Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-11

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Hall last evening, according to previous no.
tics, for the purpose of taxing steps to or.
ganizs Volunteer Regiment in this county
On motion, Mayor Masters was appointed
Chairman, and J. Il. A. Bone was appointed
Secretary.
Mr.. d. N. Chaplin read report Of Com
mittes appointed at previous meeting.
REPORT.
At an informal meeting held in this place
last Monday evening the undersigned,
appointed to report upon plan for the organ
iZation Of an independent regiment, would
/ respectfully submit the following:
The State Militia Law together with the
| late order of the Adjutant General, pretty
/ clearly define the manner in which the regi-
ment shall be created. The Adjutant GEN
sral will, upon application, appoint three re-
sponsible persons with power to recruit a
company, and whenever SO names are enroll
/ ed a certified return may be made to the Ad-
| jutant General, who will then order an cleo
| tion Of officers, ank after such election the
company is formed.
SEC. II. provides that when such COM
/ panies exist in sufficient numbers and are
! conveniently located for the purpose, they
| shall be organized by the Commander in
| Chief into battalions or regiments" Here,
! then, we have a regiment Of men but not
soldiers, for they are neither armed, equipped
ner uniformed. Of how these arms, equip
ments, and uniforms shall be obtained the
law is not very clear. Section so provides
that every officer and member of any VOlun-
| teer company shall uniform himself with
in four months from the date Of their attach
ment to the company, and that these uni
forms shall conform to the uniform pre-
scribed for the United States army for the
time being, except the coat of arms, which
shall be that of Ohio. Section 60 provides
that each company of the volunteer militia
organized under the provisions of this act,
shall be furnished with such arms and equip-
ments as shall be determined by the Govern
OF, under such rules and orders as he may
prescribe. Section g. prescribes that the
Governor shall provide the proper camp
equipage for all military encampments held
under the provisions Of this act.
Section IS generously gives each company
S5 to invest in musical instruments, which it
provides must be of the I" Martial kind,
making only one exception in providing that
you may buy bugies," but il does not pro
vide how many bugles you may buy with the
S.. This S. is to be paid from the County
Military Fund, which is created by military
fines, so that company has got to 60 without
music until they have been fined 10 the ex-
tent of I've dollars.
Those are all the provisions in the law re
lating to arms, equipments and uniforms
On page 81 Of the pamphlet oontaing the
law, in an article probably explanatory Of
the law, but not embodied in it, it says
when required " the State will furnish eV
erything that is needed, except the uniforms,
etc. Your Committee have been trying to
get an explanation Of what is meant BY the
term "When required" but are unable now
10 say whether it means when required by
the regular or when required by actual ser
vice in the field. They are therefore unable
to report what proportion, if any, Of arms
and equipments will be provided by the
Sta'e.
Your Committee have great confidence in
saying that full regiment Of $50 men could
be recruited here in a week, if the recruits
could be assured that their outfit should be
furnished entire by the State, city and eiti-
zens. And is that too mnch for them to ark
The recruit will have to give about one fifth
Of all his leisure time for drill, and 1t
pleasure or social relations entice him
away the penalty is fine. He must at all
times hold himself In readiness for service
either for his State, county or city, and in
case Of invasion or not, this arm Ct the ser
vice has to be exhausted before the militia is
called upon. What more can the community
ask Of them, and what less can they ask Of
the community? How soon may not this
city be at the mercy Of an uncontrolabls
mob, as in our sister city Of Buffalo to-
day We have the same elements here, and
what shall exempt rs and when the time
comes, where is your force to meet them If
life is of any value, how long would such
mob be in destroying to the value Of the out
ht Of regiments. Acting upon the suppOsi
tiln that the State will furnish arms and
equipments, there are still uniforms to be
furnished. This at the scale Of prices charg-
ed by the Government would amount to
S2l.57 for each man. In addition to this
there would be added the expense Of armory,
fre-lights, armorer, &c, &c. Will the city
or citizens of Cleveland provide the armory
or armories, uniforms and a yearly fund to
pay current expenses of regiments
W. d. HAYwARD, FAFETTE BRowE,
II. NJ. CHAPIE, JOHN A. FRAZER.
Remarks were made by several gentlemen.
Colonel Hayward said the young men who
propose to get up the regiment have nearly
all been in the service. BE said the roll OF
the Perry Light Infantry now numbers near
ly one hundred names. He thought the citi-
zens should do something towards defraying
the expenses necessary to forming the pro-
posed regiment.
Mr.. N. B. Payne moved that a committee
of five be appointed t. consult with the City
Council to ascertain what assistance could be
obtained from the city.
Colonel Hayward remarked that Eastern
cities usually furnished au armory for regi-
ments established. Perhaps that would be
all that the city would be willing to do. The
report was adopted.
| Mr.. R. 7. Lyon, said he was not there to
| speak for the Board Of Trade as an organiZa-
| tion, but felt that he could pledge the undi-
vided efforts Of the members of the Board.
| The resolution of Mr.. Payne was passed.
The Chairman appointed on the committee to
confer with the City Council, Messrs Payne
! Chaplin, Brayton, Lyon and Sterling.
On motion, a Committee was appointed
consisting of three from each Ward, to solic-
it contributions in aid of the Regiment
The following are the names
1st Ward-A. N. Perry, W. ]. Warner
Thomas Ives, Jr.
ID ward-B. N. Chaplin, B. Butts, H. S
Stevens.
Sd Ward-G. J. Hyde, s D. Mcmillan, J
P. Ross.
4th ward-J. P. Bishop, Captain Danglor
William Hart.
9th ward-N. P. Payne, William Heisley
Captain Deming.
9th ward-R. C. Parsons, Captain L. A
Pierce, A. Thrime.
7th ward-P. GOldrick, Charles WassOn
E. S. Willard.
stb Ward-J. Dwight Palmer, JOsePl
Henderson, C. L. Russell.
9th Ward-F. ". PeltOn, Nelson Sanford
John Martin.
10th Ward-I. U. Masters, C. B. COnklin
| William WelIhouse