Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-12-24
Howland Correspondence.

AlOn LAM W DCS- AONh AOO-.
Editors UrOniek:-We see a word anor
from our sister towns in your publication
so We of the township of6saWtyd springs, ash
our fellow citizens to lend ear to us a mo
ment. Ours is one of the few towns limo
cent of a draft, that now has a credit o
several volunteers standing by her nam
against the next call that may be mad,
for men; and this is cause of more pride
since We have neither village, mine, moi
oil derrick to supply d Floating popula
tion;" but most of our delegates in til,
Grand Army of the Union have chalkeo
their first problems on black boards il
this town, and were tillers of this SOIL
During the first three months ofour giant
war, sent 60 blankets from thi.
town for the soldiers, and other things foI
their Use in like proportion, and from
then until now, our volunteers and theiI
families have been diligently served in
various ways. Yet we have modestly re
Trained from taking to ourselves the
praise, and in more than one instance il
has been bestowed on adjoining towns
This thought brings me TO say to my fellow
townsmen, that their charities would
reach their objects. in hospital and field,
with far less expense if donated through
an organization, such as Jan Aid Society.
Desultory charities are never so beneficial
as systematic donations, and such a soci-
ETY. as the Aid, if once established in our
town, would not only take charge of gifts
which are now placed in charge of other
societies, but would stimulate our latent
b~enevolence to greater deeds.
Out of the many mel we have spared
from our farms foI the national service
what n has an opportunity to win for
himself or his township a glorious name?
Although we ha~ve,,furnished very nearly
a full company of three-year volunteers
we have no commissioned officer. Not
that we nave no men worthy tolead, while
they are yet willing to follow, but We have
OtCn lOO ulpNtCsl W Cldllll Jul uuCn- We
have in the oath D. V. /. Color S~eargeant
Egbert Andrews and Corporal Wallace
Drake and in the 9th o. V. c. Sergeant
Frank Shsfer also in the l25th o. V. /.
Alison C.. Dilley, Sergeant. Elmore ii. An
drews deserved a commission but did not
receive it. SO like the noble man he was,
he went forth as a private and with our
other dear boys was driven by the out
numbering, victorious foe over the long
dusty road in hunger. thirstand WEAKNESS,
through the burning heat, from Lexing-
ton to Louisville; whence, after a short
delay, they marched to Chaplain Hill,
where he and two other of our bravest
young men, lay down in death. When
the first call of the President for $4,000
men trembled over our hills, and along
waters and through our valleys, he
forth and suffered and labored, be-
our government had the means to
comforts for its defenders, and on
returning home lay for weeks with fever;
yet knowing what he most likely would
nave to endure as a soldier, he hesitated
to enlist for three years solely from
patriotism.
At the battle of Shiloh Sergeant Egg
bert Andrews received four shots in his
one ball grazing his side, another
wounding him in the N arm, yet he
chung through all his dreadful pain 10 the
color staff until he saw the foe ~retreating.
For this and numerous gallant deeds pre-
vious, he received only the praise of his
superiors, and the gratitude of his towns
men. Sergeant A. C. Dilley went with
'-our boys in Cumberland" under Capt.
II. B. Case in the S4th, o. v. /. serving as
private. Being one of those to whom
the wishes and feelings of others are sec
ond only to an enlightened sense of duty,
point of sacredness, he won the love of
mis- fellows as well as the warm approval
IF his officers. Like his brother Lewis
Dilley Orderly Sergeant of Co. E lO3d
}. V. L. he is strictly temperate in all
things, and, like him, firm and cool. No
can long obstruct the way that
lie wills to tread. Truthfulness, energy,
courage. patience that rOrks and hopes
ire qualities of his intelligent mind that
must procure his promotion if such
.hings are demanded as qualifications
whenever vacancies NAV occur. The same
s true of L. s. Dilley, formerly editor OF
Tie Central Hiaoitaa,a and is now army cor
respondent of the Cleveland Leader, from
which Office he vent out as a soldier.
Respectfully,
HnWT