The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-08-02

BY THE GOVERNOR.

BY THE GOVERNOR. ojoi lrT
The President Of the United States,
in pursuance of alaw of Congress, has
issued his call for five hundred thou
sand (5O0,O0O) volunteers for the mill
tary service; and has directed that inn
mediately after the 5th day of Septem-
ber, 1864, a darft for troops, to serve
for one year, shall be held in every
town or sub-district, to fill the quota
assigned to it, which shall remain un-
filled on the said 5th day of September
1864.
/ believe this call to have been emf
nently proper and necessary for the
public service, and being such, to de-
mand the patriotic, earnest and hearty
response of the people. That it will
be met in the same spirit that has put
Michigan thus far largely in excess Of
all previous calls, there can be no boubt.
The rebellion, as it approaches its f.
nal overthrow; grows steadily more
desperate, wicked and hateful. Gov
cred with the blood of patriots, cursed
with the dying breath of Starved pris-
oners, and abhorred by all good men
for its barbarous butcheries of the un-
armed who have ceased to fight, it must
perish utterly. The people of this
State, remembering their past sacrifices
only as additional motives to greater
exertions in the future, will, / know,
enter upon this present duty with the
activity and energy which does not ad-
NIT of failure. s..,o.,r s-....r.
The quota assigned to the State is
eighteen thousand two hundred and
eighty-two, Qs,2s2) of which only a
little above twelve thousand (l2,0OO)
remain to be recruited, or darfted if the
recruiting fails. For the purpose of
filing the quota, only two resources are
available, viz: 1st, Recruiting in the
States declared to be in rebellion, under
the act of July 4th, except the States
of Arkansas, Tennoesoo and Louisiana.
and 2d, Recruiting among own
people. The first of these, / believe,
will be found of no substantial value to
us at present, for obvious reasons. The
points at which this recruiting is to be
carried on are so remote that the peri
cd of fifty days will not be sufficient to
enable agents to accomplish much dur
ing that time, and they would meet the
active competition of the older States,
paying much larger bounties than our
laws enable us to do. ] shall not, there
fore, appoint any such agents to be
paid by the State, but will; under prop
er regulations, appoint such agents for
the benefit of any counties, towns or
sub-districts which may request it, pay
ing the expenses of the agencies for
themselves. They will, of course, also
be entitled to the credits. This course
is also justified by the fact that the
State has no funds appropriated by law
for this purpose. ~
Substantially, then, our only resource
will be that which has always hereto
fore been found sufficient, the patriot
ism Of our own people.
Recruits will be allowed to enlist for
one, two or three years, as they may
prefer, and as far as practicable, each
recruit may select the regiment in which
he will enlist. This will always be al
lowed in the regiments in the field, so
long as such regiments are below their
maximum number. As an inducement
to enlist, the Government of the Uni
ted States will pay bounty of one
hundred dollars to recruits enlisting for
one year, two hundred dollars to those
enlisting for two years and three hun
dred to those enlisting for three years.
Such local bounties will be paid rs the
noa,Io &c fha oavoraI fouy,o x,,orJ, ooJ
sub-districts way authorise in pursu-
ance of law. No State bounty can be
paid, for the reason that the appropria-
ton made for that purpose is exhaust
ed. For the purpose of aiding the re-
cruiting service, and giving direction to
the public efforts, six new regiments
will be authorized, one of them being
located in each Congressional District,
and will receive all the new compa-
nies that may be offered during the fifty
days of recruiting. All the recruits
offered for the new regiments and COM
panies, however, must be enlisted for
three years or for the war. Those who
enlist for shorter term than three
years will go into the regiments already
in the field. .,,., ,,,r,
j earnestly recommend TO all those
who enlist under this call, whether in
the new organizations or the old ones,
to do so for the war. This State has
thus far raised no troops for less term
than three years. Both for the Gov
ernment and the soldier, the longest
term is the best. Let us continue to
adhere to this policy, which has given
us most honorable position in the SER
vice, and the reputation of the Michi-
gan soldiery, which is now unsurpassed,
will continue to grow. s, f,,..--
The work Of filing up the quota of
the State is for the people. The close
of tho war visibly approaches,g and the
sure triumph of the Union cause grows
manifest. astr ,... .,,.b nofa
Our troops are now led by tried and
victorious Generals, leaving nothing to
bc desired in that direction. Conquer
lug Union armies are in the very midst
of the Confederacy, progressing stead
ily towards the final victory. Let the
people of the country stand firmly by
fbo a x-f,,l Govornyoorf and fhev caf1 |