The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-01-25
RELIKF LAW.

As l apprehended would be the ease
the fund for the relief of the families ei
soldiers and marines has proved lRade-
quate to meet the wants of this nerito
rious class Of persons; owing in part to
the insufieisncy OF the tax, bat mainly
to the largely increased expenses of liv
ing The families Of the National Guard
made a considerable drain upsa it, dur
| isg the hundred days they were in SER
vice La view Of this, appropriated the
sun of Eve thousand dollars fron the
Extraordinary Contingent una, to this
class of families, which was disburssa BY
the several county military committee,
and accomplished much good. As We
tcanuot reasonably expect any material
rodustien in the prices of lying during
the next year, there would seem to be no
rasert but an increase of the fund For
this purpose | suggest an Increased levy
Of enc mill en- the dellar. raE
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
The militia system Of the State was
put to severe test during the year, and
| am happy to say that it passed the err
deal in the most satisfactory manner. In
the menth Of April, at conference Of
the Gsverners of Ohio, Indiana, Illinsis,
Iowa and Wisconsin, it was detsrmiHed
to sffergts the Governs mont the services of
eighty five Thousand militia for the term
of enc hundred days-the quota of Ohis
being fixed at thirty thousand. The pei
icy OF this uoveneat did not admit of
doubt or hesitancy. The summer cam
paigns were ABOUT to open in Virginia
and Tennessee. Both Of them must ne
cessarily operate upon continually length
snixg lines of eommunicatien, requiring
largo forces to p-stsct them. At the
same time it was necessary that the Vir-
einiasarmy should csver and protect the
National Capital and that of Tennesses
hold safe the border. In previous cam
paigas we had suffered frsA this species
of depletion to an extent that seriously
impaired the value of eur successes. At
the time of considering this proposition
a large bedy Of hardy and veteran trssps
were engaged in garrison duty, and guard
ing lines Of communication, which csuld
be as well done by less experieSesd men.
Ts relieve these and throw them forward.
was to give to each Of eur operating ar
mics large reserve fsrss. The time be-
fere the opening Of the campaigns was
toe shsrt to admit of 4 call, with Its at
tsndant Of draft even if the legislation
of Congress, net then completed, had ad-
mitted of such measure. The pslicy
was, therefore, apparent, Of supporting
eur active armies by the militia, antil
Legislation could be perfected, aAd an ad-
ditional call be made ,
This effer Of the States was prenptly
accepted by the President en- the 10th
Of April, and this fact (bsing then in
anhington), | comm nnieatsd by tels-
graph to the Adjutant General He im-
mediately issued his order Ter the assem-
bling Of the National Guard at their re.
speotive places Of rendszvsus Oh the "a
day sf May. On very inelemszt day
amid storm of saew and rain, there lei
and reported fer duty nearly forty thsu
sand men, who, without question or reser
yatisn, offered their services to the coun
| try in its hour of mead. From these were
organized forty-ens regiments and or
battalion, with an aggregate strength 0
35. .9S2 men. 0fthese, one regiment ans
the battalion were reserved at JehnssAa
Island, one regiment at Camp Chase, en-
at Gallipelis, aud TIVE at Camp Dennissn
The re naming hirty-six regiments, EN-
/ bracing an aggregate strength Of 81 %
men, were seat eat of the State ints Fir
silia Maryland and the District Of Cs
Il lunbia. OF the fercs retained in tn
J, State, the 10th, 168th and l7lst wsr
all tArown into Kentucky to meet tn
raid Of Morgan, where they did gee
service. In ths fight near Cynthiana tn
l6Sth had nineteen wounded, of whol
} TIVE died. The Colonel and Llsutenar
: Celenel were beth included In the list
) vsuaded-the fsrnsr very severely.
f the surrender by General hsbson lare
4 number Of this regiment was includes
: but they we're afterwards pareled, as Il
t retreat sf Nj organ was necessarily Sc e1
y peditieus that hs could net retain ther
: This statement Of the services OF tt
f1dsuard, l ara we'll aware, is imperfect, ar
0 oes not do justice to them. Efforts ha'
n been made to get full returns of casualty
and record Of the service. l anticip
c ted that the Adjutant General would
/ able to present such a statement IN
annual report; but he is net prepared
a do 50. In process OIL Clhe hoPo u
+ record will be eonpleted. In every po'
3 ten the conduct Of the force was high
N creditahls, and the entire success OF
j. movement reflected hsnsr upsa the m
f. and the State. e -
I'd The Guard was returaed hems
Mt speedily as practicable, upon the sxpl
d ton OF its time; bat owing to unaysl'
al bic delays in traaspertatien, pay msnt
lie muster, the average term OF service
of about one hundred and twenty days.
n CALLS AND. QUOTAS OF MEN.
lat Since the first of January, 1864,
lf, Government has called upon this st
ea fer mea for the army as fellows:
:. February 1st, 1s64...........~..... 81.
to March 14th, 6 ................. ~;
,rd July 18th, ............'..... ~,
lor 1aol
"a Iotal................' .'.....'......''s.AA =,
de Upon revision Of ear credits prisl
re, January 1st, 1864, uadsr pisceaing es
oiy the last named amount was reduced
,rs; 80 ,593; leaving oar quota to be furnis
civ under the three calls l02,6s3.. Ts
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