Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-22
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People of Iowa, we have all been o.
one mind touching the Presidents duty
to the country and its brave defenders
in the field We have prayed that he
would no longer hesitate to call for the
men, necessary to crown with success
the heroic efforts of our veterans
Among loyal men, there has been but
one opinion, as to the necessity or more
men. The President now calls for them.
The rebellion is yet unsubdued. While
we have much to encourage our hearts,
there is much that yet calls Us to united
and vigorous effort. Under the new
call, no Communication money will be re-
eeived. He who is so fortunate as to
draw a prize. must shoulder musket,
or furnish IA substitute Money will no
longer exempt q man from military
duty. Every name drawn from the
wheel must produce fighting man,
unless q plea of exemption can be main
tanned.
There is but one way to avoid the I'M
pending draft. The War Department
some days ago, determined to accept
substitutes for those who were patrioti-
cally disposed to furnish them. so we
have in Ohio David Tod furnishing four
substitutes at cost Of $500 each. in
New York city, church unites for the
purpose of furnishing men. Every
person who can command money
enough to hire man to enter the mill
tary service of the country is thus afford
ed an opportunity to aid in reinforcing
our armies, and thereby obviate the ne
cessity for draft in his precinct. Peo-
pie of Iowa we appeal to you, to aid the
Government in obtaining these men.
Under former calls, we have been want
ing in patriotism. Not that in the ag-
gregate we have come short Of our duty.
When the President has informed us
that our quota would require 80 many
men. we have rushed TO our Governor
and Adjutant General and Provost Mar
shals and racked our brains, not to as
certain how many men We could FUR
nish, but how fer. While our armies
were suffering for reinforcemonts, we
have been begging the authorities TO
give us credit for former gratuities, and
20 instead Of getting the men called for,
our armies were reinforced by credits
Is this acting the part Of patriots? What
if our county furnishes thousand more
men than are called for, or than some
more populous county furnishes. VIII
the country suffer? wilbur thousands
now in the field be the less brave? VIII
the honor of our citizens be thereby tar
nished? Let every man, every commu-
nifty, devote the next fifty days to filling
the decimated columns, as they march
on to victory.
Take no reckoning of what has been
done, but look forward to what must he
done to insure success. By liberality on
the part of our citizens, such as they are
capable of exhibiting, fifty men could be
furnished in this city long before the
5th day of September. Let our business
men look out their substitutes, pay them
we'll, and send them forward. Don't,
we beseech you, delay reinforcements
so days. Sherman, Candy, Steele, and
Grant, all need men, and need them
now. In so days what disasters may
befall our armies for want OF effort on
our part? We once more appeal to the
people to respond to the call for men to
Suppress this internal rebellion. Do not
by your inactivity prolong this terrible
struggle into another year. Country
men, rouse we, to this call!
Me- The following circular has been
noticed before in these columns, but not
published in official form. We hope
some of our citizens will adopt the sug-
gestion:
WAR DEPARTMENT, !
PyOrost Marshal Generate Ohce,
WASHINGTON, D. C., June %, 1864. }
Persons not fit for military duty and not liable
to draft, from age or other causes, have express
ell desire to be personally represented IN the
Army. In addition to the contributions they
have made in the way of bounties, they propose
to procure at their own expense, and present for
enlistment recruits to represent them in the
service. Such practical patriotism is worthy OF
special commentator and encouragement-
Provost MarshaIs, and all other Ofncers acting
under this Bureau, are ordered to furnish all the
facilities in their power to enlist and muster
promptly the acceptable Representative recruits
presented in accordance with the design herein
set FORTH
The name of the person whom the recruit rep.
resents will be noted on the Enlistment and
descriptive Roll Of the recruit, and will be car
ried forward from those papers to the other OFF,
cioI records which form his military history.
Suitably prepared certificates Of this personal
.e,,ress,t1tion in the service will be forwarded
rae tI,iS office to be filled out and issued by
prn,,o.t Mar,hais to the persons who put in rep
. ~ t,,";.,. rery.,lits JAMES b. FRY,
'e'e'''' Provost Marshal General.