, 1866-03-18
MILITARY STATISTICS.
i ho supplementary Work ofthe SaOt~
1AEy Comm ulssIofl--4utcFeS&inE Fueks
g. Concerning Michigan Troops
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i ho supplementary Work ofthe Sa0t~
1AEy Com nlssIofs--8ntckextinE Faets
@ ConeerntnE Michigan Troops
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Il Ia : Iset NOT Ecneressy known. that the
Sanitary Commission ase now engaged II tie
very Important work Of compiling statistics
re}attyeto the soilIera prtIe Cn!on armF. Et
the purpose Ut 4scetta{ntnx certain stnFt,1sant
scientific Acts- When tbe var closed, the
Commission .ouna they h.A sc'ae 100 .oo1 in
r.ctut end cor.d be accomplished bY dsrottoe
4 rortirn uf 1t to the procuring Of statistics.
relative TO the nauEtty slat octupatlou "f uur
Cnion soldiers, ~ eleo' thesr complex
len, collar OF their ttak ana eres, ETC.,
xlth tie vtev Of .4-ceytaznIn$ the rcia:tse
cemplexio0rd ulrr, and other important
scientific fnets. The supessntepd dtncJ Of thr
work u spnslii.aK tarsc statistics was ptas-SA
In The Lends oi fr1t. Gould, Of CambrAGf,
1Eass.> who has *'a. agents 10 various st.se
olbces or The At}u:ant Generals u The several
States TIE realnlte.l Information Capt. Pha-
ltn. sf Btston, kss BEES tngsEvA N shat ca
pseity a; the Adtutant Cteuerars u;aee IN tdis
city Tor about three faopths past, ani We arc
indebted to him tal +hc aoijowtae i1cts rsla-
t1rc 70 Mlehtgau eotlscrs: It sppenss that
ur1y shout oue-4lsth os all thu frc1utaa, ex-
clndta9 tloec who solcntcercd during the
first Sear or tic war, were Of furetS1 hErtA.
Upwards ot o5e-.lird were born In Ncw York,
New JeEfey and IcnusyiTanla-ty far the
greater portion In Scw York. About ona-
fourth are natives OF Michigan. Ihe follow
tnt statement shbws the nativity ot up9sra
ot u ,1U Of our recruits, and also represents
the arcEsce proportion Of The Whole number
enlisted In the State. NcW Tark, Pcnp*J isn-
MIA md New jersey. a.i.4; Michigan. 3D1' !:
Ohio, tndiauA, md other Western states,
l.cci; Cna1an, 673; New England, 4lo; Ger
s,any, rs lrel1ud, AIT; England, III
With regard tn orturAtfon, farmers grcatls
prtdnmi,4ale, and rnnstftrtc about two-tldrG4
! II tt,c whole eou1bfr. 3itchanlcs conn 3e1t
tn >vdcF, Aud make lip about one.kixth~ E.
torcr. sotan ur1t, snI Professional uen last ;
! teecrss. Fl>m three -rnurtas to' fur tsths
| we're Of light tomrlc1is,n. One-thlfd have
| hsnwn hair, and L.ut Oac Uarth dirk uoxf
| Ia order saIaes Nlal, black ueIt, aud lastly
| cray. Norp tlaJi onss-..salf haTc Line eyes,
| aud ateu. one.[tth Eta. while has*1, dark,
| md blark cyes respetuse,~ 3nlto*. From
| these facts Il will Be- seen t4,t Ugh. con,
| Statistics kbow that uen u this cla4a +re nort
carabls of suduTip:; fstl97:e snd tho hn4 ;i.aspt
! oi eamp-,i3r than shasc Of ; dark compile: :at
| and with 6ask and hlaek eyts. The mrchaa
| tca were mostly b,rH In the Eastern StAtej
| wht1e og The nnttves of this Statc a very lssG
maturity were farmers.
! The above 7ac1b have reference to tht ms1
| recruited aslcr TIE nstt excite uAnt ot .Eolsu
1eesing haI passed away. The proportion il
cA1ty volunteers txrtrds that among lbs lat
! recruits bat not to m great Ell eztsn: a.
some OF the Eastern etatcs. In Scw Yot
State more than tl,rr3-funsshs OF the earl
volunteers we1e native t,urE> ~11lIc or recruI
the foreign clement prrdnmluatel.