Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-18

In response to the call of his exeeilen-
cy, Governor Tod, the several Military
Committees of the Regimental District
composed of the Counties of Knox, Nor
row, Marion, Delaware, Union and Lo-
gan, met at Delaware, on Tuesday, July
Is, 1862, to take action upon the several
matters referred to and embraced IN said
call.
On motion, Col. P. B. Cole, of Union
County, was made President, and c. H
Seribner of Knox county was made Sec
retary of the meeting.
On motion, a committee consisting OF
one person from each county of the Dis.
trict, was appointed to consider and re
port the number of votes to which each
county should be entitled in transacting
the business of the meeting.
Messrs. Vance, Dunn, Powell, Bart
ram, Robinson and Gardiner, were aP-
pointed said committee. Their report,
according to each county an equal vote,
was adopted.
The following resolution was thereupon
introduced and adopted
ResolUed, That the several committees
composing this meeting. while here as
sembled, recommend to the Governor the
names Of suitable persons to be appointed
as Regimental officers in the Regiment
now to be raised within this Regimental
District.
The following resolution was also adop-
ted
Resolred, That the number of recruits
for the Regiment now to be raised within
this Regimental District, be apportioned
among the several counties composing the
same, according to the number of inhab-
itants within each county the census Of
1860 to be taken as the basis of such ap
portionment.
The meeting now adopted the follow
ing resolution
ResolVed, That the counties of Knox
and Delaware each be entitled to six re-
cruiting officers Morrow and Logan each
five recruiting officers and the counties
of Marion and Union each four recruiting
officers
The meeting now adopted the follow
resolution
RESOLVED, That the county committees
Of each county make the recommenda-
tions to the Governor for the recruiting
officers within their counties, and that no
Recommendation be made except by a full
meeting of the committee.
On motion it was offered that the re-
spective Secretaries of the several county
Military Committees within this Regi-
mental District, shall constitute the Dis
trict Committee thereof
The meeting then proceeded to select
persons to be recommended as Regimen
tai officers. The following persons were
therefore selected and recommended to
the Governor for appointment to the
offices below named:
For ColoneL-Joseph w. Vance, of
Knox County.
For L. Colonel-Albert HI. Brown, of
Marion County.
For Mqjor-Charles II. McElroy, of
Delaware County.
For Adjeaane- George n. Clark, of
Morrow County.
For Quartcrnaaster-Sil Baldwin, Of
Logan County.
The meeting, on motion, unanimously
offered, that they recommend for the ap-
pointment of Surgeon to the Regiment,
such proper and suitable person as the
! Military Committee of Union County
may hereafter present to the Governor
for that office.
The meeting made no recommendation
for the position of Chaplain to the Reg
iment
On motion it was further offered un-
animously, that the Governor be recon-
mended to establish camp at Delaware,
Ohio, for the headquarters of the propo-
sed Regiment, and that a committee of
three be appointed to confer with the
Governor on that subject. Messrs. Stay
man of Delaware, Davies of Knox and
Bartram of Marion. were appointed said
| committee.
! In the event of the establishment Of a
new camp as above suggested, it was Of
/ fered by the meeting that John Cas-
sell of Union County be recommended
for the position Of Provost Marshall of
such camp provided such officer be need
ed.
1t was ordered that the minutes of the
proceedings of this meeting be prepared
in duplicate and signed by the officers ;
and that one copy thereof be transmitted
to his excellency Gov. Tod, and the other
copy be retained by the President Of the
meeting.
1t was also ordered that the proceed
ings of the meeting be published in the
several county papers in this Regimental
District.
The meeting thereupon adjourned.
P B. COLE. Pres't.
G. Fl. SCRIBNER, Sec.