The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-12

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GxH. FsY's Onpsa Tho following i
the order Of Gen. Fry which i elsewhere
referred TO-:
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Psov. MAJ. GxnERAL's OrHacz,
WAsHIHcT0r, D. G.. Jan. 2 '65.
CIRCULAR No. 4. FN-
The attention Of ActiDg Assi3tant Pro-
vost Mssshals General Of Gahses aud
Boards u Enrichment, Is called d tho fact
that the quotas assigned under The csll Of
December 10, 1854. for 300,p00 men
must not be reduced except By 4ctual ca
listmsnts in army. navy, and marine corps
since the 18th ult.
JAMES B Far,
Provost Marshal Geseral.
Adjuant General Baker has issued m
order siate the publication Of GIN. Fry's
circular. IN which be says:
I" If this circular means any thing, its
translation must result 10 gross outrage to
our most patriotic and liberal citizens.
and is encouragement to enli1tments. =
The circular is 10 direct violatioo Of
the following provision of chapter Is Of
the laws of the last session Of Congress,
approved February "a, 1854:
SEC. y And be u further enacted,
That the quota Of each ward Of city,
town, township, precinct or election dis.
trict, or Of county, where the bounty is
not divided into wards, te wns, tdwnships,
or election districts, shall be, as nearly as
possible, 10 proportion to the number OF
men resident therein liable to rebder mil
irsry service, taking Into sccoudt. as far
far as prac icsb'e, the number which has
been previously furnished therefiom; and
10 ascertAiniug and filling sal quota
there shall be taken into account the
aamber of men who have heretofore en-
tered the naval servics Of tae United
States.
We are glad to be- able TO place this
matter before our readers 10 CLEARER and
more favorable light By the following
from the Davenport Gasette, which has
come to baud since Gen. Try's order was
put in type:
As We expected. the order of Brigadier
General Fry, Provost Marshal General,
relative To credits. has been explained
awav, as will be seen b. the following,
received by the .Adjuiant General:
WAR DEPARTMENT., WASHINGTON, !
january 7th, 1865.
To ~ B Baker, a. @. Of Iora
Circular No /, of 1865. does. not con
f[ict with with the Law, nor deprive you
of any credits to which you are entitled.
All the men you furnish will be credited
Enlistments prior to December LIST have
already beeh considered, and in few
days the eulistments of December will be
applied, aud the quotas of districts an
nounced. ]. B. Fay, p. N. G.
Some people may not be able to see
what remains of " Circular No. l." after
this explanation; but obscure points will
sometimes present themselves, to be sub
sequently made bright by explanation.-
We presume this explanation will cause q
modification of the order of Adiu,anf
General Baker. published, in yesteidsy'.
paper, which, however, under the cir
cumstsnees under which it was issued, W.
consider well-timed document.
Distressing CaAunlty.
The Cairo Democrat Of Sunday has
The following:
The most heartrending casualty that il
has been the duty OF any journalist in ,hi.
vicinity to chronicle for years, occurred