The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-06-27
OAR COUNTY, IOWA, JUNE p, 1861.
TO THE PEOPLE OF IOWA.

Ao iSspouse W tuS call VI tue UeueTal
Government for Military aic in defense
Of Federal authority and Feleral proper.
ty, the State of Iowa has furnished three
Regiments Of Infantry, whoare encamp.
ed at the rendezvous designated by the
War Department, undergoing the neces.
sary preparatory discipline fr active scr.
vice, Two Of the regiment-the Sec
ond and the Third-enlised for three
years, or during the continuance of the
War; while the First, organized under
the first call for volunteers, we're enrolled
only for the period Of three months. Al,
the expiration Of their terri of service,
the companies composing this Regiment
will be at liberty 70 disband ,r re,enro!l
and re'organize for the full term of ser
vice. Until these Regiments were fully
accepted as portion Of the U ,ited States
army, the responsibility Of providing for
their subsistence dovolyed upon the State
authorities.
During the late Extra Session of the
General Assembly an act was passed au-
thoriziug aud empowering the Governor
to organize two Regiments Of Infantry,
one Artillery, one Squadron of Cavalry,
and one Regiment of Mounted Rihemen,
which force, in whole or in part, was in
tended for the protection of the frontier
Counties from marauding parties of Indi.
ans or Southern Insurgents, aud to be
held also as reserve force for the assis-
tance of the United States Government
These volunteer organizations will be
called into requiSiton as the necessities
of the State or National Government may
be developed. In order, however, that
men shall be withdrawn from the pur-
suits of Productive Industry for those of
War, no faster than the public security
shall render imperative, would suggest
that volunteer companies be organized
for the purposes Of drill, merely, in each
County having sufficient population -
Without abandonment of business or ab-
sence from home, the elementary disci-
pline of military education eau be thus
thoroughly acquired, SO that when the
companies SO drilled shall be mustered
into service, they will be qualified with
little additional experience for the prac-
teal duties of the field.
Military movements, even when most
economically conducted. are necessarily
expensive, aud the burden liable to bear
heavily upon the industrial classes. If
the means for prosecuting the war, how
ever, be promptly furnished, the power
of the Governmental Authorities to
speedily conquer Peace, will be increas-
ed. That our brave Volunteers who have
already assumed, or who may soon as,
sumo, the responsibilities and p,rils of
military life, may be rendered as comfor-
table as possible during their term OF
service, and permitted to return to their
homes at an carly day. vof the State to
aid in the prompt payment of delinquent
taxes. We have men, brave and true, in
superabundance. There is Money due
the State Treasury sufficient to meet the
present legal demand upon the General
Fund for Civil and Military purposes.
and pay off large portion of the State
Indebtedness but while sum exceed
ing S400, 900 of former levies is in ar
rears, the Executive Department of the I
State is rendered comparatively power |
less, and the military service subjected !
to extreme embarrassments VIII the .
patriotic masses of Iowa, in their in. /
dividual capacity, see to it that this
barrier to effective military service,
shall be as speedily as possible removed:
| have been induced to make the fore
going suggestions in this manner because .
of my belief that the People Of the State .
would cordially co cooperate with me in .
any honest, prudent endeavor, to advance
the public interest. While only few
may be permitted to endure the hard !
ships and face the hazarGs of the camp,
and to meet the foe in the shock of bat
tie, each citizen, in this hour of National !
necessities, has a public obligation to dis.
charge, and it may be as effectively can
celed while in the peaceful pursuits of
industry, as at the most hazardous posts
of duty.
SAMUEL j. KIRKwooD.
Des Iuoines, June l1th, 1861.