The influence of this meeting spread throughout the State, greatly aiding in the recruitment of seven other regiments, besides the 24th, viz.: 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d, all of which were fitted ready for the field within a little over thirty days, an example of recruiting not equaled in the State during the entire war. President Lincoln, advised by the Governors of the loyal States, who had consulted together regarding the emergency, issued a proclamation on July 2d for 500,000 men, the War Department assigning to Michigan a quota of 11,686. On the 15th of July orders were published from the Adjutant General's department of the State urgently appealing to the people for a prompt and effective response, and prescribing regulations for a system of organization. The 17th Regiment was then in process of organization, being recruited in the State at large, while six regiments of infantry were ordered and appointed respectively to the six Congressional Districts. Camps were established for each and commanders appointed. The 18th at Hillsdale, Hon. Henry Waldron; 19th at Dowagiac, Col. Henry C. Gilbert; 20th at Jackson, Hon. Fidns Liver-more; 21st at Ionia, Hon. J. B. Welsh; 22d at Pontiac, Ex-Governor Moses Wisner; and the 23d at East Saginaw, Colonel D. H. Jerome. The Adjutant General of the State, in his report for 1862, says of the action .of the people regarding this call: " The response of the people of the State to the President's call was patriotic and prompt almost beyond expectation. Individuals of every degree of prominence forthwith began to interest themselves in the business of filling the regiments. Communities gave to it their time and their almost exclusive attention, while, better than all, the substantial masses of the people offered themselves in person. War meetings were held in almost every village and township in the State. Representatives of all classes converted themselves either into recruits or recruiting officers, and among the most efficient of the latter were ministers of the gospel, some of whom led the men they had enlisted into the "Immediately following the issue of the order referred to, applications reached the Adjutant General's office, by telegraph and otherwise, from all sections of the State, urging authority to recruit, and desiring instructions and forms for the enlistment of companies. Facilities to promote this purpose were promptly furnished, and as soon as the camp grounds could be provided with suitable quarters men began to flock in by companies and detachments. the gentlemen who had been charged with the duty of supervising the organi- zation of the regiments performed their labors with diligence and success," and