The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-12

REQUIRING large iofcfe 70 protect neH
htthe sq,ne Zinc u was necessary tha
The Virginia army should cover and pc
tect the National Cupiul, and that q
Tennessee hold safe the horder. I
previous campaign we had suffered fror
tlis sp cics of drpl iiuu g. an extent tia
g riously impaired the value Of ouf sue
ccssrs. Al the time Of Considering thi
proposition o larg' body "i hardy nh'
ve'erln troops were 'ngnged IN garrison
duty, md guarding lires tO ccmmunicn
tion, which could b. Ms well done by les
cxpcrienceG mcn. TO relieve these, on'
throw them forward. YVES to give TO eucl
Of our operating prmicsa large rcserr'
foree. TIE tim bcfre the opening o
.iho cnnnuiaps vas too short 70 adult o
!, cnl, with Tia httcndant Of o drot, cyei
VI the lcgslotiun Of Congress, net thcr
completed, hrt admitted Of euch I
measure. Tho policy was, therefore
nprcrcni, of supporting cur active nrmFi
by the mill IA, until lcpisiation could b.
perfected, nud an additional cnll b.
made.
The Stllcs of Ohio, Indiana md Hin
uis had another manifest intcre IN th
movement. In order 10 eayc our south
crn borders from ineursiOas and raids, !
was evidently sound policy 60 so strerg
then our main armies as To furnish iul
for the robol forces IN thei
own territory. IN tbis particular tht
result fully justified The wis"um Of th'
movement. Bot one raid was ntlcmptc
during tlp season, aud N { was checke,
and overwhelmed IN Kentucky belor'
reaching The Ohiutiv T. .E.
This cfftr OF tho States was promptly
qccrptcd bv thn Pr sidcnl on the 26il o
Arrii, aud th. fact, (bcing then IN Wash.
ngton.) I ummunicatcd by tclegr ph e
ilc Adiunnt General. Hc immediately
issued his order for the nsrcmbling oI
the National Guard at their respective
places Of rcud zyous on the I'd day ol
May. On vcry imclcmcut day, amid
a storm OF snowpnl rain there met urd
reported for duty nearly forty thousand
mon, who. without question or reservation
offered their services 10 tho country in
It's hour VI need. From these were or.
ganizcd furty.One regiments and one bat
talon, with m aggregate strength OF 3D.
lSa men. Ofthtsc, one regiment aud
the battalion were reserved at Johnson's
Island, ono regiment at Camp Chase, one
ut Gullipolis. aud two nj Camp DcnnisOn.
The remaining thirly-s'x regiments, en-
Irncing M nggrc gate strength ol 3l,05l
mcn. wcie ani cut of tho Stnte into
Murylanj mad tho other District
of Columbu. Six OF these regiments
went TO the front Under General Butler /;
two ol them were ut the battle Of Mon
oeacv, where they suffered less of four
killed aud seven wounded, aud a number
Of pr suurrs; one was stationed nt Mar
tnsburg, Vrginin, whore II suffered d
loss of over two hundred prisoners, who
arc still IN rebel hands; one regiment was
with Genera lIuntar IN his severe march
% Lyncllurg aud bnck, reporting The loss
,i ouIy one mHu; other regiments were
II alton, d at Baltimore aud Washington,
md saw active s. rvcc in the raid upon
he latter city. o. tie f,rc' retained IN
IA State. the l5Glh, l6Sth aud lTlst
were all thrown iutl KcUlucky 10 meet
hc raid ~ Morgah, whore they did good
cryic,. IN the Fight near Cyn,hiuna the
I6eth had nineteen wounded, oT whom
.wu died. The Colonel aud Lieutenant
Col. were both inclulcd IN the list ui
" QUAD d--thr former v,ry scv rely. In
IA surrender by q neral llobson u
urgc number vi this rcgmeut was inclU-
led, tut ln,y were Afterwards pirnlcd, as
ihc rcira' 6f Morgan was necessarily 20
,xncdtious that he 'uuld not utrctiin them.
Til statement of the services ut tho
g Buard, am well aware, s impcrf ct, and
bscn Soon 'imSssJsc Is is aGiTf ~ hGGt,uM6 -GsSe
,ltics AID record of the s'ly,cc On.
Iicipalcd that the A jutapt General would
be nblc th prcsenI such n .stat,mcnt in
hi. annual report; but be is moi prcrarcd
10 do SO, In piorcss of time ! hope this
.ccord will be- completed. In every po'
,ilion the conduct uf the force was hlshly
,rcditablc, and the entire success OF the
nj reflected honor upoa the men
aud the State.
The Guard was returned home as
speedily us practicable, upon tho xpira'
tim ni iu tmr; hut owing to uuuyoida,
blc delays in transpori n,ion, paNnrnt and
muster, the average term of service was
about one hundred aud twenty days.
THIS movement of the National Gnnrd
has demonstrated its value aud impur.
tancc as an arm o, State dciensc-cvcn
il no other duties are required Of IL; aud
il becomes the duty of the legislature
~ hast- during The cpHttnnaNre OF the
war to adopt all necessary means to
,trenuthcn it, and perfect it's org lnizai'on.
The cxprricuo, ol the mcn acquired in
their late brief term OF service, will be OF
great value no, only TO themselves but 10
the State. In the event of a raid or in
yasios YOU havo something bctt r than VI
inexperienced or uuorganized militia l'
rely upon; and in proportion us you us
ter aud encourage Il, you will strengthen
the power of the State to resist any
da eyer ,hht may thrrfien i, To ihh
cudI cai vour attention TO the suggcs
tiuns made by the Adjulnnt General II
his report. They commend themselves
TO my own Judgment, aud limited cxpc
ricncr; aud | therefore recommend then
TO your careful consideration.
In this connection il will be proper 4
advise yon of my action in anp'he
hrab shl Of ,he haitIia ~ stem and S,nt
derenses. found the State without y
artillery arm of its own, aud with bu
one light battery within lis borlcrs, bc
longing To ihe Government, which wa
J lablc TO movement at any time out of th
State, asil Mas tskea during the mout
August. The Genera Governmer
was largely Indebted to rs in this brauc
of armament; but the War Department
assured me il was impossible 10 rcspon
to our calls. ] consequently Ideierm'nc
to mnkc this nraueh Of tn State deems
matter Of immediate action. | accord
inply contracted for four batteries of 81
purs each, Two of six, aud two of twely
puundcrs, with carrlsgcs, caissuns, an
harness CONNECT. Two Of them Ner
hThishrlwilh ong hundred lhhnes seacl
! The expendinirs COR this purpose, iroI
the million appropriation, has bee
SloS,9l0 SO. 4 battery organic alton I
/ The n ,tional Guard Was called cut
Camp Dennlson in June, for the ,crm,,