The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-30
"EXECUTIVE MANSION

'.EXECUTIVE MANSION
"WAsHINGToN CITY
"February 6, 1865.
"Whcrcas, complaints are made in some
localities. respecting the assignments Of quo
tas and credits allowed for the pending call
of troops to fill up the armies, now, in order
to determine all controversies in respect
thereto, and to avoid any delay in filling up
the armies, it is ordered That the Attor-
ncy General, Brigadier General Richard
DcIafield and Colonel 6. w. Foster, be, ard
they are hereby, constituted Board, to ex-
anime into the proper quotas and credits of
the respective States and Districts, under the
call of December 10, 1864, with directions
that, if any errors be found therein. to make
such corrections as the laws and the facts
may require, and report their determination
to the Provost Marshal General. The de-
termination of said Board to be final and con-
elusive, and the draft to be made i'll conform
ity therewith.~
'2,-The Provost Marshal General is or
dercd TO make the draft in the respective Dis
tricts, 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 10Th of December, 1864,
requires that that number shall be raised.
But the law requires that the number of
men previously furnished by different locaIi-
ties, and the periods OF their service, shall be
considered so as to cqualize the draft.
The number Of men liable TO military duty
is to be determined by the enrolment lists.
The number of men which have been-fur-
nished by the various localities, and their
periods of service, were ascertained, and pre-
vious accounts having been adjusted, the ex.
cesscs, were they existed, where carried for
ward under the last draft.
The amount of service furnished is deter
mined by multiplying the number of men
raised by the number OF years for which they
enlisted.
Having thus asccriained the number OF
men enrolled on the 3lst day of December
! 1864; the number of men furnished up tc
that date; the localities from which they
come, and the periods of their service, it is
proposed to distribute the call for 100000
men among the several districts, and parts o
districts, according to the number Of men en-
rolled in each, and the number of men furn
ised, and the periods of service previously
rendered by each
The rule by which this is accomplished il
as follows:
Take the whole number of years Of service
furnished by the districts Of the United States
from the commencement of the rebellion t.
the 3Ist of December, 1864. From that sun
deduct the whole number of men furnished
from all the districts of the United States VI
| to that date. The remainder will be the ex
cess Of service furnished by all the districts
MuItiply the call of December 18th, 1864
by three, to have the number of years of ser
vice upon that call, and to this add the ex
cess, as ascertained above. Then, as th'
number of men enrolled from the whole Uni
ted States up to the 31st of December 1864
is to the period of service, as above ascertain
ed, so is the number of men enrolled In
given district, TO the number of years OF ser
vice it is required to furnish, including it
pro rata share of the excess.
From this sum dedact the actual exces
the district furnished the remainder is TIN
number of years Of service which the distric
is required TO furnish under the cali of Dc
cember 10, 1864, which, divided by thre
gives the number Of men required from tn
district.
As this call is for 100000 men, that mum
ber cannot be reduced by men going in fo
a period longer than one year. lnequalitie
produced by men going in under this call fo
longer periods than one year, must be equal
lied ON future calls.
1t will be perceived tha: though the a9
gregate of the excess furnished is added
the whole call. the excess of each district