The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-05


thousand troops recently called for are not re-
cruted by that time, and of three hundred thou-
sand additional troops. II is for the best interests
Of every citizen that this draft shall be rendered
unnecessary by the prompt response OF volun-
teers. Particularly is il to be desired that the
Empire State Of New York shall send no I'M
| willing soldier to the Geld, and that every man
in the ranks Of her regiments shall he entitled
To the name of a patriot, not OF conscript'
Now that we know both the work to be done
and the time we have to do it in, let rs fiji up
our quota speedily and zcalously;
To aid in recruiting for the New York regi-
mants already in the field, the Army Of the
Potomac has sent us some of its best and most
popular officers. Among these arc Generals
Meagher and Sickies, to whom we have before
alluded and now Colonel John Mcleod Murphy
has arrived, and asks two hundred men to fill
up his gallant engineer regiment. In spite OF
the presence Of such officers as these, however,
| and in spite OF the liberal bounties offered by
the federal aud State governments, as well as
by private individuals, it is notorious that re-
cruting is not half SO brisk as it should be 20
render draft superfuous. There ere difficult
| ties in the way of recruiting which can and
| must be removed, and We are sorry to say that
! the chief of these difficulties is in some OF our
State recruiting officers. When man enlists
he wishes to know something about the officers
and the reputation OF the regiment he is to
join something about his bounty money and
his pay, and something about the services
be will be called upon to perform. A recruit
1 ~ % fLrr,
ITEMS in regard TO such matters rs these. Yet
we are most reliably informed that the State re-
cr,iiting officers, with few notable exceptions,
| answer such questions most cayaliery and ins0-
iently, add seem TO regard parley with per-
son who intends to enlist as something very
mnch above, or beneath their business. II we
can ascertain the names of such pOpinjay re-
cruiting officers we shall be after them with
pen sharper than their own swords The autho-
rites who appointed them should be ashamed
OF their work; for recruiting officer should be
a gentleman Of ability, tact, experience and
courtesy, comprehending that his work is most
important and necessary, and prepared to con-
duck 1t property.
Another difficulty in the way of recruiting is
the publication Of such slsnderous. reasonable
articles as those in which the Tribune. Post
and Independent indulge These articles assa
The President aud the generals ia the field. and
the Injury they do recruiting 10 incalcuiable.
! Men who have no better sense than to credit
! The assertions and swallow the rubbish put
| forth in the abolition organs. go about throw
ing z0id water upon those who arc willing TO
enlist. In public aud in private alike these
Y! fellows talk against this general or that gene
ral. delide the idea Of cnlis,ing in this regi-
meni or thai regiment, declare that it is sheer
suicide FER a man to join an army under the
leadership OF such President assure the enl-
tryo recruit that before long negro regiments
| will be placed in the field and that he will
have to share his tent, his blanket. his rations
aud his ammunition with a patriotic darkey.
such representations are transparently and ma
licously false; but they deceive aud discourage
many who would otherwise join the army.
Whether uttered in public or private, they can
and must be suppressed. No loyal man should
hesitate to resent and refute such lying state
ments wherever he hears them; and IL, as IS
currently reported, the abolition agents circu-
late such stories in the vicinity Of the recruit
ing booths, we insist that the police shall arrest
every such traitor and force him to enlist in
the army he condemns or occupy u cell in Fort
Lafayette. The newspapers which furnish the
material for these discouragers Of recruiting
| we commend to the especial attention Of the
government. This is no time TO be mealy
mouthed or light handed. Most Of the aboli-
ton journals have grown fat upon government
/ NJ nd wa
have right 10 demand that they shall support
the government, whatever its policy. or be
squelcbed az summarily az tie former peace
organs.
| These measures are necessary to remove the
difficulties in The way Of recruiting, and there is
one other measure necessary to stimulate re-
| cruiling. The collectors aud surveyors Of ports
and the postmasters throughout the country,
| with every chief official Of every department in
| every loyal State, should compel all Of their
employees who are exempt from drafting to
supply substitutes before the 18th inst, or re-
sign their situations. We call upon Collector
Barney, Surveyor Andrews Postmaster Wake
man and the other federal officials in this city
to inauguratc this system. The members OF
our State and city governments should ADOPT
the same course. Make every clerk and en-
ploye send substitute to the war or turn him
out OF his situation. These men, who have
lived upon and are now supported by this gov
ernment should do something to sustain it
against rebellion. Send them out as recruiting
officers. and let them work as hard for substi-
tutes ~ they did for their government situa.
lions, and our army will soon be filled TO over
flowing. With every Office holder thus repre-
sented in the ield, and with the obstacles to
legitimate recruiting thus removed, drafting
will be unnecessary aud our armies inyiucible.
GENERAL PopE's ARMY REoULAIroSs.--A