The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-01-27
How Quotas sre Filled.

Bng. Gen. u. w. UiDks, OF the u. ,,
A., IN command Of recruiting rendezvous,
Hart's Island, near New York, has re-
Gently addressed an interesting letter 10
the Afju,ant General, respecting the re
cruising and bounty system. His staIe|
menls wil seem incredible only to thote
Who have no. had opportunities Of know
ing how ths recruiting busine.. ha. been
carried on. Tie swindls on the govern.
ment and people has been unprecedented
Gen liinks ,ays;
Felony ia compounded and crimes con
doned by magistrates, ths. criminals may
be zen, irto The AMY to srain ITS fair fame
imperil It's success, and dlshouor lis faith
70 soldiers, or desert it's banner to Join the
enemy, enlist again in some other locality.
communicating a double fraud all to I'll
the quotas.
Dlunkards, useless for any purposes of
life are suborued to defrsud the govern
men, and country, by enIisung as soldiers
10 fill the quotss.
Rebel SPIES, refugees, and fugitives from
Justice, are assisted TO enlist in our ar,nies,
from which they pass with we'll filed
pockets directly into the coutsderacy-
bui ii fills the quotas.
ImbeciIes sod luns,ic. are caioled 10 en-
lis,, and d.frsuded Of their bounty bv de-
'iguing k1aves, but no one appears to OBJ
ject-for il fils the quotas.
Men are cooped up drugged, stup; Ged
with Intoxicating liquors. aud coerced to
enlis; under assume d names, which often
times thsy themselves are unable TO re-
member, snd no Que detect. he fraud un~
til Il ey become sothered at the general
RENDEZVOUS, because every one is entirely
eugrussed-in filing the quotas
Soldiers from our armies are assisted
if not persuaded 20 desert, aud are con
cea'sl! until :hav can be conducted to
some remote locality 20 enlist again, by
the extensive combina,iens OF runners and
brokers' whose connections rsniify the
Nhole country 10 sGch an extent ihat a
regular sysfsn ia created Of depicting our
=. m,es-to I'll the quotas
Buys, whose In,msturitv. and old men.
whose seniiiy anit then far be dutles Q!
a soldier, c,ippes ard invsildes, unsble to
perform The slightest degree Of manual s-
i"- are openly peTsuaLei, or deceived If o
enli.ting. 10y representing IN them that
they caa be credited 10 a suh-district. pet
the iocaI BOUNTY, aud viii be - jrcted
when they arrive at the general rendezvous
aud in usuy csses the town o. cuuu.,
agent, broker, runner, ana recrui,, com
hIHe in tue empio ment Of every at fire
;he recr at before the enlistment, aLd fer
the credi, has been Obtained and the brun
" divided. assist him TO magnify Iii. dis,
abilities aid wr"ngs. that he msv be di--
charged, and the, permitted TO u,e him
-cajn---to ft the quotas
At thi. post Al-np during the quarter
ending lDsc. 81, 1864, forty five recruits
w-'a discharged upon examination by 3
" Rnsrd Of Inspectors, for utter worth
ieseCess to-sit seventeen for imnla'uritv
three for old age seven for chronic dis
eases, tive for deforlnties three for her
MIA, eigh. for epilepsy, three for asthma
and ~ o for insanity. A large number OF
others were, for similar causes ey IDENTITY
urfii for the duties of soldier in active
service, hut we're retained and sent 10
their regiments. because it Was probable
they might be Of some service 20 the gov
ernment in some capacity, aud to prevent,
their again enisIirg 20 fill some Quo.a