The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-07-13

i've thousand dollars, aud his clerk one thousand
Judge Advocate General. Paymasier Geuerai,
QusrIvrmasisr General. Surgeon General and
Commissary General. an unlimited number Of
aides-de-vamP. ranking IS Colonies, all at various
salaries 10 enrol the militia there Is appointed,
for every election dissre, Of the Stat an eurol-
ing officer, whose salary shall be Eve dollars per
DAP for all the time he Is engaged At the work
arms secoairsmenis, uniforms. camp and garri.
sou equiPAee. all the paraphArna.a Of war. blanks
books, &c, for the various Offices, &c, are to he
provided 90 that our readers may readily per-
eeive what this grand military scheme Is going
20 cost. Twenty I've thousand dollars was AZ
propna,ed By our last winters copp=rheAd leg.
stature asa military fund, bG, this ns.snisevM,
amour, won't te enough to even &c; the system
in running order, aud TO keep it going Aad 10
maintain our Adja,ant aud inspector and olh,r
distinguished Generals and Colonies 10 their high
and important positions, our people must core
" down with their two dollars per head. To
some people this Is a ,rieiag matter their ex-
empiiOn can be easily purchased bu, to ihous-
ands u our eitis<ns IL has = more serious aspect;
All their energies are required nos 10 provide for
bard saFnisgs Is absolutely required for the
maintenance 0f-themselvss, their wives aud chill.
drra, aud they can neither afford TO lose five
DAYS in q year attending ''nusters where the
peOuinen; sights will be the display OF dazzling
uniforms upos the persons Of General Siaf off,
Gers. nos 70 purchase absence from participation
IN such brilliant snrn-outs by he payment Of
sven Two dollars. Forced scfvire i always the
hardest Kind OF daiy; money used to purchase ex-
snpiion from such duty Is alwAys ionges, looked
After.
When men oecouie soldiers they always pre-
fer soldiers to lead inetE--s' least that ,hose who
shall BE- chiefs IN ccu m-nd shall have the rcuui-
site military ka0wi-dgr cd experience to under
siandingly give Commands and 20 know when
they arr properly executed. Caa We have such
confidence in ;hose ALREADY selected 3. officials
Let u LOOK =, then. First is the adju,an, Gen.
sral, John 5. Berry. Nr. Berry may Be a very
clever genilemaa aud ali that. bet wha, does he
know abou, war Is his name upon the army
rolls Did be, in the late eonaie,. DO hi, roun-
;ry sueh service as 70 en;iile hm lOw TO bear the
Distinguished appella,ion Of Nsjor General His
position IL one Of the most important incident 10
Al army. He is not eou6ned 10 otficr work, but
10 40 engAgement the position Of an Adju,an,
General Is With the troops. directing their move
meats and leading them on Would our old
soldiers, OF even new levies, willingly trust a
civilian 10 such post even though he does re-
eeivs two thousand dollars year for attending
TO iis duties. Gen. Noah L. Jeffries, Inspector
General, 10 an Ohioan, We believe. Amer ssrr.
ing for short time with q regiment from that
State, be fell into the soft thing Of being ap-
pointed Provost Marshal Of Maryland and Della
ware and showed bis great military ability By
experimenting the drafts and hunting up DESERT
en aud arressing offending citizens All this
may have peculiarly fitted him to the work Of
inspecting troops, but really We doni believe IL,
OF Judge Advocate General LAirobe, Quarter
master General Tilghman, Paymas,er General
Brown, surgeon General Buskler and comu.issa.
~ General Nelson We know but little, only that
We are satisfied that not one Of them ever saw
the smoke Of hostile gun or were near the
range Of an enemys bullet. Such arr our CON-
manding officers.
We deem u almost unnecessary 10 refer 10 the
political character Of These officers, for the very
FAC, Of their being chosen to their positions BY
Governor Swami gill at once proclaim them all |
a. unmi,igaied eoppsrheAds. So with the IN. |
roIliog officers. Over 10 Queen Anne's eouu,y |
several Of the appoiniees are actually returned |
rebel soldiers. and the same may be ,rs. Of other
eosu'iss Of the State. A brigade has been or |
Eanised 10 Baltimore, and Gen. Cooper, q man
Who for four years fought agains, our Govern
meat, has been selected to command II. Col. |
Herbert late Of the Confederate army, IL the |
leader Of the Firs, Regiment 81 that Brigade, aud
We are told that his election was received By |
" loud cheers " from his company officers, when
!, was announced. Governor Swami. the other
day, anneanced as one Of HE sssG, q. Fred.
MADDOX, than whom there Was no, In Maryland
during the war, more virslsni rebel. lie IL a
member Of the State Senate, aud l. the same
gentleman who voted against the call for a Stat.
Constitutional Convention, bseauss "a. Conven.
ton vas forbidden to provide Tor ,he raynsn,
for smaneipaied slaves.
Such Is our militia Law and lie surrounding.
Oar eiiissns are nov being called upon, aud viii
either have to ioin some compsny or pay their
two dollars pr year, OF else be subjected 10 a
dram 10 Oh sp the regiments provided Tor by the
Law. We bold II. however. 10 be very wrong
10 our Union eilisens TO allow all the State arms
iogsi In The hands Of rebels, and have, from the
hrs', advocated the organization Of Unlon COM
panlsa. There are enough Of returned Federal
soldisn aud young men u Union principles 10
ms county 10 orEanIze a regiment. They can
elect their own company aud battalion Officers,
and, In great msasars. b. grss from interference
By Adjuiani OF isgnrsor 0susrals, and this
course We ssIIl adviss. ~ he hest 10 b. pur,u@d
-esF'Ainly prsisrsbls 70 paying two dollars a
year 10 support crowd Of lasy sopperhsad o.
acials.
Ths following extract is nom the Somerset
eoaasy Hsrsld We give II 20 show the char
es'sf q suaan aud Jedfies' appointments on The
h.s'ssn Hhore and the dislavor With which the
iau l. rsnnfana:
We h.see~~.a 80 alsnsi,iAe.ion sxpr....d
~ lzN.nnu y o. Na41selrr u ~ rscsnlIv an
$780, fs'ruit'ng ealcsrn n BunsrsSi esnssy v ,