The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-01-11
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nary lst, 1864, uRder preceding calls, the
! last nsmed amount was reduced tn 3O,5g3;
leaving our quota to be furnished under,the
three calls, l02 G63 To ill deficiencies un-
der the first calls, q draft was ordered in
May, which produced 1,7ll men; Of vhom
6,29O paid Communication, amounting TO 4 =
6ST, 900, and the balance went into service
in person or by substitutes. For the same
purpose draft was ordered under the last
call, commencing in Septembsr-the def
ciencies Of the sub-districts amounting TO
e,O06. The draft is about closed. 1t will
more than fill the quota Of the State, for tho
reason that many Of the ub-districts had a
surplus but all objected to have their cred
its given to districts that were deficient.
This excess over the State qxota amounted,
on the lst day of December, to 2,oS4 men.
The amount that will be derived from sup
plementafy drafts now pending cannot be
safely estimated, It is understood between
the State and Government authorities that
| ouraccOunt of credits is now definitely ad-
justed. There are undoubtedly othercredits
| though not to very large amount, which
We should have received; but they could not
be presented in secha shape rs TO secure
them. The amount of credits established
and reclaimed during the year is 20, I99.
In view of the possibility of still further
calls for troops, it is very essential that some
| action should be taken infegaEd to our en-
rollmcnt From the best estimates | can
make, the liAts upon which the Government
authorities are acting arc from TWENTY-FIVE
to forty thOasand in excess of the actual
number of men subject to cali and draft in
the State. The War Department has twice
called upon the people Of the respective
OF trs. ., al Il Al
Tollment lists: and have circulated and en-
forced these calls by all the means in my
I power. But there is in many cases neglect
and innearly all want Of concentrated or
organized action in the natter; and so the
time goes by until call c0fnes, and then
the authorities are censurcd, and the ihius-
tice is again perpetrated, '-1f 's'
In New York, last year, an enrolment of
the city, was mada by, the State authorities,
and, after examiHaticpy was sncepted by the
War Department, RS more nearly apprcxi-
mating correctness than Its own. Whether
the attempt at correcting the disparity in
this State will Justify the expense IS left for
you TO determine. IF done by the assessors
In March and Aprilthe expense need not
be very great: and it will be properly impos-
ed upon the counties interested in it. |
suggest that this duty be imposed upon the,
Assessors; the blsfks and instructions TO bs,
prepared and furnished by the Adjutant-
General. Hi NJ Ea..-F La'sr 80.
Since the foregoing was written call hae,
been matie for three hundred thousand men
The t4eota of this State is not yet assigned,
and the lists are still open to correction. /
ha>se very little hope that tfis will be accom-
pllsheh SOFAS to do justce:to our people -
| would still recommend the enrolment,
even though it may not become necessary in
the future.
Public opinion demands that sou~ meaa.
ures be adopted to prevent or to punisb the
voluntary absenteeisla of terSaus liable ,n
military service frem the STATE an ri. an
pIoach or during the pqpdencr of 4 draf r
1t Is estimated that the nxp,her of men who,
aed from the State. os the resent dr,Tt an
preached and during Its axecutios. exceeIesI
twenty thousand. ghose who were NOT,
drawn of course returned when tha nuoaa,
Of their distriets were filed those vbo,wsr,.
drafted remained away, with. faw exeentinrs
where substitutes were procured Glarsa.
Dambcr left during the ten. dags allowed 6y
law betweenithe draft and nAtifeati6n. In
meet all these dnficiepaies sunrdemen,atv
drafts became recassary. and then tbs s,,,s.
process wcnt On until, in some cases th.rn
ware not men enough left in the townshins,
to, fill their quotas. Many men draf(ad in
one section Of the State are, no dosybt, skull.
king, or openly residing in ether portions Of
it, many have gone into other States ana,
tbs Territegies;. and not q few have fed to-
Csnada. Tx. s,.,,, "a
This il 81 ssriilo,ils evil. anti yea the remedy
may Not be unattended with dificult;cs -.
The supplementary draft. docs not release,
the refugees who. os.casia,,cd It from military.
service As to, these. vow psay be ahle To-.
adopt seme measures to arrest and hold then.
to service, where they will aid in reducing
subsequent quotas The class-eolallv.
guiIty-who deserted the State that has
protected them, in the hour when their ser-,
vices were required for Lar defense. it is
possible cannot ba panishsd for the mast of-
Tense; but it is CLEARLY in your power to pro..
vide punishment for such traneressiops- in,
the future, A large portion Of them car
not be effectually reached by fpes and peu-,
alties. Is it not, therefore, legitimate, to i'm
pose upon the offense forieituse of oiyilor
politicalrights? ] do net find any interdictieny
while there is moral it not legal force in the
argument thab the man who ANONYMOUSLY
lcd from the call OF his country in the
hoar OF peril should not be permitted tr
quietly return when the danger is past, or
the service has been imposed upon anoth
er, to mlngls IN shaping the policy Of that
country, and choosing its rulers. 1t isnot
q q suiaclentt reply that such manis political
~ opposed to the policy OF the war, or the
manner OF conducting it. Freedom Of
speech and of the press in citicising or de-
hounclng the policy OF the government. is
one thngii but the refusal to obey the call to
service OF that government, when legally
and constltutlonaliy enforced, is decidedly
another The one may be- tolerated, and.
even pnlnttained as Incidental to natural
night; the other lsan act not only OF dlsobedi~