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town, &c., which shall not have filled the quota assigned to it within the time designated for the number required to fill said quota. The drafts will be commenced as soon after the 15th of April as practicable. The Government bounties, as now paid, continue until April 1, 1864, at which time the additional bounties cease. On and alter that date one hundred dollars bounty only will be paid, as provided by the act approved July 22d, 1861. (Signed,)Abraham Lincoln. Official: E. D. Townsend, A. A. G. The New York Times thus explains the reasons of this call: This call is not entirely unexpected. It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless strictly true, that under the last call for two hundred thousand additional men in February, the Government has actually received a far less number of men than it called for, though most of the States have filled their quotas. The reason is plain. It was announced that the last call was for the purpose of squa