The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-03-22
General Orders.

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General Orders.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
| ADJUTANT GENERAL S OFFICE,
Washington, February II, 1865,
The following report of the Board, appointed
by the President of tho United States to exam
ine and correct the quotas of the several States
and Districts, under the call for Volunteers OF
December 10, 1864, is published for the infor-
nation of all concelned:--
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
February l6, 1855.
His Excellency, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President Of the United STATES,
Washington, ID. c.
Sin: The Board, convened by the following
| order
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
"WAsRINGToN CRY,
"February 6, 1866.
| "Whereas, complaints are made in some 10
oalities, respecting the assignments of quotas
and credits allowed for the pending call of
troops to fill up the armies, now, in order to
determine all controversies in respect therto,
and to avoid any delay in filling up the armies,
| it is ordered: That the Attorney General, Brig
adler General Richard Delafeld and Colonel
| CIV. Foster, be, and they are hereby constitu-
ted Board to examine into the proper quotas
and credits of the respective States and Dis
tricts, under the call ofDecember 10, 1864, with
directions that, if any errors be found therein
to make such corrections as the law and facts
may require, and report their determination to
the Provost Marshal General. The determine.
ton of said Board to be final and conclusive,
and the draft to be made in conformity there
with.
"2... The Provost Marshal General is ordered
to make the draft in the respective Districts as
speedily as the same can be done, after the
| 18th of this month.
"(signed,) ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
have respectfully to report as follows:-
The call for 100000 men, made by the
| President, on the 18th of December, S64, re-
quires that that number shall be raised.
But the law requires that the number of men
previously furnished by different localities, and
the periods of their service, shall be considered
SO as to equalize the draft.
The number of men liable to military duty is
to be determined by the enrolment lists.
The number of men which had been furnish
ed by various localities, and their periods of
service, were ascertained, and previous accounts
having been adjusted, the exccsses, where they
existed, were carried forward under the last
draft
The amount of service furnished is determin
ed by multiplying the number of men raised by
the number of years for which they enlisted.
Having thus aseertained the number Of men
enrolled on the 3lst day of December, 1864; the
number of men furnished up to that date the
localities from which they come e. the periods
of their service, it is proposed to distribute the
call for 800, 900 men among the several districts
and parts of districts, according to the number
enrolled in each, and the number of men
furnished, and the periods Of service previously
rendered by each,
The rule by which this is accomplished is as
follows:--
Take the whole number of years of service
furnished by the districts of the United State
from the commencement of the rebellion to the
3lst 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 service furnished by all the districts
Multiply the call of December 10Th, 1864, by
three, to have the number of years of service
upon that call, and to this add the excess, as
ascertained above Then, as the number of
men enrolled from the whole United States, up
to the 3lst of December, 1864, is to the period
of service, as above ascertained, 40 is the numl
Der OF men enrolled in given district, to the
number of years of service it is required to fur
nsh, including its pro rata share of the excess
From this sum deduct the actual excess the
district furnished; the remainder is the number
of years of service which the district is required
to furnish under the call of December 10, 1864,
which, divided by three, gives the number Of
men required from the district.
As this call is for 300 900 men, that number
cannot be reduced by men going in for period
longer than one year. Inequalities produced
by men going in under this call for longer peri
DDS than one year, must be equalized on future
calls.
1t will be perceived that though the aggre-
gate Of the excess furnished, is added to the
whole call, the excess of each district is after
ward subtracted from its quota. Thus the
number of men called for, is neither increased
nor diminished, but equality produced, consid.
ering the number of men, and the periods OF
their service. Localities which have heretofore
furnished greater amount of service have, in
proportion to their enrolment, less amount to
furnish under this, and cOnUerSo
Men have heretofore enlisted for one, two and
three years, it was necessary to take one OF
those periods as the basis of calculation. As
three years embraced both the other periods, it
makes the calculation more simple to adopt
| that. The same result would be arrived at by
adopting either one or two years as the basis,
bat the process of calculations would be more
complicated.
Such we find to be the rule adopted by the
| Provost Marshal General The rule is in con
formity with the requirements of the laws of
Congress, and is just and equitable.
| We have carefully examined and proved the
work done under this rule by the Provost Mar
shal General, and find that it has been done
with fairness.
We file in the Provost Marshal Generals Office
our calculations of the quota of each and every
district endorsed by us as correct.
JAMES SPEED,
Attorney General of the United States.
RICHARD DELAFIELD,
Brig. Gen1 and Chief Eng, IS. A.
CIV. FOSTER,
! Colonel, and Asst. Adjutant General
Approved, Febrary II, 1865 -.