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my of "all free white male persons above the age
of eighteen and under iouy-liyo J ears, being at
least five feet five inches high, who are effective
able bodied ciizens Of the United States. native
OF naurazad, sober. free from disease, and who
speak and understand the English Ianguagr.'-
This seems plain--too plain To be misunderstood
or ovadcd. If in force, no blame attaches tolhc
Governor certainly. Ills said 10 have been mod
iied and to have no application 10 the volunteers.
We have seen no modification oi the regulation
II one exists lctit BE- made public. But why, iu
case the rule had been modified, should Governor
Rartlcy be blamed for not Knowing NOR, about
the matter Than the officers of the regular army,
sent out here for the express purpose Of inspect
inc the troops into scricol We will keep lhc
reader from the icuer no longOr-ct il speak for
nseIi:
AnIUTANT GWnu's OrucE,l
Columbus, July 10, 1916.
SIN Your communication of the oh instant.
which arrived m my absence. find on the files
of unanswered letters in this Office and avail my
self of the frst leisure time to reply Ioir.
IS your inquiries and the whole tenor of your
l,tar exhibit an air Of caudor, and apparently a
Siaccrc wish for the truth, to enable You to "sar-
isiy the public mind that all had been fair and
honorable ON the part OF those whose duty it was
10 receive aud reject volunteers (mIikc other
letters received ON the same subject, and from
members of the same political party whose prin-
cipIos YOU profess | take pleasure in giving you
the statement you desire, in the same spir Of
duukncss which chamclorizcs your inquiries and
yor remarks.
First rhon, as TO the reception Of the Iancs-
Vile company, and the rejection of the Morgan
county company.
The GAINESVILLE company WAS mustered by Ma
Ior General Goddard (un authorized mastering
officer, and cummandaur of the volunteer depot
established at IanasWIIc) and upon his report.
that company was formally received BY the GOV
ornor. in General Order No. Z, dated glh June.
The Morgan county company was never re-
ported or returned To this office uIl after Order
no. had been issued aud published, and the re-
ouisuou was more than Iul. The communica-
non of Brigalcr General Cornelius, reporting
the organization of that company, is dated ON the
oh at NcCunnclsylIlc, and reached me on the
evening Of the 10Th June. In my reply to that
communication, written the same evening, (lOh
lune.l stated to the General that this report
came too late TO insure the reception of the Nor.
gan company. added that there existed bare
possibility that the company might be received at
Cincinnati, but HAT could "gIyo hn no official
assurance To that effect Hence, the company
repaired to Cincinnati without orders from this
department, and of course at It's own risk.
From lhs statement of facts, youwIlI perceive
when YOU see the rule of discrimination adopted
Tor the reception and rejection Of companies gen
craliy that the Morgan company could but be- cX-
CIudod. So far from dispo5luon ms charged,
10 rccctihe Morgan company, right or wrong, !
have good reason IN tins particular instance to
know that just the opposite feeling prevailed
There was strong dusrc, If possible to make
room for It's reception, but il was soon ascortancd
that this could not be- done without manifest in
Justice to others, which, those who know the
Governor, knew he would be the last to pcrpc-
uate intentionally.
Now, TO a brief statement Of the general pro-
cess Of rcceiriag and rejecting.
lnconsequonca Of the imperfect rcmns OF
inexperienced officers, and in many instances, no
returns at ALL it was impossible for the Governor
to ascertain with any accuracy the strength Of the
volunteer force I'LL II was too lac to remedy the
evil of large surplus. The great znol monlcs-
ted in many part of the State to enter the yoI-
unteer service, al first was not SO strongly mark
ed, so that opprahan-ions were entertained lest
the requsiton would be tamily filled; but about
the first of juno, it suddenly and simultaneously
burst forth from almost every quarter and yolun-
tetr5 were hastenngto camp, m many eases with
ont the proper orders, in the hope that the first
uoops presented would be the tra received
By the terms Of the raqu,.Duon, the Governor
was called on to furnish the specific quota OF
three regiments, to be- composed OF ten compa-
MOS each, SC. Ga his arrival az Cincinnati, lac
found at that place, and on their way lhllhcr, ma
ny companies more than the required compile.
mcnG some without orders, HoRc formally re-
caiyad by himself or his order, save those named
IN General Order, No. 7.
Brig. Cen. Wool, the Military agent for the u
nilcd States Government, utterly refused to re-
cciyc more than the three Rugmcnls, constituted
as prescribed in tho rrquiauon; and he could
only receive them BY regiments and not IN organ
izcd corps of any olher denomination. There
was then no alternative with the Governor but to
dlsbund the oycrpms.
large proportion Of the couwcgatod force
was from Cincinnati and the valley of the Nj.
amcs, composed Of men whose homes were near
at hand; whilst very many of the companies
were from remote parts Of the State, far from
thoir homes and friends, aud, if d!sbandcd with
uiu the necessary means of subsistence or OF
transportation back 10 lheir places Of residence
In view of all these facts, the Governor, in or.
ganzing the regiments aud rejecting the surplus
adopted as his guide, a rule based upon the fol.
lowing Two obviously fair and impartial princi.
pies, to which, as idr as the case in each instance
would admit Of it, he most scrupulously adhered
Ist. That the volunteers should not b. taken
from one, Two or three sections Of the State cX
clusiyely, but as far as practicable that each O
she military DIVISIONS Of the State, as fixed by
law, should be represented by a company o.
companies.
21. That, with due observance Of the frs
principle, the precedence should be- given 10 those
companies which were FIRST officially returned a,