Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-18

entitled, is when 8 settlement is made with
all the districts, with a view to assigning
quotas under 8 new call. This follows, not
merely as as a matter of convenience IN
computation, but as q matter Of necessity,
in order to do exact justice to all the diff
ferent States and districts, and, moreover,
is in exact accordance with the terms OF
the statute, which provides that,
In assigning 70 the districts the number
of men to be furnished therefrom, the
President shall take into consideration the
number of volunteers and militia fur
nished by and from the several States in
which said districts are situated, and the
period of their service since the commence
ment of the present rebellion, and shall so
make said assignment as to equslize the
numbers among the districts of the seve-
raj States, consid dering and allowing for the
numbers already furnished as aforesaid,
and the time of their service.
And again, section 2, act Of February
"a, 1864:
That the quota of each ward of a city,
town, township, precinct or election dis
trict, or of county, where the county is
not divided into wards, towns, townships,
I
nearly ss possible, in proportion to the
number of men resident therein liable to
military service, taking into account, as
far as practicable, the number l0tich has
been previously furnished tFerefroDa.
have the honor to enclose a copy Of
Circular No. l, of 1866, which provides
that the quotas assigned under the call Of
December 10, 1854, for three hundred
thousand men, are not TO be reduced ex-
cept by actual enlistments since the 10th OF
December, 1864.
The rule In applying credits is that they
should be deducted from the quota Of the
call that produced them. All men. raised
since the call of July 18, 1854, are credited
upon the quota under the call; if the
quota is more than filled, it is carried as
access to the credit of the 1UCalityI and
taken into account in the assignment of
the Quota updor the call of December l9,
1864, and provost marsh8ls are instructed
that in determining the quotas Of subdis-
tricts under the present call they will apply
such success accordingly; and all men
raised since December I9 craditing the eX-
cess that is carried forward from the call
of July 18, 1854, and applied to the call Of
December 10, 1864, 1 consider not only the
number of men of which the excess is
composed, but also the period of their ser
vice; and the quotas assigned under the
call of December 10 are thus reduced by
this excess of service, and. hence they
should not be further reduced except by
enlistments subsequent to December ls
1864, the date of the call for three hundred
thousand men.
The credits to the State of Minnesota
(under the call of July Is, 1859 up tc
November 20, 1864, show that the men fur
nished for one year was 1855; for two
years Zo4; for three years 61-s very large
proportion, it will be observed, being one
year men. The excess of credits on thG
1st day If August was ], ,407, of which the
First District is credited with 1887, anG
the Second District with 80, and credi
has been given for three years term of ser
vice on each unit The First District fur
nished 1859 more years of service than tht
Second District, and consequently thelargt
number to be furnished under call Of De
cember l9, falls on the Second District. I
there is any error IN theee figures shAl
be happy to correct it when dointed out.
Veryrespectfully, your obedientservant
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.