Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-31
Tuesday Morning, January 81.
We have already announced that thu

We have already announced that the
quota of this couUty under the very
last decision of General Fry, is 365 men.
The total enrolment from which these
are to be drawn is 3,795. For the pur-
poses of draft the county is divided into
five sub. districts. The boundaries of these
sub districts were drawn good while ago.
before the adoption of the township system,
and owing to the difficulty of making
changes the lines are still retained. They
include the old magis,erial Districts
Hancock and Brooke counties are divided
into the LIST, 2nd, 3rd 4th and 9Th sub dis
triots; Ohio county into the 9Th, 7th, 9th,
9Th aud 10Th. We arrange them in this
county as follows:
9th SUB DISTRICT, Includes McOounel's,
BrOtherton's aud West Liberty. Its en-
roilmeut is 3d. quota.3O.
7th SUB DIsTRICr-McCulloug Woods
Run and TrisdeIphia enrolment $50
quota Al
9Th SUE DIsTRICr-First, Second Third
aud Seventh wards OF the city of Wheel
iug; enrolment 1885, quota l26.
9Th SUE DIsTMoT-Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth wards enrolment 1922; quota 1875
10Th SUB DIsTRIor-R itcbieiown; enroll.
ment 2l7i quota 40.
Every subdistrict in the State stands or
its own enrolment and every person
drawn must De credited to his subdistrict
The government does aot proceed by couu.
Ties in the draft at all. All credits for vol.
unteers also are now required to be by sub.
districts, if we understand the ruling
Alright. It is in the power OF any sub dis
trict to fill itB quota and be out of the
draft, even ii not another ub-diatrict il
the county enlists q man. It is suggested
that those who think that the quota of am
one Of the sub. districts OF this county cal
be filed by volunteers, should go to worl
ard make the experiment. Our own ide,
is that it any boun.ies are 10 be Offered
they should come from levy laid by tn
county. In that way the burden falls upor
oil and not upon few.
In the meantime it is proper that vigor
Gus steps be taken on the part of the Stat
to Vindicate its rights at Washington al
regards its credits on General Fry's books
There is no doubt that we are justly en-.
titled to a large credit for oul
two and three years men now
denied US. II we had not fur,
nish0d two or three years men last win.
ter we would have been, according to Gen.
Fry's last decision, better off than we are
now, for we would have had these me1
again among us to re.enlist this Winter
and Spring. Had their terms been TO-
only one year aud were they now returning
among, us their &c. enlistments would almos
fill the present quota. But Gen. Fry re
cently discovered that he could hold then
as so much clear gain and count them a
nothing to this State, and like Pharoah c
old compel us to make brick without straw
by requiring West Virginia to furnish du
picates for those already in the field uu
credited. Such . policy is in the las
degree Tuiuous to the best interests OF tn
government. People lose faith ia an
promise or iuduCement held out to them.-
Gsn, Fry's official letters are now in thi
city written last winter, stating that a
two or three years men would be credite
on the next call. Aud further, his letter
of month ago are here stating that the
had been credited. 10 the face of thes
letters he turns about now within the las
few days, and undertakes to deny the Stat
its credits, and having thus cut short il
material requires just the same quota as
the two and three years men were all bac
home again. Ia other words Gen. FIR
drafts in this State for almost double til
quotas that he does in those States tbs
furnished only one year men.
ADMIRAL Porter SAYS that he has foun