The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-19

however, wisely providing that the seven dol
lars should not be paid to the soldier at the e1-
piration OF each month, but should remain IN
the Treasury of the State, as a fund for the
support of the families of volunteers and If
not so used should remain until the volunteer
should be discharged from service. This made
the whole of tho pay of volunteers nineteen
dollars per month, as the United States laws then
were, or twenty one as they now are. Who
says that is too much? Who desires to take
from the families of those who have lett home
and its comforts and love to uphold the Flag
of the Republic any portion of that pay OF
sevcnty.fve cents day? Who says that Yer
mont should withhold her sons from the sup
port OF the ensign Of the Government when in
its greatest need, because the State must pay
! such unsellish patriots seven dollars per month
for such service ! Who suggests that in view
of this expense to the State, private individuals
should be at the trouble and charge Of raising
Regiments for the support of the Federal Gov
ernment? Thank God, it is not the FREEMAN,
Treasury Of that Government which is in dam
ger, eight dollars a day for attending to his own
business. The Daily journal at present has the
monopoly of ali the reputa ton that can follow
an effort to brighten the patriotism of the
State, by an appeal to the pockets Of the mi
sers.
But the Journal says it will cost $500, 600
this year to pay this seven dollars soldiers pay
what Of that? It's bat forty cents on a dol
lar, of the grand list Of the State, and who
rebels at such a tax? Does the Journal? and
if not, who does that paper speak for when it
parades its arithmetic, as an answer to an
appeal to Vermont to do her legal duty, In this
danger to the nation :!
But the appeal of the Journa! to the lowest
and most selfish considerations to influence our
authorities to stop recruiting is so utterly I'm.
expected from quarter where we certainly had
a right to look for liberal views and patriotic
suggestions, that we are half inclined, after all
to treat the whole of the article, like the con-
Guiding suggestion of IL Colonelcy for the Editors
Of the Free Press and the Freeman, as only
sportve and playful recreation of the genius Of
It's author. However, we are inclined to follow
up the suggestion OF volunteer egimcnt, with
ourself as Colonel and issue at once the fol-
lowing order
Headquarters Of the all-work-and. pay
Vermont Volunteer Militia :
FREEMAN OFFICE, Sept. 10, 1861,
GemeraI Order, No. i.
To The Editor Of Walton Daily Journal
oR;-'lon are hereby appointed recruiting Off
Ger for regiment Of all work-and no. pay, Vt.
Volunteers, for the LIST Congressional District,
with your headquarters at Montpelier, VT and
you will rank as Captain from the 18th inst.
All communications on the subject OF the Regi-
ment will be addressed directly to you. You
Will attend to all the correspondence, and being
member of Congress the letters can be ranked
both ways, thus saving much expense You
will attend to this business at once, and will
treat your salary-eight dollarsa day-from the
Government as sufficient compensation for
your time and efforts. You will enlist no per.
son who is not able to arm and equip himself,
give his own time TO the cause, and stand a
pro rata assessment for tents, camp equipage,
wagons, transportation, &c. You will sec at
once the eminent propre,y of such a sefsup-
porting body of soldiers, who can support
themselves and fght for their Country " on
their own hook, and as you originated the
idea, you are expected to commend it by such
torcibe suggestions as may occur to YOU in
TINS respect your commanding officer feeling
great confidence in your ability to satisfy the
people that those ,cho stay at home shoul1 be re-
hcoed as tar as possible from the burdens of the
eodr In all other respects you are expected to
follow implicitly the orders from this Office, YOUR
former unqCestioning submission to everything
done by the powers that be- giving us con-.
hdent assurance that you will never prove in
subordinate, or do anything that you are no,
required to.
You will report to this Office of your progress
once in fifteen minutes, and oftener if REQUIRED.
Printed instructions will be furnished Won from,
time to time, as the exigencies of the service NAV
require. Given under my hand, &c.
COLONEL COMMANDING.