Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-01-15

with distinguished gallantry under 1t
various commanders. The Tenth Rcgi
ment, largely composed Of til, Firs
Regiment Of three months men, entered
the field in the autumn of 1861, and OF
numerous occasions acquitted itself Will
credit. a portion of the officers of thi.
regiment, since their discharge, have
been engaged in recruiting regiment oil
veteran soldiers, which is now nearly
ready to leave for the fe i. The other
eight regimcn were m.dc up of calist.
mcnts for nj 'c m onths only, which ,expir.
ed tn last summer. The service OF these
was various. Some were not called on to
meet the foe in battle others participat-
cd in the severe struggles at Port IIud-
son and below, which "ventuatcd in the
opening of the Mississippi. And did
their duty well.
There now remain i the service Q the
United States, ana IN the fed, sixteen
regiments and one battalion of infa try
one regiment and one company of cavalry.
one regiment of heavy and six blttcres
Of lisEt artillery. and one co apany OF
sharpShooters, distributed frcm the Po-
tome to the Rio Grande. The limits OF
this address forbid an extend notice of
the galantry of these various corps, and
anything less wou'd do them injustice. |
can only say that their conduct has been
crcditable to themselves. honorable to
their State, AMI some of their achieve
ments Of unsurpassed briIliancy, mourn
fully attcatel by their thinned ranks.-
For a recital of the history of these gall
ant men, refer you to the elaborate re-
port of that able and inlcfltiea5le officer
the Adjutant General Of this s ate.
So many cnlistmcnts expiring in 1853,
compelled the President of the United
States 20 order a draft Of 100000 men,
under the the conscription act. Owing
to the Communication clause. and the un-
preeedentel list Of exemptions, this pro-
duced but a comparatively small number
Of soldiers; in this State it secure about
two thousand. Since then another levy
Of an equal number has been directed, al
owing until the 9th Of January instant,
for the States to fll their quo.as with
volunteers.
Under the orders of my pred ,,cssor, a
system ef recruiting was put in operation
in this State, the quotas of the various
cities anl towns being duly apporticnad.
As in lSG2, these municlpalitie'-havins
inlee no gal authority therefor at the
time-paid liberal bountics to volunteers
called for by the President, which action
was subsequently ratified and corlirm9 |
by the Legislature. SO at this time, un Ter
like circumstances, they have adopted the
same course to proyil, for tle pen ling
call, generally paying arg bounties tlan
before.
Uaacr the rule prescribed by the first
orders of Governor, allowing men to en-
list in the quota Of any city or town,
without cslrd to the fact that the Quota
Of the place Of the volunteers residence
had or had not been filled, sharp CON-
petition sprung up among cities and to vas,
and much discjnt4nt WAS excited. That
order was subsequently modified in CO Ise-
qnenee Of these complaints. Upon the
whole, the attempt at securing the qIota
OF this State has been emincutly sue ;css-
lul, rejecting great credit upon the eAer-
setic anl aa,IIaoas efforts Of my prolc-
cossor. Ia. Inducements hell out III the
form OF bouutics, national, state AMI mu-
nicipal, coupled with the all furnished to
the families OF soldiers, have operated
most tayora5ly, AMI | have great conf
icnce that the quota Of Maine will b.
obtained in this mode, if brief suspcn-
sion ot the draft is allowed, aud the Gen
eral Government will continae it4 liberal
Dounties long enough to enable us 10 can
yass the regiments in the fell for the re-
newal Of their ealistM,n nts.
Already two veteran ro ,im2nti Of ia
fantry, the 10Th, comm nl}l by Colonel
Beal, formerly Of the lOtn, and the 50th,
by Co, FessenIen, formerly Of the 25th,
a second regiment of cavalry, commanded
by Col. Woodnan, late. Of the 18th, an
additional company of cavalry talrcldy in
the feld], conimaulod By Capt. Cloud
man, and battery Of light artillery un-
der Capt. TwitchcIl, arc about full, aud
nearly ready to 90 forward, In addition
to these corps, considerable number have
gone forward to the regiments now in the
.iell, making betweea four and five thous-
and enlisted under the last call Of the
President
| respectfully recommend that you sup
ply the needed legislaliol to confirm the
patriotic action of the towns and cities of
the State, in the matter Of bouatics, to
stimulate the enlistment of soldiers for
the service of their country; and that you
devise, if practicable, some more uniform
system OF bounties for the future which
shall prevent 50 much collision and con-
tention as has been witnessed under the
existing call.
Therc is one po'nt in which Maine is
made peculiarly to sutf1; by these calls
for men. A maritime State, large mum
bers Of her citizens fnl their vocation
upon tho sea, and very many of them
have already entered tn, service of the
United States in its navy, for whose en-
Iistments she has no ere lit upon her qIo-
tas, aud the names Of these men, still on
the rolls which constitute the basis of the
acquisitions for soldiers, enlarge the quo
tas of both the State an towns. ThIs is
unjust and should be rectified. Sailors
drafted into the military service of the
government, enter it reluctantly from the
want of consoniality in the employment
with their former habits of life +; it, when