The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-22


two FIRST named in this article--6rst. 70,
500, 900 volunteers, sad second, for 500.
600 militia 70 be- dsaf,ed If not volunteer
ed-bsf dos Not annde 70 the o.ll fol
8,o65 men Ws11f theoH regiments, which
the Secretary still presses NJ earnestly y
ever. @
There u IN impression that Iowa has
furnised more men than the whole num-
Der demanded for all purposes and the
Governor 10 accused Of organising the
surplus over the -quota called for al new
regiments, instead Of sending them to the
old ones. The Governor could send no
men to the old Tegimsnts not enlisted for
that purpose. But could he have done
so, and have sent all the surplus furnish
ed the last year over all calls then made
upon US, they would not have filed this
call. 1t is absurd TO suppose this surplus
could have been credited upon the new
calls. They we're specific for 2L,l40
men, and we have barely filed them.
Our quotas under all calls since the
war began, including the call to eli old
regiments, amount to 49, 405 men. The
total number furnished, as shown by the
records of the Adjutant Generals office,
is 45 ,993 men showing deficiency. on
the sum total Of 8, 4l2 men. Could our
surplus of volunteers have been assigned
to the old regiments We would have bean
deficient the amount of the sum last
named.
But the call for the old regiments must
be TILED. if filed at ali by men enlisted
or drafted. For those regiments and
counties still delinquent, have until the
lst of January to ELL their quota, and
thus avoid draft, and place shsmselyss
alongside of their sister counties who
have promptly met all demands
made upon them. n q
The volunteers enlisted for new reg
iments ndett the general call. carried the
number Of our regiments OF infantry TO
40. The 4lstis the detachment at Fort
itandalI.a The Secretary Of War author
lied the raising Of an Irish regiment
the 42dAand also authorized Colonel
Simmons to, raise the Add, and Col Wilson
the 9th Cavalry. He also authorized
Col David to Aiss the 7thF CavAlry, sub
ject 10 the Governors approval, which he
refused, because Of 30 many troops raised
and being raised. Of all the regiments
thus authorised by the Secretary Of War,
the 9th Cavalry is the only one likely to
drain the resources Of the State, of which
the Gate City complains 80 loudly, and
in which JEFF Davis heartily joins ~ the
draining Of Iowa Of men for the Union
army bvdes no good ~ him. The Gate
City further demands that the Governor
shall refuse = dsafs uata III uther States
have done - veil - Iowa. u this the
dictate 81 patriotism, What would be
the resalts All would be brought to the
level Of the St1tc that has done the least,
and while the States we're thus engage "a 10
striking balanres, settling disputes and
refusing to raise troops, the rebellion
would long since have triumphed,
The Intention of the Governor 10, as |
have heard him say, that 50 far a. in him
lies, if our arms are successful, and our
Union restored, all Iowa men, in al fu-
ture time, may proudly and truthfully ssy
that Of the good work accomplished, 10
va has done more than her share. But
if We are not successful, and the Union
Is broken intn fragments, no one shall be
able TO say to the men of lows, eff your
State had done her whole duty, the iega-
cy of our fathers would not have been
lost" Very truly, yours,
N. III. BRAINARp,
MI 2on3x