New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-04
TIE QUOTA OF NETWORK.

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Letter from Prsvesi.NnrnhnI.Ges Hays
on She Ic;suuaersrnrd,nrs ana Errers
, Coscernisg the Qrofa ~f rcw.Yori
City Something for Jlr. supcrvisor
Hluut 10 Illuminate Crsu-A GYtuiKseui
OF HiumLug some w;ic re The President
Gu.pcuds Temporarily Gnc Ganrter OF
tho Draft. ,I... ./E ..l.y
WAR DgPAkfNrrr PrOYcsr. NipsrAr G. ENruALsl
BUREAU. MAsnINCsO,, ID. e., Feb. ,, 1865.
Bris. Gen. J.. ". INNS .fag -Assis,aa Proros Mar
skaLGo,sral. Mr.. Iork Cuys fri|
GENIAL: In the accounts Of troops called
fDr and furnished KEEP IN is Office. it Is shown that
Va iioas States and districts had calls prior to that
u July last an excess to thor credit resulting mainly
fran long OF service for which ;key pat IL
vner the call ofJG.y II. leC meH permitted By
10 enlist for ore Two three year.. and tho excsss
hove alluded 20. IN Ilces increased nader
that cnl and in otser tlarcs created
acoBnt ofboih tie member OF men. end the length Of
lie period for which hey were accepted.
Tho acts Of Congress and tc n l.c Of thr Govern.
mont roqnre th. all The above excess should DO duly
consdercd in distributing The quotas urder tie call OF
pcc.lo
leacvsr the Guo;as esigncj urdcr The call OF Jnly
- were not filed BY yo.Lpteers eli.t1 or credits al
i0vcd according re-. Of Congress. dris have been
ir,ie and TIC requisite number obonel TIA. nader
he osu Of Juy Is .Lerc Is considerable deficiency In
any 81 the States districts IN The qrods assigned. Bat
large proportion Of these quotas filed by paper
gtai'' there was y "ss unaor ma. ee'i. lae
prc.IdC. as pToclal Doc - announces that iaat
d IS made 70 slrpyvsR deficiency The quotas under
a., cali OF July lsiuvinR been filed by men aud credit.
I HY cod Ii la. ffls ft.r ran
lunar, thousand CsOCOU) men Lad 10 be distriLu cd
,'c s,rcssit would nave been II there had been no
deIcia noy In men.
Under tic csli OF Dec. 10 IL isrequ;rca
Firy; That thlec hundred thousand CcqOcV men
end u, credits a!nne) 'sDRbe od.ai.ed
lhr acts of Congress ,eaCir. tbst the di.tIibut on
s'l be made IN pTopor.u To the hunbrr OF men liabic
"a duty in the dercht districts, and that due consider
elton shall be riycn to every loc ity r any it
nnv have on former calls
10 carry out the ioregoiag conditions the total ey
90 in the United States WIS added. IA gross, 10 the
call. and tie SUI. distributed among the Districts IN
ployoF ion to their eBTollment tli., giving the gross
quota OF each district, tlo atssI tross holougire TO
each district then deducted from this gruss quJt,,
and tie remainder gives the GET Duets Of the locality
unoer t,e call ot December - The sum OF The let
qEoas makes up tic three hundred thousand $50 OV
men required.
\ forinuIs maze the above distribution correctly
and t. make IL bear with the least fnss.e hardship
he's hsen rsica,ed Ia the Provost Mershsls As
Il u.s. no, possible TO coa.ute the quotas without full
Information FROM al tho states and Districts, II ~
the t WfU nave DINER III
rua tion thsn wa.t pertains 20 ;her respective local.
ie. can lend ;c ett csrit With he foregoing
lrncipcs iayiow or The gan % December. tLe Quo
dcr tie cai 81 December 9yefc con plted upGn the
be,t information ~ hare. regarding the enrolment up
10 November 90 and !crorts ~ FIR es received, or
tr,ups furnished w 30 Decca,beT -.
II known % The time Of computing these gucia',
that vigorous effort had hecn going IN during the
Month Of December TO revise tie enrolment, ard tina.
he result II these Efforts and cou ,o,c rerors Of
roops raised during the ogth OF December could rot
laffE iStC ~
Yves looked forward to ssscy TO tnrish more correct
data. aud also es the time TO CITY those error and
omissions which 1t impossible - discover until call
8 ac gully made. The approximate qIoa Of tie state
Il Ncf.York prepared from !aa or the 3oh OF Noyem.
her Was 10 -2l. During the month o. Deco.aber vgor'
os ior,S were made rs before stated, to re'.se thH
vi .Ous State and Gsticts Accurate Calculations.
made pon tie ',Iorcnt. ~ corrected no 10 De- u,
and complete Ss,g rs 90 credits dae up ~ lnat DIE
show the rnefin. ~ That state TO ha'o oeea. OF ire
LIST in,t. 6l.U,6
In reference Ia ,ho Ci,y >, New.York. the nunbr of
men to be is,d Wa ES .! she low figure OF 100 m
the first nssg from two pecuilT canse' Ono re-
r,cs to the amount Of credit 10 which thu. place was
entitled On account @; credits for mn ehlhted ~ tie
navy prior to FEB; ~ isi II was reported 70 NE by
york Board Of Supervisors IN letter. dated Dec. 20,
la6i that AZ agree aent had been maze between hun.
.elt and zen liayt. the 'hen Acting A.;istent,
yer,s naval mc should I've dpporiioned 10 the sub dis
triots OK tho County Of Nowyork. anG reports vera
made 10 this O1Oc In accordance tbefeElth; Dy WHICH,
Of tho naval credits allowed ty tho commission rp-
oointed for that purpose and which commission con.
sIercd only the number Of ard rot Their periods
OF SERVICE TO the fret ten districts III NowYork,
po,ed OF one two and three years ne az ths two and
three years men put e. The credit OF tle City Of
New. ork aud snch naval credits rs belonging 80
Bruokiyu and Tsrrytown were reported n one ysor
men, aus gir!rg 20 each OF tho districts Of New.
York (iiy and faiir9 ron Che districts OF Rrook!yna
and Tarry tow about three times as nj credit
on this account we, right and Just. The unfarness
t.l,g cf pQI he
hurry II pre- pariug Tia approximate quotas bet ween tho
o0th and path OF Deceber. but was subsequently dis
covered and corrected tho ngm5tr of naval men as
s,eued by the commission % the different disycs rot
being disturbed. .-,.....
enrolment in New York City which IL was snppos ed
would be completed before t1o pow ss.igI men. Of
,otus was TO DO made. would result In reduction of
tho list Of % per cent and tho approximate quotas OF
December - were consequently calculated ON tie as
sumption that there could DO reduction OF 20 por cent
ciay reported ater the LIST OF January. 10 was found
that had not progressed for 10 prove that any
material reduction had taken place. and tho corrected
quotas were assigned on the D. enrolment rs reported
by the Proyosts Nnrshuls and done elsewhere. J
The fact thst considerable reduction had taken p.nce
in the enrolment OF other States ami also III other dis
trlcts OF tho State OF EewYork Contributed to iu'
crease the quota Of New York City. These causes
created the difference In the quotas assigned the
Oath OF december and tue Gath OF january Tho last
quotas Of the districts In Ncw-iork City were pre-.
pared In - the same rs the quotas OF all 7
other dstvcts In tie United States and Gil the credits
due TO them have been considered u.
Complaint has been nad5 that hardship Il iupOsod
on Gex York BIZ !ncreeling her 2cotA eTsa II cor