Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-05
Ladies' War Meeting at Indian =
apOlls--Interestin Proceedings,

apOlis--Interestin Proceedings.
The indianapolis Journal contains Il
long report of the ladies' war meeting in
that city on Wednesday. The Masonic
Hall was filled. with ladies. The NEE ting
was called to order by Mrs. Governor Nor
ton, who stated the object of the call to be
to procure temporary substitutes for the
young clerks who should volunteer. She
then introduced Mrs. Col Garfield, of Ohio,
who said:
Ladies' am happy to meet you. am
veteran in the service, and coming but re-
Gently from Vicksburg aud the Southwest,
| stopped in your city to interest and call
out your benevoence for an object in which
| am deeply interested, viz: the establish.
nent of "a colored Orphan Asylum in Mem
phis. .t..
The cali of your Governor for twenty
thousand volunteers for one hundred days,
attracted my attentions; and realizing as do
I the necessity of a hasty and prompt re-
! sponse, | sought to devise in my own mind
some plan to aid in responding to the call.
After little deliberaton decided upon
making the following suggestions
I Let the ladies-and now address the
volunteer their services to the merchants
shopkeepcrs and clerks Of the land, propos-
ing to accept and supply as lar as in ther
power the positions which are now occupi
ed hy the young men, for whom the call is
made
Lot the salaries of the clerks continue dur
ing their absence, and their places be re-
tanned for them on their return; the young
ladies' receive the soldiers pay while they
labor as the soldiers substitute. In this
way the sacrifice will be on oil. The en-
ployer will have of necessity the inexperi
enoed salesman, the young man endure the
harishps consequent to soldiers life
the young lady gives up her life Of ease and
comparative leisure and devotcs herself to
the duties Of the salesman, which are necss.
sariy confnng and laborious-the eommu-
nifty at large will suffer tho temporary in
convenience of unpracticed attendants.
These were my suggestions and l commu'
nicated them to Mrs Morton, the patriotic
wife of your noble hearted and sodier-lov
ing Governor, who only needed to catch the
idea to move in the work. This explains
the call which I rejoice to see has been re
sponded to SO nobly, and trust that every
one here will act herself or use her infu
ence to encourage and aid others
At the conclusion of the address, papers
were circulated for tho signatures of lady
volunteers to fill the places of clerks and
others who 60 into tho hundred days ser
vice, and large number of names were sub
scribed.
The following resolution was adopted;
Resolued, That . Committee of Ton b.
appointed to wait upon the business m,rn o
the city, employers and employees, and pre-
sent the subject Of ladies filling places o
clerks and others who 60 into the hundred
days service. % s .3. ~
, The ladies named were appointed, anC
and their cansassing fields divided out. B..
The following will be submitted for th,
signatures of business men: .4. u-.
We, business men of indianapolis, who's,
} names are hereto subscribed, tavOr the move
, ment Of the ladies in volunteering to fill th
places of clerks and others who enter tn
, hundred days service, and will employ la
dies at $l3 per month land rations,) shoul'
any OF our employees volunteer whose place
, can be filed by ladies. We will continue
I the salaries Of our clerks as heretofore, Civ
them full pay during their absence, less sh
, amount uaid to the lady volunteers We al
0 so agree to keep the positions open for GU
I clerks, reinstating them upon their rstur
D homo. &C.,. t.r,atf.f- .i#
f; The following is the paper to be present
! ed to the young men: al
q We, whose names are subscribed hereto
= promise that we will enlist in the Union al
& my under the recent call for twenty thsu
4 sand volunteers for one hundred days, abb
Q ding the arrangement made with our EN-
$ ployers by the ladies oil tndianspolis va.
9 After . votas Of thanks to- Ms Can6el
! for her address and aid in the matter, an
Q three cheers for the lady volunteers, An
i three more for the stars and stIipss, an
= yet three more tor its brave defenders, th