New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-16
The Draft.
WAR DYrABrNrNT. PBOvO-I MARSHAL GENERATE
OFFICE, WASHINGTON II. e.. Jan. - 100.
He Eroeneney STEPHEN MilLTR GOrcrHor 9f N'HE''of'
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WAR DYVkUTNTNT, PEONO-1. W
OFFICE WASHINGTON. II. C.. Jan. ~ l-iJ.
HE EnoeHtHev STEPHEN MiLTR GOrcrHor Of M'HEfsof6
SIR: Your communication OF the 81 instant,
In relation 10 the quotas Of the districts IN the state Of
Minnesota las been received, aud IL WY thcIt'o
have the honor 10 state that
The cai OF the President for DooO rneD dated jay
ls ls64 having been greatly reduced %! cifIs on ="
count OF Army and Navy cnhstmcnb, WHICH han ho'
heretofore been credited II became necessary % make
AL additional call Of $4,000 men to make M TIE och
cheney. and 10 preserve Tie present strength OF the
n was not expected that tho call Of July II 1905 for
CaOO1 would put that number III men IA service. be
Gne t d2eet Ss q mat al aade in he Navy
from the commencement 81 the Rebellion unfi the 18th
Of February lr6f should be credited upon Tie quota
and these, with other equitable claims ioT eListnch's
not previously credited reduced that cal and rendered
necessary the one Of December Il? lT1i. Tor 10 80
The obj Ct therefore q the lasi cn! il TO pat Jo
men in tie service. Wheeler thcy enlisted for onc.
two or three years they viii BE- counted units IN III
inc The quota ard the e1cess or credit which any 10
cny bc entitled to- on account OF tng tie quota
With three years men, will b. estimated IN The assign
ment Of future quotas should there be another CAL
upon the same principle that Las varied tie quotas under
the present. call, because some locaitcs have hiled
their quotas under the call Of July 10 sot, with three
years men. and others with one year men,
II will be observed that the numbers Of men To be
furnished under the present call not IN Proportion
10 the population Of States Districts, nor 10 the mum
Der enTolcd Had all localities filed the call ior
with three years men all one years men, or all IN
the same proportion OF both the number OF men u be
furnished under IL present call world b. IN proportion
the number enrolled, anu OF
The quota under the call for 800 CO., varied only TO cor
respond w the changes In the enrolment as revised
| and corrected. .
trct which had filed it, quota under the last call with
three years men. 10 furnish many men under tie
present call ~ equal district which had filed IT.
quot under the last call with men the former
having furnished three times the number Of years OF
service which the latter had furnished II became neces
say estimate the number OF years VI service which
cnch State district and sab-distric had furnished
respectively. that in Hscertaning the required mum
Der each district In order To obtain three hundred
thousand men, each locality would receive f credit TOT
the number OF service furnished under the last
call or carried forward AID credited upon That
call prev ions calls being filled with three years mon,
or enstmonts reduced 70 the three years basis.
The call Of December -, ltOi, having been made "a
make up deficiencies uuder the call Of July 49, s6i II
IL not TO be- expected that the number ~ required
from localities will correspond with the number OF
rolled their quotas under the call for $4,000. In
order, therefore, TO ascertIin what number ~ Is
due from given district must look 10 what 10
tually furnished under the call Of July a. instead oil
what it required to fuInth. Thus, where two dis.
tricts, having the same enrolment, required,
under the call of July L. 1854 10 furnish two thousand
men each and actually furnished but one thousand
men, while the otler flied its quota II would not be
lawful for the latter district, which had put two thou
sand men In service. 60 be required furnish tho
same number as the former which had furnished only
! one thousand
But suppose that both Of the above districts had filed
their quotas, the former with years men, and tho
latter with three years men. the one furnishing 900
and the other 1900 years Of service; now ~ tho law
provides that quo-as shall be assigned among the dis
trics OF the several States. considering and allow qg
for the Numbers already furnished atOresnd ard M
timo Of their service In assigning quota under cali
~ make up DEFICIENCIES the deficiency Of years service
as well as the deficiencies In number arc to be est.
mated and the quotas varied Accordingly
As before said the object If the present call IL 20
raise 300 900 men, and they will De required from the
different localities In proportion 20 the number enrolled
and the number which such localities deficient or
| Ia excess under the call for 10000.
This principle was announced from the Provost Mar.
sha Generals Bureau when the quotas under the call
for 800 coo men announced. or about that time
CSee opinion Of Solicitor OF War Department herewith
and the benefits that would result fom three years en-.
lstments aud the law governing the subject eApnned
To secure three years men the Government offered
three hundred dollars bounty and paid but one hundred
10 one YEARS mcD munlcp pal authorities generally
contributed local bounties IN similar proportion
The law having provided that the periods Of service
heretofore furnished should be considered In assigning
quotas the question then to be determined is at what
, line shall the credit DO appiedf
As it Is impossible to follow the fortune OF each in.
lyidual soldier and reckon the period Of his actual
service II follows that either the credit for the period
hicb they enlist should be given when tho men enter
the service or withheld until the expiration OF the three
years term. b.
The rule has always been, under all calH that when
soldier accepted into the service ho is received and
credited for the term of his enlistment draft the
Government taking the responsibility that he will serve
FOR the fl period Of Lis enlistment and In case has
any locality been called upon 10 replace men lost u the
service by death. disability Or dcsert.Ol
Lgii-meps for III months hin? moIllE ono adl two