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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
Localities which have heretofore furnished a greater amount of service have, in proportion to their enrollment, a less amount to furnish under this call, and conversely. Men having heretofore enlisted for one, two, and three years, it was necessary to take one of these periods as the basis of the calculation. As three years embraced both the other periods it makes the calculation more simple to adopt that. The same result would be arrived at by adopting either one or two years as the basis but the process of calculation would be more complicated. Such we find to be the rule adopted by the Provost Marshal General, and find that it has been done with fairness. We file in the Provost Marshal General's office our calculation of the quota of each and every district indorsed by us as correct.
American Civil War
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