The New York herald., 1865-02-04
Provost Marshal Fry's Explanation Of
tho Increased Quota.
He Throws the Blame Upon Su-
pervisor Blunt.
lie Insinuates that Frauds Have Been Prac-
tised, and Says the People Have Been
kisled as to the Actual
Number Of Recruits,


PHovosT MARsHAL 0nuAL's BuRHAU,}
wAsHHcrox. d. c., Feb 2, 1895.
Bigader General e. W. HrxxA Acting Assistant Provost
Marshal General New York city,
1xRAI-In the accounts Of troops called FOR and fur
nished kept in ths oaoe Is shown that various States
and districts bad calls prior sethas Of July last ex
cess their credit resulting usny from the long terms
II service fr which they put in Under the call Of
July Is, 1854 men were permitted by law 70 enlist for
one three years and the above alluded 10
was in some places increased under that CALL and In
other places created account Of both
the uumber Of the length Of the period for which
they were accepted.
The acts Of Congress and the pledge Of the govern
xent require th6s all the above should be duly
considered In distributing the quotas under the call OF
December 10
Whenever thc quotas assigned under the call OF July
IS were lcd by volunteers enlisted or credits al
lowed according TO acts Of Congress, drafts have been
made and tho required number obtained so that under
the call Of July 49, there considerable deficiency in
any Of se States districts In tho quotas assigned But
a large proportion Of these quotas was filled by paper
credits there was deficiency Of men under that CALL
The Presidents proclamation Of December 10 announces
that that call 10 made 70 supply this deficiency The
quotas under call Of July Is having been filed by men
and credt a. authorized by law the call Of December 10
for three hundred thousand 1900 Oo men, had TO be dis
trbuted the would have been II there had been
NO deficiency In men
Under the call Of December 10, Il required
First That tho three hundred thousand men, and not
credits alone shall be obtained.
be made In proportion to the number Of men liable 70
duty tho different districts and that due consideration
shall be given TO every locality for any excess may
have on former calls
To carry out the foregoing conditions the total
In the United States added in gross TO the CALL and
the distributed among the districts in proportion 70
their this giving the gross quota Of each aa
then deducted from this gross quota and the remainder
gives the quota Of the locality under the call Of De-
cember 10 The Of these net quotas makes mp the
three hundred thousand men required.
formula 70 make the above distribution correctly,
bcen communicated the Provost Marshas AS is not
possible compute the quotas without full information
ns of persens who have NO other information than what
peTains their respective localities can lead TO no cor
ss w the .Ss s p1culss n e s On
ceber 10 computed upon the best information at
hand regarding the enrolment up 70 November 30 and
reports as far a. received OF troops furnished up 70 De-
Il was known at the time Of computing these quotas
that vigorous efforts had been going during the month
OF December to revise the enrolment, and that the
suit Of these efforts and complete reports OF troops raised
until afser the Let Of January. This date was looked
forward 70 as likely to furnish more corrcct data and
also as the time TO rectfy those errors ana omissions
made. The approximate quota Of the State Of New
York, prepared from data on the soth Of November,
efforts were made ss before stated revise the enrol
mont and material reductions In were made In various
the enrolment, Is corrected up 70 December 81, and
complete data TO credits due to that date show the
true quota Of that State 70 have been on the LIST ns
In reference TO the city ef New York, the number Of
to be raised fixed at the low figure Of s3 In
the first assignment from two peculiar causes One
lated 70 the amount OF credit 70 which that place
titled Of credits for enlisted In the navy
Chairman Of the Volunteer COMMITTEES Of the New York
Board Of Supervisors, in letter dated December 20,
self and Cen. Hays the then acting assistant
provost marshal general "that the two and three
nav, q :n1S Be U1%Ssse TO- the
ports were made 70 this Office in accordance there
with by which, OF the naval credits allowed by the
mission considered only the humber Of men and not
thcI periods Of serviceL TO the st ten districts In New
ss of
city Of Now York and such naval credits belonged
Brooklyn and wore reported as one men,
thus giving to each OF the districts In New York city
and taking from tho districts Of Brooklyn and Tarrytown
about two or three times much credit this account
this distribution escaped notice harry OF preparing
the approximate quotas between the Goth oath OF
cember, but subsequently discovered and corrected
the number Of naval assigned by the commission to
the d. .fIerent districts mot being disturbed
Sseona.n was reported 70 me that the revision Of the
would be completed before the assignment OF quotas
TO be made would result in reduction Of the list by
twenty five cent and the approximate quotas Of De-
cember ~ were consequently calculated on the assump
ton that there could be reduction OF twenty per cent
When the actual condition Of the enrolment officially
reported after the 1st Of January, found IL
had not progressed far as 10 prove that any material
reduction had taken place, and the corrected quotas
assigned the true enrolment reported BY
provost marsbals and as was done elsewhere Tho fact
that considerable reduction had taken place In the
enrolment Of other States and also in other districts OF
the state OF New York. contributed 10 increase the quota
of New York city These created the difference in
the quotas assigned the oath Of December and
Of January The last quotas Of the districts In New York
city were prepared In -, the same manner s the
tho credits duo 70 them have been considered
Complaint has been made that q hardship Is imposed
on New York by increasing her queta, even correctly
done, at 20 late day that she cannot raise by
teers before the time fixed for draft There be
nothing TO show that the time Of assignment would have
announcement OF the quota Of 14ss and that Of n oo
TO w.t. 24th OF December aud oath OF January the CITY
raised but few volunteers on the smaller quota and there
xed for draft have filled either the larger smaller Of
the two quotas
In connection with the complaint made by New
York city, II rs proper to state that under the call Of
July Is, 1894, her quota ~ lao ON that call the
city by the lagost estimate that can be made enlisted
but 462 She secured credit for ~ e10 searnen
said TO have been enlisted between April, 1861,
and February "a, 1894, who wero not embraced in
the enrolment on which hsr quota was based For
these she had 10 pay bounties, and 70 have
been a no further expense than that incurred In collect
ing and recording the Of the men, and having
sheets containing them bound Ia ponderous volume
o. the Ave thousand four hundred and sixty stated
above enlisted 10 the credit Of New York city, since
July last, many were frauduenty enlisted and counted
several times over, and OF them still in the city
Of New York, repeating their enlistmcnts 70 oil the
present quota
The conduct Of the parties implicated in these frauds
Is undergoing oicia scrutiny In the proceedings
Of the Board Of Supervisors Of the county Of New York.
given Ia the New York papers Of the 28th ult,
port by committee, consisting Of Mr. 0rson Blunt
appears, which purpors 70 give account of visit
made by him 70 my Office. Tho report is folows:
REPORT