The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-09
WASHINGTON, d. G.
Fcjr%ary IG, 1865.
"ENECUTIYE MANSION

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"T AsHlNGTON CITY
"Fe5rucry 6, 1865.
"Whereas, complaints are made in some
localiues respecting the assignments Of quo
tas and credits allowed for the pending call
Of troops 10 Eli up the armies, now, in order
to determine all controversies in respect
thereto, and 10 avoid any delay in filling UP
the armies, il is ordered That the Attor-
ney General. Brigadicr General Richard
Dc!aiield and Colonel c. w. Foster, be, and
they are hereby, constituted q Board, TO ex-
anime into the proper quotas and credits CT
the respective States and Districts, under the
call Of December 80, 1864, with directions
that, il 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 in conform
ity Herewith.
"2,-The Provost Marshal General is or
dered to make the draft in the respective Dis
tricts. as speedily as the same can be done.
after the 10th of this month. Signed
ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
have respectfully to report, as follows -
The call for 30O,00O 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 loc;tIi-
ties, and the periods Of their service, shall be
considered so as TO eGualize the draft.
The number Ofmen 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 ascertaiGed, and pre-
vious accounts having been adjusted, the ex-
cesses, 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 asceriained 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 300,00C
men among the several districts; land parts OF
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 is
as follows:
Take the whole number of years Of service
furnished by the districts ofthe United States
| from the commencement Of the rebellion tC
the 3Ist of December, 1864. From that sun
deduct the whole number Of men furnished
] r Il Sc O.
TO that date. The remainder will be the ex.
cess of service furnished by all the districts
| Multiply the call Of December 10Th, 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 the
number of men enrolled from the whole Uni
ted States up to the 3Ist 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 oil ser
vice it is required TO furnish, including 1t:
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 distric
is required to furnish under the call of De
cember 10, 1864, which, divided by tire,
gives the number Of men required from th'
district.
! As this call is for 100000 men, that mum
Der cannot be reduced by men going in TO
period longer than one year. lnequalitie
produced by men going il under this call fo
longer periods than one year, must be equal
lied on future calls.
1t viii be perceived tha. though the ag
gregate Of the excess furnished is added {
the whole call, the excess of each district l