The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-06

GEN. J. c. SrARKwEATHER. are few
loyal men in this State who will not rejoice
that Col. STARKwEATHER of the 1st Wis. Regt.
Vols. has at length been promoted to the
Brigadier Generalship For over year past
he has commanded brigade, and this pro-
motion is a welcome recognition of eminent
service in the Union cause. We take pleas
ure in publishing the following address Of
Gen. Starkweather to his old comrades in
arms, on receiving official notice of his pro.
motion:
The Address of 6 en-. Stnrkwen THEREON
Taking leave of his Old Regiment
Brother Officers and Brother Soldiers
The President of the United States having
seen fit to appoint me Brigadier General, it
of necessity devolves upon me to resign my
position Of Colonel of this First Wisconsin
Volunteers, and to place you in fact under the
entire control and management of Lieut.. Col.
Bingham as your future commanding officer;
and in performing this task trust that may
be allowed without its being considered AFRO
gance in me, to revert to few facts and cir
cumstances connected with your organization
and present condition, and position as regl-
ment.
On the 9Th day of October, 1861, you were
mustered into the service of the United States
to serve three years unless sooner discharged
Numbering in officers and men $50. Since
that time you have gained IS men in recruits,
making the sum total of effective men to this
time 1898. You have lost in resignation of
officers and discharges of men from diseases
contracted in the service of their country, or
| from wounds received in battle incapacitating
you from further active service BIT men
| from desertion 40 men Ga fearful number
when you take into consideration what we are
fighting and perilling our lives for,)-69 men
have died in camps and hospitals, from vari-
GUS diseases, "a brave fellows have died from
wounds received in battle, and 81 men now
sleep the sleep that knows no waking until
the last trump shall sound, and earth shall
give up her dead! Sleeping where they fell
in battle-with the requiem songs Of the birds
| of the trees, and of the flowers, which are
over and around them. Thus we have lost by
| the various casualties of war, SIG men, leav-
ing as our aggregate strength present and alb
sent, 519 men, being but three men more
than one-half of all the glorious spirits that
swore on that 9Th day of October, to support
the Constitution of the United States and to
bear aloft and to victory the respondent stars
and stripes-a fearful aggregate, but god
| like sacrifice for the laws and the country Civ
en- to us by our fathers. 1t will be twenty
two months on the 9Th of August, since we
swore on Bonded knee together, that the Stars
and Stripes then presented should he borne
aloft and defiantly in the enemy's country,
even to the lannon's mouth, if need be. Since
that time-since we left our homes-our fam
lilies, our wives, our little ones all most dear,
how many marked changes have we expert
enced and seen. Many of our comrades our
brothers in arms, gone, never to return, leav'
ing wives and little ones, brothers and sisters,
aged fathers or mothers-all for their coun-
trys good. 1t was but as yesterday, that
they were list ening to and oheying promptly,
my commands, and to-day they are gone
and as is my hope, SO is my belief, that they
have been taken to a better country, where
rebellion is unknown, and traitors are not to
be found.
Those lives were entrusted to my charge
and my care, and for them | am responsible
Have |, then, done my duty to them, to my
country, and to myself?
Was their sacrifice necessary-was it right
was it just? Thank God feel that it was
a holy, a necessary sacrifice. feel that die
my duty by them who are gone, and by you
who are still here There may have beer
times when | appeared harsh and severe
when perhaps you thought this might have
been done, or that left undone; that Knight
have deferred more to your wishes-been less
strict-less of the Observation-Disclosures of the
martinez; but [ feel convinced that you are
satisfied tried to do for the best, and if failec
it was my failure, not yours. But did | fai
in what | wished to do, in " hat | wished tt
bring about? Let your reputation as a reg
iment for discipline, drill cleanliness, anC
obedience, answer. Let your many skirmlsh
es and hard fought battles answer Let the
old jag now preserved among the State tro
phies answer. Let your 128 wounded mel
answer No, did not fail. We have pass
ed many varied scenes of pleasure and o.
pain together-endured forced heavy march
es-forded deep and rapid rivers suffered ia
tigue, hunger and thirst, scaled the noun
tain tops, suffered from rains, heat and cold
and yet no complaints--no murmurings from
you my brave men, which is strong proof thai
did not fail in my endeavors to make yor
as your designation is 'First." Your repu
tation and character are good; you stand wei
in the army, your record is clean at corps
and department headquarters Regiments
brigaded with you recognize and acknowl
edge your merits, and all in all 1 shall leave
you, as was my wish, as is my delight anC
pleasure, good in all things. And upon you
in the future, depends the fact whether this
good name shall be continued and, in leav-
ing let me make it my last request, that you
see well to it, that no disgrace of any kind
ever attaches itself to the ''old First Wiscon-
SIM"
Remember my wish-remember me-forget
not that my reputation is dependent upon you
that l shall watch with eager eye YOU
movements in the future-that am now more
than everjealous of your good name and rep
utation, and that you can if you will, attain
still higher and higher.
Look ahead-do not look back, and let ev-
cry officer and man as he respects me, as he
loves me, strain every nerve. Take every
care and use every exertion to continue il
well doing.
l now bid you all, officers and men, one and
all, good bye! Trusting that all your live:
may be preserved until that joyful day wher
this wicked and unholy rebellion shall be
crushed, and we shall return again to oul
homes and our loved ones.
Horrible Tragedy ina California.
A Horrible tragedy occurred IN San francisco OF
the I'd instant, resulting in the death of Dr.
| George w. Beers with his wife and child a it'll,
| girl ten years of age. Beers aud his family occu
| pied on the corner of Stockton and Gear,
street, and the place having been unusally quie