The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-12-29

AUGUSTA, Dec. %, 1858.
To the Editor Of the Press
The regiments here are all nearly or quite
full, and they will undoubtedly be filed to the
maximum this week. All persons enlisting
thereafter will be obliged to enter the old reg
iments, having their choice, however, Of
which regiment in the field to enter, unless it
be quite full.
Eleven companies of the Second Cavalry
regiment are organized and mustered in. The
twelfth and last company will be organized
tomorrow, as there are sufficient men en-
listed and in camp to all it up to the stand
ard for muster. Measures are being taken to
organize band for this regiment.
Col. Beal's regiment numbers 800, being
but 90 short of the maximum number for an
infantry regiment. Seven companies are in
camp here and three "a, B and d. are in the
field, In Gen. Grants army. Five hundred of
the men are veterans" or soldiers who have
seen at least nine months service, and four
hundred OF them are men who were members
of the 10th Maine when it left the Army of
the Potomac last May. This regiment has al
ready received its arms, which are an entirely
new pattern of Springfield rifles, manufac-
tured last summer, and are superior to the
model of 1851. The men have also purchased
Shorts patent knapsack, preferring to pay
for this themselves to receiving the old gov
ernment style free Of expense.
Col. Fessenden's regiment numbers up
wards of 800. A fine band Is connected with
this regiment and lends additional attractions
to the charms of camp life. The men have
not yet received their arms.
Captain Twichells Veteran Battery Is about
full and will probably be mustered in to-mor-
row. Altogether there are some three thous-
and men In camp here, and with what recruits
are now rendezvoused in Portland for the old
regiments or have been already sent forward,
1t is safe to say that at least ive-eighths of the
quota of the State is already raised. Enlist
listments are still coming in more rapidly than
at any previous time since the CALL and prom
Use favorable results for volunteering before
the time of DRAFT.
There is no certain information as to when
any of these organizations will leave the State.
The number of burials made In the Nation
al Cemetery at Gettysburg, up to Dec. 10th, is
as follows:
Maine 80, New Hampshire IA, Vermont %,
Massachusetts, 1854, Rhode Island Q, Connecti-
cut ls, New York 449, New Jersey 35, Penn
sylyania 23O, Delaware IL, Maryland 10, Vir-
ginla 9, Ohio 95, Indiana 82, Illinois 5, Michi-
gan 1l2, Wisconsin 81, Minnesota 43, U. S.
Regulars Y, unknown s00 Total 227l. A
large portion of the unknown are probably
rebel soldiers, as many are known to be, al
though 1t is impossible to ascertain their
names or In many cases the States from which
they came.
The report of Adjutant General Hodsdon,
although delayed somewhat by the business
incident to raising the quota Of troops assigned
to the State, Is in the hands of the printer and
will be issued as soon as 1t can be completed.
The value of this work and the estimation
ia which it Is held viii be seen by the follow
ing extract from a letter of Hon. Ezra B.
French, second auditor of the Treasury at
Washington. He says:
ASIDE from the pride feel that my state
furnishes by far the best report OF any in the
country, one in fact that is a model Of excel
lence. Its value TO me in the settlement of
claims can hardly be estimated and l prize it
accordingly. The copy which you sent to
the Office last year is In constant use. As l
shall very soon take up cases where parties
died In 1868, / am particularly DESTROYS to get
your report as early as possible"
Official notice has been received of the hon.
orable discharge Of LIST Lieut.. Elisha w. Ellis,
company B, 10th regiment
Yours truly, HELIos.