Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-01-13
VOL. 90 NO. 81 T.

country, aud set at defiance the eonsti,n.
ton aud laws Of 20 good Go7efnnents as
ours by giving aid, either ir word or deed
TO the rebels who would overthrow it. =
|, -- ILLINOIS AND tue WAR. ---4-a- 80.
For details in the raising, equipment,
armlng, supplying, and sending troops
INTO the held, refer you to the report Of
the Adlutant General, TO whose untiring
labers. and able and faithful co.operation.
acknowledge myself deeply indebted, in
management of the military affairs of the
state. Ills reports also includes the re-
ports OF the Quar- ternaster General and
Ccnonissary General, who have been most
untiring and efficient in the management
of Their several departments.
The following summary viii convey an
IDEA OF the important part which the
State OF Illinois and her troops have per
formed in the war: -
! On the 18th of April, 1861 the State
was called on for her six regiments of in
iantry. The same day proclamation was
made, and on April 10th, General Order
NO. L. Adjutant Generals Office was issued
calling for these regiments, Springfield
being the place of general rendezvous.
| Under this call the 7th, Sth, 9-h, 10Th
IIth, and 18th, regiments were organized.
and mustered into the Urited States ser.
! vice, on the 18th, 26th, 29th, and 3O,b
days of April. These troors were sul,sc.
/ quen:iy organized into q brigade. and. nm
der the orders Of the Secretary of War. ar.
dered to leave for Carlo during the tame
1 month
Before the completion OF the oroaniza.
tlcn OF these Regiments. and on the 10Th of
April, brighten. R. K. Swift, 9th division
CT TIE State militia, was ordered to proceed
TO Caflo, and hold that point. Six COM
panIes OF infantry. and four batteries az
aIIiiery promptly responded. and on the
I'D GENERAL Sw;ft, with force Of about
one thousand men, arrived Ct Cairo The
Iact Is 70 De mentioned Us highly credita-
uie - the PATRIOTISM and promptness Of
the citizens of Chicago, for, in the snacsof
two days after the telegram from -Wa,b..
ington, ordering our troops to ocounv Ca
rio, Chicago was serdin., Of trains hs.ri,o
her citizen soldiery, armed, equipned and
supplied with all necessary subsis.enrsy
thus preventing, as / trust We ever shall
| prevent, the Trump Of traitor feet uoon ,he
sacred sod Of Illinois.
These forces served q few dav. untd
reiieYed by the six regiments, when those
Ut them which did not enter tbe tbrs.
months service were discharged. The
service rendered to the State bv Ihis f,roa
was OF tho utmost Importance. l-f q -
At the special sessiun of April. 1861
ten regiments Of infantry, were authorized
| lSee laws.) They were immsdiateIv
raised, consisting OF the 18th, I4tb. I5tb
10th. 18th, lSth, 18th, Goth, 2lst. snd 22d.
and rendered 70 che Government. The
I5baI department. declined ct first TO &c
| cept more than SIX them, but suhseouen,-
", af:er strong solicitation, accepted the
remaining four.
In June-the War Department authorizs
ed the accordance of one battilion of light
| artillery and one regiment of cavalry
And IN July it authorized the acceptance
OF thirteen regiments OF infantry, one ad-
dluonal battalion OF artillery, and three
additional regiments of cavalry. Under
these orders, the 10Th. 9th, 18th. och
30tb, 5ist, 32d, 43l. 10th, 18th, 18th, ana
oVth regiments OF inf lntry, ths LIST. %, and
ID, regiments of cavalry, end eight COM
| panies of artillery were rsissa.
IN addition to this, several regiments.
celled independent regiments. were auth.
orized by the War Department.. and in Au.
gust full! authority was given to accept all
who were willing to enlist.
Under these various orders, the recuit-
ing was SO rapid, that during the, wear
!6ol. IN addition to thousands, who in
May en1 June. were refused aceeptance.
ana Ieit the State to enter the service,
ttty regiments Of infantry, ten regiments
oteaEairT, and one regiment of artillery,
vice. s-9iN
On the 81 of December, 1861, the Sec
retary OF War. by General Order No. los,
olrected that no moro regiments. batteries
or Independents companies should be raiseS
by the Governors of the States, excest uo-
on special reqaisition Of the War aDeoar,.
msnt, but that those forming would he
completed o: the men Unsigned to. reoi~
| mentS then in The field, and the entire res
cutting service for regiments in the field.
was taken from GoYerGors Of the State
and transferred TO Su5erintendents an.
pointed by the War Department.. Atthat
| time the State bad sent TO the field about
forty thousand men, and had in the camp
OF instruction seventeen thousand Dur.
ing the month of December, these truops |
in camp were organized, and afterwards
sent to the field, as fast as they could be
armed aud clothed; and inaiudod infantry
t. No. 65, thirteen cavalry, and two regi-
ments of artillery la 49,
On the 18th Of May, the State was
called on for another regiment of infant
ry and on the 25th of the same month
the Secretary of War called the entire
militia force of the State to the defence Of
the National Capital Two DAYS after
wards the call was revoked. 4
Five regiments of three months yolun
teers were Immediately raised, to wit :
9Th, 6Sth, Goth, 50tb. and list. The
9th, 65, and 10th, were assigned 20 duty
in guarding rebel prisoners IN this State.
The 6Sth was sent to Washington, and the
list to Columbus.
On the 9Th Of July, nine more regiments
of infantry were called for, and on the 4th
Of August our quota of SOC, 600 militia
was called out. 1t was proSided also that
unless our quota should DO raised by the
18th of the same month draft would be |
ordered. On application to the War De-
partmeut We were informed that our quota
Of 300, 900 men was 26.i4S, but that we
had furnished 16, 97S, in excess ofour pro-
norton on previous calls, our quota on the |
first call of 100000 would be 9.l7O. TO
which adding &c, 149, would make our to-
tal quotas under b,th calls 35,3IS. In q |
few days afterwards however, il was decid- |
ed that, although we had raised this 9,I7O
surplus on previous calls, vet we we're not |
not to be credited with il en- last calls
To raise therefore, 50, 296, was the work |
OF few days. One'half of these forces |
were to be volunteers for three years, and !
the other, militia for nine months. The |
former would be entitled to bouuty ard
premium, and the latter would not.
application was made 70 ill both quo