, 1861-09-26
GOLs EARN8WORTHsX CAVALRY
REcamkfE U
Their Camp 1T st. Charles. Ksne e.

No better proof of the 15g6r Il III t;; :,.r
fplHt in cur Northern counties. Of Illinois
coald}be furnished Or desired than in the his
to1y T the splendid Cavalry Regiment ofcot.
J. +. 4arnsworth, 1900 strong, now almost on
the evf Of departure for the East from their
beautiful camp st st. Charles, Kane county
On the 11th Of August commission WIS
issued from the War Department. to Hon ].
F. Fa1nsworth, Late Representative from this
Congressional Distrtct, to raise snd equip
Csys1ry Regiment. Two weeks Inter he
| reached home, and on Monday, August 26th,
acce1 ted his f1zt company, rendered him. by
Capt. II. H. Medill, Of this city. From that
time the work Of enlisting went brave1y on.
On the 18Th Of September, at their camp in
the pretty Fox River town, the home Of. Col.
Fs1DsFo1tb, eleven companies wsre mustered
into the q. S. service. OF these companies
ret one had less than o5 men, while half Of
them were over 30 IN number Men hare
come IN beyond MI expectation sud precedent.
The rule In cavalry camps has been actually
reEerefd, AID for once. the, muster rolls hare
ewelled d faster than tie horses were bought
ard brought II. -. :. -,
At the time Of our visit, there were over
one thousand men In camp. MessB. Sanger
Wallace and Nix, contractors for the purchase
OF horses, deserve high credit for the aYerage
grade and quality Of the animals they have
brought In. An equal number Of horses Of
like excellence are rarely seen together, 80 all
| judges ct hc1se aesh who have Sen them Ut
| Camp !Ksre declare. There are now eisht
hundred Lotses IN camp, ard the entire nun,
ber will be brought in within q week or ten
days These horses were many of them
bought in this city, and all Of them in the
Northern counties of this State. The equip.
nent Of the regiment is unusually excellent.
Uniforms, tents, blankets and horse accoutre.
| ments are Of the best descfiptionHwe have yet
| seen given out. The uniforms are from Gin
c5nnat1, except the ovcrcoats, these having
| been ordered Of Messrs. Ellsworth of this city,
Aesfrs- Gcndict, Wooley & Co., OF Chicago,
are hard at work upon the horse accontra.
mente, which are in an advanced staze ,ot
| readiness.
The regimentA election will take pines
Fhea the 1eglIneat is full, and until that time
We oe.eE the roster Jet incomplete. We sp-
Pend the following list of companies now in
camp:
FaENoST DRAcooxs. Cook County:-capt ".
u Meaal, 1st Lieut.. G. A. Forsyth, I'd Lisut D.
Go name agreed upon). DeKa1b County-Capt,
paniel Dustin, V 1st Lieut.. A. E. Dams, ii Ieat.
john M. White.
WH17Es:nE RAN1EEs-capt. D. B. C1endenin,
: iri Lieut.. A. Clark. I'd Lieut.. D. D. Lincoln,
FAaStw oR1ns TaooFERs, Cook county-capt.
5919 Il BsysTadPe 1t Lieut. James D. Iuds
pEKAH COUNTY CAvA1RT-capt. L. h Whit
neF, 1st Ieut. ]. G. Smith, "a Lieut. j. ii. sfglin.
sG. CaARLEs CAVALRY, Kane County-Capt. VIM.
e Gonklin, Is: Lieut. P. G. Jennings, I'd Lieut.. 3,
No nsme agreed UPON, Ksne County-Capt. H.
+, TX hKapaJe, J 1st Lieut. VIM H. Sheldon, I'd Lieut..
AnTas CAVALRY. Dupage County-Capt, E, q.
K Ke1sE, 1st Lent B. L. Flaeg, ID Lienf. ". Il.
DrrAeE corsTE CAyA1nr-Capt, J., S, Gear.
ts.1, 1s1 Lieut. 81 ]. Ho;app "a ItEut.. C.a Yer
', NEWARK CAyA1nF. Kendall coun.y-Capt. ]. 4.
FREEMAN, Isl Lieut.. Geo. r. Flaggg, % Lieut.. ..
McHEnRr cousrr CAyA1n1-capt. R. N, Hook
So4shsso1th. 49,"
Gel Fa1nswarth has appointed DE-. Abner
Har1 cf Au.era,:a Practitioner Of standing
ard reputation, as surgeon Of the regiment,
and Rey. 1chabod Codding will, it is ru1nored,
become Its Chbptain. There is no prospect
that tie pcsiticns On the staff will fall into in
ccn7etent OF Unworthy hands, Judging as It
is fair to Dc from the material from which
they are certain to be filed
At tie camp already everything moves OF
Ike clockwGrE. Quartermaster Waite de.
eerves high credit for his share Of this, and
the Subsistence and Forage Cmtracts are IN
equally good keeping. TIC former is held
and well hlled hy J. s. Van Patten ut 18 cents
PR raucn- TIE horses are fed under contract
with H. Paine Of Sycamore at Lax cents PEE
dag. These figures are reasonable, and eeasf
bic, and the EXAMPLE We present a. altogether
worthy one.
The regiment is under marching orders
and viii leave within two weeks fo= Washing
ton unless countermandcd, end it is unlikely
that Their Illinois friends will see them mount
ed ard armed cap pie, since the horses will
net be assgued nE shod ready fos service un-
til they reach Washington By the plan al
ready made, the Michigan Southern stock cars
will be tsken out to st. Charles. and the horses
there lca aded direct for Toledo, to pass through
this city without trauEhip ipzneu.. This will be
disappointment to the many who would like
to zee the boys in costume and full keeping -
troopers, but this is light consideration in
comparison With the demands Of public SER
| vice. Were it possible, the 1atter would de.
rive ar advantage from 3 few weeks drill Of
horses and men before they take the field.
They will 60 on call, however, and give good
acconnt. Of Themselves.
|
Resigned. U
We are sorry to be obliged to announce the