Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-01-18

AuA "i 'h'u ubCoOhei TdilOLS, ana undel
the circumstances Of emergency, l deemed
1T necessary to make arrangements fol-
aiding in the cooking and baking for the
ratlons, and also for furnishing meals to
such of the regiments us arrived during
the night or under circumstances recurring
instant relief. The expenses attending
these operations amounted, as far as as.
certainedt, to S744 20, and l recommend
that the Legislature make an appropria
tion to pay them. 1t ought to be state d
that these expenses would have been much
larger, but for the liberal and patriotic eff
forts of the citizens, and especially the
ladies of Harrisburg their free. handed
hospitality and generous aid to our wea.
ried and hungry soldiers, deserve remem-
brance aud gratitude.
AT the special session of the Legislature,
which commenced on the both of April
last, | recommended the organization of
reserve corpse, to be armed, equipped,
clothed, subsisted and paid by the State
and drilled in camps of instruction, in an
ticipation of the exigences of the countrv;
and by the Act Of The 18th of Nav last,
such a corpse was directed to be raised
and loan of S3,Q00,0 900 was authorised
to defray the expenses of that and other
preparations military. Men more than
sufficient in number to form some ten reg.
lments of the Reserve Corps had, previous
to the 10th of May been accepted by me
in pursuance OF call on me afterwards
rescindcd, for twenty five regiments, and
were then already assembled and subject
to my control.
Most Of these men volunteered for the
Reserve Corps, and were Immediately or
ga anized. The remaining regiments were
rapidly recruited, and the Corps was thus
completed, and George a. Mccall, of
Chester county, was commissioned as Mai
or General, and assigned to the command
of al the forces raised or to be raised un-
der the provisions of the last mentioned
act. The regiments composing the Re-
serve Corps were instructed in fodr camps
in different parts Of the State, until they
were taken into the service of the United
States. Two of these regiments, under
the commands of Colonels Charles j, Bid
die and Seneca G. Simmons, and two com
panies of artillery under the command of
Col. Charles I. Campbell, at the pressing
instance of the War Departm, ct, W, re sent,
on the 22d Of Juue last, to the relief of
Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, and remain
cd for about SIX weeks there and in Wcs-
tern Virginia engaged in active operations.
Towards the close of July the whole
corps was called for under requisition, and
and taken into the service of the United
81 Within four H., ,.e 60, a.
ter at Bulls Run, eleven regiments of this
fine body Of men EARNED, drilled, clothed
equipped, and in all respects ready for ac-
tive service were in Washington. The
regiments and companies from Western ,
Virginia and the remaining two regiments,
making the whole number OF fifteen, soon
Joined them there, and they are all now
in the service under the command Of Gen. |
Mccall, who has been commissioned as a
B igadier General by the United States.
These fifteen regiments contain fifteen
thousand eight hundred and ffty.six men,
and constitute division comprising three
brigades, a regiment Of artillery and one
of cavalry. The whole expense of raising,
clothing, cquipping, subsisting and paying
the hesorve Corpse Including the expense
of establishing and fitting the cambs of in
structions, OF recruiting, and supplying reg
mental flags, and companies in Maryland
and Western Virginia, which were all de-
fraycl by the State) has amounted to
S955, ,44l,87.
This does not include the transportation
on Railroads, as the separation of that ac-
count would have been IL work of great Ia
Dor, nor does it include the pay of the two
regiments during the campaign, but it does
include all the expenses which were heavy,
of teams and transportation, no: on Rail
roads, for the two regiments on the cam-
paign above mentioned. Twelve regiments .
of the Reserve Corpse were paid, subsisted .
&C., by the State to the average date of
22d July. The two regiments in Western
Virginia were paid by the State to the
date of their departure from Harrisburg on
that expedition. The Cavalry regiment
was not paid by the State. 1t will be
perceived that the whole average expense
per man was S53 90.
Previous to the 3lst of April last, a
regiment had been enlisted in the city of
Erie from Northwestern PENNSYLVANIA
When the call was made on me that day,
for 25 additional regiments, the Erie reg
iment was ordered to march to Harris
burg, The call was rescindcd, however,
before the regiment reached Pittsburg, and
| ordered it to encamp at that city, where
it remained until the 30th of June
The National Government declined to
muster the regiment into service-as al
existing acquisitions made on the State
were more than filled
Much apprehension existed in the west
ern and Southwestern borders of the
State, ane it was deemed prudent
to retain the regiment at Pittsburg
to meet an emergency that might
arise. After the passage of the Act of
18th May, 1861, it was expected that the
regiment would form part of the Reserve
Corps; but as the men had been long
time from home, and remained inactive in |