the provisions of
this act, and tie act to which it is amendment,
further drafts shall be made. and like proc ceilings
had, until the quota of such district shall be ied.'
According to the construction given to
this section by Colonel Fry, draft would
be made in every Ward of city or to wn-
ship in county that may not have fur
nished its quota, although the State, in the
aggregate, may have furnished its quota
and more. Whether this construction will
be adhered to and acted upon by the Gov
ernment | am unable to say.
The Adjutant General is preparing for
publication as rapidly as possible state
ment of the number of men furnished by
each county from the beginning of the war,
including The proper credits for the re.en-
listed veterans. The veterans are re-en-
listed in the field, and the locality to which
they are to be credited is determined by
themselves at the time of re enlistment and
put down upon the rolls. The statement
cannot. therefore. be completed until these
rolls shall have been received.
When we consider great the number of
troops that have been furnished by the
State for the prosecution of the war, the
promptness with which they have respond
ed to the calls of the Government, and the
great and uniform gallantry they have dis
played upon SO many bloody fields, we
may well be proud of the record which In
diana has made
Since writing the above, Colonel Baker
has received the following dispatch:
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1864.
Colonel Conrad Baker, Il. 4. p. III. Gen.
eral:
The President of the United States has
mado oall for 200 900 men In addition
to the call of February l, 1864, for 500,-
900. TIE quota will be .wo-fifths Of the
quo;;s Of 0,00o, subject to additions for
deficiencies and deductions for excesses on
that quota. AS soon as practicable You
will be informed of the number required
from each District of your State. Notify
the Governor Immediately.
[Signedl JAMES B. Fry,
p. Nj. Gen.
Under this new call, the quota of Indi-
ana, according to the ratio adopted under
the call in October last, will be 1865,
but according to the assignment in the let.
ter addressed to Col. Baker, above quoted,
will be 13, ,o0S men. The excess furnish
ed by the State over former calls is almost
double the quota under the last, yet it is not
unlikely that, under the operation of the
section quoted from the act OF February
oath, 1864, as construed by the Provost
Marshal General, the draft may fall upor
a number of counties that have failed to dc
their part. AS before stated, the liabili
ties and credits of each county will be Civ.
en- as soon as the necessary data can b.
procured in the Adjntant Generals Office,
and when that has been done, the quota o.
each county can be approximately distrib
uted amcng the several townships or wards
in cities. o. p. MORTON,
| Governor of Indiana.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
T.