Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-03-17
=" Exeeutiye Mansion,

der
" Executive Mansion,
Was ingtou City,
February 9Th, 1865.
Whereas, complaints are made in some locali.
ties, respecting tue assignments of quotas and
credits allowed for the pending call Of troops to
fill up the armies, low, in order TO determine all
controversies in re peet thereto, ard to avoid my
delay in filling up the armies, it is orderet: That
the Attcruty ueneral, Gri2adIer.G cnGrM Richard
Deaield and Colonel g ". foster, he, and they
are Lcreby c,I stitGted BoafA to examine into
tn, proper quotas and credits Of the respective
States aud Districts, under the CAL of Dece nber
-, lS64 with directions that, if any elrors be
found therein, to ma Ike such corrections us the law
and facts may r,q ire, and report their determ!a-
ons t. the Provu.t Marsh Il 6rncr |. The de-
tr niua'ion Of said Board tn be faai aud concla
sive and the Draft to be male in conformity there
with.
. The Provost Marshal General IS ordered to
m Ike the drait IN the rcspactvo Districts, rs
speedily the same can be done, after tho 10Th
OF this month
(5isued) ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
have respectfully to report MS foliows;-
The call Tor 80, coo men, made bv the Presi-
dent, on the 10Th Of december, lsG4, requires
that that number shall be raised. Bat the law
quircs that the number Of men previously tur.
nished by different localities, and the periods OF
| their 10Th of December, lS6 requires that that
number shall be raised. But the law requires
that the number of men previously furnished by
ditereat localities, aud the periods ct their SER
vice, shall be considered so as to equaize the
draft.
| The number Of men liable to military duty is
to be determined by tie cnr.lnent lists.
The number Of men which had been furnished
by the various localities, and their period OF ser
vice were ascer,ained, and preVpus accounts
having been adjusted, the eycesscs, where they
|
The amount of service furnished is determined
| by multiplying the number of men raised by
the number of years for which they eniisted.-
| Having thus ascertained the number of men en-
rolled on the 3st day OF December, 1864, the
number of men furnished up to that date; the
localities trom which they come, and the periods
of their service, it is proposed to distribute the
call for 100000 men among the several districts
aud parts Of districts, Accepting to the number
enrolled in each, anu the number Of men turniah h.
ell, and the periods Of service previously render
| ed by each.
The rue by which this is accomplished is as
| folows:-
Take the whole number Of years Of service
| furnished,by tho districts of the United States
from commencement of the rebellion to the 3,st
OF December. 1864. 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 ser
vice furnished by all the districts. Multi,,ly the
call Of December 10th, 1864, by these, to have
the number Of years of service upon tnat call,
aud to this add the excess, as ascertained above
Then as the nurnbcr Of men enrolled from the
| whole United states, up to the 3lst OF December,
1864, is to the period of service, as above ascer-
| tained so is the number of men enrolled IN n
given district, to the number of years OF service
1t required to iurEish Including its pro rata share
| Of the excess. From this SUN deduct the actual
| eyr fha district fnrni shed. the reminder il
the number Of years of service which the districts
is required to furnished, is added to the whole
call, the excess of each district is afterwards
substractcd from its quota. Thus the
number Of men called for, is neither increased
nor diminished, but equality produced, consider
ing the number Of men, aud the periods of their
service. Localities which have heretofore fur
nished greater amount of service have, in pro.
portion to their enrolment, less amount to
| furnish under this, and eoaurso. Men having
heretofore enlisted for one, two and three years,
it was necessary TO take one of those periods. as
the bas s OF the calculation. As three years EN-
braccd both the other periods, it makes the cal
culation more simple tc adopt that. The same
result would be arri, ed at by adopting either one
or two years the basis, but the process Of cal
culation w0Yld be more complicated.
Such we find to be tho rule adopted by the
Provost Marshal General The rule is in con-
| formity with tho requirements OF the Laws OF
| Congress, and is just and equitable.
| We have carefully examined and proved the
w,rk done under this rule by the Provost Mar
shal General, and find that it mas been done with
| fairness.
We file in tho Provost Marshal Generals Office
our calculations of the quota of each aud every
JAMES SPEED.
Attorney General Of the unitcd States.
RICHARD DELAFIELD,
| Brig .-G,n'i, and chief Eng. U. ). A.
C W. FOSTER,
| Colonel and asst. adjutant General.
Approved February l7th, 1860.
A. LINCOLN.
| BY order of the Secretary of War:
E. d. TOW NSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official.
A. D. BEAN,
Capt and Pro, Mar
| 5ih Dist. Ne.