Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-07-21
zra1- CIRCULAR, No. 25.
WAR DEPARTMENT. r'L ]
WASHINGTON, june 26.

| rsr r. WASHINGTON, June 26.
Persons not fit for military duty,
and not liable to draft from age or
other causes, have EXPRESSED desire
to be personally represented in the
army r...-.t.r 90. .,...... -....- -
In addition to the contributions
they have made in the way of boun-
ties, they propose to procure at their
own expense, and present for enlist
ment recruits to represent them in
the service. Snch practical patriot
ism is worthy of special commenda-
ton and encouragement.
Provost Marshals and all other Of
ficers ac Ing under this Bureau. are
ordered to furnish all the facilities in
tn ir power to enlist and muster
promptly the acceptable representa-
tive recruits presented, in accord
ance with the design herein set forth;
the name of the person whom the re-
cruit represents will oe noted on the
enlistment an descriptive roll of the
recruit, and will be carried forward
from those papers TO the other off,
cial records which form Ills military
history. Suitably prepared certif
Gates Of This personal representation in
the service will be 70 -wardel from
this Office. to be filled out AMI issued
by provost marshals to the persons
who pat in representative recruits
JAMES B FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
From this orier, yor viii perceive
that every citizen not liable to draft,
NAV. if he chooses, appoint repre-
sentative recruits and he d1lv honor
ed for his patriotism. Now. when
we recollect that there are hundreds
of thousands of men between the
ages of forty five and seventy, who
are in possession of large fortunes,
and who are intensely patriotic. may
not the Government expect, from this
scurce alone, very large addition
to the armies of the Republic -
What American who remembers the
issues at stake. and that long after
he is dead the memorial of the Gov
ernment of the United States. in
which his effort to place men in the
army is set forth. may be,used as an
heirloom by his posterity, will not
make every exertion to comply with
the requirements of his Governin. mt?
The new draft will undoubtedly oper-
ate with severity upon certain classes.
and will produce considerable party
clamor, but the levies added to the
service by the men between forty
five and seventy, will constitute an
honorable and an efficient column
one which will in large degree, be
a refutation of this clamor, and will
also serve the double purpose of
showing that those who are not liable
to the draft. are bearing their share
of the burdens of the war. and are
on the battle field by
men who will fight the harder be-
cause they feel that those in whose
name they act are among our most
venerated citizens But a still
stronger argument might he used,
which ought to act as an appeal OF
benevolence to those who cannot
serve. and it is, that every soldier
adde by them to the army will re
duce quota, anil thus relieve the poor
and laboring man OF family, who
might otherwise be compelled to en-
ter the service. If every patriotic
citizen who reads these lines will go
out among his acquaintances and Sc.
lect one or two athletic men-and it
would be better if one was colored
and the other white man-he will
follow them through the war with
solicitude only less than that he
might tentertainf for his own sons. and
they, in their turn. would be animated
by still stronger spirit when they
recollected that they were lighting
for men who had unselfshly sent
them forth in so good cause.
81 OCCASIONAL
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