The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-04-06
..EXECUTIVE MANSION


"WAsHINGToN CITY
"Fc6ruGry 6, 1865.
"Whercas. complaints are made in some
localities. respecting the assignments Of quo
tas and credits allowed for the pending call
of troops TO fill up the armies, now, IN order
TO determine all controversies in respect
thereto. and to avoid any delay in filling up
the armies it is ordered That the Attor-
ney General, Brigadier General Richard
Deiafeld and Colonel G. ". Foster. be, and
they are hereby, constituted Board, to eX-
anime into the proper quotas and credits of
the respective States and Districts, under the
call of December 10, 1864, with directions
that, if anv errors be found therein, to make
such corrections as the laws and the facts
may require, and report their determination
TO the Provost Marshal General. The de-
termination of said Board to be final and con-
elusive. and the draft to be made in conform
ity Herewith.
"2,-The Provost Marshal General is or
dered to make the draft in the respective Dis
tricts, as speedily as the same can be done.
after the 18th Of this month. "Slgned
"ABRAHAM LlNCOLN."I
have respectfully to report, as follows -
The call for 100000 men, made by the
President. on the 10Th of December, 1864,
requires that that number shall be raised.
But the law requires that the number of
men previously furnished by different locali-
ties, and the periods of their service, shall be
considered so as to equallze the draft.
The number ufmen liable to military duty
is to be determined by the enrolment lists.
The number Of men which have been fur
Gishcd by the various localities, and their
periods OF service, were ascertained, and pre-
yioGs accounts having been adjusted, the ex-
cesscs, were they existed, where carried for
ward under the last draft.
The amount of service furnished is deter
mined by multiplying the number OF men
raised by the number OF years for which they
enlisted.
Having thus ascertained the number OF
men enrolled on the 3Ist day of December,
! 1864: the number of men furnished up to
| that date; the localities from which they
come, and the periods of their service, 1t rs
proposed to distribute the call for 30O,OOO
men among the several districts, and parts OF
districts, according to the number Of men en-
rolled in each, and the number OF men furn-
ised, and the periods of service previously
rendered by each
The rule by which this is accomplished is
as follows:
Take the whole number Of years Of service
furnished by the districts ofthe United States
from the commencement of the rebellion t.
the 3lst of December, 1864. From that sun
deduct the whole number of men furnished
: from all the districts of the United States VI
TO that date. The remainder will be the ex
T cess of service furnished by all the districts
MuItiply the call of December 18th, 1864
by three, to have the number of years OF ser
vice upon that call, and to this add the ex
cess. as ascertained above. Then, as tn
number of men enrolled from the whole Uni
ted States up to the 3lst OF December 1861
is to the period of service, as above ascertain
, ed, so is the number ~ot men enrolled I'D
: given district, to the number OF years OF SCI
!, vice it is required TO furnish, including IL
pro rata share of the excess.
From this sum deduct the actual exces
the district furnished the remainder IS til
!, number OF years of service which the dIstric
is required to furnish under the call OF dc
cember 10, 1864, which, divided by thre
. . gives the number of men required from tn
district.
AS this call is for 100000 men, that nun
her cannot be reduced by men going in ft
IS a period longer than one year. lnequalitit
e. produced by men going in under this call Il
loneer periods than one year, must be equa
t. ICED on future calls.
1t will be perceived tha! though the a
gregate of the excess furnished is added
the whole call, the excess Of each district