The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-03
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Assignment Of District Quotas.

Assignment Of District Quotas.
% Dispatch from Colonel Fry.
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To Col. AyERILL: 80 7)-s.
Your dispatch received. Quota Of First
District, Twenty-one hundred and twenty
five (2,125). Second District, Fifteen
Hundred and eleven Q,51D. .a
.-, Proves. Marshal General.
We append the instructions issued by
Col. AvRR1IL to the District Provost Mar
shals for assigning the quotas of the vari-
GUS subdistricts /: 30
AcrMa ASSISTANT P. NJ. GAME AIS OFv1ca
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 90, 1855.
CAPTAIN: The quotas for the list and I'd
Districts of Minnesota are hereby announced
for your action. These quotas have been ap-
portioned by the Provost Marshal Generals
Bureau upon the basis of enrolment a. cor
rected and reported to Washington January 1,
1865, and in accordance with statement sent
Gen. Fry from this Office, after the reception
of quotas assigned by him December %, 1854.
You will therefore disregard those figures
and adopt the following which has just been
received from Washington:
First District. Observation-Disclosures. ,125
Second District. 81
1856
As has been heretofore announced, the above
figures have been produced by taking into &C
count the nussber of three years men that Ger
tain sub-districts In Minnesota had furnished,
as an excess on all calls prior to the call Of July
18th 1864. (and that were the credited of such
sub-districts under that call } and comparing it
with the number of three years' men, that were
Stasss. ' '' ~ " >' '' VI ''
Taking uRits as basis, the two districts
stand deficient under all calls Except the pres
ent up to January 1st, 1866, as follows:
dss DiSu!ct. .........-........ o6z
"a D6trles. Observation-Disclosures 2l2
Total deficiency. IA
Taking gears of service as basis (Which has
been the system adopted by the Department.
Minnesta stands in excess on January 1, 1866,
as follows:
First district, in years of service. 7ss
GecoDu ........ ZlSI
AOsoA. ZS0O
1t will therefore be understood that this ex.
cess OF years Of service has been produced on
account of the number of three gears men which
were placed to the credit of certain sub-dis-
tricts under July call, together with the mum.
Der of too and three years mon which were fur
nished by those sub districts after said call vas
made, all being reduced to years service
Had no other State but Minnesota been en-
titled to such excess, her quota would have
been less than 1t now is by the amount of excess
above shown. But as the average condition Of
other States in this respect has been shown to
be equal, and perhaps better than Minnesota,
and as the 300, 900 men are absolutely required
under the present call, this excess of service
has only affected reduction Of the quota from
soAdt It soon0 hove been, provided no such excess
had been furnished
In apportioning quotas to the sub-districts
you will be expected to observe the same rules
and principles as have been adopted by the
Department in assigning quotas to Districts
and States
The formulas enclosed in circular letter
from Provost Marshal Generals Office, Dec.
%, 1864. will be taken as guide in making up
and assigning quotas.
Great care should be taken TO ascertain the
exact amount of excess each sub-district had
on hand at the time of July call Cor for con-
venience say August LIST, 1864 said excess be-
ing all three years men. -.
This, when reduced to years of service, and
s.NNSA w GAL yOSsAo VI COL WIG POOuCcu ACcE
August LIST, 1854, will show the total credit
of the sub-district in years of service Sub
tract its quota under July cali, and you have
the excess January LIST, 1865, which Is to be
taken into account in assigning the present
quotas. Ascertain the amount of excess in
the whole District, and add this sum TO the
quota of the District which Is simply the pro-
cess of an equal distribution, as you win no.
tce by the formula. Then, as the enrolment of
the district Is to the quota of the district, in
creased by this excess, so is the enrolment of
the s,Ibdistrra to its quota. Subtract from this
gross quota the excess belonging to the sub.
district, and the result will show the number of
nea to be furnished under the present call
This number will be Absolute and ,Dias0ut re.
gard to periods Of service, and cannot be
reduced, except by actual enlistmsnts, after
January I, 1866. You will please make up
aud forward to this Office at the earliest posi-
bic opportunity, an exact statement ofyears of
service which each sub-District was entitled
to on January 1, 1865, which is to be applied
in apportioning the present quotas, taking the
excess Of August 1, 1866, as basis of action
Tais item will also be embraced in your
statement ofquotas of sub-Districts which you
are desired to make up and forward to this Of
tce as soon possible after the 10th of Feb
ruary next. an
1 am Captain. very respectfully, your obe-
dent servant, JNO. T. AVERILI,
Col and A. A. P M Gen. Minnesota.