Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-01
Now is the Time 10 yOlu "a teer.

The only bill passed by Congress prior to
its adjournment, was the $20,000,000 SOL
iiers' bounty bill, which is in fact deGccn-
cy bill, to mset the expenditures o! Govern.
,nent for volunteer bounties during tho last
year, the Communication money of drafted men
having been found insufficient. This bill al
so provides that after the 9th Of January. no
bounty but the old 800 bounty shall be
paid to volunteers 1t is not probable that
Congress will authorize the paying Of the
present large bountics again, during the war,
the ground being taken that the country can
not support the enormous expenditure thus
cn;aiied, and that drafting is the fairest and
decidedly the most economical method OF re-
cruiting our armies. ..,
F. These matters should be well understood.
Between this and the 9Th, volunteers are en-
titled to 1902 bounty for ne1 recruits, and
s4o2 for veterans, from the Government
After that date only the uniform bounty of
800 will be paid. So that all who intend to
volunteer will make 500 by doing so in the
next five days.
The draft may be. postponed for twenty
days or more, in order to give Congress time
to perfect the Enrolment Act, and per,nis-
sion for volunteering be continued through,
that time, but the bin has already passed in.
to law that stops the payment Of the pres
ent bounties after the 9th inst. E.s.a
Just look at it for a moment: You enlis;
in Cedar Falls and get bounty of 1902 from
Government, and one Of 5000 from Black
Hawk county, making total bounty of's5o2i
then your monthly pay OF sl3 and clothes
and subsistence makes the pecuniary induce
ment certainly all that could be required, and
certainly 5000 greater than if you wait till
after the 9th, while if you wal: to be drafted
well you may do your own figuring.
But we know that very few men enter the
army from considerations of pecuniary ma
turc. Still these Inducements are the strong
est next TO patriotism, and by the liberia
bounties given, many are enabled to go, tina
otherwise would consider it their duty to re
main at home, or until the draft should pro
nounce to him Thou ait the man."
| With the liberal bounties now offered i
would seem that we ought to raise our quot'
by volunteering, and our only hopes Of doini
this row rests with the FIVE days coming, 70
after the expiration Of time Of large Govern
nent bount;es, we have little prospect of re
cruits. Prior to the 9th Of January $50:
bounty for raw recruits, sluo extra for vete
rams. After the 9Th, even If you may enlist
Government will give you but bounty G
500. Remember this everybody, and al
you who propose to volunteer remember tina
"Now is the accepted time"
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/ THE LAST CALL FOR SCO,Oo0.-A Wash
ington dispatch Of The 2Sth ult., says: "Lat
returns to the War Department indicate tina
at least onc-third, and perhaps one-half, o
the last call will be raised by volunteering
and enlistments before the 9th Of January. =
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Iud
ana and Illinois are expected TO raise thei
fill quotas. Massachusetts,, Vermont an
/ Iowa will not be much behind. Not as goo
progress is made in the other Western States
In New York and Connecticut enlistment
progress very slowly. Pennsylvania make
the poorest show. The last weekly return
show an aggregate Of about4 400 enlistmenss.
A Dispatch from Newborn, n. G., date
the 23d ult., says the new oath of aleganc
, has been administered TO number Of reb,
, officers and soldiers. who have recently com
into oar lines 10 accept the pardon offered b
the President They bring intelligence tn,
a large number are like situated, who inten
to do likewisc at the earliest opportunity.
i THr Philadelphia National Conseryati,