The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-01-20
EAlPORIA. KANSAS SATURDAY. JANUARY 30 1856

9Th Cavalry, from Kansas lc} Is2ss
| xea from other States, rc r9-.e,7 37l
7th CsVAlry,r from Kansas las.
from other States, SOC
9Th Infantry, from Kansas, S2t
from O her States 39S
9Th Cavalry, from Kansas. ! 49,
..T 30 from other States, rt-.......-- Sc
10th Infantry. from Kansas, .. I,I3l
| from, other States, 1877
18th Cavalry, from Kansas, / sE32
from. ether States. 26
18th Infantry. from Kansas 1914
ain e from other States 81
18th Infantry. from Kansas, 1aL r=.5 S27
esd from other States, ,as-a 81
18th Cavalry. from Kansas. 1O59
from other States. 169
18th Cavalry, from Kansss. I,f79
from other States, 159
18th Cavalry from Kansas. -s~-- 1,B57
..t q from other Statsss ,.. 1O3
18th Infantry, from Kansas, 90
Ist Cold Infantry, from Kansas, 1,I03
from other States, 3
2nd Cold Infantry, from Kansas, 1,043
from other States, 3
lat Kansas Battery, from Kansas, $50
.. rn# from other States, IS
End Kansas Battery, from Kansas, 1877
from other States, 80
Srd Kansas Battery, from Kansas, 80
from other States, ll9
Indep't Col'd Bat'y, fro Kansas, I69
Total from Kansas. 1854
other States, $3.50
Grand total, 22,774
Enlistments in organizations not be-
longing to the State, in 1865, 228
Total in Kansas regiments and Kan
sas soldiers 10 other organizations, g, 0O2
Total enlistmGnts from Kansas, I9, sI2
The entire vote, as shown by the returns
Of 1861, was 1871, and the entire vote;
as shown by the returns of 1864. was co.
835, it thus appearing that Kansas has
furnished nearly double as many soldiers
for the war as the entire voting population
was in 1861, and almost as many as shown
by the returns of 1864. The State has
furnished the Federal army more troops, in
proportion to her population, than any 9th
er State in the Union; and the entire mill
tia was always In readiness for immediate
action in the field, and was all engaged rem.
dering efficient service in repelling the reb
ell army under Price from our border: and,
upon several occasions, regiments and in
dependent companies were in actual service,
defending the border and frontier.
The State has received credit from the
General Government for only 1881 men.
which error caused Brig. Gen. Fry, the
Provost Marshal General, to order the draft
in Kansas under the call of Dec. I9th,
1861
1 assumed the duties of Governor on the
9th day of January. 1865, and found the
draft then pending. directed the Adju-
tsnt General of the State to make out
report of the actual number of
troops furnished by the State, their term
of service, date of organization, number of
re enlisted veterans, DC, which immedi
ately transmitted, through the Adiutant
General of the U. S. Army, to the Provost
Marshal General. He received it during
the month ofFsbruary. This report show
ed conclusively that Kansas had already
furnished more than her entire quota under
all calls; Notwithstanding which, the Adju-
tant General u. s. Army, from some cause,
refused to give the State her just credit and
suspend the draft.
The day following the adjournment of
the last Legislature. proceeded to lash
ington, with an additional report, prepared
by the Adjutant General of the State, and,
after considerable delay. obtained credit at
the Adjutant Generals Office in Washing
ton for S,039 additional men. This add
tiOnal credit, according TO Government rec
ords, placed the State about 2, 900 in excess
of all calls and demands; and Justice requir-
ed that further proceedings under the draft
should have been suspended Immediately,
and all drafted men who had reported at
the general rendezvous discharged, and al
lowed to rsturn to their homes This the
Secretary of War refused, on the ground
that other States were claiming similarcred-
ite, and that the men were greatly needed,
and that every available man must be Sc
cured Immediately, and to suspend the
draft in one State would create dissatLsfac-
ton in others. then waited upon Pro
vost Marshal General Fry, with the credits
obtained at the Adjutant Gsnerel's Office,
who, as an act of justice TO the State, or
dered further proceedings under the draft
suspended, and Immediately telegraphed to
the Assistant Provost Marshal General at
LeavenWorth to discharge the men and al
low them to return TO their homes. When
arrived at Leavenworth, found, to my
establishment, portion Of the drafted men
still held. I immt diately sent dispatch
to General Fry, Of which the following is
the copy:
LzAvEEwORTH, April 1Ith, 1855.
TO General j. B. Fry, p. y. H. g.,
Warrington. d. O..
On arriving here, I find that one hun
drsd and twenty of the men drafted from
Kansas are still held. These men Ar,
mostly from one locality, and were drawn
while the State bad an excess of over three