Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-01-07

q while the cost Of assessing and collecting
G will amount TO one-fourth or one-tIlird Of th
!, sum. If q similar result will follow the layir
Of this tax In the other States, the sum that wi
n be realized will be much smaller than the est
! mate of the Secretary.
:. But are there not other sources of revenu
4 ample for the wants Of the Government 2
d without referring to loans, and other fnanciI
: measures, venture the opinion that the peopl
7 Of Ohio would greatly prefer an increase of th
! direct tax upon all property, TO an amount equiv
l alent TO the sum expected OF them from th
, income tax. Other States may prefer the latter
l would therefore recommend, because of thi
: as well as in view of all the objections to th
income tax, that tho General Assembly addres
Congress on tho subject, and advise such mod
lhcauon Of the Act as will apportion to eacl
State its share Of the ten millions Of dollars es
timated TO be derived from the income tax, anC
give to the State the option of collecting tn,
same by direct or income tax, as it may
choose II this be not practicable, then
would suggest tho repeal of 30 much OF the Act
as authorizes the income tax, and tho substitu,
tion OF direct tax upon all the States. may
only add that, serious as are the objections "a
| sNS AANSAiS Sp0t bhO pCoplO VI OulO Will
ly meet its demands, IL tho Act continue in
force. They will redeem tho pledge given by
your immediate predecessors, that the entire
resources OF Ohio are subject to the demands
OF the Federal Government for its preservation.
Taxes may be regarded as evils, but are al
ways cheerfully borne by an intelligent people
to accomplish the objects Of just government.
While they demand prudent regard for econ
omy in public expenditures, they have no sym.
pathy with any policy not equal to public ne
cessities.
refer you to tho accompanying Reports of
the Adjutant, Quartermaster and Commissary
Generals for detailed statements respecting the
organization, subsistence and equipment of the
Ohio Volunteers called into service under the
proclamations OF the President of the United
States, and by authority Of State law.
These authentic exhibits show that the patri-
otsm of our fellow citizens has been fully
equal TO the public exigenciea, and that they
have been prepared promptly to furnish what
ever number Of troops might be required, from
among them, to preserve the Union of these
States unimpaired.
II is due to our people, in acknowledging the
valuable service rendered by Ohio troops Wber-
ever they have been placed, to record the fact,
that in no State of the Union has there been
and less preparation for warfare, than in our
own. When the proclamation of the President
was Issued, April Is, 1861, there was not gu
organized regiment in Ohio; we bad but few
arms, and those chiefly of an inferior character;
we had no ordnance stores; no organized militia
ry department in any branch of the State ser.
vice, and were Immediately called upon, not
only to furnish men and eubsist them, but to
clothe them, provide arms, equipments and
ammunition, and transport troops. NV prede.
cessor had repeatedly suggested to the General
Assembly the immediate advantages of Il well
devised system OF military organization; and
believing that civil war would be forced upon
the Government, in my first Annual Message, |
urged the passage OF a law competent to call
out and instruct whatever military spirit exist.
ed among our citizens. But 60 deeply rooted
had prejudice against militia laws become, that
though bill which met the appreciation Of men
OF military education, passed one branch OF the
Legislature in 1860, it had not been acted upon
IN the other, when the rebels opened their fire
upon Fort Sumter. The prompt zeal of the
people then manifested, demanding system and
eGper ence for organization, equipment and drill
not only threw eevero labor upon Departments
not organized in view of such demands. but in
Its prOmptness and liberality, embarrassed and
clogged those Departments, while il opened
avenues OF combination and speculation out
side of them, subjecting the military authori-
ties OF our State to imputations and require
ments unreasonable and detrimental to the pub
lie service.
But in despite of inexperience in State De-
partments, in regiments or companies, and in
despite OF Rntecedent neglect of culture for
military purposes, the Reports to which | have
called your attention, make an exhibit which
must ever reflect the highest honor upon the
people Of this State.
The whole number of Ohio Volunteers musr
tered into service of the United States, unde-
The two calls by the President, and the special
authority Of the Secretary of War, is one hun
dred thousand two hundred and tweuty-four
(l00,224).
This does not include the citizens OF Ohio
who have gone into the military organizations
Of other States, chiefly because of want of au-
thority to receive them into the Ohio contin-
gent. From the most reliable sources of infor.
nation have been able to ccnsult, | estimate
the number of soldiers enlisted from Ohio. for
other States, not less than ten thousand.
NJ ,ho o,,o oxr,,, Men.
limits OF the State in active service. ..... 45Os5
On duty within the State Tor under orders). l5s35
Attached to Regiments in process Of organiza.
TOM. ''''''..''',..,........." 1854
The soldiers thus described belong to- -
a6 Regiments Infantry in service. ......"... H4OO
= cavalry 2,25O
y Da'terles ALulley .........." 1900
oUompanles OaValry ."........ 535
Total ohio force in active service'...... IS 9S5
In camps in the State
35 Regiments Infantry. ............,..... 26I46
a Cavalry'''''' 4,4S5
- Da'1eHes Artlilery''''''' ,226
Total'"'''.. '''..''''''............. 3l,G79
Amount OF Ohio force in three years service,
Dec. 81, 1861
infantry. '."......,",........... 67,546
'avairy'''''' '''''''"'..'.''....,...... 1870
AruileTy'''''' .''''''.''''.'''.''..,, 3,025
Total. ....'......:."........... 1884
20 which add twenty-five full regiments for |
three months. .::'..".................. $4,000
,wo companies cavalry. ....'."...".... $50 |
Two sections artillery" y.."........."........ so |
'ne battery Observation-Disclosures. 100
Grand total. Observation-Disclosures. lOO224
Under the first call of the President for thir-
cen regiments Of infantry, ninety-two thousand
# our citizens volunteered. An earnest appli-
'ation to the Secretary of War for authority to
'rganize thirty regiments in Ohio for the three