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ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



months being then generally understood to be 

 the longest term for which they could be called 

 out), and the mode of appointing their officers 

 by the suffrages of the privates, were fatal to 

 their use for any considerable period, and vol- 

 unteers were called for within four weeks from 

 the first proclamation, though unfortunately 

 not in sufficiently large numbers at first. In 

 July Congress, by act of July 22, 1861, author- 

 ized the raising of 500,000 volunteers, and 

 on the 25th of the same month, probably inad- 

 vertently gave authority for the raising of 500,- 

 000 more. 



How many were actually raised under these 

 two acts is somewhat uncertain. Secretary 

 Cameron, in his report of Dec. 1, 1862, gives 

 the aggregates as follows : Three months' regi- 

 ments, 77,875 men ; volunteers for the war, 

 640,637. The reports of the adjutant-generals 

 of the different States show a very considerable 

 difference between the number raised and the 

 number credited therein in this report ; some 

 claiming many thousands more, and others con- 

 siderably less than the number assigned them 

 by the Secretary. At the date of the Secre- 

 tary's report a large number of regiments or- 

 ganizing under the call had not been mustered 

 into the service ; many of the regiments indeed 

 were not fully organized till January or Febru- 

 ary. About the 1st of June, 1862, a call for 

 militia troops for three months' service was 

 made upon several of the States, and Massachu- 

 setts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 and Ohio sent forward regiments numbering 

 in all nearly 40,000 men. In August and Sep- 

 tember the raids of the Confederate forces 

 along the Ohio river, and the invasion of Mary- 

 land by the Confederate generals Lee, Jackson, 

 and Stuart, led to the calling out of militia and 

 volunteer troops in large numbers, from Penn- 

 sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, who were 

 discharged when the enemy had been driven 

 back. On the 1st of July, 1862, the President 

 called for 300,000 more volunteers for the war, 

 and on the 9th of August for 300,000 for nine 

 months, who were to be drafted unless they 

 volunteered promptly. There was subsequently 

 considerable vacillation on the part of the Gov- 

 ernment in regard to the force to be raised under 

 these two calls. In Pennsyl vania a part of those 

 enlisted under the first call were enlisted for 

 twelve months only ; in other States an excess ' 

 raised under the first was allowed to be credited 

 to the second ; and in some instances an excess 

 under the previous calls was allowed to count on 

 these. There was very little drafting ; proba- 

 bly up to Feb. 1, 1863, there were not 10,000 

 drafted men in the army. This was mainly due 

 to the great exertions made in the loyal States 

 to promote volunteering and the very liberal 

 bounties offered by States, counties, cities, 

 towns, and individuals, to those who would 

 enlist. The following table, prepared from 

 official reports from each loyal State, shows 

 the number of troops furnished by each for the 

 war to Dec. 1, 1862 : 



The number of these troops now in service 

 can only be conjectured. It does not probably 

 exceed 900,000. 



The following table gives the pay and per- 

 quisites of the officers and privates of the regu- 

 lar and volunteer service, both receiving the 

 same pay in their respective grades : 



MONTHLY PAT OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, 



PEIVATES, <fec. 



Cavalry. 



Bergeant-Major $21 00 



Quartermaster-Serg't 21 00 



Chief Bugler 21 00 



First Sergeant 20 00 



Sergeant 17 00 



Corporal $14 00 



Bugler 13 00 



Farrier and Black- 

 smith 15 00 



Private 1300 



Sergeant $34 00 



Corporal 20 00 



Ordnance. 



Private, first class.... $17 00 

 Private, second class. 13 00 



Sergeant-Major $21 00 



Quartermaster-Serg't. 17 00 



Fir.-t Sergeant 2000 



Sergeant 17 00 



Artillery and Infantry. 



Artificer, artillery $1500 



Private 1300 



Principal musician... 21 00 

 Musician 1200 



Corporal 1300 



Sappers, Minerx, and Pontoniers. 



Sergeant..., $34 00 



Corporal 2000 



Private, first class .... 17 00 



' Brigade. Band*. 



Private, second class. $13 00 

 Musician 12 00 



Leader $45 00 



Four of the Band.... 3400 

 Eight of the Band .... 17 00 

 Medical Cadets (and 1 



ration per day) $30 00 



Hospital Stewards.... 3000 

 Master Wagoners (3d 



Aug. 1861) 1700 



Drum-Major $17 00 



Four of the Band. ... 20 00 



Matrons $6 00 



Female Nurses, per 



day and 1 ration 40 



cents. 

 Wagoners (Aug. 3, '61) 14 00 



12J cents per month is to be retained from the pay of each en- 

 listed man of the army for the support of the ''Soldier's Home." 



$2 per month is allowed for refnlistment, and $1 per 

 month additional for each subsequent period of five years' 

 service, provided the enlistment is made within one month 

 after the expiration of each term. 



* Including 15,888 three months' troops in the summer of 

 1862. 



t Including 50.000 volunteers raised to repel the invasion 

 of the State in September, 1862. 



$ Including 16,657 three months' troops furnished iu the 

 summer of 1862. 



Including 4,229 troops raised for short special service. 



