Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-05-14


ages Of ] 8 and 10, exceeds 100000 men,
This force is divided into the lst, ID and
Sd Reserve Corps. I.4 r#tl5FeJ.
The able bodied force Of other,ages re-
tired from service, but fully competent to
meet any demand that the exigencies of the
Union may require, exceeds 100000 men,
and will constitute the 4th and 9TH Reserve
Corps. I. ,faDt WIG
The st Reserve Corps will be organized
forthwith, and be stlbicct to immediate
transfer into the "active army Of operation"
Applications, however, for the organization
of Militia for the Reserve, will not be lin
to this quota hut the companies COM
posing it will receive the post of honor, and
the first assignment to active duty in case
the country require their services. The
only exception will be, in favor of compa-
nies now under drill which failed to receive
an assignment into the % regiments now
iii camp $50. POD .i.
3. The Militia of the Reserve will be
organized as follows: lst Competent mil
itary mon, or responsible citizens, will a p
ply to this department for ON order to raise
a company not exceeding 100 able-bodicd
men. I'd. A form of enlistment will be
mailed, if the application be approved Sd.
The roll will be returned to this office; an
election will be ordered, and the officers
commissioned. 4th. The roll must en-
brace citizens Of the township 80 that they
can readily associate themselves. and
promptly respond to any order from Gen
eral Head Quarters. 9TH. Whenever q
company is transferred into the 'Active
1 Ar'iy of Operation, new commissions will
issue, giving due precedence to the grade
of the prior commission. so that the carli-
est commissions in the Militia of the Re.
serve will confer superior rank in the trans
ferred corps. sf-.,.. 5,.t @
4. This organization is designed to leave
all the domestic and economic machinery
of society in full play, until the transfer
becomes necessary. Members of the Mill.
tia of the Reserve will therefore devote due
attention to their ordinary concerns, and
do what they can to prevent idleness, and
insure full crop of all the products Of
the farm. Any other course will make
the struggle doubly burdensomc. notwith.
standing the fact that Ohio has already in
store provisions for a year in advance.
8. The following is the proportion Of
Companies to each county, upon each quo
ia:
Adams, 8; Allen, s; Ashland, 10; Ash.
tabula. IS; Athens, 10; Augaize z; Bel
mont, 10; Brown, Is; Butler, 10; Carol,
z; Champaign, 10; Clark, III; Clermont,
II; Coshocton, IL; Crawford, 10; Cuyaho-
ga. 80; Darke, -; Defiance, 5; Delaware,
10; Erie, IL; Fairfield, 10; Fayette, II;
Franklin, 20; Fulton, Z; Gallia, 10; Geau-
ga, 7; Greene, u; Guernsey, II; Hamil-
tom, 100; Hancock, 10; Hardin, 6; Har.
rison, s; Henry, 4; Highland, -; Hook.
ing, z; Holmes, s; Huron, Is; jackson, Z;
Jefferson, IL; Knox, IL; Lake, Z; Lawrence,
10; Licking, 10; Logan, s; Lorain, IS;
Lucas, IL; Madison, 6; Mahoning. IL;
Marion, Z; Meigs, -; Mercer, z; Miami,
49, Monroe, ! l; Montgomery. 20; Morgan,
10; Morrow, s; Muskingum, 10; Noble, s;
Ottawa, 8; Paulding, 2; Perry, S; Picka-
way, 10; Pike, G.; Portage, 10; Prcblc, Z;
Putnam, G; Richland Is; Ross, 10; San
dusky, Z; Scioto, 10; Seneca, l3; Shelby, Z;
Stark, Is; Summit, IL; Trumbull, Is;
Tuscarawas, IL; Union, s; Van Vert, 8;
Yinton, 6; Warren, II; Washington. 10;
Wayne II; Williams, S. Wood. s; Wyan-
dotte, z. ..;.r -,a-rs.
TOtal-i,Ooo Companies.
O.. AS general rule, public arms will
not be issued to the militia of the reserve,
but proximate. estimate of the number Of
private rifles in the possession of men ex-
pert in their use, shows, that with proper
excrtion, nearly or quite the entire first
contingent Of 100000 men can be armed,
and discipline in hours Cf leisure, post
poning tlieir draft upon the State until
they are transferred to the Active Corps.
81 2. Ii is the purpose Of this Department
to procure, as soon as possible, a ''Volun n
teer Manual" for distribution among the
Militia Of the reserve, and to issue code Of
Regulations for their government. and dis
cipline t.-..,., ,tr
| If the first reserve corps shall not be
filled and oficered by the Ist of June next,
additional companies will be credited to
counties rendering more than their quota.
! Due record will be made Of applications,
and proper precedence will be granted in
the order Of such application, va WI
4I'n' II. b, OARRINGToN, ,.,., ~.
''ps'' W y " Adjutant- General.
! BY order of the Commander,in,Chic
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