, 1864-01-22
THE RECRUITING MOVEMENT.
Almost Unanimous Enlistment efvet.
efan ReG1mcnts-MoYomeR OF
Illinois Tr0ops-Proxross
Of Recruiting.

The most eratifying feature conaected with The
enlistment Of recruits under the late csll, is the
almost unanimous re-enlietment OF veteran re3i-
ments. 4 soldier who has berred two ye1zs Ii the
army is not the sa1nc nan AZ when he entered.
Those two years have accustomed him to the
climatic influences which tell 20 heavily upon raw
recruits. He IL able to Withstand the extremes OF
heat and cold, can endure the burning sun and
chilling deWs Of Southern summer and the cold
md damp and mud Of Southern winter.
His ftamo il hardened By exposure, and he bears
up under fatiguea that would send = no1ety Of new
recruits 10 the hospital. Besides these physical
advantages there arc moral ones which arc frre-
sistlble. He has faced the pitiess storm upon the
battlefield, and acquired familiarity with death
TINT robs It OF half its terrots. 1t may not be we'll
in religious point Of view, for soldier to Lightly
esteem the transfer from life to death, to step Ill
unprrparcd, the nar7ow l1no which separates the
ucw and the hereafter; but 1t vastly increases his
efficiency - soldier. We welcome, gladly, there
tore, the rc-enisunent Of veteran regiments. Each
old SOLDIER IL worth three new ones, and when he
eh.ll have educated his comrades up to his stand
ard, the aour will be irresistible.
Adjutant General Fuller was In the city yester-
day for the purpose Of making suitable arrange.
ments for the reception OF the. veterans as they
reseh home to recruit their depleted ranks The
18th cavalry, the pioneer among the veterans in
Chicago, is full, and as We stated yesterday will
shortly leave for st. Louis, to receive their horses
nrus, and equipments. The lth cavalry, the
second on the list Is here also and will occupy the
barracks at Camp Fry as eoon as they are vacated-
This regiment, one Of the most distin-
gulahed, If not tbs most distinguished,
Of the cavalry regiments Of our State, is rapidly
filing up with superior c1aas Of recruits and the
prospect is that before many weeks they too will
take their departure for equipment. We do not
know what arrangements have been made to &C.
commodate other veteran regiments which will
make this city their headquarters. One at least
will be quartered at Camp Fry, and probably more.
! TO properly accommodate them additional bar
| racks must be constructed, and we understand 1t
10 have been one object Of Adjutant General Full
1ers visit at this time to arrange 70, their con-
.struction.
| The 4Gth regiment arrived at Freeport to-day
| the84th reached Dixon yesterday; the 9th will
rendezvous at Joliet In g. few days; the 9oth,
Yates Pha1an1l now at Hilton Head, will return
shortly. The Adjutant General has been officially
notified also ofthe re.eultstmcut Of the 44th from
the Army OF the Cumberland, but the day Of their
arrival Is not yet determined. The 66th will rem
devious at Chicago or como other central point In
the northern part of the State where it wns original
ly recruited The sG,h, the old Fox River Regiment,
is En- 4p and will arrive In the early part uf next
week. It will be stationed at Auroru, Kane coun-
ty, Several regiments raised In tho southern and
central portions Of the State will return there to
cruit and reorganize.
Adiutant General Fuller left last evening for st.
Charles, 10 organize the 18th cavalry, already nun
beripg eight full companies, and the remainder
nearly full. This regiment will be Allied within Il
week at the present rate OF cn1istm ents through
| ont tho State.