, 1865-02-15
Quota OF COOK COUNTY.

QUOTA OF COOK COUNTY.
The quota Of Chicago under Vie last call
continues to engross the deepest interest Of
all classes Of cur citizens. The cauRe of the
excessive demand for men on this county is
beginning to be compnAended. The chief
blame is found to lie At the door OF the Pro-
vost Marehal Of this district, who has per-
formed his duty In such q wny as to roll
double load on the people Of this city. He
Gays he has followed the "law" and his "in-
structions." It must be q strange "1aw" and
singular *s instructions" that required him to
enroll last year il, 600 and this year il, 500
more names in Chicago than there are men
legally liahle to conscIiption. No other Pro-
yost Marshal In the United States has
a. stuck" his district In this style, while we
presume the law for their guidance WAS the
same for them all.
When called on to explain the cxtEaordt-
nary assessment on our city, ne understand
that tho Provost Marshal says that it is in
consequence Of a deficit Of 2 900 men from
last ycar, which, added to our riEbtful quota
this yoar, makes up the enormous call on our
citizens. But We reply, thst the deficit Of
1000 from last year is caused By the bar
barous enrolment Of last year. Had it been
half dcccntly taken, no deficit would hing
over agninst us. On thc contrary, there
would be credit It was the sending to
Washington Of Il, 900 spurious names which
caused our quota last year to be almost twice
as lucgc as It rightfully should be. And 1t is
tlc sending there Of Is, 500 improper names
now that ewells our quota on the present call
beyond the bounds Of faitness and equity.
We eball make al this plain BY the presents
Ao~ .tn3, n7nr36
careful attention is requested:
Population OF Illinois In 1B50.. 1,Tl1. .553
Population Of Cook county ..........-... 1A.951
This makes Cook to contain oaettoe!fM Of
the State almost.
The whole number Of men required from
Il1inois under all calls previous to Dec. 19th,
1864, was, according to Adjutant Fuller's off,
cial report, 197, $3.50.
Cook county'e quota on basis Of population
pfso q Das,. oi fi;rs,dsntisi vot: Of i53 III
Number Of raen Cook county has aetnatly
furnthed pres'ons to rsssent call.-.-... lds7 IT
Sspg: p5pa: on On ss.. sssi. & & ssP
How is it possible that the ratio Of men due
from Cook County can exceed that Of voters
If Cook coutains but ninety Ave voters on
The 1000 for the State at large, why should
slc be called Oh for more than nfnety-ilve
men on the 1000 Of the quota Of tue State
On that basts our quota would he 5, ,135 men
less surplus OF 1000 from last year, making
the number honestly due just about 1000
men jnsteud Of 500. The enrolment taken
by Provost Marshal james is 10 blame for
Ibis wrongful demand Of 5 200 men, which
will cost two millions Of dollars to procure,
even if it were possible to raise them without
drafting.
No Congressional District has heretofore
furnished 60 many men as this one, save the
Thirteenth, Lower Egypt, while the popu1a
tiou Of seyeral, according to the Census O.
1850, is as large us ours, and yet 1t is returned
as owing 9, 900 men from last year.
In 1861 und 1902. Cook county Was assessed
on the basis of the census Of 1860; but IL
1868, 1864, and 1866, on the basis of enroll
ments:
Total vote Of Gh,esEo in 1ssa 1sss .; =
1bL4. a+N1
3bt5, 3l>VV
In these figures lrc found the secret Of al
the trouble: lis names are enrolled this yea
for every 100 voters, md last year 1s2 name
wcre enrolled per 100 voters, when in trutl
there cannot be more than sixty to seyent:
men liable to draft in each 100 voters. Thos
over forty-fve years, discharged soldiers, ami
intrn men, should all he deducted. Al
honest enrolment Of this city would not re
turn d man more than 1s, 600 to Il, coo. Th'
Marshal Of no other district In the United
States has committed the calamitous blundc
that has been pcrpetratcd on the people O
THE city, and It is becausc of this cad blundel
running through three years, That at
efforts Of our patriotic citizens II