New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-26
City Qsoin Under the Call for 100000
NIen-Twcnty Thousand Men Befn"na'
ed Of New.York County, IN Addition
% all Wien Furnished.
BOARD or SUPERVISORS.

BOARD VI slIEhilHcis''
SPECIAL SEssIoS-Wednesday, Jan. % 1885.
oro,sI O'Clock p. 81
Az Board met II their Chamber, No. Il City
Hall pursuant TO tie following cip.
BOAsD OF srFEh'isO' T5ieE no ~, u y i 81
We the UNDERLINED 1-nbe1- OF t:e ar4 Of sqpryoI'
sfhe County OF Ne~-lok d. hereby rtlae-' ,os D. ioHs
su.sisl meeting Of said Board Supervisor or "wednesday
:hs ssh III in s,ans It S I,' ae B5.il s e D'
HENRY smith. SMITH ELY IN.
s MS q sht@oK % $5i,g A. Williams
Pre.ent~William NJ. Tweed, esq. President in the
chair and the following members:
Supervisors Blunt, Ely, Fox furdy, Roche, Smith
Shook and Wilmann-Y.
Supervisor Blunt from the Special Committee on Vol
unteerng presented the following:
The Special Committee On Volunteering respectfully
REfORT:
That they have Just been advised thet The number o.
en called for In eed:t1n 10 men 5her ., ce rs a
$resdent dated December 10 56i, for three hundred
fhous men, has been Increased from hnnd
red and thrtythree, 4,45j) Is originally called ioT 10
nearly twenty thousand (2OWt)
Nv what prooess this conclusion is arrived at upon
what basis Of calculation or under what Influences yor
Committee are not advised They, believed from the
assuraDces Of Provost Marshal Gen. Fry made TO them
when last In Washington. that the quota OF 435 Wond
be materially changed Tan quota they LAd nearly
filed and the announcement OF TINS enormous increase
Il startling 70 item ~ il VII BE- to tue people oil the
County. OhiSON bLe y ,,,,,rr,,
FLIJAH r. PURDY,
WILLIAM L. STEWART,
Committee on County Volunteering
Which report received.
Supervise ROCHE theIeupon presented the following
resOiutl0n:
Resolved That the Committee on Volunteering be
and il is hereby directed 10 proceed 70 Washington Ill.
nediatey to ascertain the cause OF the sudden ana
alarming increase in tie number Of men demanded
from the County OF under tic last call of the
President and tina; they take with them the evidence
of the enormous excess OF the enrolment npOn when
she quota Is assigned
which adopted by the following vote:
Saith Shook. Tweed Wiainann-5.
Supervisor BLUNT Presented the following:
Bhers0s There are Of tue quota Of the County Of
TewYork under the Presidents last call for three
hundred thousand 900 600 such quota is now
announced. about twenty thousand (>0OOW men to be
Bhsreas Notwithstanding the liberal bounties still
paid By the County the number Of men enlisted by the
Volunteer Committee and credited to this County is
very SMALL and
Bhreas 1t is q well known fact that there are now
being enlisted n this City and County for the volunteer
force the regular army and the navy from two 10 three
hundred men per day, all Of whom are credited to
localities other than this County. and very many 20
places IL adjoining States, notwithstanding that 1t is
in direct Violation OF law TO take any out OF this
County for enlistment in any other State; and
WAerees, One great and growing source Of difficulty
On hlng our quota Ii the large aud continually in.
eressing number OF recruiting booths established and
being established IN al the public places In this Cogny,
ostensbly for the purpose vi eaisting for this
County, but which are really used to entoe men away
nom us and
Wherea, The County Committee on Volunteering
Save frequently appealed to the Common Council and
cshted 70 check the business Of recruiting In th;
County for other localities and - secure the dis
continuance Of the practice Of granting privileges {,
sooo'hS Ion recruiting pafposes IN our puzzle park