Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-07-11
INDIANA MILITARY ITEMS.

The following Military items are copied
from the indianapolis Journal: r
The 10Th and 18th regiments have been
ordered to Virginia and will leave Cincin-
natl at once.
Capt Stewards cavalry company have
received orders to leave for the East TO day,
though we are not advised as to the hour
of their departure.
Major Heffren. of the 18th regiment, has
been promoted to the Lieut.. Colonelcy,
made vacant by the resignation of Mr.
Cumback. e...
r. S. Foster. of this city, formerly Cap
tain of Company A. ofthe 11th Regiment.
(Col. Wallace. has been appointed Ma
ior of the 18th in place of Heffren. .,
TwENTYTnnEE REcIMESrs.-
in few weeks. will have twenty three
regiments in the field for service during the
war; The first six were raised for three
months. which will be turned over, after
recruiting to fill vacancies. for three years.
Following the organization of these were
four others for three years. one formed of
companies rendered unconditionally and
three out of five regiments raised for State
purposes. These four and the first six are
now in the field or ready to march. Ten
more are now organizing .or the three
years service, and will all. probably. be in
camp by the last of this week. tn, two
regiments of State troops remaining will
be turned over to the Federal service either
for one or three years, making twenty two
regiments. all of infantry. Add to this
one regiment of cavalry now forming. in
dependent cs the two companies now in
this city. makes twenty-three regiments
for Indiana-but two less than the State
of Ohio. with double the population. has
furnished.
Gov. Morton adopted the policy of get.
ting Indiana's full quota for three years
accepted before any attempt was made to
recognize The three months men for three
years service. In this way he avoided the
error into which Gov. Dennison of Ohio
| fell. by commencing to form his three
years regiments from those enlisted for
three months, knowing full we'll that the
Government would not refuse troops that
had been we'll drilled and disciplined for
three months and were willing to go thro'
the war, let it be long or short. This pol.
icy had the effect to give Indiana six more
regiments than woald otherwise hare aoeen
allotted to the State. and avoided the con
fusion and decentralization that prevailed
for so long time among the Ohio Vol.
unteers.
Gov. Morton has managed his military
affairs with singular prudence and success.
and has done himself aud the State great
service. credit and honor. The position
occupied by Indiana in the present contest
is enviable-second to that of no other
State in the Union.
The MILITARY HosprrAL.-The expense
of the military hospital in this city is a
fraction below ten cents day for the sub
sistence of each patient, and the total cost
OF subsistence, medicine. nursing. &C.. is
about twenty cents a day. We doubt IL
there is another hospital anywhere in the
country where the inmates are cared for
better or at SO little expense to the Gov
ernment. In fact all business connected
with the military camps in this city is
managed with utmost prudence and econ
omy. The saving to the State and gener.
al Government by the management Of af-
fairs will be made apparent when the ex.
hibit of expenditures is made.