The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-06-28

keys will HIl meu-wIl do where
there Is nothing better TheaTmy officer
will say to you thlt the guns being of
every size and cal.hre. there must be an
endless variety of cartridges, and thc pre-
paratiou of ammunition aud Che di-,rI1u-
ton oiit would involve great trouble, Gc,
&c. The answer To- an this Is, that we
must have guns of some kind, and no
other kind are now accessible The tr0u-
ble must therefore be encountered and as
il may take much time to arrange the
guns and ammunition, let Us. commence
now.
To determined men, these obstacles will
yield. But let us see it we cannot dimin-
ish them. If we had all the guns collec-
ted together in one place IL would be
| found that out Of three or four thousand
there would be 500 or 1000 so nearly
equal in size that they might be put in a
class by themselves, and one cartridge
would serve this class, and so we may 60
through the whole collection and put
them into classes. Ii would be found
that we could arm regiments with rifles OF
two or three classes, and regiments with
double barreled guns of two or three
classes. We may safely say that the NUM-
| Der OF classes would not exceed q half
dozen. If balls are to be used it is no in
surmountable difficulty to have moulds
made for each class, and this being done,
the making OF the cartridge ceases to be
formidable. The cartridges could benum.
bered to correspond with the guns for
which they are intended, and the distri-
button would then be easy. How shall
we get the guns collected? Let place
be appointed in each county for those
who have the surplus guns to deposit
them-points on the railroad in counties
through which the railroads pass-and in
other counties the most convenient for
transportation. Inspection and classified
ton could then be made easily, and as
soon as the classification is made, the pre-
paration OF ammunition could begin, and
while this is being done such Of the guns
as mightneed repairs could be sent to the
shops for repair.
1t will not do to wait for official ma
chinery to accomplish this work, we must
act ourselves and act at once. Each coun-
ty should act on thissuggestion. Let the
first man who reads this take measures to
notify his fellow-cltizens; have the place
designated for the guns to be deposited.
The State will be answerable for the
value of these guns, and each man who
deposits gun should attach his name to
it and keep description Of it. The i'm.
portant pointin the scheme is to set it in
motion at once. When the place is de-
signated every one should set to work to
get the guns there: so that by the LIST OF
July we can have all the available guns
ready for inspection. Concentration will
be easy, and the unarmed companies will
soon be ready to take the field on a day 5
notice. am compelled to say that the
regiments will be needed as soon as they
can be equipped, and the loss of week
or day in such matter may be disas.
rous. Let no man wait for his neighbor
but take up the matter and proceed with
it at once. An inspector will be sent out
as soon as the guns are collected.
hope that no one will think the less
Of this suggestion because it is unofficial
| have been urged to make it in this form
by many persons. W. 2. HARRIS. +.
| JACKSON, June 10, 1861