Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-09-23
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the 2lst OF August, and you heue exeveissd al .
popeS iOith Oihsrs. And / believe II bas aIvars
been the practice Of promoting men ln the armv
and when men are promoted, for them 10 taEs
the higher command.
Now, GoueTnor, In your answer you endeavor
TO convey the impression that Capt Wood stood
90 and for Mcjor of the 9Th regiment until the
llth inss-o day after our meeting, which
was On the 10Th Inst by saying, Knowing
Weli the regiment was suffering for want Of an
experienced feld-oflcer, and knowing we'll also
tnst Capt. Wood could not be obtained for some
time to come, cast about for an officer Of ex-
perience to take his place, and on the II N Ipst.
Zone day after your indignation meetInr) /
iouod such an one In the person of James w,
moore, OF Guernsey county, In your military
oistrict' gallant young man, who had richly
won commission by service In the Aeld of much
longer Duration than that Of Captain Wood.D
NOW, governor, there was rumor here that
you bad superseded Capt. Wood, and supoips-
ed Mr.. Ewing, o man outside Of the SIKH NIL
itary district, and who was In the army. That
rumor found Its way into the public journals Of
the day, and q citizen OF this place, feeling
some Interest, wrote to the Assistanf Adjutant-
General upon the subject, and received the fol-
lowing letter In answer. MoYk the dsts:
a aTaE STATE or 0ato.
ExrcUrIyE DERAErMENT,}
COLUMBUS, Sept, 9sh, 1863.
&c. A. Mo9Aw, E:a:
"ST-On examination, find that Mr.. EHfps
has been appointed Major of the 9Th don't
know whether Mr.. Wood has been appointed Ia
any other regiment or not. I do not know
whether be will be appointed am cory you
have any trouble in your regimens in relation
70 the oncers OF your regiment
every respectfully,
I'M. WELKER
Now, Governor, ea We bad the rumor, tie
newspaper report. and Governor Welker's let.
ter upon the subject, had we not reason to be-
lieve that you had cast OFF our fellow.citizen.
Capt. Wood, when we called that meeting?
You reprosch US for holding meeting and ex.
pressing our views instead Of defending the
border. Why, GopeTnoT, we then had two COM
psnies Ia The 9Th regimen: on the border under
your order, and were complaining that our men
mad been deprived OF their officers, for there
wss neither Colonel, Lleut..C Colonel or Major
with the regiment that had been recommended
by your Military committee and promised 10
the men when they volunteered. You say that
You kceT "the regiment was suffering for the
want OF an experienced field officer" Now, IL
the regiment had no experienced field officers,
it was your fault. as you made all the appoint.
nents, disregarding the recommendations of
your Military committee. You ssy Mr.. Moore
wen commission by service ia the feld of
much longer duration than shat Of Captain
Wood"
Nov, understand that Mr. Moore served Ia
subordinate capacity for three monthe, the
same length OF time Captain Wood has served;
euc i Captain Wood has not distinguished
himself IN battle, sure IL is no fault Of bic, sa
he hsdto aerye where sent.
But If the service required the Majors imme-
diate preaerce, 60 you could not wait for Cap.
tain Wood, why mas not Major Moore been With
the regime2G I understand that up to this
tlme be is at home and has not aeen the regi-
ment COo1noT, you know that By the Con-
siIution Of our State, Il is provided that the
persons subject to military duty shall elect all
their oficers-eompsny, regim entail, etc., which,
l suppose, will be observed when your drafting
goes into operation. Bet under the late system
OF volunteering, this provision has been evaded,
and as the men could not elect their officers,
you instituted the Military committees to desig.
nate the persons whom you would commits
slor as clceTs. And when The men volunteered,
they did 80 IN view Of whom they had reason 10
believe would be their officers, and by Jour nos
commissioning tho persons designated By the
Military committee, you adopted your arbitrary
poser as the rule. The designating the officers
before the enlistment Of the men being the
election of the officers, your refusing to com
mission them implies that the persons thus &C.
lected were not competent or Ct least Nere not
the proper persons, and that your Military com
mittee had not capacity to make the proper &C.
lections.
Bat. GorernOr, you tsunt my neighbors with
spending their time in denouDcing you, instead
Of marching to their border to defend their own
fresides." Permit me to suggest to you that
there is Muskingam Valley IL Ohio, ss well
as city Of Cincinnati, end as we had sent two
companies to defend Cincinnati, and you were
there apparently fcrgetful of the Muskingum,
although raid had been made into our State
few miles below the mouth of our river, ard
as Governor Letoher has called for the Legie-
lature of Virginia TO make provisions TO obtain
salt, and as We manufacture large quantities of
that article in this valley, think some Of our
people ought to be permitted to stay ct home to
protect "theiT opn ;iTes,dss"
Very respectfully,
JOHN E HANNA.
McCoNNELsvILLE, OHIO, Sept. II, 1862.