Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-08-28
RUTLAND UP AND DOING ,

We are glad to be able to say that the
town of Rutland is at last wide awake, and
that there is no longer any doubt that we
shall be able TO ill our quota without a draft
Many reasons conspired to produce the gem
eral feeling of apathy which at first prevailed,
one Of which, at least, in justice to the pat
riotism of our people should be stated. 1t
will be recolleoted that We were credited by
the Adjutant General with only fifty'one
volunteers from this town, when in point Of
fact, as now appears from the enrolment
! Just made by the listers, we had actually
sent, on the first day of May last, two hun
| dred and forty-two men. BY reason of not
having credit for our full number of yolun-
teers, the quota of twelve hundred men to
| fill up the old regiments, assigned to Rut-
land, was two hundred and thirty, less abou
twenty sent in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh
regiments. Had we been properly credited,
our qnota of the twelve hundred would have
been only about twenty, instead of two hun
bred and ten. Thus we were called upon to
raise one hundred and ninety men more than
an equitable distribution of the quota would
have required Of us, making it necessary,
with the nine months men, for Rutland to
raise four hundred soldiers, in addition to the
two hundred and fortv.two men already in
bo EnlI frb,e mould talya
ably more than one-half OF our effective en-
rolled militia. A general feeling that injus-
tice had been done US, and the great difficulty
of raising so many men over and above our
proper quota, had tendency to depress the
feelings of our people, and the conviction pre-
vailed to a great extent, that a draft must
be resorted to--in order to raise the men.
But the more the matter was considered,
the more prevalent and deep seated became
the determination to fill our quota with vol
unteers, at any cost of money and effort, and
at the meeting held at the Town Hall on
Saturday afternoon, this determination seized
all minds and controlled the action of the
meeting. Mr.. Everts, and John b. Page
solved the problem, by bringing forward a
resolution that the selectmen be directed TO
pay each volunteer one hundred dollars
bounty, with the understanding that the mon
ey thus paid is to be ultimately reimbursed
to the selectmen by tax on the grand list
of the town, and the following gentlemen
have executed paper obligating themselves
to save the selectmen harmless H. w. Les
ter, A. II. Post, J. G. Griggs, S. j. Griggs
w, F. Barnes, II. Fl, Dyer, D. Wing, W. H..
3. Owen, w. Gilmore, M. G. Everts, j. B.
Page, H. G. Clark John Cain, M. Reynolds
S. Hayward, Alonzo Kelly, G. w. Chaplin
and J. E, Bagey.
The good effects of these proceedings were
instantaneous. Sixteen OF our best young
men stepped forward and enlisted before the
twenty men enlisted yesterday, making thirty
sac an less than twenty,tour hours. About
twenty-five had been previously enlisted in
the Light Guard, and the ranks of that Com
pany are now more than full, though Capt.
Kingsley is authorized to recruit one hun
dred and fifty men. The selectmen have
recruited some twenty men, and the stlmu-
lous given to recruiting by the meeting OF
Saturday will be seen in good results until
the first of September.
Much is expected now of our numerous
Irish population. They hear the bugle notes
sounded by the gallant Corcoran and Meagh-
er, and they can no longer linger away from
, the field Of duty and Of glory They have
generously proposed to raise a company Of
nine months men, if the native citizens will
do the same. The native citizens have not
only more than raised company of one
hundred men, but they have raised Gener-
Gus bounty besides, and our Irish fellow citi-
zens we confidently trust will not suffer them
selves to be behind the native born in devo-
ton to the'fag which pr otects the native and
foreigner alike. Let the Irish lads spring to
the rescue. No time is to be lost. Mr.. SEN
mott has opened recruiting office, where
the flag of Old Erin ntermingles its folds
with those of the Stars and Stripes. He
asks his countrymen to rally around these
flags and bear them on to victory in the cause
of liberty. Let Rutland's quota be full be.
fore Saturday night Work Work Work
4 JUNCTION OF THE ARMIES.
1t is now we'll understood that the ar
mics of Gems. Mcclellan and Pope have
effected a junction. We 10 longer enter
tain any serious apprehensions of disaster.