Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-14

state had notified walker that HuRhes' eommis
sion ws. ro,d, and that he tliughe.) vas not con
sljefel, either Al indianapolis et IN Washington
an ofiees IN ,hsvolun,eer service nom Indiana
The Governor how discovered that Walker vas
no, content With being Colonel Of our Irish tegl
ment-he aspired 10 be Governor of the llooser
saie--ln word ,ha, Walker would not receive
such officers a. the Governor chose ~ appoint,
bot would nslst upon bis (walker's) own selec.
uon
Willis, this beauilhl sysiem ~ terimenl.l hAt
mony vas being perfected by Col Walker, and
raging With all the partisan tufJ of Irish enlhu.
.ssm, en order was issued hy the wat penar,
meni 10 Governor Morton tequIiar him 10 con
snlldate all the fragments of regiments then being
raised Ia The State with fegimsn,a Ia tho Held
IN addition N lhe general etdef, ihe followinR h
a copy of speoIal instruction issuei 10 Governor
Norton
Extract ifam Thomas A Scott Assls,an, Nee
felaff of wMtu uovefhot Morton, February 1lh
1869
The fragment, new at Madison, the
nlal regiment, luUl Mnllenl containing unll
mph shanhl he added ~ the ihih lepmen,, zeal
walker n0N Va Kentucky aud numbering lees
Than MN meh, ihns bringing tho 10th regiment
up 10 the masImum bs the Introduction oi the
Hame element y
Ahuftl, allef lhe tlose,nar received these ln
sluoloha the hll el fea Donaldson occurred,
This imposed additional buf,henseme duties upon
,he da'elnut N tho wsy ~ providing or The
subsistence and guarding Ut some live Thousand
rfironpfs The uoeenor laoh lhe responsibility
at dlafugalihg hf 4 tine Secretary Hpous in
lnaIfnplons lle had no htee IN lndaha, eseepi
lhe fragments ~ feaimenla N lhe process VI ~
uanlfallnn, with which ~ auar lhe prisoners
These elnoomplele reaimenls we're aldefeihy Cav
ern0F Morton w. anlef ~ anoe unan ,he duiy ~
gunrnp prisoners and lhe unyemors action IN
tho wemsea Ma subsequently, confirmed bs tho
wpr nepeemea1 After Che fiisouep had all
heen eneelei loPelhei a indianapolis lha nfis
aus ~ feWe t'a,s and iai.Selle broken up--lhe
Instructions, quoted ah0se, were revised aud M
additional orief, - fnllows, Aaaed
From Adiulanl General Themes "a tho aog
ernor oi Indiana,
wNuISaIos, April ", lHdQ
"Tha Secretary of War desires that all npam
plele raumenls Alelg in process ~ nrpinigalinn,
he hfoken up and assigned "a your regiments nav
ln The held (AiROed
, l. faoaas, Adl't 0eu1,
for The iva months previous to lhe order The
difficulties la the hath regiment we're increasing
, Committees of lrshmen continued ~ call npnn
lhe Governor 10 have these difficulties adjusted
WIS repeatedly waited upon h, ifI,hmen al
prominence In the slalo--gentemen lor whom |
entertained The hlphesl personal reRard--asknp
I my assistance 10 have these troubles Va the ahll
realmenl Ia somo way settled The Governor
too, desired an interview With mo on the same
subject met the ooveWor ~ his roomsl he
> oppressed m earnest leslte to da something that
, would heal The differences In The regiment, satisfy
co walker and henehl tho service 10 lhl'
end tho Governor advised mo io Walt The aal
. reaIment, aud have an interview With Dol
D Walker
Let me here remark, en- parsntlese, that wa'
Q astonshed u, the Governor quiet manner and
4 earnest desire to satisfy" Walker | had On
{ pecled ~ soc the Governor show some temper
from the treatment he had previously received Al
4 the hands of Walker, Not bit of H. Tn,
Governor eooly but earnestly, pressed me % r'
, ~ the regiment, and, " possible, harmonse n,
affairs, and satisfy Walker" | proceeded or
. my msslou-had, on my part, frank and free
G consultation with Col Walker, | informed him
. | had about two hundrsd men; that, II II met h'
q APPRECIATION. would consent to join his regiment
# as u consolidation would be effected any how
;. with some regiment In this conversation
"a 4. 4 A ~ u
4 OH the vacancies then existing in the officers o
4 the 3sthS | told the Col. plainly that was III,
i Governors prerogatve, and | advised him 10 le
Y the Governor pursue his own course further
Il more told Walker that the Governor would, un
: der no circumstances, consent 10 Hughes beinl
r commissioned an officer of the regiment-on thai
+ he might rely II was mutually agreed between
!. Walker and myself that should accept tn,
n Lieut. Coonelcy, bringing what men had TO th,
0 35th and he (waker) would abandon his at
tempt 10 thwart the Governor in his selection o
y officers for appointment and promotion. Nov
comes the history of the consolidation of the 6ls =
+ with the 35th regiment. When returned To In
danapos found my "fragmentary regiment
e had heard Of the intended consolidation with
n Col Walkers regiment. AT once the men begar
+ to desert. They averred they would not serv,
p under Col. Walker. nor enter a regiment with =,
many elements Of discord in il as the 35th seemed
e to possess BY the time ready to start with
e my men had one full company ("G.') anC
G forty "unattached recruits" OF the former owe
+. twenty five. and Of the latter some twenty de
j serted before reached Louisville II failed .,
. bring two hundred men into Walkers commanC
= il no fault OF mine. IL the men preferred Il
n desert rather than serve under Walker. it was M
= fault of Governor Morton's-at all events
= whether brought one hundred or one tho1sanC
+ men into ] c Walkers command. did not affec
the right of the Governor to appoint such officer
d as he pleased to fill the vacancies in the 35th reg
: iment
$ The great defense of Walker for his insubordina
tion. is that Governor Morton appointed whole
batch of inexperienced officers to command hi
n (W.'s) veteransl Let see how far this is true
dislike to speak in lsudatory terms of myself
and will simply remark that l was a soldier wher
Walker was boy. So much for the Lieutenan
e Colonel