The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-29
the whole party. 1t is union we need,
and candidate who will unite-and in
this respect Mr.. Winship by his own
course has made himself an unavailable.
DRAFTING AND BouNr1Es.

DRAFTING AND BOUNTIEs.
While in the present crisis there will
be more volunteers for the army than
are called for, yet it causes some ques-
ton as to how forces could and would be
raised if volunteers were not sufficient.
In the call the quota OF each state is
specified and is based on population.
The men from each state when mustered
in are always kept together, as such
numbered regiment Of such state. The
officers of the regiments are usually ap-
pointed and commissioned by the gov
ernor, and often elected by the pri-
Yates. Higher officers, such as COM
mand brigades, divisions and corps are
appointed by the president. The volun-
teer army enlist for the period of the
war. They have no connection with the
regular army Organization except to act
in conjunction.
In the days of the rebellion many
states succeeded in raising all the men
needed without the necessity of draft,
but we think that in all states, the COVER
nor called upon the counties, towns and
villages each to furnish their particular
quota or share of men. As the calls be-
came greater and more frequent it be-
came necessary to offer bounties. Thus
the United States government in 1864
offered $500 to each individual who
would enlist, and in the state of Maine
the state gave $500 more, while most of
the towns and cities gave from 500 to
$500 additional, making an aggregate in
different states and localities of from
$500 to 81, 500 as bounty to each enlisted
man. This money was raised by bonds
and paid by general taxation. Some
times private individuals who did not
want to go to the front, in order to avoid
the draft, or for patriotic reasons, hired
persons to go in their place as substi-
tutes and for such substitutes all sorts of
prices were paid, according to bargains
that might be made.
In some cases drafts were made and
the selections were made by lot and in
that case every able-bodied man in the
township or town had to stand his
chance. In most cases the drafted men
took their places in the army without
murmur and made excellent soldiers.
New York City however was the scene
of extensive draft riots, as many of the
people refused to be drafted, and it re-
quired the return of several regiments of
veterans from the front under the COM
mand of General Butler, to bring order
into the city and enforce the draft. The
United States has since repaid many of
the states for sums expended in recruit
ing and other war expenditures.
The drafts caused pretty large emf
grafton to Canada and to the northwest
ern and western frontier, while the bounty
business for time caused great scan
dal, arising from class of men called
bounty or substitute brokers who UNDER
took to fill quotas or find substitutes, and
who by connivance with recruiting Off.
GERS and lot of INSCRIPTIONS men, run
in Substitutes" who remained in the
service just long enough to get their
money and then desert. After a while
the government began shooting these
bounty jumpers" as they we're called,
as fast as they caught them, and the most
of this kind OF business was stopped.
However, it is not probable that we
will have any such experiences to pass
through at the present time. 1t is hard
to conceive at present what we could do
with SO many as 100000 men and it is
evident that we can raise that many with
out recourse to bounty ar draft