The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-31

at night, the clerks were busily engaged
In making out descriptive rolls Of the meos
who had been accepted into service during
the day.
The instructions from the heads of De-
partments about this time were that busi-
ness should be transacted "Vithout regard
to hours" IN receiving, providing for, and
dispoS;ng of drafted men and volunteers
and without any spirit of presumption or
boastlng, L indulge the belief from COM
Farison OF results that no ouher office was
more active or continued in labor than,
that Of the 18th district of Penna.
In forwarding detachment of drafted
men to general rendezvous, their descrip-
tive rolls were always made out in Quintu-.
Fpltcdte, and disposed of in the following
manner: two cUpies accompanied the de-
tachment, one of which was returned. with
receipt for the men delivered written upon
1t; another was transmitted direct 20 the
Provost Marshal General another to the
A. a. Provost Marshal Genl. of the State,
aud one retained on file in tie office. The
copy which was returned from the gene
raj ren devious with receipt upon it ac-
companied the monthly return or roll OF
men at the end of each month to the
Provost Marshal General, in compliance
with paragraph "A of Revised Regulations
Tor the government of his Bureau.
In completing these rolls so that they
might furnish the proper data from which
the correct credits to the various sub dis
| trlcts could be ascertained, | have been
careful to give in the column of remarks.
the name of the sub-district in which the
II ta1 -
must be creditfd. The record or deScrip-
| tive book Of drafted men wherein their
names are transcribed from the tickets as,
they are drawn from the Whee., and in
which their descriptions are recorded
when held to service, has been uniformly
made tie book of reference. 1t has fur
nlshed the data or necessary information
! Tor all the returns of credits, all reports
Of the draft and drafted men. and in fact
! is the original record upon which are based
and from which emanate all calculations
affecting the status of the different sub
districts
For some time after my assumption of
the duties of this Office. the credits of
dTGfted men were asc-rtained by me from
| the proper record book at these headquar-
ters and forwarded at stated periods to the
Office of the 4. A. Provost Marshal Gen.
eral of the State, at Harrisburg. During
the same time credits allowed for Uolinteers
were announced to this office by the a..
A. Provost Marshal General of the State,
based upon monthly and tr-monthly re-
turns transmitted him by me. Laters
however, all credits were calculated at
Harrisburg, and announced to this Office
in exhibits, each embracing period Of
ten days.
Proper blank books were furnished me
in which to keep an account with each
sub-district, SO that at glance its real
condition might be seen and It's surplus Or
deficiency at once ascertaIned. TIE meth.
od at present pursued in calculating and
announcing credits is in my opinion the
best which has at any time been adopted
1t not only combines simplicity aad rigid
correctness, but it reduces to a uniform
operation the process by which all recruits,
either by draft or voluntary enlistments,
are accredited to their proper su5-districts
Conclusion neIt aceek