1009 Series III Volume IV- Serial 125 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports
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district under the call of July 13, 1864, was 1,600, which was filled as follows:
Period of service.
Number One Two Three Total Excess
of men year. year years number of
furnis s. . years number
hed. of of
servic years
e servic
e over
number
of men
First sub- 200 140 20 40 300 100
district
Second sub- 240 180 10 50 350 110
district
Third sub- 160 80 12 68 308 148
district
Fourth sub- 260 120 30 110 510 250
district
Fifth sub- 180 100 10 70 330 150
district
Sixth sub- 240 120 20 110 460 220
district
Seventh sub- 140 60 10 70 290 150
district
Eighth sub- 180 132 24 24 252 72
district
Total 1,600 932 136 582 2,800 1,200
It will be seen that the excess of years of service over the number of men furnished in the first sub-district is 100, in the second, 110, &c. Total in the district, 1,200.
The quota of the district under the present call is 1,000; to this add the excess, 1,200, making, 2,200; then, as the number enrolled in the district (20,000) is to this sum (2,200), so is the number enrolled in the sub-district to its quota, which quota will be reduced by subtracting from it its share of the excess.
FORMULA.
First sub- 20,000 2,200 2,400 264 100 164
district
Second sub- 20,000 2,200 2,800 308 110 198
district
Third sub- 20,000 2,200 2,000 220 148 72
district
Fourth sub- 20,000 2,200 3,200 352 250 102
district
Fifth sub- 20,000 2,200 2,200 242 150 92
district
Sixth sub- 20,000 2,200 2,800 308 220 88
district
Seventh sub- 20,000 2,200 2,000 220 150 70
district
Eighth sub- 20,000 2,200 2,600 286 72 214
district
Total 20,000 2,200 20,000 2,200 1,200 1,000
The above formula is furnished to boards of enrollment as a rule by which they will apportion the quotas of sub-districts and determine the amount of credit due them.
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost-Marshal-General.
(The same, mutatis mutandis, to the acting assistant provost- marshals-general of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This communication was superseded January 24, 1865, by another letter, readjusting the quotas, &c., for which see p. 1073.)
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