The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-02-16
Enrolment and Quotas.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. IA, '65.
Mr.. Editor i:

LtIr. EUItOr {.
Allow me to say few words to the peo-
pie of Kenosha County, upon the much vex.
ed question of Enrolment and quotas. Com
mittees are constantly coming to the Pro-
Mar, Office complaining of their excessive
enrolment and still more excessive quotas
under the present draft. Each believing
great injustice has been done their town or
ward. Milwaukee is complaining, Racine is
complaining, the country towns are COM
plaing. Everybody is complaining of the
heavy draft upon their persons or their
purse to meet the demands Of government
for more men.
This dissatisfaction arises mainly from
the fact that the quotas of most of the Sub
Dist. are from one fourth to one-third high
er than they anticipated Judging from their
data of the number of men they were called
upon to furnish under the 100000 call and
from the still further fact that the process of
giving credits for three years men, is, mex
plicable to them. 1t is true the quotas are
large, very large for some towns; of course
they think somebody must be to blame,
somebody has blundered inev itably. and
somebody must take an airing and they feel
just like giving it to somebody, no matter
who. Now the quotas are just such as the
rule prescribed by the Pro. Mar Gen. produ-
ces, from the data of demand and credit.
sent to the Dist. Pro. MarshaIs Office, from,
Madison, based upon the enrolment of this
district and the Dist. Pro. Marshal's are
not responsible for the results.
Town committees should remember that
the 500, 900 call was frittered down very
much by the allowance of back claims in fa-
vor of States and Sub Districts so that the
number actually raised under that call was
less than 100000. They should also re-
member that Milwaukee City and County
and other Sub Dists that have suffered draft
have put III great many three years men
as substitutes the surplus years of whom
result heavily in this draft to the credit Of
such Sub Dist. as have put them in. They
should also remember that the Pro. Mar,
Gen. has announced that under this call
| 100000 men must be had, and as a conse-
quence all credits given to one Sub. Dist.
has to be made up by others who have not as
many three years men to their credit in 9TH
er words while credit is given in a GER
tain way the call must be filled at the same
time.
Again almost every Sub. Dist is COM
planning that their enrolment is from 20 to
80 more than it ought to be, this undoubt-
eddy is true and will without great effort tc
avoid it continue so to be in floating pop
ulation like ours; but they all share in il
alike, and the result is an aggregate one
against the Dist and not a particular one
against the Sub, Dist
The Gov. Enrolment was first made in
June 1868. At that time farming was pros
porous and almost every farmer had hired
man, subject to enrolment, from Canada or
the Pineries. These men were all enrolled
their names mostly stood upon the rolls Of
our District till last December They came
into the District quitely and went away as
qUitely, hardly known outside of their i'm
mediate neighborhood. Again all aliens
were enrolled in 1863, the policy of the
government toward them was not definitely
settled till 1854, besides this, the enrolIis,s
officers had no discretion on the question of
physical disability but was to enroll every
body who was not minus leg or an arm
In December last the Government of this
State made an effort in conjunction with
the Provost MarshaIs to get rid of as much
of this surplus enrolment as could we'll be
done; especially of the nonresident class, and
Town Committees were called to the aid of
enrolling officers to aid them in this work.
under this movement some 5000 names were
stricken from the rolls of this district in
| December last and larger per centGge was
stricken from Kenosha County, than any
other County in this District, Sixty-four
names were recommended to be stricken
from the Roll by the Supervisors of the
Town of Somers and upon my report of
them to the commissioner they were all
stricken off in December last. Other town
enrollments were reduced in nearly the same
proportion-and by this process by the earn
est efforts of the Board of enrolment of this
District the quota of the District was re-
duced from nearly 2400 to 174O.
| Jon. B. JLsUN.
Dept Pro- Mar.