New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-09

0onmftfee Appealsto aem &c" D"'7
1 allowed 40 increase T:ecrniting-OVer
Thirteen Thousand Men yet 90 DC
Raised!
/ The County Committee on Volunteering cal
fCe attention OF every c.tzsn 10 the letter appended
Hereto. from Brg.-Gen links, A. y. r. IL General
md Superintendent Of Recruiting Service relative TO
She number Of recruits being raised In this Coun
~. and the prospect OF drdfi.
| The Committee have exhausted all means at their
sonmand FOR raising men, They have paid the largest
pountY permitted by tho laws Of the State paid in
aDy PORTION Of the State. They have succeeded IN
recruiirg oycr luat cd Qc0) per day: within
She last 90 doys tley have averaged about one
Hundred aud thirty (W per day, and within Se'
encen 90 DAYS they hUFc rcDuce0 the number OF men
r. b. :alsrd near,y two thousand (2.OO0) -
Eut there yet more than thirteen thousand QduO
aen be raised 10 81 Tie quota of tu County aud 10
raise this number within reasonable tiInt requires
pot Que hundred men but iNo hundred men per ia! 81
While the Committee and the Board of Supervisors
ffom which they derive their power have hdlV9uaiy
and collectively eivea their whOe time ana attention to
this work it Is 10 bc regretted that the people OF ie
County. Who win sgcr by the draft have been inhe'
warm and have rendered the COMMITTEE no CONSIDER
Even capitalists who have most TO fear from draft
have been unwilling TO ad Ia he extent OF inrhSEns
She necessary means 10 ply The men raised Inc iuhu
for paylne volunteers Is nearly exhausted, aud even
400 mer pr day can no los ger he paid uness mSne!e
tpen and Institutions Subscribe the necessary iubus ,
The Coamittec In Justice 10 themselves aud the
public make this statement and appeal to we PEG
BE 10 go increase the numb IF recruits curing the ten
Ssys grace allowed us that il vii be reduced TO Ger
sanity that tie quota DO filled within reasonable
slime
LEI That the bonds of tie Couny for tie purpose Of
paving volunteers be taken immcdateyi and
ca That The people at once LEND Der ld 10 the WorK
Ts2ecially, les every citizen who has the means pro
vide himself with suhsrltue. He VIII thus exempt
himself from drcft and help TO al the quota oil Tue Iu
fy Substitute can row b. obtained II comparatively
small the state undertaking TO reimburse an muse
who pay money for this purpose Ia the extent OF StO
for three wears substitute 500 for two years substi
tute and $500 for a one year Substitute.
Those who subscribe TO tie Volunteer Loan Fund
Nave not oniy tie pledge of the filth aud property of
1he Comfy but the sdcional security that the State
vI reimburse the County tie money thus expended
eped ca anity Of draft Let them take tie matter In
hand. Let them assemble together IN pHDhc eounelL
and after 1eteriu Ing the best means 10 be pursued put
Chose means into immUci'te execution. Mth TIE CO.
cperntOn Of the press AID the active oid 81 Tue peeps"
che Committee hops, within tie prescribed Ten Gays 10
give satisfactory evidence that moe men VIII De pro
Cured By volunteering than possibly be obtained ~
arsft.-N eE-YOTk, March T. lst5.
C. GopFI.EY GUNTHTR Mayor.
MATHEW I. BRENNAN, Comptroller.
OI,sOH BLUNT sup rvisOr.
NM NJ. TWEED Supervisor.
ELIJAH 7. IURDY, Supervisor.
WM. Il. STEWART, Supervisor
County Committee on Volunteering.
OEIsOs BLUNT. Chairman
CORNELIUS CoRSOS. Clerk.
LETTER OF BR.C.-iEN. KINKS.
eysrcn A. 4 PROVOST NArsHAL 81 SElsL AND suFEp'}
oorTmERS DIVISION OF ~ y. oRk, March 1861
ORIsoS BLuST. es7, Ctair1tdh' &C. ,,.,
ceipt OF your communication Of the I'd inst in reply
90 note II Capt Bronson. 4. \. e., written b. lny On
ecton in relation 10 the progress OF recruiting IN this
County and have pe-uscd with iDeIes; the elaborate
rray Of statistics which II couians, exhibiting the
eomparatiye progress Of Yeertlnc in The City and
County Of New York nader tie present AID previous
calls Tor troops but It's examination has not canl ID or
modified nv convictions tASt The present rate OF To-
0ruiting Will not I'll tie quotas OF tie city districts
&ithin The tine required
IL viii be borne in mind that very great deficiencies
o. compared with other Districts in tbs state, exist IN
al the city districts and these Gcicences exist
entirely FIR the that Newly ORR las been ess act
lively or less successfully engaged IL actual recruiting
fhan the suburban dstries. Tic DRAFT has already
commenced in all districts surrounding the city and to
furtaer postpone Its operations here unless there Is
prospect Of tie quotas being imnt tlatey hHed ~ vol
hntary erlsments would be an obvious injustice TO
Chose districts in when he application Oftne PROVISIONS
Sf the law is now being made.
Furthermore it VIII be remembered that the previous
cuotas Of the citv districts have been filed. very
great extent with credits resulting from enisments IN
fhe navy not made she assignment or quotas I'M
I,r the enrolment law and not contained in your ex
4ibt Of the progress Of recruiting under those calls
Hence the comparison made IN your communication nas
DO application TO the results in filing Inc quotas WINCH
now must be done by actual enlistHents
Ii was hoped that the postpone ment OF the drsit IN
CHS city would produce the part OF It's eilzens some
effort commensurate with the amount OF labor 10 oe
Aone TO secure f Of the quotas by volunteer en-
6stments thereby speedily Enforcing our active We
Aorions armies with some sixteen thousand volunteers
ord TINS removing tie necessity for recourse 70 lNe
ASPIRATIONS OF a draft the pat OF the Government
10 secure This rerult cry means OF cooperation ana
assistance consistent With tle interests OF tue service
las, whenever suggested. been WINERY AG0pteu U!
ohe Provost MarshalG enersl and by the Office; bnt
after trih II seems thoi these hopes are not wen
Grounded for while yourself and few persons have
Fabored faithfully and efficiently 10 produce the de'ed
essult tho expectation q! general interest beiDg
aroused and an acveeo't beng maze on tne par o,
Gle whole community bar not been realized ana instcal
~ any indication being apparent that inc quotas WIZ
IL speedily filed there presented the conclusive evi
Henee Of vour figures ira. the present rate OF
recrutng the quota viii Dot be filed until the LIST Of
NOW Of no means by which the number Of men
raised be increased, except the people Who nave
1he m atest Interest ssue. shall by their efforts give
Vecruiting such impetus as they only can create
Every consideration of patriotism and interest appeals
Co them 10 their hands 10 The work. The Dcnehcent
and liberal provisions Of The State law by which every
cersOn who secures o substitute before the dTai VIII re-
eeiye s- hundred fouf hundred three hundred dol
lsrs bounty three years service OF such
.nbstitUte respectively while drafted man can re-
aeiye tut lundIed and Efty dollars elmer lOr MN
self or his substute ougt Of Itself 70 make every aDe
kolied person who lie liable 70 dTait an acllve recruiting
agent Willie the large bounty paid by the Sote IN al
ition 10 the Government nnty, ourht 70 induce all
Chose who are liable the draft to enter or feonter
che service and assist ia the grand c0ucuchg campaigns
I'm reply, however 10 your concluding remarks
would suggest that means be adopted 10 give te great
est possible publicity 10 the necessity OF lmnediatey
= sng ucn Inoee rapidly. end Ia the liberal provisions
~ The State Government made FOR volunteers ahd suD
stutes and that the people OF the city be appealed 20
Shrough the public pres, aud, Al p.sccahe through
pub meetings, TO devote one week To Their country
and their own personal interests ~ labor 10 secure tho
Gne the Quotas Of their districts and thereby reheVe
thcr Ives from the evils Of dra. To this end every
facility will be extended OH this department.. Muster
Inc Officers and SUI geOns shall be provided ID aDun
Asnce; aud that fair test may be made thnk may
promise that drai; snail take place during NE ne1t