Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-02

RECEPTION or VETERANS The 10th, 5lst
and detachments OF the 18TH Indiana were yes
terday publicly received in behalf of the State
and municipal authorities by Gov. Morton and
Mayor Caven.
Col Blake of the 10Th and Lieut. Col Com
paret OF the 5lst responded. acknowledging, on
the part of themselves and their regiments. their
appreciation of the manner in which the citizens
of indianapolis had welcomed them
Previously the troops had dined at Soldiers
Home. where the ladies had seen to it that each
gallant man was bountiiuliy provided for
The appearance of these regiments they
marched TO Masonic Hail. where the reception
ceremonies took place. the admiration of all.
They moved proudly beneath their banners,
stepping the earth like heroes ~ they were
These regiments have distinguished themselves
on the bloodiest battle fields of the Con
spicuous were they at Shiloh. at PerrysviIle. at
Stone River, at Chickamauga and at Mission
Ridge.
AT Stone River both the Colonel and Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the 10th were wounded. That
regiment returns numbering but three hundred
and sixty FIVE men Its officers are John w
Blake. Colonel; Elias Nef. Lieut.. Colonel; f
b. Click. Surgeon; John s. Rifle. Assistant
Surgeon; Capt. Charles F Elliott, Capt. o. c.
Harvey. Lieut.. Bonhart. Capt Carter. Capt. Au
ger. Capt Doolcy. Lieut. Werter. Capt. Cole,
The 5lst numbers three hundred and ifty-fve.
It's officers are Lieut. Col. John NJ Comparet;
Adjutant, Lieut. Murray; Assistant Surgeon, DIR.
H. X. King; Quartermaster. Lieut.. Ben Ovens
Capt. NJ. T. Anderson, Capt. Holley, Lieut..
Salters, Lieut.. Brown, Lieut. Mallory. Lieut.
Lewis, Lieut.. Denny, Lieut. Stevens, Lieut.. Ar
mold. Lieut. Scearce.
OF the 18th but sixty-seven men in charge of
Lieuts. Musselman and Walker have returned.
ha otba hat hav tpI re- fnO
to be on the way. But two hundred and thirty
men remain of the 18th.
The announcement by the Governor of the
news of Col. Streight's arrival at Washington
was greeted with pLodgous cheering His TX
cellency's remarks, alter recaptulating the dis
tnguShed services of the regiments and doing
justice To their conspicuous herosm, were direc-
ted mainly TO enjoining upon them the necessity
of each mans doing everything in his power to-
ward recruiting The question was not whether
indiana would fill her quota not but it was
whether the Government should he sustained
| with all the men forthcoming promptly necessary
| 10 complete the triumph over the rebellion. He
| could not say whether there would be draft in
| Indiana or not, but he wanted each of the regi
ments themselves To make daft. He wanted
them to call upon their neighbors their friends
their old school mates To- join them-and go back
with them and assist in achieving the tna
| overthrow of the armies of the traitors and tho
unfurling of the hsg of the Union over ever,
inch of American soil
On the platform around Governor Morton
were grouped. with the banners OF their req
men.s IN front the officers. Conspicuous among
them-not because OF himself. for he Is as mod
est and retiring as he is brave-was the gallant
Capt NJ L. Anderson. the ranking officer of Oh,
5lst. one OF the escaped heroes OF Libby. Hi:
men present proud. certainly. and happy il
witnessing the demonstrations of regard and re-
spect for him on the part of all citizens TIL,
romantic raid of the 5lst. and its chivalrou:
achievements in which Anderson participated
will live in song and story when the vaunteC
deeds of many an antique warrior are remem
bered only by the scholastic for the benefit o
! pedagogues and Juveniles.