New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-07


| gJpsn Thcri-Thc County Volunteer
1 Co,smistee Appeals TO TLem-Tem Days
allowed TO increase Recruiting-Over
! Thirteen Thousand Men yet TO De
/ Raised!
The County Committee or Volunteering call
the attention Of every citizen To the letter spPenoei
thereto from Brig.-Gen. Kinks, y. a. r. NJ. Geheral
and Superintendent OF Recruiting Service. relative W
the number Of recruits being raised in this Coun'
~. and the prospect OF dram.
The Committee have exhausted all means a. Their
command for raising They have paid the laftcst
bounty permitted by the laws Of the state or pad III
INV portion OF the State. They have succeeded IN
recruit ing over hundred QoO men per tny "ihin
the last O. days they have averaged rpout one
hundred and thirty Q3O men per day, and pltllI se,
entccn % days they have reduced the numpef VI ncn
to be raised nearly two thousand (2,U0) 49,.
But there are yet than thirteen thousand Oa"V
men be raised ll the quota of this County ana 70
raise this number within reasonable time, requires
not Que hundred men Tut Two hundred men per u"y
least.
While the Committee and the Board of Supervisors,
from which they derive their power, have ndNauhis
and collectively given their whole time and attention 10
this work it is 10 be regretted that the people OF tne
County, who will suffer by the draft, have been nike
warm aud have rendered Inc IOmuIitee bo Oo'oiu'i
! Even capitalists who have fear from draft,
have been unwiilu 10 aid the of furnishing
the necessary means 10 pay the men raised Inc inhd
for paying volunteers Is nearly exhausted ana ev'n
100 per day no longer be paid unless noneyed
| The COMMITTEE in Justice to Themselves and the
public now make this statement and appeal To the peo
pie increase the number OF recruits during the ten
DAYS grace allowed that II viii be reduced Ia Ger
tlnty that the quota can be filled within reasonable
time
ls That the bonds Of the County for tie purpose OF
paving volunteers he taken Immediately; and
3D. That the people at once lend their aid to the work
of raising volunteers
Especially let every citizen who has the means pro
vide himself with substitute He will thus exempt
himself nom draf' and help 10 MI the quota of the Com
ty Substitutes can now b. obtained nj comparatively
small cost the State undertaking 20 reimburse all those
who pay money for this purpose, TO the extent " 500
for three years substitute 100 for two years snps'
| tufe, and 500 for u one year substitute. -
| Those who subscribe to the Volunteer Loan Fund
have not only the pledge Of tho faith aud property OF
the County but The additional security thii the stHc
will reimburse the County the money thus expended.
IL nog remains with the people % avert the threat
ened calamity Of draft Let them take tie matter ~
hand. Let them assemble together m pnbhe council
and after determining the best means 10 be pursued put
those means into immediate execution. W lih The CO.
operation 81 the press and the active aid oi Ihe people
the Committee hope within the prescribed Ten day To
rive satisfactory evidence that moro men VIII BE- pro
cured By volunteering than can possibly be Obtained 10y
/ drefi.-Yew York, March Il. 1856.
& GODFREY GuNHER Mayor
/ MATHEW r. BpESSAN, Comptroller,
| GK-pS Blunt Supervisor.
| WV VI. TwEYp. supervisor.
/ ELJAn J.. PuRDY. Supervisor.
/ WV. H. STEWART. Supervisor.
County Committee on Volunteering.
l. DEI~oS BLtNr. Chairman.
i CORNELIUS CoR-ox Clerk.
l. LETTER OF BRlG.-GES. BiSKs.
OyricE H. 4 PKovosT MsKsna csSrE,L .sp srrfR
II rNrKSpYsr NoIUSrIgE kycRr IiNo o.kvIcr. 49,
SOUTHERN DIyuIoS or n y, AEw YORK March D. lsl3.)
OgIsoS BLlsT es9, CAair''HH' ~.
| DEAH SIR: have the honor to Acknowledge the re.
c,ip, of your communication of the I'd inst IN reply
10 note Of Capt Bronson. A. \. O., written by nv d
rectioD in relation 10 tie progress Of recruiting IA tins
Iyay Of I sati.e. Which IL contains, sihns the
comparative progress Of recruiting IN the 'ly ana
County of New York under the present hnd pic'loht
calls troops but IL. examination has not changed "
modified my convictions that The present rate 81 re-
crung Will not MI the quotas Of the city districts
. within the time required"
II will be borne in mind that very great deficiencies
a. compared with other districts IN this State, exist IN
all the city districts and that these deficiencies exist
entirely for The that New ork Las been less act
lively less successfully engaged IN actna recruiting
than tho suburban districts. The drait has already
commenced IN all districts surrounding The city aad TO
further postpone lis operaiions here unless there Is
pfos pec OF the quotas being Immediately hed ny vol
untafy enlisiments would De- obvious injustice to
those districts In which the Application ofthe PROVISIONS
/, OF the law Is now being made
Furthermore it win be remembered that the prcvious
quotas of the city districts have been nied toa very
Great extent with credits resulting from enlstmenis In
the navy not made since the assignment Of quotas un
der the enrolment law, and not contained IN your ex
hbt Of the progress Of recruiting under those calls
Hence the comparison made in your communication has
no application 10 the results IN filling tie quotas which
now nnst be done by actunl enlistments.
II was hoped that the postponement OF the dram IN
effort commensurate with the amount OF labor ~ be
done the filing Of the quotas by volunteer en-
lsments thereby speedily reinforcing our actve VIC
t0riOus armies with sixteen thousand yoirntceIs
and Tins removing the necessity for recourse 10 the
operations of draft the part OF the Government
10 secure this result every means OF cooperation and
assistance consistent with the interests oil TIE service
has whenever suggested, been wiilisgly adopted by
the Provost MaI shal General aud by the Office; but
after trial IT seems that these hopes are not well
grounded for while yourself and n few persons have
abored faithfully and efficiently 10 produce tho desired
result the expectation OF genera interest beng
aroused and active effort being made On the part OF
the whole community has not been realized and instead
OF any indication being apparent mat the quotas VIII
BE- speedily Tiled there is presented the conclusive evil
dence OF your figures that at Tie present rate OF
recruiting the quota will not be flied untii the LIST of
August next.
| know of no means by which the number Of men
raised be increased except the people, who have
the greatest interest at issue shall by their efforts give
recruiting such an impetus as they only can create.
Every consideration OF patriotism and interest appeals
to them TO put their hands to the work. The beneceni
and liberal provisions of the State law by which every
person who substitute before the dram VIII re-
ceye six hundred four hundred or three hundred dol
lars bounty for three two or one years service OF such
substitute respectively while drafted man can Ie'
ccye but two hundred and fifty dollars either for him
self or his substitute ought OF itself TO make every able
bodied person who il abe TO drait active recruiting
agent, while the large bounty paid by the state. IN nd
those who Io, liable to the dram 10 enter or Renter
the seryic, aud assist in the grand concluding campaigns
, ofthe war.
In reply, however, 10 your concluding remarks. 1
would suggest that be adopted 10 give the grcnt
est possible publicity 10 the necessity Of Immediately
raising men more rapidly and 10 the liberal provisions
Of the State Government made for volunteers and sub
stitutes and that the people % the city be appealed to
through the public press, and II practicable through
public Eieetings 10 devote one week 10 their country
and their personal interests IN labor 10 secure tne
filling the quotas Of their districts and thereby relieve
themselves from the evils of draft. To G end every
facility will be extended from this department. Muster
ing officers ana Surgeons shall be provided IN nbuH
dance; and thnt faI test NAV be made thlnk may