The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-06-28
rhs RsesPonyibility at camp
Dennissm.

Deouteem.
The Ohio State Journal makes the foi
lowing s,ateneh, in regsld 10 Camp Den.
nisony Nhieh shows that Whatever Il,
hspsand mistakes, il is entirely under IN,
eoh,fOl Of the United States officers, an,
not, in any way, under the management
Of Governor Dcnnison or the State an.
tAoritics;
ckHF rENVisoS AID CrnrR rANrs.
/ 10 spite Of many announcements in
the newspapers that Camp Dennison Is q
camp FOR United States soldiers, officers,
privates and citEcns persist In holding the
State authorities responsible for its man.
. agement, for quartcr-mastor and eOmmis-
sary duties respecting the troops there,
and for the payment Of officers and men
mustered into United States service.
Tho facts are that Camp Dennison
was laid cut by w. s. Roseerans, now
BrigadIcr General in the United States
Army, under orders from General Nc
Clclan. United States Quartermaster
John II. Dickons3n, supcrintended the
construction Of and paid for the huts and
barracks erected there. United States
Commissary w. w. Burns, has provided
all the rations for soldiers At Camp Den
nison, and ull that che State authorities
have done respecting that camp, or ell
that they eoald do, was 10 advance 20
Qu1rtcrmastCr Diekenson, out Of the ID
preparation Of 100000 made BY the
legislature Ia aid Of tho General Gov
crnmcht, such sums for the purchase Of
clothing % he declared Il nect asary TO
have, In order to uniform the troops In
time for marching orders. The only or.
der Issued BY Governor Dennison, and
the only one he was authorized to issue
respecting soldiers at Camp Dennison,
Explained the manner 10 which, under IN.
airuetions from the War Department.
three months volunteers might be re-or.
gnnlzed into volunteers for the war
The Executive Of Ohio, or his Adjutant
General, would bo guilty Of a breach Of
proprioy, II either Of them should issue
a PAYS to any citizen who might wish to
visit friend Ia the camp.
Mono other than United States ofieers
have been In command at Camp Dcnni-
aon, and Il would be a. rcasohaBle {,
hold the State authorities responsible for
the care and conduct, or pay Of Indiana,
lllinoiP, or Michigan soldiers mustered
in United States, service IN those States
90 for men mustered at Camp Dcnnison.
Excluding, "a causes Of complaint, mex
pCricncool Of officers and men, we can on
y account for the confusion which has
held the Governor and his staff to Ac-
eoantability for trials and tribulations in
a United States camp, by remembering
that our people arc jealous Of Federal in.
tcrvontion, and arc proud Of State Sow
ereignly.
But now that We forget State lines
that the East and the West move toRcth.
rr IN common cnusc--to crush rebellion
against a common Government, let w
make proper distinction between what is
State wh,ts Feder' author " etwcen
what Il State and " rat 10 Federal respon-
'ib' i'y, h ding b,th stl'e and Fedora
poweru, Justly aecountabl'.
There are properly no StStc camps IN
Ohio. Camp Dennison and Camp Chase
are the only camps now occupied, and the
soldiers in them are only soldio that
have been, or are being mustered into the
service Of the United States for three
years should tho war 10 long continue.