The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-01-31
orr MILITARY OPERATIONS.

Less than Cne yeur since, our State wa
without any military organization worth
OF the name, without arms in its arsenal
without experience among officers or dis
cipline among men, and with a prevalinl
feeling among the masses Of tie peopl
against any necessity for military organ;
2 ,ion and knowledge. Now, within iha
short period Of one year, the cloud, lhel
"no bigger than n mans hand" Just oh
servabe in the far. distant Southern hori
zon, has continued to gather increased
volume ae it expands. deepening anr
darkening in its approach, until il bursts
upon the country in a tempest OF terrific
power. The results to-day are witnessed
Ohio, having organized and sent forth hel
/ thousands iC the three months service, lc
do battle for the Government, the Union
and the Constitution, has now IN the
field her eighty thousand men, fully
equipped and armed for the war. Hei
arsenal is not merely the deposit Of few
rusty flint.oc muskets, but the point
from which are issued TO Regiment after
Regiment, Minnie and Enfield rifles
, Almost daily are Regiments from the dif-
ierent rendezvous Of the State, coming 10
or passing through this place, to take up
their quarters in Camp Chase and Den.
rlson, while, from those positions, older
and more completely drilled Regiments
are being sent to the reinforcement Of our
troops in Virginia and kentucky. At
head quarters here, the Adiutant Cen
erals, Quartermaster's aud Commissary's
departments, are, with complete system,
constantly organizing and sending forth
clothing, feeding and caring for this vast
number OF men.
You will recollect that, when the 90
left here a few days since, for Western
Virginia, quite large number of men
were left sick in Camp Chase. On Thurs,
day OF this week, Sergeant ----, of
Troy in your County, went through here
with squad OF twenty-five men, and by
him | was informed that only thriy-two
men remained upon the sick list. On the
same day met Sergeant L. A. Ford, OF
Co. B, 4lst Reg, returning from Ken.
lucky, TO recruit his health. By nfurma-
ton received from various sources, am
led to suppose that sickness has been
pretty severe in that Regiment and others
IN the same locality, although nearly all
accounts concur in representing an i'm
provement in this respect Sickness, suf.
iering, death OF friends, always command
our sympathy. Wien friends suffer and
die in holy cause upon The battle field,
we feel that the necessity for The sacrifice
modetates our grief. But TO know that
friends and kindred suffer and die from
disease engendered in camp, their only
bed and place Of rest the crowded hospital,
or upon the damp ground, with nought
but canvass 10 protect them from the
fury OF the elemeuts, in an inclement
winter season How does the blood boil
in Indignation at the necessity for this,
caused by those who have instituted and
are carrying 'on this terrible Rebellion
against this Government, the best God
ever vouchsafed 10 mar, and themselves,
for years, the fullest recipients Of he rich.
est blessings from ,hat Government
VOLUNTEERS DON'T FORGET THEIR HOMES
1t is gratifying TO see that our brave
volunteers, when leaving their homes, do
not forget those left behind them, but are
ready. when paid off, TO remit TO friends
and dependent families at home. large
proportion Of their wages.
| learn through Maj Mcdowell, pay
master for ;his State, that, in an amount
Of $50 OUo paid to troops few days
since, Sl9 900 went to the SutIer lii
most certainly to be hoped that the re,
forms in this direction proposed in Con-
gress. may be carried out The amount
of wages coming to the volunteers Of this
State. will probably he not very far from
$l6, 100000 annually. 1t is safe to say
that three fourths of this sum, Sl2, ,OOO,-
600, is better sent TO the families of those
in the service having families, and to The
friends OF those who have not, TO be kept
for them on their return, than TO be re-
tained by those to whom paid. in the field,
where the temptation to use for Mat which
Is OF no permanent good. but rather pres
ent and future vvil. is so great, that, in
majority OF cases, IL canHot or will not be
resisted
But find that more space 10 being oc-
cupied, and less Of interest attached 10 this
communication than | had hoped, and
will close by simply adiing,o the present
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
That, when the Legislature first con-
vened, il was remarked by hdbjtaes Of the
Capital City, that they had never seen a
Legislature composed so entirely of steady
aud sober'looking men. And it was again
remarked that there were never seen so
many members Of the Legislature at
church before a, on last Sunday. And, as
a voucher beyond all question on this
point, we understand that the bar.'enders
OF the drinking saloons are gloomily ours
ing the decency of the Legislature ono
even going 30 far in his wrath as to
swear that "eVen the Hamilton County
Delegation hadn't spent the first dime at
his bar for a drins." Verify, this is a
good omen.
Perhaps. at some future day. you may
receive some individual sketches of mem
bers of this vely remarkable body of men.
from a LOOKER.ON.