The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1862-01-16
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sTRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JANUARY ls, 1882

: ring instant relief. The expenses atten-
ding these operations amounted, so far as
ascertained, to S744 20. and recommend
} that the Legislature make an appropria-
ton to pay them. 1t ought to te stated
that these expenses would have been much
} larger but for the liberal and pstriotio ef-
} forts of the citizens, and especially the la
dies of Harrisburg, their free handed
hospitality and generous aid to our wea-
ried and hungry soldiers deserve rsmem-
braDce and gratitude.
At the special session of the Legisla-
ture. which commenced on the 30th of
April last, I recommended, equipped,
clothed, subsistsd, and paid BY the State,
and drilled in camps of instruction, 10
anticipation Of the exigenCies of the coun-
try, and by the act of the 18th May last,
such corps was directed to be raised,
and loan Of 1000, 900 was authorized
to deiray the expenses of that and other
military preparations. Men, more than
sufficient iu number to form some ten reg.
iments of the Reserve Corps, had previ-
Gus to the 18th of May, been accepted by
me, in pursuance of call on me (after.
wards rescinded) for twenty five regi-
ments, and were then already assembled
and subject to ny control. Most of these
men volunteered for the Reserve Corps.
and were Immediately organized. The
remaining regiments we're rapidly re-
cruited and the corps was thus completed,
and George A. Mccall, of Chester coun.
ty, was commissioned as Major General,
and assigned to the command of all the
forces raised, or to be raised, under the
provisions of the last mentioned act
The regiments composing the Reserve
Corps were instructed in four camps, in
different parts of the State, until they
were taken into the service of the
United States. Two Of these regi-
Charles j. Biddle aud Seneca G.. Sim
mons, and two companies of artillery, un-
der the command of Colonel Charles T.
Campbell, at the pressing instance of the
War Department, were sent, on the 22d
of June last, to the relief of Col. Wal
| idCo, az Ou0U ouo
about six weeks. there and in Western
Virginia, engaged in active operations.
Towards the close Of July, the whole
corps was called for under requisition,
and taken into the service of the United
States. Within four days after the disas.
ter at Boil Run, eleven regiments of this
fine body of armed. drilled,
clothed, equipped, and. in all respects,
ready for active service-were in Wash
ington. The regiments and companies
from Western Virginia. and the main
ing two regiments, making the whole
number of fifteen, soon joined them there,
and they are all now in service under the
command of General Mccall, who has
been commissioned as a brigadier gener-
al by the United States.
These fifteen regiments contain fifteen
thousand eight hundred and fifty six men,
and constitute division comprising three
brgades, regiment of artillery, and one
Of cavalry. The whole expense of rails
ing. clothing. equippiug, subsistiDg, and
paying the Reserve Corps (ncluding the
expense of establishing and fitting the
camp of instruction, of recruiting, and
supplying regiuental flags. and the ex.
penses of the campaign Of the two regi-
ments and companies in Maryland and
Western Virginia, which were all de-
frayed by the State). has amounted to
Ss55, ,444s7. This does not include the
the transportation on railroads, as the
separation of that account would have
been work of great labor, nor does it
include the pay of the two regiments dur
ing the campaign, but it does include all
the expenses, which we're heavy, of teams
and transportation, not on railroads. for
the two regiments in the campaign above
mentioned. Twelve regiments of the
Reserve Corps was 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 regi-
meDt was not paid by the State. 1t will
be perceived that the whole average ex-
pense per man was S53,95.
Previous to the 3lst of April last, q
regiment had been enlisted in the city of
Erie from Northwestern Pennsylvania
When the call was made on me on that
day for twenty five additional regiments,
the Eric regiment was ordered to march
to Harrisburg. The call was resciDded, /,
however, before the regiment reached
Pittshurg, and ordered it to encanp at
that city where it remained until the
goth Of June. The National Government
declined to muster the regiment into SER
vice, as all existing acquisitions made on
the State were more than filed.
Much apprehension existed in the wes-
tern and southwestern borders of the
State, and it was deemed prudent to re-
tain the regiment at Pittsburg to meet
any emergency that might arise After
the passage of the act Of the 10Th May,
1851, it was expected that the regiment
v,,ld form mart of the Reserve volunteer