The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-03
nave respectfully to report as follows


requires that that number shall be rails
ell.
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
furnished by the various localities, and
their periods of service, were ascertained,
and previous accounts having been adjust
ed, the excuses, where they existed, were
carried forward under the last draft.
The amount of service furnished is de-
termined by multiplying the number of
men raised by the number of wears for
which they enlisted
Having thus ascertained the number
of men enrolled on the 3lst day of Deem
Der, 1864; the number of men furnished
up to this 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 OF districts, according to the
number enrolled in each, and the number
of men furnished, and the periods of SER
vice previously rendered by each.
The rule by which this is accomplished
is as follows:-
Take the whole number of wears of
service furnished by the districts of the
United States from the commencement of
the rebellion to the 3Ist of December.
1864. From that sum deduct the whole
number of men furnished from all the dis
triets of the United States up to that date.
The remainder will be the excess of wears
furnished by all the districts. Multiply
the call of December 10Th, 1864, by three,
to have the number of years service upon
that call, and to this add the excess. as
ascertalned 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 ascer
tanned, so is the number of men enrolled
in given district. to the number of years
of service it is required to furnish. inclu-
ding 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 divid-
ed by three, gives the number of men re-
quired from the districts.
AS the call is for 100000 men, that
number cannot be reduced by men going
in for more than one year inequalities
produced by men going under this call for
longer periods than one year. must be
equalized on future calls
1t will be perceived that though the az
@rcgate of the excess furnished. is added
10 the whole call. the excess of each dis
trict is afterwards subtracted from its quo
II. Thus the number of men called for,
Is neither increased nor diminished. but
equality produced. considering the number
OF men, and the periods of their service
Localities which have heretofore furnished
Il greater amount of service have. i'm pro-
portion to their enrolment. Il less amount
TO furnish under this. and rou,rrSo.
Men having heretofore enlisted for one.
two and three years. it was necessary to
take one of those periods as the basis of
the calculation. As three years embraced
both the other periods. it makes the cal
culation more simple to adopt that The
same result would be arrived at by adopt
Ing either one or two years as the basis.
but the process of calculation would be
more complicated.
Such we find to be the rule adoptcd bv
the provost marshal general The rule is
in conformity with the requirements of
the laws of congress, and Is just and equi-
table.
We have carefully examined and prov
ed the work done under this rule by the
provost marshal general. and find that ii
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 cor
rect. JAMES SPEED.
attorney General Of the Umtel Stntes.
RICHARD DEIAFIEID.
Brig lien. and CHEZ Eng, L. s. 4.
{. w. FOSTER.
Colonel and asst Ao7t General
Approved, February II, 1865.
\. LINCOLN.
by order of the Secretary of War.
+. ID. TOWNSEND.
assistant Adjmam Gen.
Official. W. AUsrINE,
MAJOR U. s. A., Actng Asst
PrOroS Marshal Gen. of Tf,1nout