, 1864-08-09
RECRUITING.
Foreign AEeats fHalstisg Soldiers In fhleaSs
Thu Way The Thlsk Is Dsse-
Cere1nsr Yates' Order
Reptpdueed.

W. arr mn, sxxs,4 III At auy efforts arc being msde
to Ill the quola OF Cook county. This - not asN
thou.d be. unless oor ciuzens arc determined 10
stand The dsan. Ii they choosc to commit their
d,e,ips to the turning Of wheel. We sha1l BE- con
tent: but 10 a. that II we1e better to se-
spIr our contingent BY volunteering. There are
wtlllnr men enough in Chicago 20 Ill a regiment,
provided snn1c1enl peuufarJ Inducements can be
gwen. There arc eeore Of recruiting agents In
our midst, from Massachusetts, New YORK, and
Other Eastern States. who are continually picking
Induced to remain herr, and 70 reduce our quota.
these men to enlist IN Illinois regiments.
,erday' Tn1nusz fosbiddlng parties 10 recruit Tor
regiments other than those OF Illinois, Is pot f.
rned = moment too soou. For several weeks for.
in onr midst and have succeeded In enli.une.
under !he pr9sntst Of high bountlee, oser two
Thif i he W Way these fellows operate, They &C.
cure victim. eeduce him into promise Of eu-
iistneat sn6 agree to pay him n tarec four % OF ave
dol arr bounty paid by Government. The victims
e.en the uurteF roll and one enlistment paper, 60
before magistrate, make oath. arc examined by
aps eeree e se Gne
Sintee. They are then taken to bonding house.
and. when eight or ten are ccl!scted. seut OF to
Il 1heir destination they are eswosn snd receive
whatever bounty the authorities cheose 10 gtgs
them. OF course they count upon the quota Of the
| s.e Which we've We ser5 | mueS doubssnd Coz County
receives no credit therefor. That thr pretended
military men recruiting for the pardculsr reg-
seea 10 not eno;as
cavalry. and do not object to enlist nesro-s. One
Of them offered citizen yestt ruay, 80 to brana
him an CT +, aRy Gbe
11th 14h or 18th Regulars be II greatly mistaken.
We believe that most Of theee recruiting agents
Tbe1e il one man who calls hlneelf Sergeant J.
| F. Walker, Who has In his own name issued re-
Gutiinr commissions, cot up IL total disregard OF
asents thus appointed IRE IL she service, bat the
| msjo,ity are not Those men whom he partial
! II enli:ts here be takes to Buffalo, sweafs them
other regiment, perhaps obtains for them local
bounty. and credits them to Erle cornty. It may
be that Sergeant Walkers manner Of conducting
business i perfectly square and honest' nul II
This man and his associates have already sent
near eighty meu to Buffalo, and they are recruiting
elee He aims that he has received authority
from, bis commanding once! to recruit IN Gn,siaso
ss 90 se sus
for cayil lay. md governors and shezaas nave No
There are other recruiting agents in the Public
Square, some from Mas.achusetts who send thei1
men to Fort Independence. eniiet them ~ II from
TSes sive their nsmes a. srreeants Scott, Dean
ard Hammond. They say thst they have rot en-"
lis1ed q man, but this is not probable.
| Be4ides these, there are probably dozen others
RECRUITING IN the c,y for other States, and for pas.
ties outside OF Illinois, Men who conane thelI
business scy 70 llina orders tem etize1s n O.
Lied. We have contributed ~, 900 men to tht
army, ard We canuot consent that unauthor1ze!
persons ths come u and t.se tnose 49,, men Xao, :,
lii E1ceuency, Gov. Yates, has .ssuea notic'
to quit Tor these gentlemen which has a'resd
| hcen puhl,shed In our columns. We repro1oee Il