Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-27
The Head. Of .hs Ohio nIiIItary.


The Heads Of the Ohio Military.
We publish with pleasure the following
letter, from weII-informed gentleman, re-
spccting the charges Of ihcompe,ency which
have been bestowed upon the heads Of the
Ohio military department At Columbus. And
what be says Of Gen. Darlington and Ger.
Wood, we know 70 be equally true, at least
Of Gov. Dennison. II his aids are thus con-
stAntly employed, how much moro must be
thrown upon the shoulders of the Command
er-ln-Chiei We krow that Gov. Dennison
has labored unremittingly for the good and
the efficiency OF the Ohio forcesi aud those
who are loud In their complaint against him
will do vel, tiAke into consideration the
greatness Of YORK, and the difficulties he
has to contsnd,with. What our citizens have
nght to complain Of, Is the systematic
crushing out of all military spirit in our
State by our former and la:er Legislators.
No State In the Union could have been less
prepared TOR putting its men into tas feld,
than ours. Not the Slightest encouragement
had beeo rendered to military organizations
for the last few years, and, as natural con-
sequence, with eighty or one hundred thou
sand men eager for service We have not
single regiment equipped for battle.
Tho following is the letter Of our CORE
spondent:
OOLuNBUs, O., Nay 2Sd, 1851.
Rps. LEADER :-Throughout the State, as
you are aware, the citiGens and soldiers as
finding fault with Gov. Dennison, Gems. Car
rinRton and Wood. have been spending
most Of the day in the War Departments"
here, in the capacity of an observer. have
heve been here long enough to give the lie
to The charges Of incompeteney as against
Geua Darlington and Wood. Gov. Dennison
is absent The AdIutaR. and Qusrtsrmsster
GsDerAls Departments are thrOnged con-
saulIy. Every officer who comes in expects
his business to be attended 70 at once. Gen.
Carrington'S position, in particular, must be
anything but an agreeable one. Why, to-
day he has On his hands not less than one
hundred thousand men, with whom, through
their officers, his ofice Is In communication.
seveuty-two thousand Of these, It Is true, are
the " Militia OF the ReserTsi' but their bust
ness takes his time, and Is automatically dis
posed Of BY the General.
N Here comes boy with pile OF letter.,
just in. Every one is especially important,
Of course, and the General must answer him
self or dictate the same. Some, probably,
belong to another Department. and are sent
thither to be answered Dispatch after dis
patch comes In from the telegraph Office
nearly all require an answer a. ouee. Many
Of these answers viii involve an enquiry in
soms other oflce. The General must attend
to many Of these matters In person, aud dc
tate all Of them.
But the matter requiring constant anu
| anxious care Il that Of the twenty-five thou
sand troops now in camp in different parts
| Of the State. Oficers from all these camps
are in constant attendance. Their business
Is urgent, but all get q patient hearing 1t
Is almost a mystery how person, so con-
stautly besieged as Gen. Darlington is, can
keep 50 good nature. His time is almost
constantly occupied, day and night; yet bis
business Is pursued With perfect system, and
an enormous amount dh posed Of daily.
It matters not how many crowd around
the General, or how pressing their business
all are served In their turn, and in the most
! courteous manner.
What Is trGe concerning Gen. Carrin gton
Is equally true Of the other officers that
have seen engaged In their various depart
ments. I must confess that before coming
here, bad shared, to certain extent, in the
general spirit Of erumbiingj but thoae feel
| ines are dispelled now, after witness.ng the
vigorous and efficient efforts Of the officers
| here.
More than the requisite number o. three
years troops have already been offered at this
Department was to-day informed by an
officer that three, and possibly four, compa-
aies would be accepted from Camp Taylor.
Three were designated: Capt AcIlrath's,
Capt Skuylers, and Capt JOhnsOns late
i Company. Those companies having from
twenty-five to 6fiy men stand slim chancei
they will be disbandsd Immediately.
! I visited Camp Jackson to-day; 1t does not
compare with Camp Taylor.
YoIUNrEER.