The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-31

procuring recruits The plan will be
understood by perusal of the instructions.
Your cooperation and aid in carrying it
out are respectfully solicited.
It's presumed that your experience in
raising troobs will enable you to make use-
full suggestions in the, execution of this
scheme, especially as to the persons to be
selected by Boards to act as deputies or re-
cruiting agents for procuring the recruits
The acting Assistant Provost Marshal Gen.
erai of the State is directed to confer with
you in this matter.
The recruits obtained under this arrange
ment will be volunteer recruits from your
state for your old Regiments, and you are
requested to give such orders as will secure
to them the same benefits as as are provi-
ded in your State for other volunteers.
am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
WAR DEPAfKTMENT.
PROVOST MARsHALGENERA OFFICE,
WAsHfNGToN, d. c., Oct. Z, 1863.
Major Thomas Duncan, 3D. Cavalry, Acti,,g
assistant and Provost Marshal General,
Davenport, Iowa:
MAORI am directed by the Provost
Marshal General to state that the main OBJ
ject of the new plan for recruiting, trans
United to you on the 9th inst, is to fill M
the old regiments whose terms Of service
will expire in 1854.
1t is desired that all your energies be d.
rected to the success of this object.
The men enlisted under this plan will be
allowed to select their regiments.
am, Major, very respectfully obed-
lent servant, HENRY STONE,
Asst Adi't General.
Telegraph
To his Ercellency, s. j. Kfkwood, Govern
or OF I0acd, Ioaca City,
Your quota of three hundred thousand
100000 volunteers called for by the Pres
ident, based on enrolment of the first class
is eight thousand nine hundred and ten
$500. This is exclusive of any deficiencies
you may have on present draft or former
calls. And these will be considered only
in case another draft is necessary in Janu-
airy. Letter by mail. JAMESB. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
WASHINGTON, Oct. %, 1868.
Telegraph
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS, 1868.
10 Governor kirkUOOd, IoaUa City:
New regiments will not be received I'M
der the Presidents last call for volunteers
only recruits for old regiments are contem-
plated. The bounties to such are four hum
dred and two I402l dollars for old soldiers,
or three hundred and two 1902 dollars for
raw recruits. JAS. B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
EXECUTION OF REUBEN STOUT, ON JOHN
SONS IsLAND.-Reuben Stout, company X,
Goth Indiana, convicted of desertion and
the murder of Solomon Hoffman, at Madi-
son, Carroll County, Indiana, on the 14th
OF March last, was shot on Friday last.
The execution was on the bay shore, in
front OF the prisoniyard. The Hoffman Bat
talon was formed in hollow square, open
on the bay side, where the prisoner was
seated on his coffin. Colonel Pierson and
staff were within the square. The execu-
ton party was in command of Lieutenant
McElroy, Provost Marshal. The orders
and sentence We're read by Lieutenant
Bailey, Post Adjutant. Portions of the
prisoners statement, as herewith given,
were then read by the chaplain, it being
too lengthy to be read entire. Prayer was
offered, in English, by the Chaplain, and
also by Rev. NJ. Miller, Pastor Of the Ger
man Church in Sandusky, in the German
language.
Mr.. Miller. with the Chaplain, have
been unremitiing in their attentions to this
unfortunate man. After the services the
cap was placed over the eyes of the priso-
ner by E. NJ. Keith, the Hospital Stewar, d
and the command given to fire by the Pro-
yost Marshal. The prisoner fell immedi-
ately, seven balls taking effect, there being
eight OF the execution party, one having a
blank cartridge. DR.. Woodbridge. Surgeon
OF the Post, went up and examined the
prisoner and pronounced him dead. The
battalion, under the command Of Major
Scoville, marched past the body, the band
playing the Dead March. When past the
body the battalion marched to the parade
ground at quick step. The remains of
the prisoner were decently laid out, and
buried in the prison graveyard on the
Island. z.
Stout left a statement, which is published
in the Sandusky papers, from which we
extract the following:
staid with my company and regiment
until November Is, 1862, when we got a
furlough to 60 home-the regiment having
been captured at Crane river, Kentucky,
and paroled as prisoners of war. We were
sent to Indianapolis to be exchanged and
ment got furloughs for a few days to go
home to their friends. I went home and
stayed out my time, and then started to go
to my regiment. / went as far as Lafay-
cite, my wife and her sister going as far as
Dayton, Indiana. took sick at Lafayette,
and stayed there about five days. My
father-in-law then took me home to his
AOuS0 W sIoJ I'LL SOt we'll. <A1tcI Ldu
been there about two weeks, was advised
by various persons not to 90 back to the
army. They said this was only an ''aboli-
ton war;" and advised me to stay at home
and they would protect me. I was induc-
ed to 60 to a meeting of the so-called
knights Of the Golden Crcle,' and was
made member of that organization. The
obligation Of the order bound US to do
all we could against the war-to resist a
draft, if one should be made, and likewise
to resist and oppose all confscation or
emancipation measures, in every possible
way. We were sworn to stand by each
other in all measures Of resistance. We
were pledged to do all we could to prevent
another man or dollar going from the State
for the further prosecution of the war. I
met with this secret meeting several times,
and entered into their views and plans.
After detailing the circumstances of the
killing of Hoffman, who was ordered to ar
rest him as deserter, Stout says:
1 was led by evil counsels, and my con-
nacfinn with q secret traitnroIlS arpaniza.