, 1861-07-04
Pav Of the Illinois Ttospa

EeltozB Chicago Tribune
Iour paper Of the 29sh June contaipsa COM
munication from ssspecial correspondent" !"
dated, "Camp Defiance, Cairo, June 18Th,
. 1861" in which the writer undertakes to
enumeratc the difficulties in the way OF enlist.
Ing for the threoyears service, the men who
are now serving under the g three months
can,a- that place. ..-.=v--- ~
Concerning The first two difficulties, I hare
nothing to say. The "third difficulty" Ii
stated BY him a. follows:
1.-THE third difficulty In the way Of the three
years. enlistment Is the total neglect Of our State
authorities to pay the volunteers. They have been
III the State service, many Of them now, for about
three months, and hare not received ono dollar Of
their pay; and as consequence, very many arc
unable 1t this moment to obtain eYen postage
+ have never been allowed, and must not be permit
ted to continue With many, this money matter
= Of 70 impossance, and viii not influence their
sesaon Eiey Sa7e aies sfs, who nsed st tSer fei:
eal1tuga, and are positively suffering from the
that Gen: Preuttss has assured the tnea, one and
at that u their Pay does not reach them within
ten daJs, he WIN make 1t . personal matter, and
zee II the funds cannot be Obtained
It is 10 be hoped That your correspondent is
ignorant and .has sfnned through want Of
knowledge, and not from amiachievous dispo-
sition to miErepresent, when he charges the
State authorities with neglect Of their duties,
and with being the cause Of q positive suffer
Ing,' because they have not paid from the
State Treasury the Nages due from the Gener-
al Goyernms nj. to volunteers in the 0. s.
service.
It would seem to have required bat little re-
fection On the part Of an individual of as
much intelligence, as your Especial cores
pordent" seems to possess, to have shown
him that the State of Illinois is not the pay
master Of United States troops, for the fact
must be well known to him that the men uew
serving under the: i" three months'" call, are
net, and ueYer hare been, in the military SCI.
vice Of the State Of Illinois, and that the State
never agreed, and the General Government
never asked her,to pay them for such service
1t has been currently stated that there is q
reasos, and II true, certainly 4 very good one,
why the "sufcring men'' have not received
their pay, which is, that the necessary muster
rolls, from which the pay-rolls Of the several
companies and regiments could be made out,
have not, at least until within q short time
since, been. furnished to the: proper United
States officers. If such be the ease, it would
seem to be time that the General In command
vas making It personal MATTER" to have
the officers under hin perform their duty,
thereby preventing the suffering complained
Of, and the fault there Of being laid where it
does not belong
I hare written this IS an act Of justice, due
to our State officers, who are now absent from
home, en- State business, and who, before
leaving, pledged their private fortunes to praise
the specie. IN advance Of the sale of the State
bonds, to pay of those soldiers for the one
months eerTice rendered the State, under the
ten regiment act, Who have since volunteered
il the q. s. service for the 'tthrec years, or
during the thus demonstrating that our
State authorities have not neglected their duty
to the soldiers in the service Of the State.
JusT1CK.