The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-08-13
Drafting and Volunteering i'm Wiscon-
sin.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
NJ 1SEG
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con8in, and have received the following re
ply
sey are not yet completed, and the Governor
Of the State is permitted to continue the en-
listment Of troops by volunteering until the
draft takes place, when the State Will be cred
tied with the men which Will be raised IN tins
way.
The case is similar in Wisconsin; the prep
arations there also. arc not completed. You
can. therefore. proceed with the enlistment
of volunteers until the draft is ordered and
the troops so raised and reported to the Nd
iutant General Of the Army as mustered in
to the United States service, win be credited
on the quota Of the State.
f. therefore, towns, cities or counties in
this State desire to avoid CONSUMPTION or to
reduce their quotas by volunteering, they
may proceed to furnish volunteers for three
years or during the war and will receive cred
it for them. These volunteers may enlist in
Wisconsin regiments in the field or in the bat
tallon Of heavy artillery now being recruited
| have not yet been advised Of the number Of
men required from Wisconsin, or from any
district and whether new regiments can be
organized.
In another communication from the Pro
vost Marshal General concerning the assign
ment Of quotas to towns he says
Your letter Of the 18th instant has been
received.
When the quotas Of the several districts
Of Wisconsin are calculated. the excess or de
ficiency Of troops furnished by each district
under the call Of 1851 and 1862 will be con
sidercd, and due credit given but in regard
to assigning quotas to particular towns or 10
calities, there are no sufficient data upon which
to make the necessary calculations
The statement furnished TO Col Lowell by
the Adiutant General Of Wisconsin and by
him sent 10 this office gives only a portion Of
the number claimed to have been furnished
to particular towns. For example IN the state.
Inent referred to- the list Congressional is-
trict is represented 10 have furnished l64 men
enlisted since the enrolment Of 1862. Of which
only II are assigned to towns tae remaining
81 being reported rs perso' 5 whose exact res
licences cannot be asc.-raipod
1t IS therefore impossible to calculate the
quotas to b. furnished under the present en-
roilno"L, in any other way than by taking the
lumber enrolled in the whole Congressional
District as a basis and allowing credit for any
surplus which may have been furnished by
that District under former calls This will
be done and if it shall be found. after quotas
have been thus assigned. that any particular
town has actually furnished a surplus OF men
over its previous quota, a number OF those
drafted equal to this surplus will be discharg
ed"
The only means Of ascertainng whether a
town has actually furnished an excess Will be
to have a list of the names Of all the men fur
nislled by the town claiming an excess pre-
pared and compared with the names OF all
men from that town ACTUALLY mustered into
the service Of the United States and borne
upon the musterin rolls on file in the office
of the Adjutant General Of the army.
This will show how many men from town
have been actually furnished. while the tables
giving numbers claimcd to have been furnish
ed differ so much from the numbers known
to have been mustered into the United States
service, that no Just conclusion can be arrived
at from them.
Under these circumstances | would advise
and request that the people Of each town, Or
ward of a city or village. appoint at once a
committee to prepare u complete list OF all
the men who have volunteered from such
town or ward, so they may he ready with the
required evidence. These lists should be very
carefully made, giving accurately the name
of the soldier and the Company and Regiment
in which he enlisted, and not containing tho
name Of any one who was not, when ne en-
listed an actual resident of such town or ward,
for if inaccurate such a list may be entirely
rejected
EDWARD SALOMoN, Governor
STEAM op .Ia~ s'Iainr Eup5..p- s2an.isAa
gl1r VFFaIrrn WDEoa $50 -ds.
From the Leaverworth (Kadsasl 20: scr9at>v"
The subject Of applying steam power for
the transportation OF freight over common
turnpike roads across the plains has, for sew
eral years, been the theme Of study by varl-
3 L
progress of the various experiments III apprO-
pirate machinery have not been generally
known to the public, and on visiting NebraS
ka City a few days since, we were surprised
to find a large locomotive, sent out from
New York for the experiment.
The machine mentioned being the first one
built is propelled by four engines ct ten horse
power each The cylinders are osclIiatn2
and connect with shafts. upon which are pin
ions OF twelve inches III damrter w'll"t
move upon and give motion to Vices, ahOu
six feet in diameter, which are attached TO tn,
inside Of the spoIles Of the driving wheels
The drivers are ten feet il diameter mad'
of boiler iron, and have a tread qf eighteen
inches.
The wagon will carry wood and water ss'f
ficieut for a four hours ran 1t Consumes one
cord per eight hours. The hands required
to ran the steam wagon are an engineer, Ire
man and pilot.
II is proved to be capable Of drawing eight
tons ot freight up grade of six hundred fee
to the mile Thchcavicst railroad over which
an engine has ever passed is three hundred
and fifty rise to a mile. The treadwheeI1
are ridged to prevent slipping, and the ma
chine is capable Of beng stopped or holding
its train on any grade.
The success Of this mechanical production
has led to the commencement Of a road from
Nebraska City to Denver it is already fin
ished through Otoe county, the one in which
Nebraska City is located Through that
country the road has cost $4,000 including
sixteen bridges and it is estimated that The
entire route TO Denver will cost but s 0,000.
Three more engines of seven horse pow
or each are finished, and will be sent on
soon-prohaly arriving in Nebraska City
sometime in July. Three besides these, o
the same size, will be sent forward by fall
They will haul ten tons of freight each, on,
hundred miles per day.
The enterprise would doubtless have now
been in a much more advanced stage had i
not been for the massacre i'll Minnesota, il
which the family of one of the managers Wa
captured by the Indians
The vicksburs C}ampnisp.
In the course Of a full report Admiral Por
ter says:
Il have underworld to do justice to all VIII
were Immediately engaged i'll the struggle
for the mastery Of the Mississippi To TIN
armyw do owe immediate thanks for the cap
ture of Vicksburg, but the army was mucl
facilitated by the navy, which was ready a
all times to cooperate This has been nj
small undertaking. The late investment anC
capture of Vic5sburo will be cha .alcIerized as