, 1865-06-24
In IMPORTANT DOCUMENT,
Secretary Stanton'sR Report
OPERATIONS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT
FOR 1891.
Enlistme nts in the Year, 43s,712
Veterana Re.Enlisted 13B.5O7
Drafted and Substitutes 1850
Colored Troops Included 158,270


Reports Of the Qunrtermaaser, Com.
mfAszry, Pay and Medical Rurcaus.
The report Of Mr.. Secretary Stanton for
the ytar 1874. has just been published. It Is
iens and very interesting document, con-
',urea1s Of the War Depsrtnent. Tless sre
the Adjutsnt Generals. PAymaster Generals,
ORDINANCE Engineers. Subsistence Quarter.
assts5 ma sa'ssoa an,y 81 the
esting and valuable facts have never beforo
been published hence We quote from this
document very largely and We nre sure our
! readers Will be repaid for Its perusal.
TIE fAorosr MARSHAL GENERALS DEPART
NEST.
The report Of this officer IL, in msny rc.
spccts, the most interesting Of the docu-
snents from which 70 quote: The report is
1864, up to that time, $50 900 names were ad.
ded to the. enrolment LIST, and 2S5, ,39s
stricFen off, This enrollment showed the
national forces, not called ont up to Noyern-
her ], 1854, to conslst Of LISA &c men. In
ti,e draft Of 1868, the quota drafted for was
IH,S6., Eith hity pr cent added Of this
were exempted from physical and other
cau'cs. j., ,2S1 paid. commutation, 20 0O3 fur.
service.
On the LIST Of May, 1854, another draft VA,
drawn
The total deficiency drafted for Wal.
The number reported and examined. 65,I1
The number exempted fos physical dlsahil-
The nurn5ei e1cmptcd fos otner causes. i5sis
The number held 10 personal serrice..-.,.. 3als
The nrmbet furnished substitptes. S9,8
NJ number who PAD eom1u atton. .ss,44s
On September 10th, 1864, auother draft WAS
had. aud the result, known up to November
1st, Wss as fblloHB:
Number reported and examined 43a
Number exempsed fos physical disability .70,sa
Number s1ennted tor other Causes.
N1M ber held tn personal services ,lgU53
Number furnished substitutes. ,la${5
The recruiting In rebel States did not pro.
CREST as satisfactorily rs the loyal Governors
anticipated. The result On November l4t
WAS IS follows:
Total number or recruiting agents appolnt-
"a By Governors of loyal States to fecrnit
Toni nuuber q feefuin obtained b. thess -'''.
nReuU..+-.---.... -.-.-..--...............4, 4,63l
Reeaptulation u }ore<s raised and s.Ysttr<d tn.o
Ss,1ber !, ises, I'D 4 soatssr ss s,1s; iss, 1'"
FOR rrx ARAY.
. st1ses, eefTeea s:e, November !. 1858, ssa
voluntters: eoored, enlisted in tss st,tes
IN rebs!lton. betEeea January !, 1851,
Recruits foE regular amy. ;1abt between j.aa. ~
a:y l, 1861. and October 81. 155t.......... 13,s1
ye,s1ars Who .e.enl,ated before ihe aIpIi-
nen OF tbelr ferms OF service, between
November !, 1865, aud November i, 1851. .1ss,so7
Dtafted men and substitutes for draitod
mcn: tLd ueu ttabie to dzaft, to Norenl-.
e50,7a9
February ri. 1861, md Soy.mbe, I ISL - $50
A:ments IN ihr marine corps. between
February u, 1854, md November /, 1854. 1,ss:
e7s,4sa
In estimating the number Of troops called
into service 1t has been the rule OF the De-
partment to take Into account the whole
number Of men mustefed, without regard to
the tact that the same persons may have
ben psssaoasly re discha1Eed after having bean
4 large part (near two hundred tlousana>
q the men accepted In the years 1851 and
1SG2 we're soon found to he nnHt for service.
aud we're discharged. This accounts, par
tally, for the large excess carried forward
from the calls Of 1869 and deducted from
those Of 1861
The auo1nt Of money received from
csmmutatinn prior to November
!. 1861. ~ ftated in the last annual
The sraeunt received since ihst re-. ''S''''s"
port. and priot to November, ],
49oA-..-...-.. h,06a tao.93
Total received. So, ,5Sts99.25
The number Of deserters arrested between
October !, 1868, and September 80, 1854, WAS
s., So
The total number arrested from the time
this branch Of the burtau went into opera.
tion. May l, 1SGs, to September 80, 1861, was
W,sCo, being an syerage OF 3.574 per month
who remain in the country escape arrest.
Accompanying General Fry's report. are
twenty-five tsbles Of medical statistics, with
comparative statements.
The following Is the number examined, and
the numbcf rejected for physical and mental
disability, together with the ratio per 1000
OF exemptions under the first draft
Statee.~ Number Number R.nn