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Another Call For Men

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
February
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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The following oall for more men uppears in the tievvs dispatclwa from Washington: Washington, Feb. 1. It is ordered thiit a draft for five hnndred thousaod men to sorve lor ihreö yuui-s, or during the War, be made on tho Iftth d.ay of March next, for the military s!ïvLoü of the United States, crediting and deduicU!;,:; tlioi-oírom so naaay ú inaj' have bean cnlisted op drafted into the service prior to the flrst day of March, nud uot heretoiore credited. (.Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. This cali is variously construed, - lik.e a!l. of " Qld Abe's " proolanoations. messages, sèorief, etc.,- and is held by someto mean 500,000 more, and by others 500,000 includiug '.he 300,000 now being raised under the Ootober cal). The o'der is certainly for a draít for 500,000 men to take place on the lOth oí March, b.ut as all " enlisted or drafted into the service prior to the first díiy of March," are to be deducted tberofrom, it must be that those enlisted or draited under the Üctob&r cali are ineant to be deducted, else the word "drafted" means nothiug. This cali adda just two thirds to the quota apportioned to onr Stato in October, and thoso towos ia our county which supposed their quota filiad can readily figure up the extra job on their hands. As some of tbetn, however, may not have the tabla of oíd quotas at hand we compile the following on the basis of 200,000 more. If the cali proves to be an addiüonal 500,000 the oíd quotas Can be added to our figures ; Axx ARBoa City. PUtsfield, 14 lst and 2.1 Wards, K5 =Myon, 12 3d,4th&5tli 7 Sylv.au, 16 Ann Aibcr Town, 12 Saline, l' Augusta, 11 Salem, Bridgewttqc11 Superior, 13 Dcxter, 7 Soio, 23 Freeiiom, 15 Webster, 14 I.ima, 13 York, 15 Loiü. 13 YpsilantiTovn. 15 Lvndon, 7 Yi-mtami City. Manchester, 17 lst, 2.1 h 'M WardB, 17 Northfield, 13 4tli and 5th " ia In making these figures we have given tho town Ihe benefit of a Iractiou of one third, and added a man for a fraction of two thirds, and for present purposes the above quotas wil! come near enough to the officia!. We presume that Congrosa will complete its "tiokeiing" the conscription law prior to tho lOth of Marcb, and (hat the draft wilt take place promptly on Ihat d ay, Onr construotion of the Presidenta order ís tluit enlistments will oease on tho lst of Maren, the day on which the lafge bountiesstop.

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Old News
Michigan Argus