Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-01-14

- - ~ w tnttIIuIiJ W tno CALI
apI psposs 'hegselses very soldierly during
the coll with alacrity, and discbaroed ,beir
duties In manner, credituble 10 them.
selves aud The. requirements of thu law
The cavalry armsof the National Qpardai
consists Of thirteen companies, now number.
ing, about six hnpired men, but which
could pba Should be Sincreaief to plfulllcor.
pany .organizllions-.say about one thousand
mcncxclusiye of fficers. These organization
have all been made Silb tBt' understanding
That Tor all purpose Of deiil muster, ihe
men are TO provides tbeirsewn horses with.
out compensation ,, When called into serl
vice 'hey also furnish horses and horse
equipments, receiving Tor use (, the amount
allowed oy 6overntnent In similar cases -
On Tho other hand, the State sgreed -tou
furnish tbe arms aud equipments afor. the
men. Ibis has not ben done, aud ihe fail
ure has created noslhile dissatisfsction.---,
The interests Of the State imperatively re.
quires that this arm Of the National Guard
should be effectively olganized and equip.
ped. 10 cases Of raid and invasion the want
of,itsheretofore has been. seriously felt, and
its benefit IN such occuyrencesin the future
would be speedily recognized. The Quar-
termaster General has very properly pre-.
sented the matter in his annual report, to
which / Fefer you and suggest its favorable
consideration +. ..a, eoss g. -
The act of March 2.b, 1864, providing
for the defense of the State, expires, by /,
express provision, on the .3o.hs, day Of
March, 1865. recommend that it be ex.
tended for at least one yeaf from the latter
date. -sf tats.ia - . ,..,s1s,.,' ID
CALLS AND QUOTAS OF ats. .. .,.ss ..as
Since the first of January, 1864, the Gov
ernment has called upon this State for men for
the army as follows: '"''@
February lat, lsot ...;.......... sl,4os
'uy ie'n fli " - s.s.f' f.s -. 5o,Iv2
Total. ........... ........... -. .l22,ss3
Upon revision of our credhs ipriorto Janu-s
ary lst, 1864. under preceding cafls. tho last
named amount was reduced TO 30,593; leaving
our quota TO be furnished under The three calls
l02,653. To Gil DEFICIENCIES under the frst twoy
calls, draft was ordered in May, which pro-
duced I'LL men, OF whom 629O phil couimu.
tation. amounting to Sl,887 900, and the bal )
ancewent into service inpersor orby substitutes.
For the same purpose draft was ordered uu-
dee the last C sll, commencing in September---
the deficiencies OF the sub-districts amounting
to 2006. The draft is about closed. 1t will
more than fiji the quota of the State, for the
reason that many Of the sub.distrcts had o.
surplus; but all objected to having their cred-f
its given TO districts that were deficient. This
excess over the Statea quota amounted, on the
lst day OF December, to 1884 men. Tho
amount that will be derived from supplement-
ary drafts now pending cannot be safely esti-
! mated. II is understood between the State
/ and Government authorities that our account
of credits is now definitely adjusted. There
| ara undnuhtpdly nfh hnr nralitc thnunh mt -
| very large amount, which we should have re.
ceiyed but they could pot be presented ia
| such shape as to procure them The amount
of credits established aud reclaimed during the
year is 20,l99. 80 ..+..i, ..g &
In view of the possibility ofsiil farther
calls for troops, il is We yes entail that some
action should he taken 10 regard to our
Stale enrolment. From tue best estimates
scau mike, the lists Ipon which the Gov.
ernment authorities are acting are from
twenty-five TO forty thousand 10 excess Of
the actual number Of men subject 10 CALI
and draft in the State. The War Depart
ment has twice called upon the people Of
the respective States to attend to- the cor
rection of the enrolment lists !; and have
circulated and enforced these calls by all-
the means in my power. Bat there IL in
many cases neglect, aud 10 nearly oil want
of concentrated or organized action in the
matter and so the time goes on until q
call comes, and then the authorities ore
censured, aud the injustice is sgain'perpe.
trated. ~. ~. es..-.~ ~ ~. -, -. -,
In New York, last year, an enrolment
was made by the State authorities, an6,
after examination, was acc-pfed by the
War Department, as more nearly opproxi..
mating correctness than its own. Wheth-
er the attempt at correcting the, disparity
in this stale will Justify the expense ia
left for you to determine If done by thei
assessors in March aud April, the expense
need lot be very great, and. it will bo
properly imposed upon the counties Interest,"
ed in it. / ssggest that this duty be i'm.
posed upon the assessors the. blanks and
iuslruc tions to be prepared and furnished
by The Afjuiaut.Geneal
Since The foregoing was written call
has been made for three hundred thousand
men. The quota of This State is not yet
assigned, and the lists are ,stl. open to
correction. i bave very little hopes that
this will be accomplished, SO as to do irs.
tice to our people. I would still, recon.
mend the enr ollment, eyeu though it may
not become necessary 10, the future. 4, = - -
Public opinion demands that some meas
ures be adopted to prevent orio punish the
voluntary absenteeism Of persons liable to-
military service from the Safe, on che az.
proach or during | he pendency of a draft.
IL is estimated that the number Of men who
fled from the State as the recent draft ap.
ri proached. and during its execution, exceed
ed twenty thousaud. Those who were not
drawn of course returned when The quotas
OF their districts were filed; those who
were drafted remained awag. with few ex.
T, ceptions, where substitutes were procured.
A large humber left during the ten days
allow ed by law between draft aud notilica.
ton. To meet all these Deficiencies sup
Elementary d d'afls became necessary; aud
then the same process went on until, in
some cases. there were not men enough
letl in the townships 10 6Il the qaotas,--,
Many meu, drafted in one section. of the
State are. no doubt, skulking. or openly
, residing 10 other portions otit; many have