The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-08-23

Proe,anasaoa by she Gsvssnsr. -
rha quota Of this State Of The three huadred
thorssnd volunteers called for By the President
cn the 9Th Of July last, 10 ten thousand i've hund
S Tse b quota Of this State, Of the three hundred
thousAnd militia required to be drafted BY order
of the President 6th Aug. instant, 10 ten thou.
sard fvs hundred and seventy.
The number Of men required TO gil up the ranks
of our regiments in the Geld, % reported to me
nv The Secretary OF War, on the 18th Of August
instant. is eight thousand and Eve.
The quota of the first call 10 over full BY the
prompt and patriotic Response Of our people,
within the last few weeks.
sm setis6sd that from fifteen to twenty thou.
sand men are now organised into companies,
Awaiting organisation into new regiments, and 1
an urging upon the War Department the accsp.
tanoe Of the whole number, and that our State
be credited with the excess upon the second call
for drafted men Bat the War Department ~.
fuses % vet TO give 10 such credit, until the
number Of men required 10 lll the old regiments
(eeht thousand and fve) shall have been fur.
aishsd.
These men for the old regiments are sorely
useded, and the cause Of the country 10 better
served BY filing the old reginents, than BY re-
csiving new ooeA &
The officers and men Of the old regiments have
gained . knowledge Of their duties BY experience
iu the field, and new recruits Joining these regi.
m,nts have tho bensat Of this kocwlsdgs poe
sessed BY their officer and coDrades, and an old
regiment filed up With nov recruits 10 more
effective at the end of two weeks than new
regiment at the end Of Two months.
10 order then to get the credit due our State
for the excess furnished over thS 1nst calt and
ia order to give our country this most elective
and sorely needed help. ws must fili up the old
regments. We can do this BY volunteering,
until the first of September. II not done By
that time, tho deficiency will be supplied BY
eoecisl draft in addition to the drafts under the
second CALL af6 9 ss}aSH a4astsg5L 2
Iappeal then to every man fer. aid. Let ev-
erything else be laid aside, until this needed
work is done. Let the young men whose broth
e.s and friends are in the old regiments take
their places by their sides. Any person de-
s;ring to enter an old regiment can select the
regiment and company he prefers, and thus 60
With bis acquaintances and friends.
So deeply am Impressed, with the impera-
tive necessity Of filing the old regiments, that
will, at IN Extra Session Of the General As
sembly 10 convene on the 8d day Of 0eptembee,
recommend to that body the payment Of State
bounty of such sum a. may be deemed advisable
to all persons who shall, before the first day Of
September next. enlist in any one of the old
regiments of this State. i,itsss3 bse
- also advise oil companies now incomplete,
sad which will not certainly be completed by
/ the Esd inst, to abandon their attempt At or
ganization ss companies, and enlist for the old
regiments. .-.,.... ..,, . a. ; sSss ~
Iappend tue dispatches showing the present
situation Of various calls on this State, aud an
| extract from General Order from the Adjutant
General at Washington, in regard to recruits
tcr old the regiments tra qtaea esfss1a
SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD, .ss 81.
Governor Of Iowa. S