Abraham Lincoln said...

In case the quota or any part thereof of any town, township, ward of a city, precinct, or election district, or of any c...

The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...

Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending ...

But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.