Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-05-17

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GENERAL ORDER-NO IT.
! GENERAL HIAD ouANTEks, ADJ'r GRs's. osrIcE.l
CoLuMB $, o., May 6. 1861. !
The twenty days limit for the disper-
sion of rebels now in arms against the
United States has expired. Whether
the struggle for vindication Of the i'm
perilled Union shall be brief, or pro-
tracted, the result is certain The des-
TIMES Of all nations are interviewer with
that Of America, and the issue is made
up. Ohio will meet the crisis firmly
and fulfil her part. The more decided
her action, the sooner will Peace succeed
War, and Loyalty supplant Treason.
To give force and system to her action
the following general order is promul-
gated:
I. The Militia is divided into the
"Activc army of operation," and the
''Militia of the Reserve" The nine
regiments now encamped, additional to
the thirteen mustered into the United
States service, and such further regi-
ments as the General Assembly shall
authorize, will be mustered into the
State service, and placed under strict
discipline, for immediate duty.
Lieut.. Col. Buckingham, 1st Assistant
Adjutant General, is detailed from this
Department for that service.
II. The enrolled militia, between the
ages Of Is and 45, exceeds 300, 900 men
This force is divided into the 1st, End
and Sd Reserve Corps.
The able bodied force of other ages,
retired from service, but fully compe-
tent to meet any demand that the ex-
igencies of the Union may require, ex-
ceeds 100000 men and will constitute
the 4th and 5th Reserve corps.
The 1st Reserve Corps will be organ
lied forthwith, and be subject to imme-
diate transfer into the ''active Army of
operation" Applications, however, for
the organization of Militia of the Re-
serve, win not be limited to this quota;
but the companies composing it will re-
ceiye the post Of honor, and the first as
signment to active duty, in case the
country requires their service. The
only exception will be, in favor of COM
panies now under drill which tailed to
receive an assignment into the % regi-
ments now in camp.
III. The Militia of the Reserve will
be organized as follows: 1st. Compe-
tent military men, or responsible citi-
zens, will apply to this department for
an order to raise company, not exceed
ing 100 able bodied men. I'd. A form
of enlistment will be mailed, if the ap-
plication be approved. Sd. The roll
will be returned to this Office; an elec-
tion will be ordered, and the officers will
be commissioned. 4th The roll must
embrace citizens of the same township;
SO that they can readily associate them
selves, and promptly respond to any or
der from General Head Quarters. 9Th
Whenever company is transferred into
the "Active Army of Operation,,' new
commissions will issue, giving due pre-
cedence to the grade of the prior com
mission, SO that the earliest commissions
in the Militia of the Reserve will confer
superior rank in the transferred corps.
". This organization is designed
to leave all the domestic and economic
machinery of society in full play, until
the transfer becomes necessary. Mem
bers of the Militia of the Reserve will
therefore devote due attention to their
ordinary concerns, and do what they
can to prevent idleness, and insure a
full crop Of all the products of the farm.
Any other course will make the strug-
gle doubly burdensomc, notwithstand-
ing the fact that Ohio has already in
store provisions for a year in advance
V. The following is the proportion
Of Companies to each county, upon
each quota:
Adams, s; Allen, 8; Ashland, 10;
Ashtabula, 13: Athens, 10; Auglaize. Z;
Belmont, 10; Brown, Is; Butler, IS;
Carroll, Z; Champaign, 10; Clark, IL;
Clermont, IA; Coshocton, II; Crawford,
10; Cuyahoga, 80; Darke, II; Defiance,
>; Delaware, 10; Erie, II; Fairfield. 13;
Fayette, II; Franklin, 20; Fulton, 4;
Gallia, 10; Geauga, Z; Greene, y: Gucrn-
Isey, II; Hamilton, 100; Hancock. 10;
Hardin, 6; Harrison, s; Henry, 4; High
land, II; Hooking, Z; Holmes, 6; Huron,
13; Jackson, 7; Jefferson, II; Knox, IL;
Lake, Z; Lawrence, 10; Licking, Is;
Logan, 8; Lorain, 13; Lucas, II; Madi-
son, 6; Mahoning, II; Marion, Z; Meigs,
II; Mercer, 7; Miami, 13; Monroe, IL;
Montgomery, 20; MRskingum, 10; No
BILE, 8; Ottowa, 3; Paulding, 2; Perry,
Is; Pickaway, 10; Pike, 6; Portage, 10;
Preble, 7; Putnam, 6; Richland, 13;
Ross, 10; Sandusky, Z; Scioto, 10; SEN
eca, IS; Shelby, 7; Stark, IS; Summit,
H.; Trumbull, ID; Tusearawas, IA;
Union, S; Van Vert, 5; Vinton, 6;
Warren, 12; Washington, Is; Wayne,
II; Williams, S; Wood, 8; Wyandotte, Z.
ToTAL-1, 900 COMPANIES.
VI. AS a general rule, public arms
will not be issued to the militia of the
reserve, but proximate estimate Of the
number of private rifles in the possession
of men expert in their use, shows, that
with proper exertions, nearly or quite
the entire contingent of 100000 men,
can be armed and disciplined in hours
of leisure, postpouing their draft upon
the State until they are transferred to
the Active Corps.
VII 1t is the purpose Of this De-
partment, to procure as soon as practi-
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