The sun., 1865-03-08
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A DRAFT THREATENED.-wlLL TN
lCTTIZENs oT NEW YORK AID ~ ABkh
ING sCcH A CALAMITY
TIE AssIsrASr r.xARsHAL-Gp
ERtL CALLS UPON THEM
THE COUNTY VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE
PEALS TO THEM!
TEN DAYS ALLOWED 10 INCREASE
CRUITiSG.
OVER THrRTEEN THOUSAND MEN YET
PE RAlsEDl
Tho County Committee on Volunteering call 81
st,ention o. every citizen 10 tho i"ter .ppenola
Superintendent OF Rectutins services rslstiVe 70
number OF fecruite nov being raised in ths toii
Tho Committee hsvc eHhsustod all nean. at ths
command f1t rsinns .n P Issy nsys pss ,ne or
in anp poi,ion Of tSe Slate. fSey have ,ucceeded
recruiting hundred tlovl men per day W. lh
in the la.t ss,sn "a dAys they have a.orSed setV
In seventeen (l7J days they have reduced the nu
bcI Of men TO he raised nearly two thousand sLv
uaGo men TO be ra,ed 10 MI the quota Of this Cou
", and to ralso ,his number within rsssnrble TN
REQUIRES not one hundred men but two hundAea IN
While the Committee and the Board Of supe7
eors from hoh they derive their power, have IN,
yiduay and collectively given their whole time AZ
autnuon 70 this work u is 70 be refreueh thS VI
people OF the County who will suffer by the drs
have been lute-arm and have rendered the Commi
Tee no consider shlo assistance.
az Enoh cap,talsu, sho hsys most 70 isN from y,
oint have been unwilling 10 aid 10 the extent OF 10
nlshins the necessary mesns to pay ths men raise
ns .Ds Gt p.yps yons mo, oes
psio unless noneyed men and institu''sns subecri'
W Tbs con r1,,,n ,nnos ,,..,.. . ,s....,o. and 4,
public, nov make this statemenL and appeal 70 n,
people 80 A. 70 ncrose the nmbsr Of recruits durtpt
@ e zen gay. siace allowed US, tnas al pe rcane -
s.'so np .hAs to guota San W hheu Nithi"
IssySia Sa, h dhrsf,, two thing. re- are ncces.ry
n ns,ins 10. se, Lne uonds ol .ns Nouny oI ne u"i
% ina, the people Al once lend their aid " h J.
,specy icy every citizen who has the mean, prcI
si..,s ninsen Win suo,utute He VII thus eIemI1
CGuny: Substitutes can nov be obtained Ct ooppsr
III IN ~ eost tne etste underakins 70 iempun
ten, q $500 fOI ,hre. ye.Is substitutes $3.50 Or
.,SyeH" suosu'u'e, sno sSp lot one-yeh supru
'uie; IT,. -. -,..-,s. . a.. v.,.. ,o
have no. only The pledge Of the ini,h and properly g.
VII reimburse 10 the county the money tnus OF
penoeu
.nss ,he people 70 :.er ths tnrssI
sneo cainnity ora drAt' Lot theul pbe the mArl
p hAna. Let them assemble tosetheI IN public eoun
oL sna atcr determining the beet means 70 oe pur
the corporation Of the press and the active AID
OF the people. ths Committee hope, within the Pc
rruea 1 tsn dsys 70 eve .au,faetory evioenae tha
more men VIII be procured by volunteering that ear
pOs.ibly be obtsined by dTst..
Nov oikj MAIeh 9th, ls5b.
GODFREY GukTHER, Mayor.
NM HEN J.. BkENNAN, Comprouef'
Uh!soN BLUNI, Supervisor
MN ~ TWEED, supervisor.
nhiJAh r.; ~ kD1, supervisor.
County Committee on NolunteerfnE.
ORISON BLUNT, Chairman.
CoHSELfrs CoRsos. Cierf
LrrTEB oy BRIG.-orr. BIrHs.
Ofhse A. A, voet-Msrshal Gsuerall
And superintendent volunteer
Southern Division Of New York.
Sev York, March 3, 1865.
OptsnH RI Eao hail ~
DyAH SIR:
Ihsye the honor to acknowledge the r,eeip, Of you,
communication Of the I'd Instant in replyto Q note
OF Capt. Bronson, A. A. O., written by my director
in relation the progress recruiting n this COUNTY
statistics which IL contains exhibiting the eompsrs
tive progress Of recruiting in the City and County ~
New York. under the present and previous calls for
troops but II, examination has not changed or mod
fed my convictions that "he present Of recruit
Ing will ll the quotas OF the city districs within
the time required"
twill be borne in mind that very great dehcieneie'
compared with other districts in this city, exist in
lat entirely for tho reason thst New York has beon
Less sciiyey or le's successfully engaged in actual
recruiting than the suburban districts. The draft
has already commenced in ali districts
the city, and 10 further postpone M operations here
unless there Ia prospect Of the quotas being immed-
| stely filled by voluntary enlistments, would be an
obvious Injustice 10 those districts In which the ap
plicaton Of the provisions Of the law Is beine
made.
Furthermore, IL will be remembered that the pre-.
vous quotas Of the city districts have been filled, 10
very gieat extent, with credits resulting from ens,
ments in the navy not m ade since the asegnm en- Of
quotas under the Enrolment law, and not contained
in your exhibit Of the progToss Of recruiting under
| those calls Hence the com parison made In your
communication has application 10 the result, 10
hing the quCias, which now must be done by actuL
enlistmentu.
IL was hoped that the reinforcement Of the druft In
this city would produce, on the part Of It. ctirens
some effort Commensurate With the amount OF lahof
TO ba done 10 secure the filling OF the quotas by vol.
unteer enlstment., thereby speedily re-enforceips
our active victorious armies With some sixteen tbons
and volunteers and thus removing tho necesrity for
In hp aof ~,
| Government
To secure this result every means and