The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-09

TIE lO5TH o. V. /. PAID OPT AND DIsBAKD-
ED.-The enlisted men of the IO5th Reg
iment Ohio Volunteer Infantry were paid
off yesterday, by Msjor ". S. Kennon,
Paymaster, o. s. A, received their dischar-
gss, and started for their homes last even
ing. officers are not paid until they fur
nish certificates of non-indebtedness to the
Government. This is the first regiment
paid off and discharged from this place.
Lieutenant Colonel Perkins Issued his
farewell order before disbanding, a copy of
which is herewith appended
H-EADQUARrERs, IO5rH o. V. L.
C~LEvELASD, o June 8, '65.
Cffcers and Soldiers:
The time has come when we must say
farewell. The day to which we have been
looking forward for nearly three years, with
30 much anxiety, has at lsst arrived, and
the word "Home" is, for US, to have a new
significance. You are now to return to
your families and friends. You will receive
the hearty welcome due to men who have
periled their all for their country, and
doubtless the warm reception which awaits
you, and the abundant entertainment
which will be provided you, will do much
to obliterste the recollection of your strug-
giles through the swamps and mud of Caro-
DINA, the ssnguinsry contests of Chicamau-
"a, Mission Ridge and Perryville, and the
short rations at Chattanooga, and enable
you to look back upon the many incidents
Of your army life as scenes which, while
you may never care to live through again,
you nevertheless may be proud to relate.
When you started forth, the issus of ma
tionsI lie or national death wss, to some
extent, involved in doubt and mystery
You return with the satisfaction of know
ing that the authority of the national Gov
ernment has been nobly and honorably
V~indicated, and its supremacy acknowl-
edged from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.
During the period of your term of
service, you have played no idle part,
and not among the least proud of your re-
collections will be the fact that you served
under such men as ROseerans, Thomas,
Sherman and Grant.
We come not back as we went forth.
From an aggregate of one Thousand and
thirteen men we have fallen off to less than
four hundred. While securing the plaudits
Of friends, let us not forget to drop thetesr
of SORROW for those of our noble comrades
who come not back with us, but whose
graves dot the hillsides of Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Georgia; and in the future let
US not fail to offer 8 word Of coincidence,
cheer and comfort 70, n consider ourselves
responsible for the sustensnce and support
of the wives and families of those who
once numbered US as brethren. Let us
practice charity, and recollect that the dis
abled soldier, and desOlste family, demand
our sympathy, our comfort, and our active
aid.
. Your conduct in the past gives me the
tie strongest assurance that your return to
civil life will be marked by the same order
and decorum, and that you will, as you
have been in the army good soldiers at
home be good and loyal citizens. .gsW
For your prompt and ready compliance
with orders, for your active cooperation
and support, for your msnyacts of kindness
and courtesy, I return to you, officers and
men, my hearty and earnest thanks. ,,orrI
I shall be happy at any time to meet you,
and shall ever look back upon the period of
my association with you as the proudest of
my life.
With earnest wishes for your individual
and prosperity, I bid you, n and
all, farewell.
(signed) GEoBGE P. PERKISs, 4
Lieut.. Col. Josh Ohio Vols