, 1861-05-11

t@os3sfoaaent8 Chicago ak3hRnt,1
AAnnoa, VIZ. May ., 1851.
VI tho preparation fn MitconsIn .ur thssu
port Of tho aovernmens and fos:thA ,gaostons
var for Liberty and Law now b,egun. .litt,s has
OF 1ate hesn said BY pspers outsiae the stata,
and so I send you . taW'notes::=.'. T.:
/ Though her soil was iaenaeed with no inya.
Sion, or her commerre With Auy'interfsrshee,
the people Of Wisconsin hsve responded TO
the bornd Of the Wat tramp and ra,Med to tho
defense Of the Union with IN alacrity e1celled
by those Of no other stata.
Theru uas no militia organization In thu
State that was worth anything, and only about
1900 men in volunteer companies In different
parts Of the State, many Of them but partial
u supplied with poor weapons, and having
little more than nominal existence, less thaa
q month ago. Tho Governor followed up the
Presidents Proe1hmation with some stirring
ones Of his OWL, The Legislatu1a authorised
him to call out volunteers aud provided for
IN expenditure Of $2oo,ooo. The return Of
hrms was ordered from III companies that
would not Offer their services. Very few
came back. The Regiment asked from Wis
consin WIS filed In few days, chiefly BY
companies from Milwaukee md thla city. For
fortnight It has been :encamped At 1dilwau-
kee awaiting orders, Is already well drilled
aud fh1Iy equipped With everything except
erns. An officer Of the q. s. has been hourly
expected to muster the troops into serysice,
and supply Of arms Was confidently reekoned
on out Of those taken from st. LonIs, TIL an
order to that effect Was counteruaaneed. H.
asnuch ~ only one Regiment was asked from
W1sconsin, when b or population would entitle
her to four or t1ve, there 10 Some impatence
at the delay in afming and ordering It into
service.
Ninety companies Of infantry and rife1nen,
Of which seventy-ave. are full, have tendereo
their services to the Governor, besides four
companies of cavalry and one Of artillery, and
by the end Of the week companies enough
will bs reported for ten regiments. The p1opo-
sftion to enlist for the WEI or for three years,
has already been accepted by Ave companies
almost nnanimoosly. -: ~ :.
The Second Regiment IL now encamped In
bsrraeks on the State; Tair Grounds here,
which, with their buildings, are admirably
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$50 and 40 acres Of good land for their places
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"auAee, VIII Pfo0anty "a appo4neeo MYlol.I;
a = su'ae,ens namoeE = eom pan.ee g MAKO
ap tae ~ ana 41n Regiments ate iot inc pres
en1 kept ~ tne experse q me 'state at me
places o. tneif : enhstment nndef at1A Ihese
tour reg1menta constitute = 6f7gaee, or which
RUFUS KING OF milwaukee, VINO as eaninently
attea tof Inc poel11on' Is appolntea sf1gadter
aeneraA =
Between $6oo, ,oo and s7oo GOO has beea ten
dered BY the banks, at rates varying up to 5
per cent. premium for the State ! san Of 800, ;
600, but none of 1t has yet been offered, ss
there was large amount Of money lying idle
In the Treasury 1t Is calculated that nearly
s2oo, 600 has been given or pledged tn the State
In aid Of volunteers and their families.f' g: :
Gov: Randall, *ho' with his efficient secre: