Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-29
UuIformlty in Rouutiea.

.s The necessity for procuring men under
the new call for three hundred thousand
--A troops has caused the offer of very liberal
4"f bouuties in the different States and cities
as well as BY private individuals. But
a. while these offers are very commendable
se and exhibit true patriotism, some of them
: !, are iii-directed There should, as far as
'- 80 possible be a uniformity in bountes to all
volunteers, or lhe effect viii be to cause
srt the bone and sinew which is as yet unem-
ss. ,. ployed in the army 10 be put up at auction
for sale to the highest bidder, For in
81 stance, one State offers $50 bounty to its
volunteers, while another offers SIS. At
sasaiss fret thought IL would seem that the only
-ria evil effect Of this would be to cause the
.s 3 {. men in the latter State who could, if they
would, go into the ranks, emigrate to the
e.s.s3 former and enlist there thus draining the
80 q other Of her war material and necessi-
So tating a-drafL But the evil is more seri-
-fist ous than this. The men are not t-urr-i----
hif 10 70 70 war their services commanding
90 sa. good wages at homo. They, therefore,
-rs neither 70 into another State TO enlist, nor
20 enlist at home, but wait tOsse il their own
State win not increase the bounty in its
need for men until it equals that offered
s BY any other State thinking that they can
oal.-1 be earning good wages until that increase
is made and then they win have OpPOTtu-
nifty to volunteer before dran is made.
Recruiting is therefore slow in those
States which can offer but the smaller
,gI,5 amounts, without proportionate rapidity
in the other States. s.sf
Where no bounty is offered by State,
g.. but by the counties composing it, the same
difficulty exists. But more especially does
this discrepancy operate eunfavOrablyWhsre
individual offers are advertised for men
.s.,- to 90 into the field If a draft is made,
Tor even if not) and any man makes pri-
vate bargain with q substitute, it matters
nothing to the rest Of the world how much
is paid. It is known to but few, IL any
others, than the payer and the payee, and
no ill-feeling is excited thereby. But
-la-.sa where public offers are made Of different
3. sums for substitutes, the effect is either tc
2l3i create dissatisfaction in those who have
fs volunteered under smaller inducements
j =. or to cause men to hold back in waiting
for other advantageous offers. This evil
0dS q SIN PIE A-cs III N-'--- ''-'
has means to spare for the encouragement
zl5I 81 of eulisting pay his money over directly tc
- the County Commissioners to be added to
the sum already at their disposal, to be di-
- Tided pro rata among all the volunteers
-9se There is then no opportunity for unhealthy
-s7.a- rivalry norill-feeling Suppose the Com
.sH missiOners have $4,000 to divide among
the county quota Of one thousand men
r. giving them $50 each. If a mOneyed man
,.. has $1,000 to pay to q substitute or sub
stitutes, let him pay it into the general
fund, thus giving 81 more to each Of tbs
volunteers in the county. Such course
would, we are confident be really more
to make individual offers which are mad'
with the highest motives, but not with th'
reatest discretion.