The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-10

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ne9e y ~ d5stsseas, ssossling oftownships
and Q1rds, and each ub-diskist thus desig-
nate@ Ras required to furnish tAe fslI amount
of II 80 assigned it, without reference to
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throe ovTt NarshaIs Department, with
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ProSeiea = its enppued military strength.
Aa1 Sie6us IL Ssnioa thAt vhils the
State vas apparently in advance ofall calls,
draft was esdsrel ApinsA t. This opinion is
4 erroneous. But db6 adrG1t wa ever ordered
July cAn o. 1874, snd h the delinquent sab
districts only. This being in accordance with
| the express requirement. Of hs, il was una
vvoidable while any ward Or township was de-
lntI1 connection desmia Il proper to State
that, notwithstanding ths grave differences of
political opinions entertained, my efforts to
procure enlistmeuts under the several reoui-
sitions we're, with rare exceptions, cheerfally
and cordially secoeded BY tie leading men Of
oil parties. There were, however, on the
other hand, qs,te number of inhabitants in
difessst pafis u tie State, who, when the
cane IAiosuk anddenly abandoned their
ho1sss s0nd expatristed themselves These
persens 1hould te knQwn Of oil men, and held
up 81 perpetual scof1 The citizen who, In
the Aeus C he cesdfrys peril, will fee be-
yond the reach Of la~ to avoid the perform
snce of military duty, il an unworthy subject
of the government, and should be rendered
forever incapable Of eaeying the rights and
privileges q fsisisenship.
During ~ hst year of the war the regi-
mentS66m IN ssate, being assigned to so
many dspartnents Of the army, became dis
persed over aln0st the entire theatre Of mill
iary operations, This created the necessity of
an increased amoant Of sanitary assistance,
and imposed additional labor and responsible
ity upOn the Executive department. Every
practicable effort was made to secure proper
attention to the wants Of our sick and wound
ed soldiers, and, if any were neglected, it was
in most cases because of their remote and
isolated situation, or the misconduct of L. s.
Surgeons and other government officers en-
tirely beyond our reach. Of the $40,0 900 ap-
propriated at the last session for extraordinary
expenses of the Executive Office and relief Of
sick and wounded .soldiess, up TO the close of
the last fiscal term $26. 500 have been ex
pended, Of which So. 500 we're for claims un
paid under the preceding appropriation, leav-
ing the sum Of Sls, 500 undrawn up to that
date.
desire to urge upon your attention the ne
cessity of Immediately erecting building for
the safe keeping Of ordnance stores belonging
TO the State, and the preservation of our mill
tary records. The last General Assembly ap-
propnsted S., 900 for the construction Of
an arsenal 1t Des Moines. and directed the
AdjutAnt General 10 commence the building,
provided the necessary grounds for that pur
pose coald be procured without expense to
the State. The advance in prices so far in
creased the value Of labor and materials be.
youd the estimate upon which the appropris-
non was based. that the Adjutant General
deemed it advisable to defer the work for the
. farther consideration of the General Assem-
7 bly,.
We have now under our control about
1900 stands OF arms and several pieces Of
artillery, besides large amount of ordnance
stores, which can only be preserved from de-
terioration BY having suitable building IN
which to place them. In addition to this, the
| importance of safe depository for the re-
cords of the Adjutan. Generals Office must
not be overlooked These records contain
/ the original rolls and all the documents Of
various kinds pertaining to the enlistment,
service and discharge of Iowa soldiers, the
| destruction of which would be an irretrevable
F! loss to the State. We have now none but
rented buildings for this purpose, costing
! abou, 81 900 ANNUALLY, and without any ade-
| quate security against FIRE. fire proof
building OF sufficient capacity for all these
| purposes could be erected at a moderate cost,
aud ii should be done without unnecessary
| deiay
MILITIA.
! Early in the summer pf 1864. General Or
/ ders were promulgated "a contemplated by
the law enacted At the last session. for the or
| SANITATION Of the State Militia. Hostile In
! dams on the plains and guerrilla bands in
! Missouri Threatening our Southern and North
| Western borders, and the preparations Of a
| reasonable order in the State to offer forcible
| resistance to the Draft, necessitated the dis
! tribution of large quantity of arms and am
munition TO the militia In many localities
conspiracies we're formed for securing the
control of companiessby excluding men of
known loyalty, and having them commanded
| BY persons chosen from the reasonable or
gAnization mentioned. therefore appointed
| committees of prominent gentlemen in nearly
| all the counties to assist in the formation of
companies that would be loyal and reliable,
and also directed that to such companies
only were commissions and arms TO be issued.
| Notwithstanding the opposition interposed TO
these precautionary measures, they were sue
cessful in preserving almost uninterruptedly
the tranquility of the State.
/, The only serious outrage was perpetrated
in Poweshiek county, in October, 1864, by q
company styling themselves "Democratic
| Rangers. Captain John L. Bashore and Jo-
siah NJ Woodruff were brutaliy murdered by
members of this company, while engaged in
| the execution of orders from the Provost Mar
| shal Of the Fourth District. The facts con-
| nected with this atrocious affair are fully set
forth in the report of the Adjutant General
for 1885. TO which your attention is respect
fully invited.
Having thus presented sou with such mat.
tiers as deem most important for legislative
consideration, cannot close this communi-
activity everywhere displayed in recovering
from all effects Of the recent struggle for the
preservation Of the Union. Where in all
history has any nation developed such won
aerfuI spergy and powerf The foreigner who
now visits our shores will hardly discover in
| the general thrift and quietude of the coun-
| try the traces of that gigantic contest which
/ SO amazed the civilized world. With no In
PERMISSION in the exercise Of its sovereign au
thoritv, either on land or sea. except the
brief usurpations of the insarrectionary
! States or anv material dimlnution in the vast
| measure Of its foreign commerce, our country
has continued TO advance, In all the essential
elements of national greatness, with steadi-
ness and rapidity unsurpassed even during
the periods of profound tranquility. Terri
I BILE and bloody. beyond all precedent, as the
conflict was, il may not, under Gods dispo-