The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-01-25
THE CALL FOR 100000 MEN.
HOw Qastas are Allotted.

/ that number, on the ono haiid nor bo SO
1 lfishlGully reduced by excessive claims for
credits on the other, he says IN the pres.
cut call Il is designed 10 make up for the
deficiencies Of tho last preceding one. The
object OF tho call for 200 900 is designed to
4 put that number Of mon in the service. lie
then continues:
| Whether they arc enlisted for one, two
or three years, they will be counted az
units IN filing tho quota, aud the excess
or credit which any locality may be en-
| ttlcd 10 on account Of dlling It's quota with
/ rlrcc years men, will bc estimated IN the
assgnIncnt Of future quotas, should there
bc another call, upon tho stnio principle
that has varied the quotas undcr the pres
cnt call, because some localities have lilled
their qnotas under tho call OF July Is, 1864,
with three years men, anil others with
ono years men. It will be observed that
| the numbers OF men to be furnished under
tho present call are not in proportion to
to thc population OF States or districts, nor
to the number enrolled Had all localities
! filed tho call for 500 900 with three years
men, or all ono years mcH, or all in tho
same proportion Of both, tho number of
men to be furnished under tho present
call would be in proportion to the humber
enrolled, and approximate threo-flths Of
/ the quota under tho call Tor live hundred
thousand, varied only 20 correspond with
changes in tho enrolment M revised and
corrected. But as II would he unjust aud
! illegal to require district which had
| filed its gu TIA under the last call with
three years mon TO furnish as many men
under the present call as AN equal district
- A Il .uN
call with one years men, the former having
furnished three times the number of years
OF service which tho latter had furnished,
! il became necessary to estimate the number
ef years of service which each State, dis
tiict, and sub-district had furnished re.
spcclfuly, so that in asccrtaining the ro-
uuired number for each district in order
TO obtain three hundred thousand men,
each locality would receive full credit
for tho number of years of service fur
nishod under the last call, or excess car
riud forward and credited upon that call pro-
vious to calls being filed with three years
mon, or cnlstmonis reduced to the three
years basis. Tho call Of December l9th,
1864, having been made to make up de-
nciencics under tho call of July 10th, 1864,
1t is not to bc expected that the number
of men required from localities will cor
respond with the number enrolled, or
their quotas under tho call for 800, 600,
In order, tn ,rcloro 10 ascertain what NUM-
ber of men is duo from givon district,
we must look to what it actually furnish.
cd under the call of July 18th, 1864, in
stead of what it was required to furnish
Thus, where two districts, having the same
enrolment, woro required, uudcr the call
of July lSih 1864, to furnish two thousand
men each, anl ono actually furnished but
one Thousand mon, while tho other filled
its quota, it would not be lawful for the
latter district, which had pnt two thou
sand men in service to be required now
TO furnish the same number as the former
which had furnished only one thousand
But suppose that both OF the above dis
tricts filled their quotas, the former Will
Que years men, tho latter with three
years men, the ono furnishing two thou
sand and tho other six thousand years o
service; now, as tho law provides tha
quotas shall be assigned among the dis
tricts of tho several States, considering and
allowing for the numbers already furnished
as aforesaid and time Of their SO, rice" il
asccrtaining quota under u call to make
up deficiencies the deficiency OF gear!
serrico as well as the deficiency in nun
Der are 10 be estimated and the quota,
varied accordingly.
As before said, the object Of tho prosen
call ia TO raise 300, 900 men, and they will
he required from the diiteront localities il
proportion to the number enrolled aud tn,
number which such localities wore de6cien
or in excess, under tho call for 800 900
This principle was announced from tn,
Provost Marshal-Generars bureau whel
the quotas under the call for five hundret
! thousand were anAounoed, or about tina
time, and the hcne6ts that would resul
from three years enlistments, and the Law
: governing the subject, explained. To 81
= cure three years men the Government Of
+ fered three hundred dollars bounty, an,
paid but one hundred TO one years mer
municipal authorities generally contribute,
l local bounties in similar proportion. Tn
v law having provided that the periods O
l service heretofore furnished should bo con
. sidered in inassigning quotas, the question
' then to be determined is, at what Tim
i shall the credit be appliedi As il is impoS
r sible TO follow the fortune Of each individ
, ual soldier, and reckon the period Of hi
actual service, it follows that either th
credit for tho period Tor which they OH
l. list should be given whom the men enie
y the service, or withheld until the expha
!. tCn of tho three years telm. Tho rule ha
- always heon, under all calls, that when
= soldier is accepted into the service, he
, Eeceivcd and credited for the term OF hi
d enlistment or draft. the Government taking
the resp visibility that ho will serve for Oh
I, full period o( his enlistment, aad in no cas-
has any locality been called upon TO rcplaC
y men lost tn the service by deats, disablht
II or doSertlon To await the expiration
70 threo yeara, that is until tho service ha
\, been rendered would defeat tho object
tho law, and would probably delay ii
D. draft until after the close of the war.
n must follow then, that the amount OF cred
IL TO be given is, aid always has been, d
:. pendent upon the period ior which Tho SO
dier enters tho service. When a I strl
u presents am acceptable recruit for thr,
ls years, and he is received as such by Il
~ Government, that district has done all it ci
ro do in the premises, and tho Governme
:, takes the responsibility that the soldier W
~ serve his term of enlistment. This ben
le admitted. tho time to apply tho credits,
OF to take into account the amount OF crcdi
f, to which the district is entitled, is whcu
settlement is made with all the districts Wi
~ u view 10 assigning quotas under q II,
call. This follows, not merely as u matt
to Of convenience in computation, but as
m. matter of necessity, in order to do oXa
iusticc 10 all the different States and ID
"' triCts and, moreover. is in exact accol
AN ance with the t9rmS OF the statute, viii
20 provides that; In assigning TO the pistri,
,v tho number of men To bo furnished the