Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-01-15
COMPANIES PREPARING ron SERVICE.


Exclusive Of 2O,.75 three months men now dis
! banded.
The regiments preparing for service are
incomplete. Those that may not be fill
| ed by the 10Th instant will be ccCsolidat-
ed and sent forward. Of the regiments in
service, the llth and 18th regiments Of
! Infantry are at Annapolis the 2Sth 29th,
2lst, Goth, Goth, LIST, 72d and lOGth regio
ments and one company of Infantry
are in the command of Major General
Banks the 18th, j0th, jjth, 10Th and
Tooth regiments Of In antry are in South
Carolina the 18th lniar try are at Hates
ras Inlet; the l0Slh Infantry and llth
Cavalry are at Fortress Monroe; the nth,
18th and 18th Infantry, the 7th and 9th
Cavalry, one troop Of horse, one squadron
of cavalry, two batalions Of artillery are
! in Kentucky; the S4th and 10th Infan-
try are now iE Western Virginia, as are
also three companies of Infantry, four
companies of cavalry, FIVE companies of
light artillery the SSth Infantry are at
. COckeysville, in Maryland; one company
of artillery are at Fort Delaware all the
D.. remainder of the volunteers are at or near
i Washington. Upwards Of 300 volunteers
I from Pennsylvania are now PRISONERS, but
as arrangements have heen made for the
exchange of prisoners ii may be expected
that they will soon be released.
Ir compliance with the join resolutions
of the 10TH of May last, have procured
regimental flags for the Pennsylvania vols
unteers, and have presented them to most
of the regiments. In other cases, the res
giments being on or near the Potomac
have requested Nr. Cowan, Senator, and
Messls. Grow and Wright, members of
the House Of Representatives from Penn
sylvanir, to present them in the name of
the Commonwealth.
The General Government requested
that the States would abstain from pur
chasing arms, as their competition was
found injurious in the market, and in
view of the large expenditures of money
in arming and equlpping the volunteer
force of the State, provided for the de.
fence of the National Government, | did
not purchase any as authorized by the
26th section Of tae act Of the 18th Of May
1861, The State has now quite as many
arms as are necessary to arm all her VOL
unteer organizations in existence but in
fuenced by the threatening spect of our
relations with foreign governments,
nav ( illNNANu biAI hNtJhNAhs NNhNAbl ~
procure arms as soon as it can be done on
reaionable terms and without injurious
competition with the National Govern.
ment. Arms have been distributed
among the border counties to all the orS
ganizations that have been formed to re-
; ceive them. 1880 arms have been thus
distributed. have also addressed a lets
ter TO the commissioners Of all the border
counties, Offering arms TO them as soon as
military organizations shall he formed 20
receive them. Besides thus complying
with the requirements Of the 18th section
Of the Act Of 18th May last, have deera
ed it prudent to offer five thousand arms
to such military organizations as may be
formed in Philadelphia on plan to be
approved by me as Commander-in Chief.
Muskets and rifles TO a considerable ex-
tent have been furnished to The Pennsyl-
vania volunteers from tie State ARSENAL
Others have been sent by the United
States authorities to arm them before lea
wing the State. In some cases regiments
have gone without arms under assurances
from the War Department tuat they
would be armed at Washington or other
near designated points, and that their
immediate departure was required. 1t
was thought wise in these cases not to in
sist on the arms being sent before the
regiments marched. as this would have
imposed on the government az unnecessa,
expense in freight, and would have been
productive of delays which might have
been seriously detrimental to the pubic
service. Forty,two pieces OF artillery
with limJers, caissons, iorges, s.nmuni-
zion wagons, harness and all the necessa-
; ry implements and equipments were fur,
nished by the State to the Artillery regi-
ment of the Reserve Corps Ten ofthese
were purchased by the State, and their
cost has been refunded by tho United
States. Diligence has been used in col,
lecling arms throughout the State and
repairing and altering them in the most
approved manner.
The State has now 62 pieces Of artillery, Of
which II need repairs 26,75S muskets aud rifles
some Of which are in the hands Of mechanics be
ing repaired 1910 are in the hands Of yolun-
tesr corps Throughout the Slate 1890 in the
possession Of county Commissioners and l,OOO
With the reserve corps ofPhiladelphta,
In addition 10 this the city Of Philadelphia has