Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-09

The return of the three months volunteers
and the payment Of portion of them of less
than they considered themselves entitled to,
has caused considerable dissatisfaction and
complaint among the volunteers, and given
rise to Gil manner of exaggerated reports as
to the extent and character Of the grievances
complained Of Without waiting for the facts
or caring to learn them, portion of the city
press, true TO its instincts and in accordance
with its wontcd custom, proceeded to de-
nounce the State authorities as guilty of heinz
Gus wrong to our gallant volunteersi and
those who have been in the habit Of charging
to the account of our worthy Governor every
privation Lr annoyance to which the incom-
potency or neglect of officers and the rapacity
of dishonest contractors have subjected our
soldiers, very readily adopted and reiierntcd
these last reports. which like those of a kindred
nature which have prec eded them, are exceed
ingly unjust. The difficulty grew ont of the
allowance for clothing, owing to a second suit
being furnished TO replace the first, which
proved uaseryiceable. A few of the men
were charged or the suits the excess over
their proper allowance under the army rcgu.
latious; and this causing complaint, com
mission was appointed by the Adjutant Gen
eral tc determine upon the charge, if any, tC
The result was a decision that no deduction
from the wages of the volunteers should b.
made on that account and those already
paid are entitled TO have the amount thu
charged them refunded.
The following communication to the Gin
cinnati Gazette doubtless presents the matter
in its true light, explains the rules which gov
ern in furnishing clothing to volunteers, ant
indicates to what extent the State authoritie
are amcuable TO censure in connection will
| the affair:
Pay of Three Months Volunteers.
EDS GAZETTE: In your issue Of Frida.
the lst inst notice an article in reference
to the pay of the Cleveland Artillery, which
as it is entirely untrue, desire to see correc
ted.
When the battery left Marietta for Virgi
ginia the men were uniformed by the State
but the pantaloons furnished proving to b.
worthless, they were replaced us soon as pos
sible by ''recniorced" pantaloOns OF a superiO
quality, and in the settlement no charge wa
made for the first issue.
| The pay of volunteers in the service Of tht
State, was, by act of the Legislature last win
| ter, made the same as that of the troops il
the regular service, by reference TO the U. S
Army Regulations, you will see that soldiers
! in addition to eleven dollars per month, are
allowed $50 dollars per month in clothing i
the issue to any soldier does not equal his al
lowance, he is entitled 10 receive the balance
/ in money if it exceeds if, such excess mus
be deducted from his pay. With troops serv
ing for one or more years, the allowance FOL
/ clothing IS ample, and those who arc careful
save something from it, but as the allowance
! for clothing for three months only amount!
TO 1880 dollars, it is not sufficient to cover tht
cost of Uniform including overcoat, but al
the U. S. Army Regulations is made tht
standard, this rulc is imperative and cannot
be avoided except by special act of the leg
islature authorizing an increase in the amount
to be allowed for clothing.
Your statement as 10 the amount reccivet
by the men of the force in question is also Z
mistake. The least ameunt paid to any pri
vate who had served during the whole period
was about twenty-five dollars, and from tha
10 forty-Six dollars. This know TO be tht
truth, having had an opportunity to examine
all the pay.rolls.
AS your article was probably written uu
der uisanprehension in regard TO the facts
send you this statement, that it may receive
the same circulation as the one it is intended
to correct.