The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-10-17

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pet department, Tia, ibe ssesa, r. asssss-
ID. rould nol b. afeert-d, amid lhe proper
corrections wefe bHae
Falling 10 aeeonYlshthe desired resulis
Is corruspoDdeace. proceeded 70 WASH
igion. and procured such ftadluslmenl Of
lbe quotas A. ceatormsd 20 the records oi
,he State. lbss reducing he number Of
men 10 lie furnished By 'he State, irqm
eighteen hundred and thirty two, TO eleven
hundred aod ninety SIX, adherence q tx
hundred and thirty Elk. Estipatiag this
num0er 1t the rare paid by the several
towns for bouaiies, which then amounted
10 about one thousand dollars iar each re-
cruii a saving was made 20 he lo@ns q
over six hundred thousand dollars.
This quota OF eleven bundled and nine
ty-ax men was Immediately iLereupon
assessed to The different towns, ~ due pro-
portions. and the entire number, with a
large surplus. was promptly furnished BY
the State. aud forwarded 10 the regiments
Ia the field.
The surplus standing TO the credit Of the
state at The final close Of the rebellion,
over al calls made by the government Is
SIR hundred and ninety serm men.
At the earliest practicable momen, af-
ter HE surrender Of the rebel armies, or
ders were issued by the War Depart.
ment, for the reduction Of the Federal ar
my.
Tie first orders issued limited the num-
Der 10 BE discharged. to those whose terms
Of service would expire on or before Oc;
LIST, 1865. Under this order, small de.
achments from nearly all the regiments
in the field, from this State, were left
which, under the general orders, were to
be consolidated aud retained in service
until further orders form the Govern
ment.
Deeming il desirable both for the IN
teresis Of the State--for the reirenchment
Of its expenses, as well as a matter of great
interest TO The soldiers, who had acquitted
themselves so creditably under every or,
deal Il made personal application 10 the
Secretary Of War for such modification of
The general orders as would permit all the
regiments in the field, from This State, to
be discharged
This request was granted, so far as re-
lated to the organizations from this State
in The army Of The Potomac, and The Sec
ond, Third, Fourth, Fifth SIKH, Eighth,
Tenth, Eleventh, Seventeenth and First
Cavalry, Third Battery of Artillery, and
all the artillery in the Department Of The
Gull, were soon permitted to return To-
their homes. All these organizations
have been duly mustered out, and dis
rharged.
These comprised all OF the Vermont
organizations in service. except the Sew
enlh Regiment, in The Department Of the
Gull, and detachment OF the Ninth Reg
iment BY a recent order, the latter,
comprising four companies, aud number
ing AZ last reports three hundred and
eighty eight men, have been ordered to-
be must cred out Of service.
The Seventh still remains in service. T.
have, however, just received advices from
the War Department giving assurance
that il win soon return TO the State, to be
out The aggregate ofthis regi-
ment al last reports was five hundred and
eighty two men.
Tie expenses of the State, as regards
the item of extra pay of seven. dollars per
month, have thus been reduced from up
wards Of eighty thousand dollars per month.
The number of men furnished by iheI
State, for the year ending Sept. 30, 1865, is
as follows.