Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-24

long run. And this result, so far from be-
/ ing bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable
| to keeping good faith with New Hamp-
| shire. BY no other result can the 6,UU(
| men be obtained from the two States, and
| at the same time, deal justly and keeI
| faith with both; and we do put confuse
/ ourselves in questioning the process by
which the right result was reached.
The supposed case is perfect; as an illus
| tration. The pending call is not for 30O, ,0O(
men subject to fair credits, but is for 800, ,UOC
/ remaining after all fair credits have been
| deducted; and it is impossible to concede
| what Vermont asks without coming out
/ short of the 300,O men, or making other
Localities pay for the partiality shown her
Yours truly, -
(Signed,) A. LINCOLN.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, J
No. q. ADJ'T GEN'Ls OFFICE, !
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL, 1865.
The followiog report of the Board, ap-
pointed by the President of the Uniteo
| States to examine and correct the quotas
| of the several States and Districts, under
J the call for volunteers of December 10, 1864,
| Is pu blished for the information OF all con-
| cerned:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb, 16 1865.
| HIS ErceLLency, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Pres
ade'1t Of the United states, washington,
SIR: The Board convened by the follow
ing order
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 6, 1865.
Whereas, complaints are made in some
localities respecting the assignments OF
quotas and credits allowed for the pending
call of troops to fill up the armies, now, in
order to determine all controversies in re-
spect thereto, and to avoid any delay in
hlling up the armies, it is ordered: That
the Attorney General, Brigadier-General
Richard DeIafield and Colonel &. w. Eos
ter be, and they are hereby constituted
Board, to examine into the proper quotas
and credits of the respective States and Dis
tricts, under the call of December 10, 1864
with directions that, if any errors be found
therein, to make such corrections as the
law and facts may require, and report their
determination to the provost Marshal Gen
eral. The determination of said Board to
be final and conclusive, and the draft to be
made in conformity Herewith.
The Provost Marshal General is order
ed 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 100000 men, made by the
President, on the 18th of december, 1864,
requires that number shall be raised.
but the law requires that the number OF
men previously furnished by different To-
calities, 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 fur
nished by the various localities and theil
periods OF service, were ascertained, ano
previous accounts having been adjusted,
the eXcesses, where they existed were
carried forward under the last draft
The amount OF service furnished is de-
termined by multiplying the number o.
years for which they enlisted.
Having thus ascertained the number OF
men enrolled on the 31st day of December
1864; the number OF men furnished up t.
that date; the localities from which they
came, and the periods of their service, IL
is proposed to distribute the call for 100000
men among the several districts and parts
OF districts, according to the number en-
rolled in each, and the number of men
furnished, and the periods of service pre-
viOusly rendered by each.
The rule by which it is accomplished is |
as folIows:-
Take the whole number of years of ser |
vice furnished by the districts Ofthe United |
states from the commencement of the re-
DelliOn to the 31st OF December 1864. From
that sum deduct the whole number of mel
furnished from all the districts of thu |
United States up to that date. The remain.
der will be the excess of years of service I
furnished by all the districts. Multiply |
Jhe call of december 18th, 1864, by three, |
TO have the number of years of service mp
on that call, and to this add the excess, al
as0ertained above. Then, as the number |
Of men enrolled from the whole United L
states, up to the 3Ist of December 1864 i.
70 the period of service above aScertained
so is the number of men enrolled in Civ. |
IN district, to the number of years /
1f service it is required to furnish, inclu-
ling its pro rata share of the excess.
From this sum deduct the actual excess
he district furnished; the remainder is the
lumber OF years OF service which is re-
luired to furnish under the call of Decem-
Der 19, 1864, which, divided by three, gives |
he number of men required from the dis
rict.
AS this call is for 100000 men, that num-
'er cannot be reduced by men going in fol
longer period than one year. IneQuali-
les produced by men going in under this
all tor longer periods than one year, must
'e equalized ON future calls.
1t will be perceived that though the ag-
regate of the excess furnished is added to
he whole call, the excess of each district /
afterwards subtracted from it's quota.-
nus the numbers of men called for is nei- n
ler increased or diminished, but equality )
considering the number Of men
nd the periods of their service. LocaIi- a
es which have heretofore furnished a / 9
reater amount of service, have, in pro- Z
OrtiOn to their enrolment, less amount i
furnish under this, and cOnUerSO. n
Men having heretofore enlisted for one.
vo and three years, it was necessary to
Ike one of those periods as the basis of
e calculation. AS three years embraced
9TH the other periods, it makes the calcu- -
tion more simple to adopt that. The
me result would be arrived at by adopt
& either one or two years as the basis but
Q process of calculation would be more
implicated. ~
Such we find to be the rule adopted bv i
e Provost Marshal. The rule is in con- pr
rmity with the requirements of the laws
Congress, and is just and equitable.
We have carefully examined and proved a.
3 work done under this rule by the Pro- i Ioi
st Marshal General, and find that it has sio
en- done with fairness. OF
We file in the Provost Marshal Generals by
ice our calculations of the quota of each or
d every district endorsed by us as cor An[
Il. JAMES SPEED, "a ~
Attorney General of the United States. ar
RICHARD DELAFIELD, wh
Brig.-Gen. and Chief Eng, u. S. A. 7
c. w. FOSTER, on
CoIoDal and Asst Adj General yea
Approved February IL, 1865. oy
A. LINCOLN. G