Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-12
Gov. Downey and the New Regime nts.

The San Francisco Call of Sunday contains
leading article rejecting severely, by in
uendo on Gov Downey, for what il denomi
mates his delay in commissioning officers for
the new levy, who have passed the necessary
military examination. 1t even goes so far as
to insinuate suspicion of his willingness to do
his duty in the premises, when the public
| know that thus far, no man could have been
more prompt in obeying the requision of the
| Federal Government, and forwarding its de-
sires in this regard, than Gov. Downey has
been. This paper has not withheld from him
| its word of censure, when, in its opinion, his
! language seemed to call it FORTH neither will
it withheld from him, or from any man, such
praise as his official acts may be entitled to.
| We grieve to see the Calls attack upon him,
for it is wholly without cause, and must have
been made in ignorance of the facts, for that
journal would scarcely assail him because of
| political or interested motives. IL may be,
however that some parties have asked a com
mission and been refused. A cannot be ac-
commodated-tor our people are patriotic and
desire to serve the counlry-but no commits
sion has been denied those who have passed
the military Board of Examiners and have a
| command.
1t would not do to issue commissions to
every man who seeks one or who may pass
an examination, without regard to his ability
to obtain men. This would ini ure the service
almost beyond estimate. If a man cannot
get up regiment, battalion, or company,
why should he have commission And it
is such men, if any, who have been pouring
their woes into the car of the journal in
question. They are not men of substance
have no troops to oommand-and their com
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suspicion against Gov. Downey. There are
plenty of more servceable men who desire
commissions -men whose energy entities them
to consideration, and (rom such, commissions
will not be withheld.
AS the Governor was thus publicly charged
with delaying the organization of the troops,
we, to make sure that the Call was wrong, as
we believed called at the Executive Depart
ment for Information, and there learned that
commissions have already been issued as fol-
lows: First lnflntry- Colonel. j. II Garlic
ton, late of the U. 5 A. Lieut.. Colonel Jos
Il. West; Major. Edwin Rigg. This regi
ment is now full, and its quarters are Camp
Downey. Second Infantry Colonel, Francis
j. Lippitt; Lieut Colonel, James N. Olney ;
MAJOR, James +. Curtis; headquarters, san
Francisco Third Infantry-Colonel, Patrick
E. Connor; Lieut.. Colonel Gea. p Ihrie. late
of the U. 3 A; Major, Robert Pollock head
quarters. Stockton. Fourth Infantry, Colo
mel, Henry NJ. Judah late of the U. s A It.
Colonel, Harvey Lee; Major, Henry Ham
cock; headquarters, Placerville. Fifth In
fantry-Coonel, John Kellogg, late of the U.
). A; Lieut.. Colonel, NJ. b. Dotbins; Major,
(not yet commissioned; headquarters, Sacra-
mento.
First Cavalry Lieut. Colonel, Benjamin F.
l,,o r Il, - IL g..
Eyre. This regiment is now fll-headquar-.
ters, san Antonio. Second Cavalry y-ColUntl,
a j. Smith, late of the u 5. a.; It. Colonel,
Columbus Sims Major, E. V. sumner, Jr
headquarters, San Francisco.
The First Cavalry-5OO st-ong-were call
ed ont in connection with the First Infantry,
for service on the plains, and are under tie
command of Colonel Carleton.
Thus it will be seen that so far as the Gov
ernor is concerned the organization is COM
pIetc, or nearly so; at any rate, commissions
to the above parties have been issued, and
they are all the officers that have vet been
determined upon. All the Regiments called
for 10y the President have had their chief Off
GERS assigned them, most of whom are old
| nited States officers at that and no seven
regiments III the nation were ever otiicered
with more care and solictude The reudcz-
vous of one regiment is at Sacramento, of an
other at stockton, another at Placervlle and
Of two at san Francisco These five reg-
parrts ere yet to be filled, and each, We be-
lieve. needs some recruits The complaint of
the want cf Headquarters no longer exists
The men, SO fast az they enlist, will be pro-
vided for. There is a commissary department
already organized for each regiment, and the
soldiers will be suhsistcd from this time for
ward There viii be no more waiting for Il
company to be filed before the men can be
provided for, tut they will, man 10y man. as
they offer, be cared for at the respective
headquarters The Governor and General
Sumner have done their whole duty up to
the present moment--n0w let the people do
theirs -SdcrdBiento Bee.