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

! as the Government has employment fol
he batteries, and pays and subsists the
! horses ard men. True there has been
, no special use for them during the pres
snt season 10 repel inynsionj but in times
lire these the power Of a State consists
equally in preparation fof hostilties, a.
in ability TO repel thsm. The former, ~
a preventive, 10 not unfrcquenily mote
advantageous aud economical than the
latter asa cure.
The men composing the first Of these
Organizations, a, Camp Dtnnson, did not
respond promptly Or chcerlully 10 the
call, nor deport themselves very sodierly
during their service. The other organi-
cations met the call with alacriiy, and
discharged their duties IN n manner cred.
table to themselves and the requirements
Of the law.
The cavalry arm of he National Gusrd
CONSISTS OF thirteen compnnirs. now
! Numbering nbout elk hundred men, but
which could aud should be increased TO
| full company organizAtioHs-say nbout
one thousand men exclusive Of ofTicers.
When called into service they also fur.
nish horses and horse equipments,
receiving lur use the amount allow.
ed by Gvernmcnt In similar cases.
On the other hand, Tie State agreed 10
furnish the arms and equipments for lbc
men. This has not been done, and the
failure has created no little dissatIsiac-
ton. Tho interests Of the State imDer.
nlivrly require that this arm Of The Ma
lionnl Guard should be effectively organ.
! izcd aud equipped. H. cnses OF raid or
invntion, the want ol u heretofore has
been seriously icll, and its benefit IN such
occurrences in the future would be speed.
! lily recognized. The Quartcrmustcr
General has very properly presented the
mattcr in his annual report, to which
rcfcr you, and suggest it's favorable con.
siJrratiun.
Tic act Of March 3oll,, 1864, provld
Ing ror the defense Of the State, expires,
hy express provision, on the 3Oth day {
March, 1865. rec ommend that u be
extended at least QUO year from the lat
ter date.
CALLS AND QUOTAS OF MEN.
Since the first Of January, 1864, the
Government has called upon this Stats
for men for the army as follows:
Fsb'arv 1T, 1874, 5i4G5
March 18th, 2U,J9O
JSly 18th, aO.7Q2
Ta,t, H.f gqs5q
Upon revision Of our credits pvior to
January lsi, 1864, aud proceeding calls,
the last named amount was reduced to
80 ,603, leaving our quota 10 be furnished
under the three calls l02,653. To fill
de tfchnoies under the first two calls, u
draft was ordered IN May, which produccd
7,7il men, of whom 6,2O0 paid commuta.
ton, amounting to Sl,SS7 600, and the
balance went into service IN person or 10y
substitute. For the same purpose dram
wns udcrcd under the last call, com.
,mcncing IN Scptcmber--lh deficiencies
of the sub.districts amounting to 9,006
That draft is about closed. Il will more
than GIL the gnotA VI tho State, for the
reason TIM; many Of the sub.disdricls
hrd surplus; but all objected TO having
their credits gwen to districts that were
deficient, This excess over the State
quota amounted, on the first day Of De.
ccmber, 10 1884 men. The amount that
will be derived from supplementary drafts
now pending cannot be safely cstlmpicd.
II is understood between the State aud
Government authorities that our account
orcredhs is now definitely adjusted
There ure undoubtedly other credits,
though net to a very large amount, which
We should have received; but they could
not BE- presented in such n shape as to
procure thrT. The amount OF credits
established and reclaim I'd during the year
IL 2O,i99.
IT, view of the possibility of still
further calls for troops, II is very essen
tial that some action ould be taken IN
tho hes, estimates | ear make, the lists
upon which the Guvernmrnt authorities
are acting are from twenty five 10 forty
Thousand in excess of the actual number
of men subject To call and draft in the
State. The War Department has twice
oallcd upon The people Of the respective
Stales to attend to the correction Of the
enrolment lists; and | have ciTSulntcd
aud enforced these calls by all the means
in nv ppwer. But there 10 in many cases
neglect, and Ia nearly oil n want of con.
ccG,ruted or organized action in the mat.
ter; AID 80 the tmc GOES by until call
comes, aud then the authorities arc CEN
sured, and the injustice is again pCrpe-
lr ted .NH
In New York, last year, an enrolment
OF the city was made by tho State nu'
thorities, aud, alter examination, was ac
cepted 10y the War Department, as more
nearly uplroximatins correctness than
its own. Whether The attempt at cor.
rccting the disparity in this State WI
Justify the expense is left for you to dc.
lerminc. II done by the assessors in
Murcl. ,snd April the expense necd not
be very great,and II will be properly
Imposed upon the counties interested IN
a.. suggest that this duty b. imposed
upon The assessors, the blanks and in-
struc,ions TO be prepared and furnished
by the AdiutOnt General.
Since the foregoing was written call
has been made. Cor thee hundred thousand
men. The quot, of this State is not yet
assigned, and the lists are still open to
correction. have very little hope that
this will be accomplished, 81 as 10 do
Justice TO our people. ! would still re-
commend the opronmcnt, even thon1h
! !, may not become necessary In the fu'
turc.
Public opinion demands that some
mensure be Ldoptcdto prcvout or to pun
! ish the voluntary abscnteeism Of persons
lIblc to military service trom the State
, on the approach or curing the pendeney
, OF draft. II is estimsted that the mum
Der vi men who 1ed from the State a
the recent draft approsched, aud dnrinl
its executions exceeded twenty lhousan0
Those who were not drawn Of course rc
! turned when the quotas of their district
/ were 6lled, those " ho wero drafted re
imaincd away with few exceptions, wher,
substitutes were procured. A larg
I number let during the ten days allowe
, hy law between draft and n9tihestiou.-
/ IT, meet all these deficiencies supple
me entsry drafts became necessary; an'
then the same process went on untlI u