The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-26
THE CALL FOR 100000 MEN.
HOW QUOTAS ARE ALLOTTED.
STATEMENT OF THE PROVOST MARSHAL
GENERAL.

g troops.
d After saying that il was not expected
. that the call for 100000 men would pro
'' curcg that number, on the one hand, nor
i. DO so frightrully reduced by excessive
B, claims 'or credits on the other, he ,ays
d in the present call il is designed to make
up for he deficiencies Of the last proced.
n ing one. The object Of the call for
100000 is designed to put that number Of
men in The service. lie then continues:
. Whether thoy IRE enlisted for one, two
or three years they will be counted ns
units IN iiling the quotas, aud the excess
Or credit which any locality may be en-
titled TO on account Of filling T. quota
r with three ycars' mon, will be estimated
IN The nssigame NJ Of future quoiao, should
there be another call, upon the same
, principle that has varied the auotns under
+ the present call, because some localities
, have filed tkci- quotas under the call of
July 18th, 1864, with three years men,
and others with one yeats mcn' Ii will
b. observed that ihr number of men TO
to be urni he'd under the present call arc
not Ia proportion 10 The population oil
States or Districts, nor tho number en-.
rolled. llpd oil localities filled tho call
for 100000 with three ycrrs' men or all
one years men, or all in the same pro
portion of bOlh, the number Of mon To be-
furnished under the present call would be
in proportion to the number Cnrull1 I'd, and
nppruXm three fl1hs of the quota un
der the call for five hundred thousand, !
varied only TO correspond with changes inl
the enrolment as revised and corr, cted. |
! But as II would be unjust aud illegal to |
:, quirc district which had filled It's quo. |
Ia under the las; call with three ycnrs'
men ~ furnish as many men under the /
lp.eson, call as an equal district which /
| had n !cd it's quota under the last ,oll with .
one years men, the former having rurn-
ishcd three timts the number of wears Of
service which the latte: had furnished, il
became necessary to estimate the number
of yours Of service which each State,
district, aud cub district had mfnishcd
r, respectively, 80 tlat in nsccrtainng the
required number for each district in order
tU obtain three hundred thousand men,
each locality would receive full credit for
the number Of years of service furnished
under tbs last call, or excess carried for.
ward aud credited upon that call, previous
to calls being filled with three years men !
or cnlis,mouts reduced TO the tArec years
basis. Tho call OF December 10Th. 1864,
having been made 10 make up Deficiencies
under The call Of July 18th, 1854, it 10 not ! 7,
to bo expected that the number OF men :
required from localities will correspond !
win the number enrolled, or their quotas
under the call for 100000. Ia order, :
therefore, tD ascertain what number Of
men is du, from given district, we must :
look 10 what II actually furnished under
the call of July 18TH. 1864, instead Of
" hat IL was required to furnish. Thus,
where two districts, having tho same en-. u
rollmcnl, were required, under the call Of :.
July 18th, 1854 10 furnish two thousand u
men euoh, mud ore actually furnished but u
one thousond, while the other filed its u
quota, it would not be lawful ior the lat. !
ter district, which had put two thousand I
men IN service, to be required now 10 ,
furnish the same number OF the former, I
which had furnished only one thousand .
But suppose that both of th1 above dis. |
ricts had tllcd their quotas, the 6rmer l.
with one years men, the latter with three 1
y years men, The one furnishing two othous- J.
aud aud the other six thousand years of i
service; now, us the law provides that I
quotus shall be assigned "Nmong the dis I
trict, OF the several States, considering I
aud allowing for the numbers already iu-- I
nishcd as aforesaid, and time of their Y
Serpics,' in ascertaining quota und r a Y
call TO make mp d iciencics, the defcien- II
~ Of gears S3rpice, ss well as the def y
cicucy in number, are to be oatimatcd > and II
the quItis varied accordingly. As before II
said the uhl ct of the present call is 10 ii
'aisc 100000 men, and they will be re- Z
lurcd from the different localities in Al
proportion to the number which such
oCalities were deficient, or in eNcass, .
lnder the cal for 100000. This principle n
vas announced from the Provost Murshu,-
bureau when the quotas under ~
lo call for i've hundred thousand were a
nuouncut, or about that time, and the ., D'
eneiits that would result from three
ears Cnlistmcuts, aud the law governing --
ne subject, explained. To secure thre1
cars men the Government Offered three
uldred dollars bounty, and paid one lo
undred TO one years men 4; municipal lf'
generally contributed local VI
uunt,ss In similar proportion. The law :"
pvuE provided that the periods of SER H.
Ice heretofore furnished should bc con. r.,
dercd in assigning qSotas, .he question
zen 10 be determined is, az what sine -
llll III, cre0t b. applied? As il is i'm u
lssibO 10 loilow tho fortune OF each
dvIdull soldier, andrpckun the pegiod of
5 ac,ual service, il follows that either
e credit for the period for which they
listed shuuld bo given when the men
,tCrcd the service, ur withhe Id until the III
;piration OF the three years term. The Ia
lie has always been, under all calls, that
hen soldier is accepted into the service,
. is received and credited for the term of OH
IS enlistment or DRAFT, the Government
king the responsibility that no will
rive for tho full period OF his enlistment,
nd in no case has any locality been
allied upon TO replace men lost to the SER
ce by death, disability, or desertion. To III
wait the expiration Of three years, that
until the service had been rendered,
ou'd defeat the object OF the law, and
ould probably delay the draft until after va
ic close OF the war. Ii must follow
lcn, that the amount OF credit TO be
iv II Is, aud always hes been, dependent
pon tue period for which the ldiers
nters the service, When district pre-.
nnts en acceptable recruit Tor three years
nd he is received as such by the Gov. !
tha, district has done all il can i,sb
. In the premises, aud the Government ,igt
,kes TIE Responsibility that the soldier ~ ,S,' !
i'll serve his term OF enlistment. This oas
cing admitted, the time 10 apply the ssssaa
redits, ur to take into account the amount
{ credits 10 which the district is entitled,
when a settlement is made with all the
istricts with a view to assign quatas
udcr new call. This follows, MOI
lcrely us matter Of convenience In