The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-03

Dispatch from Colonel Fry.
s By: 7fslssgr7ops.l v,.. -. ..
To Col. AyERILL: rs g3.-s.a
b Your dispatch received. Quota Of First
District, Twenty-one hundred and twenty
five) C2,125). Second District, Fifteen
Hundred and eleven Q,51D. zga
-. JAMES B. FRY,
,-8 Provost Marshal General.
We append the instructions issued by
Col. AvRR11L to the District Provost Mar
shsls for assigning the quotas of the vari-
ous anbdistricts !: 79d
Acrma AssurAnr P. NJ. G.nR AIS Ory,o. a
81. PAU, Mimi, Jan. 90 1866. s
CAPTAIN: The quotas for the list and I'd
Districts of Minnesota are hereby announced
for your action. These quotas have been ap-
portioned by the Provost Marshal Generals
Bureau upon the basis of enrolment a. cor.
rected and reported to Washington January 1,
1866, and in accordance with statement sent
Gen. Fry from this Office, after the reception
of quotas assigned BY him December %, 1854.
You will therefore disregard those figures
and adopt the following which has just been
received from Washington:
EHst UDtrlcs. .................. -..s.... 1,1z0
Second District. 81
1856
As has been heretofore announced, the above
figures have been produced by taking into &C
count the suss6er Of three years men that cer-
tain gub-districts In Minnesota had furnished,
a. an excess on all calls prior to tho call Of July
18th 1854. (and that wero the credited Of such
sub-districts under that call } and comparing 1t
with the number of three years' men, that were
applied under said call to the credit Of other
States.
Taking usits as basis, the two districts
stand deficient under all calls Except the pres
ent) up 70 January 1st, 1866. as follows:
-! Disuict. .........,.........S 6z
Total deficiency .................7 IA
Taking years of ssrvsce as basis (Which has
been the system adopted by the DEPARTMENT.
Minnesta stands in excess on January 1, 1865,
as follows: :,
First District, in years of service. 7ss
IObA.. Observation-Disclosures. Z9Sb
1t will therefore be understood that this OK.
cess of years Of service has been produced on
account of the number of three years mon which
were placed to the credit of certain sub dis
tricts under July call, together with the mum.
Der OF tsoo and three years mon which were fur
nished by those sub districts after said call Uos
made, all being reduced to years service.
Had no other State but Minnesota been en-
titled to such excess, her quota would have
been less than it now is by tie onsosnt Of excess
above shown. But - the average condition Of
other States in this respect has been shown to
be equal, and perhaps better than Minnesota,
and as the SOC. 900 men are absolutely required
under the present call, this excess of service
has only affected reduction of the quota from
sohot It s0onI haze been, provided no such excess
had been furnished.
In apportioning quotas to the sub-districts
you will be expected to observe the same rules
and principles as have been adopted by the
Department in assigning quotas to Districts
and States
The formulas enclosed in circular letter
from Provost Marshal Generals Office, Dec.
70, 1864. will be taken as guide in making up
and assigning quotas.
Great care should be taken TO ascertain the
exact amount Of excess each sub district had
on band at the time of July call Cor for con-
venience say August LIST, 1864 said excess b.
ing al three years men. ii,
This, when reduced to years of service, and
added to all years Of service produced after
August LIST, 1854, will show the total credit
OF the sub-district in years of servics Sub
tract its quota under July call and you have
tuo cAcoSS 0auudIy l6L, 1000, which Is 70 De
taken into account in assigning the present
quotas. Ascertain the amount of excess in
the whole District, and add this sum to She
quota of the District, which Is simply the pro-
cess Of an equal distribution, as you win no.
tce by the formula. Then, as the ENROLMENT of
the district is to the quota of the district, in
creased by this excess, so is the enrolment of
the sasbdistrict to its quvta. Subtract from this
gross quota the excess belonging to the sub.
district, and the result will show the nansber of
men to6e furnished under the present call. -
This number will be 0bsolute and ,Ditsout re.
gard to periods Of service, and cannot be
reduced, except by actual enlistmsSts, after
January !, 1855. You will please make up
and forward to this Office at the earliest posi-
bic opportunity, an exact statement of years of
service which each sub-District was entitled
to on January 1, 1865, which is to be applied
in appOrtioning the present quotas, taking the
excess Of August !, 1866, as basis of action.
Tais item will also be embraced in your
statement Ofquotas of sub-Districts which you
are desired to make up and forward to this Of
ice as soon as possible after the 10th of Feb
ruary next. ,;6
am Captain. very respectfully, your ODE
dent servant, JNO. T. AVERILI.
Col and A. A. P n. Gen. Minnesota.
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