Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-06-20


% 627l7 30 70 40 l55 4n
81 62,v95i 20 and over, 5000
1t will be seen that soldiers of the
age of Is outnumbered those Of every
other age. But there were many
younger boys in the army, There
were III Of the age Of 13; $50 OF Ia,
and 7T3 of Is. There is not a State
in which the soldiers of Is were not
much more numerous than those Of
any other age The ages Of officers
arc different. The greatest number
of any one age were those Of "a years
old. The whole number of officers
belonging TO these original regiments
was 37,lS4. OF these there were ,2S4
who were 20 and under; 1880 of q
$50 of %; 2,101 OF %; 2,234 Of "a
2,l61 of 25; 2,l14 of 26; 1868 Of 27;
2,071 of Is l,756 Of 20, and I,846 Of
80. Ofthose between so aud 40 there
were IL, 1914, and of all ages above 40
1914.
BY analyzing the above tables, We
find that two-ffths of the whole num-
Der of soldiers were under %, and
three quarters of them under 80;
while OF the officers, two-titths we're
over 32, and more than one-half Of
them were over 20; while those under
II form scarcely less than a twenty
ninth part of the whole number
These figures demonstrate that
while the lighting was done princi-
paliy by young men, older heads were
selected to direct the works.
The following table, from thereport
of the Provost Marshal General, tnow
in press at the Govern ment Printing
Office, shows the amount paid by the
people of the different States for com
mutation during the war:
Maine s 6io,2o0 Maryland sl,isie00
N.pampshire 2ss. 500 DistColumbia 96,eno
Vermont 500, 400 Kentucky 9s7, 10
Massachusetts, 1910 400 Ohio l,s7S,9TS
Rhode Island lal,SlO Illinois ls.gOO
CoanscIicut t57.20O Indiana 135.Son
New York 5.lsj,7gy Michigan 6l4,70o
New Jersey I.z6S.7O0 Wisconsin 1,53s,6oo
Pennsy lvania SO 1880 lows 12,50o
Delaware ils,ioo Minnesota 3ls.soC
Total S2o.s5O,S't
1t will be seen in the above table
that Pennsylvania paid the largest
sum and Illinois the least, the differ
eacc being ss,6lS, 400. This is vast
difference for two States Of their size
and not easy to be accounted for on
any hypothesis which will apply alilS'
to ali sections. The commutatior
money was collected at an expense o
less than seven-tenths Of one per cent
1t has been disposed of as follows;
Disbursed on account Of enrolment,
draft, substitutes, etc. sl6.9iG.2l
Balnnc in JGiteA States Treasury s,SyO,lO
The report gives some interesting
facts in regard to the recruitment 0
men of color, by draft and substitu
ton, which was exclusively under th'
control of the Provost Marshal Gen
eral, and the Bureau for colored troops
especially established for that purpose
i On the 18th OF July, 1860, The dat
on which the last organization of col
ored troops was mustered in, ther
werc in the service of the Unite
States, l2O regiments of infantry, l
: of heavy artillery, 10 companies 9
light artillery, and regiments OF cay
alr.y--in all as follows:
Infantry 1895
Heavy Artillery 1876
Light Artillery l.5i
Cavalry bzi
Total 1914
The foregoing is tho largest numbe
of coIored troops in service at on
| time during tho war. The entlr
) number of troops commissioned an
enlisted in this branch of the servic
/. during the war is lS8.0l7, divided Q
. follows among the States:
. Maine, l0i Mississippi, l7si
New hampshire, 175 Louisiana, 40
Vermont, 120 Arkansas, 5,5
: Phode Island, 1887 Tennessee, POL
4 Massachusetts, 1906 Kentucky. 2s,i'