Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-01-12
and transportation under the draft Of

i1S62.
/ The Governor suggests the addi-
ton OF one mill on the dollar of the
General Levy, fof the benefit Of the
fund for relief Of the families of SOL
diers. His remarks on theconduct of
1 Township Trustees may prove of in
Iterest in some locations in this
county: is9als
i Numerous, and in some cases Sc.
rious, complaints have been made
against township Trustees, in regard
to the distribution of the fund. The
military committees have rendered
lvery valuable assistance in investi-
eating those complaints, in some
cases the omissions were found to
be accidents; in others they arose
from the insufficiency of the fund to
meet the expectations of the parties
in a very few they were found to be
exaggerated and fraudulent; and in
many, far too many, they were found
to be correctly stated, and properly
attributable to the political hostility
of the officers, not only to the pro-
visions fthe law, to the prosecution
of the war, and the cause OF the coun-
try. In no case reported to me did
this amount to absolute refusal to
! perform the required duties; but in
some instances they were tardily
performed; in others women were re-
quired to walk long distances to get
signatures to orders; and in others
again, the payments of them were ac-
companied with harsh, and in some
cases ungentlemanly language, which
in many instances deferred females
from second applications. lis pain
full to be compelled to record these
facts; yet it affords me pleasure to
state that such conduct has not been
generally manifested in the political
party opposed to the Government.
The cases are isolated, and have
> usually been found connected with
ignorance or intense partisan bitter
ness.
! Relating to the National Guard
4 our patriotic Governor, ascribes all
honor and praise. His remarks are
so exceedingly appropriate that we
, lay them before our readers with
pleasure:
The military system Of the State
was put to a severe test during the
\ year, and / am happy to say that it
: passed the ordeal IN the most salts
factory manner In the month OF
April, at a conference of the Cover
nors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
and Wis consin, it was determined to
offer to the Government the services
of eighty five thousand militia for
the term of one hundred days. The
quota of Ohio being fixed at thirty
thousand.
This offer of the States was
promptly accepted by the President
on the 26th of April, and this fact
being then in Washington / COM
mum Gated by telegraph to the Adju
tant- G eneral. He Immediately issued
his order for the assembling Of the
National Guard at their respective
places of rendezvous on the I'd day
of May. On avery inclement day,
amid a storm of snow and rain, there
met and reported for duty nearly
forty thousand men, who without
question or reservation, offered their
services to the country in its hour
of need From these were organi-
, zed forty one regiments and one
battalion, with an aggregate strength
of 35, ,9S2 men. OF these, one regi
ment and the battalion were reserved
at Johnson's Island. one regiment at
Camp Chase, one at Gallipolis, and
, two at Camp Dennison. The re-
naming thirty regiments, en-
bracing an aggregate strength of 81
05l men, were sent out Iof the State
into Virginia, Maryland and the
blol1iNb VI ClA- VI bl1OoC
regIments went to the front under
General Butleri two of them were in
the battle of Monocacy, where they
suffered loss of four killed and
seven wounded, and a number of
lprisoners; one was stationed at Mar
tinsburg, Virginia, where it suffered
loss of over two hundred prisoners,
, Who are still in the rebel hands; one
}, regiment vas with General Hunter
N his severe march to Lynchburg
, and back, reporting the kssf of only
one man; other regiments were sta.
'itioned at Baltimore and Washington;
Land saw active service in the raid
fupon the latter city. allOf the force
RETAINED in the State, the 156th,
|, 7l6Sth, and 17lst, were all thrown in
Ito Kentucky to meet the raid of Nor
ngan. where they did good service.
elm the fight near Cynthiana the 168th
had nineteen wounded, of whom two
died. The Colonel and Lieutenant
sColonel were both included in the