The Lansing state Republican., 1865-02-01
The New Call for Troops-How 10 Fill
Quotas and Ruin our Army.

cannot help directing attention 20 the
i1---N lL- passage ia a letter from oar cor
respondent ~ City Point published OIL
Monday iasf:
Here is The record IF one single reui-
meat among those that have come 10 ms
AO.ce: " three detachments of substitutes
sel- i-om Concord. y H. 10 ioln the New
Hampshire Volunteers. amounting 20 COS
men, ll5 ,'esarta2 oa ne gqSsGgs. leaving
only 4,s 10 arrive n the regiment. OF the
4oo Nn0 g0- o. the REGIMENT and were as
sl5lll - companies, , deserted 10 The en-
emE from picket ile: 35 deserted u Tie
rear have been discharged rs utterly
W0f' HESS. their physical incapacitv being
50 slarin-, and OF such lOng standing. thar
-Ae! must have been known IL the time OF
e---s,menl; . have been sent back 10 Con
cord u have their cases OF enlistment ipves-
tlgated, by order OF the War Department.
inus ou- Of 625 Oi these bOunv-tempted
warriors sent 10 one regiment only since
August last, there are only 359 left: and IS
tnese nave come 20 the army through the
same venal influence and probably gone
through the same loose or fraudulent exam
natlon- IL Is impossible 10 tell how many
more ml} follow sllt, in spite OF the death
penalty before them. ! use The term fraud
uteht advised.y: for out of the four discharr-
eu as utterly worthless. one man had one
4e5 several inches shorter than the other.
one l2u hernia, that had made him q crlp-
pie Tor many Years past: and the two
others were such impracticable imhecTes
that any imbecile without anv practical or
medical knowledge. must have seen N "a
glance, That they were utterly incapable of
any duty Whatever. mental or physical
These are shameful revelations: but the
sooner tile public are made acquainted with
the existence oi such m0nstr0us abuses. the +
sooner dO We stand a chance Ofseeing them
rectIled"
The testimony of officers in the Army OF
the Potomac and Of the James. is an hut
unanimous in affirming that a somewhat
similar story may be told of the quotas
u. forward from vast number OF places
I'D IRE eastern states. 4 very large pro-
5'.i ~ - me s's.iaSes m ~ are i M5ieiftfepFin
body, WtAOu, courage or self-re~pect or
conscience: and so far from adding 10 the
strength Of the army, they weaken it. and
greatly increase the labor and anxiety Of
the officers. They desert when put ON pie
Nel duty, they sNulN IA action. and are dir
y. dis0rderly, theivish. and Incapable in
camp. and pass most of their time on bar
rels, tied up u trees. or bucked and gagged.
Al - utSu llllc 10 SPED. ol I'LL, matter I'D
the terms which il deserves, and to tell the
towns and cities which care 50 little hOtg
they iill their quota as long as they supply
the requisite number OF recruits, that so far
from aiding the national cause this mate
rial they send 10 Tie front not only helps
TO prolOng the war, but TO exhaust our re-
sources and dishearten the army Il IS i'm
possible 10 expect the old troops to fight
with their accustomed enpr0V when thsv
lind that their friends at home take 50 little
interest in them and their task, that the re-
Inducements they send forward are the very
scum OF the population, not soldiers, or even
SaR1incra OF soldiers, or material of which
soldiers can ever be made. And the ex
pense ofrecruiung. eQuipng and transport
ING This rubbish Is, OF course, even greater .
than that which would have 20 be incurred
on behalf OF the best troops: thus addinv
Z D the local IS well a the national burdens
without helping IA ihe least 10 forward the
object for which all these burdens are incur
red.-E T. Times