The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-02-21

FOR the information Oh HI cOucerncu.
Order in Reference 70 the Quotas under
ihe Last Call for TreoPs. -.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
ApJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL, 1865.
general Orders No %.
Tie following report of the Board, ap
poiated by the President of the United
States TO examine and correct the quotas
of the sew raj States and Districts, under
the call Tor volunteers of December 10,
1861, is published for the information OF
all concerned:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 16, 1865.
His Erccjlency, 4braham Lincoln, President
Of he United States, Washington, d. C.:
SIR: The Board, convened by the fol,
lowing order
"EXECUTIvE MANSION,
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 6, 1865.
WHEREAS, Complaints are made in
some localities, respecting the assign
mcntS OF quotas and credits allowed for
the pending call of troops to fill up the
alnics, now, in order to determine all
controversies in respect thereto, and to
avoid any delay in filling up the armies,
il is ordered That the Attorney Gen
crar. Brigadicr General Richard Delafield
aud Colonel G.. w. Foster, be, and they
are hereby, constituted a Board, to exam
inc INTO the proper quotas and credits OF
the respective States and Districts, under
the call of December l9, 1864, with di-
icciiouS that, if any errors be found there
la. To make such corrections as the law
and facts may require, and report their
determination to the Provost Marshal
General The determination of said
Beard to be final and conclusive, and the
draft 10 be made in conformity there
with
-. The Provost Marshal General is
ordered to make the draft in the respec-
tive Districts, as speedily as the same can
bc done, after the 18th of this month.
"[Si@ned1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
have respectfully to report as follows:
The call for 100000 men, made by the
President, on the 18th of December, 1864,
requires that that number shall be
raised
But the law requires that the number
of men previously furnished by different
wv 'llllitNi anu thO UhSii dClNACCb
shall he considered SO as to equalize the
draft
The number of men liable to military
duty is to he determined by the eurol,
mrnt lists.
The number of men which had been
furnished 10y the various localities, and
thcirpcriods of service, were aseertained,
and previous accounts having been az
juStcd, the excuses, where they existed,
Were carried forward under the last
draft.
The auQunt OF service furnish led is de-
term,ncd by multiplying the number of
men raised 10y the number of years for
which they enlisted,
Having thus aScertaiDed the number
of men enrolled on the 3lst day OF De.
ccmher, l~6l; the number OF men furnish
ed up to that date; the localities from
which they come, and the periods of
their service, it is proposed to distribute
the call for 100000 men among the sew
eral districts, and parts Of districts, &C
cording to the number enrolled in each,
and the number OF men furnished, and
the periods of service previously render
ell 10y each.
Tile rule by which this is accomplished
i rs follows:
Take the whole number of years of
service furnished by the districts of the
United States FROM the commencement
OF the rebellion to the 31st of December,
1851 From that sum deduct the whole
number of men furnished from all the
districts of the United States up to that
date. The remainder will be the excess
OF Years of service furnished by all the
districts Multiply the call of December
10, 1864 lay three, to have the number of
years of service upon that call, and to
this add the excess, rs ascertained above.
Then, rs the number of men enrolled
from the whole United States, up to the
3isl oi December, 1864, is to the period
of service, as above ascertained, SO is the
number of men enrolled in a given dis
trict, to the number of years of service it
is required to furnish, including its pro
rata share of the excess,
From this sum deduct tue actual eX.
cess the district turnishadi the remainder
is the number of years of service ;Sr,.b
the district is required to furnish nndsr
the call OF December 10, 1864, which d.
Nlu'l w tulcc' SiNCo pho uNhlp. er of men
required from the district
As this cali is for 10000 men that
number cannot he rednced by men poing
in for period longer than one wear Tn,
qualities produced by men going in mn.
d II this call ton longer periods than one
wear, must he cQualized on future calls.
Ii will be perceived that though the
aggregate of the excess furnished. is
added to the whole call, the excess of
each district is afterwards subtracted
from its quota. Thus the number of men
called for. Is neither increased nor di
miniShed, but equality produced, consid-
ering the number Of men, and the periods
of thew service. Localities which have
heretofore furnished greater amount
of service have, i'll propSTtion to their
enrolment, Il less amount to furnish I'M
der this, and coRrerSe>
Men having heretofore enlisted for one,
two and three Wears, it was necessary to
take one of those periods as the basis of
the calculation. As three years embraces
both the other periods, it makes the cal
culation mare simple to adopt that The
same result would he arrived at by adopt
inr either one or two years as the basis,
Init the process of calculation would he
more complicated. 49, ia 80.
Such we find to be the rule adopted by
the Provost Marshal General The rule
is in conformity with the requirements OF
the laws of Congress, and is just and
euuitable. aA