, 1865-02-23
Highly Important Action in Reference
to The Crcdit%-Corrected Quotas
Filed.

The following report OF the Board appoint
ed by the President Of the United States to
States and districts under the call for yolun-
tecrs Of Dec. 10Th, 1864, is published for the
information ofall concerned:
WAsH1No7oN, D. c., Feb. IL, 1865.
His Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President Of the
United Staiee, Washington D. D.:
Sln-The Board convened By the following
order:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON.
Whereas, complaints are made ID some localities
respecting the ass tgnments Of quotas and credits
allowed ior tho pending call Of troops 20 Ill up the
sizes In respect thereto, and 70 avoid any delay In
lling up the armies, 1t Is ordered, that tho Attor
ney General, Brigadier General Delaaeld and Col.
board 70 examine into the proper quotas and
credits Of the respective statee and districts under
the call Of December 10th. 1864. with directions
corrections as the Inv and facts may require, and
report their determination to the Provost Mar
shas General The Determination 4, Of sa'd beard to
Second. Tie Provost Marsha, General is ordered
to make The drait In tho respective districts IS
tEfedy the eae can be done sfes the 15s
Have respectfully to report as follows: The
call for three hundred thousand men, made
by the President on the 10Th Of December,
1851, requires that number shall DC raised.
previously furnished by different localities,
md the periods OF their service, shall be con
sidered,. so as to eQualize the draft. The
number Of men 1lnblc to military duty Ia to
be determined by the enrolment lists. The
number Of men which had been furnished by
the various localities aud their periods Of SER
vice we're ascertained, and previous accounts
having been adjusted, the cxcesses, wherc
they existed, were carried forward under the
last draft. The amount Of service furnished
Is detstm!1sa mi "a Y r. multiplying The number of
they en1isted. Having thus asccrtained the
number Of men enrolled on the 31st of Dc
ckmber, 1864, the number Of men furnished
mp to that date, the locality from which they
ctme, and the periods Of their service, 1T Is
proposed to distribute the call for three hun
dred thousand men among the sevcrnl dis
number enrolled In each, aud the number of
men furnished, aud the periods OF service
previously rendered By each. The rule by
which this is accomplished Is rs follows:
Take the whole number OF years of service
furnished by the districts Of the United States
the 31st Of December. BG4 from that sum
deduct the whole number Of men furnished
from oil the districts Of the United States up
10 that date. The remainder will be the cx-
cess Of years OF service furnished by all the
districts. Multiply the call OF December 10,
of service upon that call, and to this add the
excess us ascertained above. Then, as the
number Of men enrolled from the whole Uni
ted States, up to the 31st of December, 1854,
is to the period Of service rs above ascertaincd
SO Is the number OF men enrolled in given
district to the number of years Of service 1t is
required to furnish, including lis pro rata
share of the excess. From this SUN deduct
the actual excess the district furnished the
rtmainder Is the number Of years Of service
which the district Is required to furnish IN.
der the call of December 10. 1864, viii ch, d.
qulrcd from the district.
As this call is for three hundred thousand
men, that number cannot be reduced by men
going in for q period longer than one year.
Inequalities produced by going under this
call for longer periods than one year must be
equnlized on future calls. twill be perceived
that though the aggregate Of tue excess fur
Of each district is afterwards substractcd
from its quota. Thus the number of men
called for is neither increased nor diminished,
but equally produced, considering the num-
her ofmen, and tho periods Of their service.
Localities which have hitherto furnished
o greater amount Of service have, in
proportion to their enrolment, q less
amount to furnish under this call, and con-
yersely- Men having heretofore enlisted for
one, two, and three years, It WAS necessary to
take one OF these periods as the basis of the
calculation. As three years embraced both
the other periods it makes the calculation
more simple to adopt that. The same result
two years as the basis, but the process of cal
culation would be more complicated. Such
We find to bc the rule adopted by the Pro-
voet Marshal General. The rule Is in con-
foim;ty with the requirements Of the laws Of
Congress, and Is just Ind equitable. We have
carefully examined and proved the work done
under this sulc by the Provost Marshal Cen
eral, and find that 1t has been done with fair
ness, We hle in the Provost Marshal Gencz-
nl's office. our calculation OF the quota ofeach
and every district indorsed By us as correct.
JAMES SPEED,
Attorney General Of the United States.
RICHARD DELAFIELD,
Brig. Gen. md Chief Engineer U. 8.
c. ". Foster,
Col. and Assistant &dlutaut General.
Approved Feb. II, 1865.
7. (slsned) A. LINCOLN.
Dy order Of tie Secretary Of War.
E. D. TOWNSEND. Assistant Adjutant Gen.
Reception Of General Palmer by the
Ken lucky Legislature.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercially
FRANKFonr, KY, 20, 1855.
The Senators aud Representatives met in
the Hall Of the latter body, this morning, q
General Palmer. who Was introduced by Gov.
Bramlette. After shaking hands for some
time, Gen. Palmer asccnded the Speakers
stand, and addressed The Legislature and
spectators.
He said be entered the service. not from
hostility to the people. Of the South, nor for
any personal love for thepeople Of the North,
ested in the maintenance Of good govern
r.ent. he could not be blind to the fact that
there were parties In this State and divisions,
but on the question of preserving order In
Kentucky, there could be 60 difference. TIE
Administration regards Kentucky asa loyal
State, With . Government and code Of laws
enacted by her own people. Your rights and
public order have been threatened, not by
regular enemies, but BY those who were foes
to all mankind. To protect you. Is the first
duty of The military commanda1t In this
State; and I trust to receive assistance from
Your people wil1 have the privilege Of dis
ests Of the country. The Administration Is
pledged to this, and all the people within
your borders will be allowed TO exercise
every constitutional right. Asa lover oflib-
e,ty, will secutc to every man all the rights
be Is entitled TO-. In saying this, speak the
language of .the Administration. When the
President ordered me here he kneW my views;
humbled if I made any- pledges as to what I
The he senators 81 "a and Representatives, md sug-
Ecstions that will aid me to discharge tho ar
innns ilntics dcyolyiug on me. In the con-
duet of affairs hers there will be harmo NJ and
co-ope1 alton between the State and General
Government.
,rp p1er,s REPORT ON rHE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
MFR. Fisk's minority report recommends thf
n1 a. amendment. and asks compensation, but
not as q condition precedent.
: :: 4.;y The value of the MaEposa estate, for.
noe11v Gen. Fremout's, is returned to the In
ternal Revenue Astssfs; n fee COMPANY
links it Should be rated at ss,o0,oW.