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departure of the 8th, 13th, and 69th regiments. 

 The 8th, 1,000 strong, Col. Geo. Lyon, formed 

 in 16th street, and at 4 o'clock proceeded, 

 amidst the cheering citizens, to pier No. 36, 

 North River, where they embarked on board 

 the steamer Alabama. The 69th Irish, Col. 

 Corcoran, assembled at their armory, No. 42 

 Prince street, at 3 o'clock. They received the 

 order to march, and they proceeded down 

 Broadway amidst such greetings as the excited 

 Irish citizens alone could demonstrate. At 6J 

 they left in the James Adger. The 13th, Col. 

 Abel Smith, left on board the Marion. Thus 

 through more than two months the living 

 stream of troops went out of New York to 

 support the Government. The record was 

 nearly as follows : / 



During that period of time New York con- 

 tinued to pour out an average, in round num- 

 bers, of 1,000 men per day "at the call of the 

 Government, not only supplying and equip- 



ping the men, but furnishing the money, and 

 lending large sums to the Government in ad- 

 dition. 



The action of New York in response to the 

 call of the President may be thus summed up, 

 showing the number of men and the amount of 

 money furnished. The calls of the Government 

 for loans were as follows : 



Borrowed in February $7,243,500 



" "April 7,814,890 



" "May 7.310,000 



" "July 12,000,000 



New York City advanced in April 2.155.000 



"May 1,500,000 



" advanced by corporations and 



individuals 2,000,000 



" Banks loaned in August, Oc- 

 tober, and December 105,000,000 



Approximate sum advanced. $145,023,390 



Besides these sums, $1,000,000 more may be 

 put down as the contribution made by families 

 towards the more comfortable outfit and equip- 

 ment of such of their members as took arms in 

 defence of the National flag. Thus much for 

 the supply of means, which comparatively could 

 be obtained nowhere else, but which NewYork 

 poured forth with such lavish hand. The calls 

 for troops up to the meeting of Congress were 

 as follows : 



First call, Militia, 3 months 75,000 



Second cal ! , Volunteers, 3 years 42.000 



Regulars for the Army 36,000 



Xavy ." 23,000 



Total 176,000 



New York contained 160,000 able-bodied 

 men; of these, governmental departments es- 

 timate 60,000 as ordinary laborers ; of whom 

 39,000 men marched with the city- regiments, 

 making nearly one-fourth of all the men sum- 

 moned. New York thus, in three months, sent 

 in round numbers 40,000 men and $150,000,- 

 000 to sustain the Government under the dif- 

 ficulties brought upon it. 



The first difficulty encountered by the mus- 

 tering troops was to obtain the means of mov- 

 ing. When this was understood, the purses of 

 all parties were open ; and on the 18th of April, 

 thirty-seven gentlemen subscribed $3,100 to aid 

 the Seventh Regiment, about to march, and the 

 amount was raised to $6,140 on the following 

 day. Numerous other offers were made, and 

 $7,000 were subscribed for the Fifth Regiment. 

 The amount collected by the Chamber of Com- 

 merce Committee in a few days, was raised to 

 $118,899. The patriotic citizens raised $11,110, 

 and other committees obtained large sums. It 

 was then determined to organize the Union 

 Defence Committee, which was to take charge 

 of the whole movement, the other committees 

 being merged into it. April 23d, the Com- 

 mittee opened its offices at 30 Pine street 

 Gen. John A. Dix, Chairman ; Simeon Draper, 

 Yice-President ; J. Depau, Treasurer. The 

 Common Council, April 23d, passed an ordi- 

 nance appropriating $1,000,000, which was 

 placed in the hands of this committee for dis- 

 bursement, and they proceeded with their 



