Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-26

ing brief debate in the House cf Representa- |tiyes on Thursday, which clears up the mean. ing of the very ambiguous Circular of Provost Marshal Gen. FRY, to which we called attention afortnight since. It will be seen that our Representative from this district very pertin- sntly drew ou, the F. NJ Genera.'s ii terpreta- tions:
 Mr. HUBBARD. of Connecticut. ask the unanimous consent of the House to offer the following resolution g:4
 Whereas circular has been issued by Pre- vost Marshal General Fry, which is in the words following:
 ECircular No II 4sssss s''.ae AR DEPARTMENT azss.7.--s-
 Provost Marshal Generals Office.
 Washington, Jan. ,, 1865
 Tho attention of Acting Assistant Provost Marshals General of States and Boards of En rollmcnt is called 10 the fact that the quotas assigned under the call of December l9, 1864, for three hundred thousaad men, must not 6e reduced, except by actual enListmsnts in the Army, Navy and marine corps since the 18th ultimo. JAMES B FRY, z r Provost Marshal General
 And whereas, said ord is manifes ly unjust to such localities as have in good faith flied their quotas by enlistment, in advance of said call Therefore, ,.-7. ,s..
 Be it resolved. That the Committee on Mill tary Affairs be directed to inquire whether some measure should not be adopted to obviate the hardship that will result by such a con struction of the law, aud that they report by bill or otherwise. Mr. BOUTWELL,. have no particular objec- ton to thIs resolution, butI desire to state that called upon Provost Marshal General Fry for all explanation of that circular, and was informed that credit will be allowed for all enlIstments made prior to the 18th of De cember last. before the quotas are fixed. 80 that there will be no such result as the gentle 1 man from Connecticut anticipates.
 | MF ScHENcK. was desirous before this matter was referred to the Committee on Mli- tary Affairs to submit an explanation somewhat like that which has been made by the gentle man from Massachusetts, fMr. BOUTWELL,. 1 | took occasion to call upon the Provost Marshal General in reference to this very order, and may say, in briaf, that he explained 1t all away; it does not mean anything in particular, and there is to be no action under it such is might be expected from reading it Nothing is iii tended by that order except that care shall be ltSh~il HI VI DO credit shall be given except that to which the district is properly entitled. It also occasione'l in part by the fact that the Deccnf- Der retu ps had net come in and the expIana ton of it is that the people of each sub-dstrict shall receive full allowance of credit in making the draft for every man put. into the Army, whether befole or after the 18th of December. In other words, think that the interpretation put by the Provost Marshal General upon that order obviates the necessity of making any inquiry about it. The interpre tation put upon the circular by the gentleman from Connecti cut was very natural one, but, as have said it has been explained away, and in practice no difficulty will arise from the publication of the order such as might reasonably have been ex p ,cted from its terms. Mir. HUBBARD, of Connecticut. am very happy 10 know that that is the interpretatlon of the circular. It has been understood very generally to mean what its terms import.
 Mr. ScEEScK. I admit the incongruity be. tween the terms of the order and it's interprcta. tion. .
 Mr. HUBBARD. of Connecticut In view of the explanation which has been made with draw the resolution.