, 1863-01-17

rows and turned their backs upon homo and
loved ones; and before eleven days expired,
the do.nspds ns p Of the country upon them were
deed, was the day to oil nlinoisans when this
extraordinary announcement wns, made. that
the enlistment rolls were full. And when the
historian ahal1 write the record Of these event.
ful days Of August, 1se2, no prouder monu-
Of free people than plain, full narrative Of
actual realities.
bestow 1ulsome pra{ee, or write glowing eulo-
gies; but when remember what we all wit
messed In those dayEwhen I remember the
nnselfsh md patriotic impulse which ANNA.
ted every soul, and the universal liberalitv Of
those Mho Werc either too young or too old
to enlist, to aid those who were easer to 1oiu
their brethren in the field; when remember
the holy ardor vhich nged mothers and fair
nrothcrSi I say, when; remember these
things, cannot but feel justified in departing
from the dull routine Of statistics. and
bestoWing upon the subject this passing
notice. On the 14th Of August, the time
vas e1tenaed s tor filling up new regiments
to the LIST Of September. The extension for
this 6tato .Ta8 not necessary, for the muster
rolls show TINT before the 18th of August our
quotas as last established were filled. Yet on
this same day, August Il, the War Depart
mcnt, By General Order No. los, announced
tnat unless old regiments should be filled by
the LIST Of September, special draft would be
ordered OH that day; and you were informed
that it required 10 to I'LL up those resi-
ments.. In view Of this state Of things, it was
determined tlat if The War Department should
insist TINT Illinois should be required to raise
this additional force of 81 10 to fill up old
regiments, it would be useless to attempt to
mise them by volunteer cnlistments. On the
:1st Of August, therefore, General 3filitia Or
der No. l. was issued from this department,
directing on enrolment Of the entire mlitia
Of the State This was deemed necessary to
meet any contingencies that might arise, and
be prepared for q draft in case one should be
still deunaudcd.:- :
Immediately after tho. call for nine regi:
1ncnts, in July, nine camps we're established,
one in each of thc Old Congressional districts
OF the State, for the temporary rendezvous of
those regiments, but with 1le intention Of re-
moving thc1n, ,a6 soon as they should be full,
into the principal camps Of instruction at
Chicago and Springfield, for permanent OF
There was, however, in the State barely
enough camp and garrison equipage for these
regiments, and consequently m additional
enbar1aSsment presented itself to provide for
The State was soon full Of volunteers, All
had letl their business. and some Of them
were without homes. The Gcnernl Govern
ment vas unable to supply tents, and there
Was not time to erect barracks to accommo-
date hnn Of them. Such, therefore, as were
not supplied were directed to remain at home
or seek temporary quarters as best they could,
and await orders. ~
And stili another difficulty grew out Of the
want Of clothing, and especially blankets.
AL the resources Of the government were
&r
throughout The country, and considering the
immense amount Of supplies required, and
| the :uddenncss Of the emergency which had
called ont these volunteers, their wants were
met with very commendab1e promptness. In
| most Of the counties Of the State there were
new Fair grounds ut the county seats. In
! mauy counties the sheds On these county Fair
| grounds we're repaired and occupied by COM
t panics and regiments until quarters could be
prepared Tor them at the general camps Of in
structfon: Several regiments, however, who
were unable to obtain quarters ut the princi-
| rendezvous directly to the field.
| Six Of these ncw regiments were organized,
| mustered, armed and clothed and sent into
the field in August; twenty-five, and Board
Ct Trade Battery, Capt. Stokes, and Miller's
Battery. in septenber; thirteen In October;
fifteen. besides the Springfield Light Artillery,
Capt. Vaughn, and Mercantile Battery, Capt.
| Cooley, in November; and three In DeccIn-
Der; making an aggregate OF lfty-ninc regi-
ments Of II Infantry and four batteries, consist
Besides this, 2,753 were, during about the
same time, enlisted and sent to old regiments
under the direction Of Col. Morrison, State
Superintendent Add to these, 1,0S3, 18th
cavalry. now organizing ut Peoria; 3Sj In
Camp Butler; 156, Elgin Battery, Capt. Rem
orders; 1S5, Hensbaw's Battery, at Ottawa;
and 50, Capt. Adams cavalry company, Of the
18th regiment, make the grand total under
the last calls, s., ZIG, or 6, ,119 more than our
quotas 1nderla last calls. The excess furnished
by this State as reported By the Secretary Of
War August 6th was 6,97S, which, added to
the surplus under last calls Of {, LILO, makes
23,o97. e' @>'@''
That The real excess is much greater there
can he no doubt wl,ateyer. The reasons for
this conclusion have heretofore been stated.
Since the call Of August 5th the Secretary Of
War has authorized the acceptance Of several
regiments Of cavalry and Six battalions Of
Light Artillery.
But two Of these regiments will probably
Col. Capron, ut Peoria, md the 1Gth,
now known as the 18th, Col. Tldelman at
Camp Butler. The 18th, Col. Stewart, was
organized on the 25th ult., by assigning to his
battalion Of six companies, two Captains Willis
and shearer, attached to the 36th Infantry;
SD and Afterwards nonifnally assigned to the
18th Cavalry; one Captain Ford, attached to
the SD lnfantry; one Captain Huntley, for
mer1y Of the 1st Cavalry, and one Capt. vii;
| der, known rs the Kane County" Cavalry
Four Of the six Battcrlee have already been
raised. Three Of them, Board Of Trade Bat
tery, Captain Stokes; Mercantile Battery,
Captain Cooley, and Springfield Battery, Cap
| tain Vaughn, are III the field. Tho Elgin Bat
terry, Captain Renwick, is ready and under
| nr6arE 6fnnfNfn HNnshrrC 3e rTS FIJI md
Captain Hawthorn will probably be full the
/ present month.
MILITIA AND ENROLMENT.
Thc cd and Sd section Of article l, Of an act
entitled, An act to amend chapter 70, RE
| vised Statutes, entitled Militia :" in force May
! 2, 1851, provided for tho enrolment Of the
militia Of the State, and the 4th section re-
| qufrcd returns to be made to this Office Aug,
LIST 1861, and annually thereafter.
Article e 2prosided for division ofthc militia
into two classes, the solantefrs and rsse,,s, the
first to consist Of those who voluntarily or
Y gunizcd themselves into companies Of not
less than dfty, more than 100 members
| each, and who eiall hayc q uniform, and shall
elect officers md aasemhlc for drill
and nnrposes Of military discipline, not
less than four days in each gear and
rho MOL BE- Ja'7tiaatd sciM arms aud equipments
By tic STATE, and be first subject to call OF draft
into service at the rcquisition Of the Governor.
The second to consist Of oil those who do not
| SO organize, AnQ also 10 Da Snpject 10 dfa1C.
Article provides for the election Of OIL
GERS, authorizes the Governor to organize
companies into regiments, and declares the
term Of service at six years.
:. Article S, among other things, TINT thoFc
shall be Kept In the Ad}utant Generals office,
complete roll Of the companies 50 organic
ed; that the mustcr-rolls Of such companies
shall be 1nadc annually By the officers Of each
company, aud copies thereof kept on fllh In
this office.
Section provides that q record Of the dates
Of all commissions granted under this act,
shall be kept, and that officers shall take rank
from the date Of their commissions
In 1851 the enrolment was taken In most o1
the counties Of the State and returned to thls
office rs contemplated By the law, bnt no
corrected lists'' were returned on the LIST o1
August, 1862. On that day circulars wcre
sent to all the county clerks notifying them
to Immediately forward copies Of such List u
possible, and in case the assessors had failed
10 file them in their officce, to notify me o1
gnch failure a few Of these lists were recely-
cd In August, but in most Of the counties the
failurc was on the part Of the assessors..
In the organization Of companies under this
law, but little attention was paid to It. But
forty-two muster rolls and fosty-two ccrtm
cates Of election wcrc filed, and fifteen com
, | missions Issued In 1861.
On the sd Of August last, Tor the purpose
, Of preparing the State for draft to fill up oil
T regiments, In case it should be required, ant