Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-04-20

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: The encampment will commence on Mon
day the goth inst, the location of which
will be known to-day, Y d o &
THE CITY MILITARY.
: All companies formed and forming viii
be accepted by the government and muster
ed into service next week. Generals Fitch
and Senter returned last evening and ar,
rangements will be made to retain the en-
listed men at private expense antil muster
ed into servise. FIf1fa
THE GEsAN9yERIEAE RIFLRs.
This company met last evening at their
hall for the purpose Of enrolling men. Mr..
Quedefeldt is acting as drill master. Our
German friends are coming to the rescue.
MAJ, DE vILLIERs.
The gallant Zouave will arrive here this
morning in the cars from Chicago and viii
take command of his corps, the spragus
Cadets. They are recruiting rapidly and
will soon have their full compliment. =,
LOCATION OF CAMP TAYLOR.
/ The kind invitation of the Agricultural
Society to Gen. Fitch rendering the use Of
the Fair Grounds and buildings for the en-
campment, has been accepted, and the camp
will be organized on Monday. It will be
seen by an advertisement in another column,
that rye straw is wanted for the use of the
troops. Farmers win please notice Labor
ers will be at work every day until the open
ing of the camp. preparatory to the recep-
ton Of troops. There is much work to be
done and no time to be lost.
CoLoRED MILITARY CORPS
Last evening meeting Of the colored cit
liens of Cleveland was held for the purpose
of organizing military corps. ThO meet
ing was addressed by Green Patterson and
others, and the following resolutions were
passed
WHEREAS The affairs of our Government
are approaching an important and serious
crisis regarding its future prosperity and
perpetuity; and whereas, at this time
every man, without distinction of party,
is called upon to show his hand and define |
his position in this important crisis of the |
Government,
Cleveland, desire to prove our loyalty to the |
Government feel that we should adopt |
measures to put ourselves in a position to |
defend the Government Of which we claim /
protection. tta
Resolved, That to-day, as in the times of
'I6, and the days Of 1872, we are ready to |
go forth and do battle in the common cause
Of the country.
We understand they have made appIica-
tion to Gen Darlington for enlistment.
The Grnys En Route for Washington.
COLUMBUS, April 18th, l A. NJ.
The night las passed its meridian, but the
town is not asleep by any means. Not half
hour passes that we do not hear the roll ofthe
dlum and the shrek of the flea the tramp
of volunteer hosts. At this moment, as I
write at desk in the House of Representa-
tives, the room is filed with the mingled
sounds of singing, talking, speeehifying,
laughing and snoring, for you must know
that Company H, of CicIeville, Capt. Black,
strong, are quartered here for the
night, and we are enjoying their first night
of war service. 1t being novelty, they do
not care to sleep, but amuse themselves by
stories and prophecies of the coming war;
In the Senate Chamber are nearly one hun
dred more boys who have gone for sol
der"
The excitement in this town is prodigieus.
Every place of accommodation is full to
overAowing, and some are encamped at
F." Camp jackson as Goodale Park has been
christened. 1t is big time, and nobody who
stops to talk with any of the hearty country
men who form the Companies, or who gives
heed to the fragments of conversation that
fall upon the ear at every step, but will be
convinced most unequivocally, that the
"ofFers of volunteers at the North" are not all
"gasconaie" as the Southerners telegraph
The men, whether from city or country, have
their whole hearts in the work, and they have
left their homes to fight and nothing shorter.
They are not "fairweather soldiers" at all,
but men who will not come home again with
sent you brief notice of the passage
from Cleveland to Shelby. At that place we
took on the Shelby volunteers seventy strong,
who left with good spirits, in spite of the
many tears shed by their friends who had
assembled to see them of. At all the town,
thereafter there were great crowds at the sta
tons, and all testified to their love for the
Union, and their appreciation of the military
spirits which filed the cars, by frequent and
hearty cheers.
The train arrived here upon time and our
Grays were received By the staff officers of
some of the regiments here, and escorted to
Camp jackson, headed by Jack Leland's
Band.
This Camp presented all the characteristics
of q soldiers life This morning there was
nothing there but Park; now there is
large dining hal, in which eight hundred men
took supper and one thousand will breakfast.
Beside this there is an immense building used
as barracks, and host of small white tents
for the accommodation of these for whom no
other lodgings can be found. Camp fires were
burning, around which were gathered knots
of men, while here and there cheers Zouave
yells and martial music echoed through the
camp.
Here the Grays took supper and were then
escorted to the State House where they are
bivouaced in tho Supreme Court rooms
Tomorrow mOrning-no, this mOrning-at
3 o'clock they leave for Pittsburgh but
whether by way Of Crestline, Central Ohio,
or steubenville, will not be known until they
reach the depot
Cleveland need not be ashamed OF the posi-
ton assigned to her favorite sons. They