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MICHIGAN. 



4,062,858 pounds in 1860, to 7,249,934 pounds 

 in 1864. 



The whole number of troops raised and or- 

 ganized in the State to the end of 1864 was a 

 little in excess of 80,000 men. At that time 

 the State had in the Federal service thirty regi- 

 ments of infantry, eleven regiments of cavalry, 

 one regiment of light artillery, one regiment of 

 mechanics and engineers, also two independent 

 batteries, and fifteen companies for various arms 

 of service. 



A correspondence took place relative to the 

 quota of the State between its military officers 

 and the Provost Marshal General, which is im- 

 portant as showing the principles upon which 

 quotas were estimated: 



MILITARY DEPARTMENT, MICHIGAN, ADJT.-GEN.'S I 



OFFICE, DETROIT, Feb. 6, 18G5. 

 Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War : 



SIR: I am directed by His Excellency, the Gov- 

 ernor of Michigan, to present to your consideration 

 the following statement : 



Under the call of the President of Dec. 19, 1864, 

 300,000 men are required to supply the deficiency 

 under the call of July 18, 1864, and to provide for 

 casualties. 



The entire quota of Michigan, under the call of 

 July 18, 1864, as originally assigned by the Provost 

 Marshal General, was 18,282, which, after the en- 

 rolment had been amended, was reduced to 15,760. 



Up to and including the 31st of December, 1864, 

 there had been enlisted in this State, and credited by 

 the Acting Assisting Provost Marshal General, since 

 the call of July, the following number of men : 



For one year 6 016 



For two years 50 



For three years 10,121 



Making a total of men absolutely enlisted and 

 credited of 16,187. 



This statement shows that instead of there beino- a 

 defiaeney in this State under the call of July 18th, to 

 be provided for under the additional call now pend- 

 ing, there was on the 31st December an actual sur- 

 plus standing to the credit of the State of 427, count- 

 ing each man, without regard to the term of his en- 

 listment, as a unit. 



In the calculations, based upon periods of service, 

 made at the office of the Provost Marshal General, 

 and which entirely accord with those made by the 

 Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of this 

 State, the proportion of men enlisted for three years 

 entitled the State to a surplus credit on the call of 

 July of 20,719, one year men, to be credited to the 

 present call. 



On the 31st of December this department was 

 officially notified that the quotas of the several Con- 

 gressional Districts of Michigan, under the call of 

 December 19th, 1864, after deducting credits, were 

 as follows : 



First District 449 



Second District ] 404 



Third District 1,794 



Fourth District 459 



Fifth District None 



Sixth District 1,716 



First District ............................... i 729 



Second District ...... I'gOl 



Third District ....................... I'giQ 



Fourth District .................... ' i'263 



Fifth District .............................. 1*329 



Sixth District. ............................. 1936 



Total. 



5,822 



On the 4th of February, however, a further noti- 

 fication was received from the Acting Assistant Pro- 

 vost Marshal General of the State, which placed the 

 entire quota of the State of Michigan, under the call 

 of December, at 30,745 men, or 30,745 years of 

 service, which, after deducting the credits to which 

 they were entitled, placed the quota of the several 

 Congressional Districts as follows : 



Total, after deducting credits ......... 10,026 



A quota for Michigan of over 30,000 on a total ca^ 

 of 300,000, being more than one-tenth of the whole, 

 it is apparent at a glance involves an enormous error 

 in calculation. 



The unquestioned fact that there was a surplus in 

 Michigan under the call of July, entirely excludes 

 the State from any computations based upon de- 

 ficiencies under that call, and limits its liability sub- 

 ject to the modifications produced by allowing the 

 credits promised for long terms of service to the re- 

 quirements of the demand for 300,000 men. 



It is submitted that justice requires that a new and 

 largely reduced quota shall be assigned to this State. 

 I have the honor to be, very respectfully, 

 Your obedient servant, 



JOHN ROBERTSON, 

 Adjt.-Gen., Michigan. 



The reply of the Provost Marshal was as 

 follows : 



WAE DEPARTMENT, PBOV.-MAR.-GEN.'S BUREAU ) 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14, 1865. ) 

 Gen. John Robertson, Adjutant General State of Michi- 



gan, Detroit, Mich. : 



GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the 

 receipt of your letter to the Honorable, the Secretary 

 of War, dated the 6th inst., and in reply thereto, I 

 beg leave to say : The quota of the State of Michigan 

 is her equitable proportion of the 300,000 men called 

 for by the President on the 19th day of December, 

 taking into account her enrolment as it stood on the 

 81st day of December, the amount of men heretofore 

 furnished and the periods of their enlistment. 



A portion of the call of July 18th for 500,000 men 

 was filled by credits allowed to the different States 

 and districts, for men previously furnished, and not 

 heretofore credited, and thus less than 500,000 were 

 put in service under the July call, and hence it is 

 that the December call is said to be a call to make up 

 deficiencies. But as that call was filled, either by 

 men or lawful credits, there is no actual deficiency in 

 the accounts of any State or district, and the Decem- 

 ber call of 300,000 has been apportioned to all the 

 districts, in proportion to their enrolment, and the 

 amount of service heretofore furnished. 



In the assignment of the present quotas the State 

 of Michigan has received credit for 20,719 years of 

 service, which she had as excess, under the July 

 call. But as that call is for 300,000 men, in addition 

 to all men heretofore furnished", that excess is not 

 deducted from the quota, except to the extent that it 

 exceeds the average amount of excess furnished by 

 the other States. If all the States had furnished the 

 same amount of excess (in proportion to their en- 

 rolment) then -the quotas of all the States would 

 have been in exact proportion to their respective en- 

 rolments ; but if none of the States had been in ex- 

 cess, then the quota of the State of Michigan would 

 have been to that extent diminished. 



But as all the States have more or less excess, and 

 as the call was to obtain additional men, the excess 

 was added to the call, and distributed to the States 

 according to their enrolment, and then the specific 

 amount of excess which each State had was deducted 

 from its quota. 



The approximate quotas assigned in December, 

 were made up from incomplete data, and have been 

 revised and corrected, which accounts for the dif- 

 ference alluded to in your communication. 



A commission has been appointed by the President 

 to examine and report upon the correctness of the 

 quotas of all the States and districts, and the princi- 



