The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-08-10

Everybody knows that the present Rebel Mill
ia Law Of Maryland Is only a scheme TO organise
and equip the rebels Of the State, and sseurc fat
Offices for parcel Of cOpperheads, at the expense
Of the loyal people 10 whom the law is rspug-
nAnt The Law provides no fund TO carry out
shs measure, except the sum OF S2s, 900 TO be
loaned out OF any monies not otherwise appropri-
aied In the Treasury Of the State, TO enable Tom
Swami 10 set the work going. As soon As the
state OF the military fund will permi, this APprO-
priaiion Of S25, 900 IL TO be returned. The work
Of enrolling will itself COS, ave times the amount
appropriated. The design Of the relels who are
engineering the scheme Is to force persons subjec;
TO enrolment into the rsserre militia, aud to tax
them two dollars each TO create . fund on, OF
which TO return the loan Of 81, 900 and pay the
enrolling officers their IS day, and the other
officers who expect 10 make good thing
out oft. Ia addition to this, Il is hoped that
enough Union men will buy their yearly exe,np-
ton to enable them to uniform lin grey) the
rebels Of Baltimore and Southern Maryland. II
this scheme Is carried out successfully, We will
have Rebel Democratic National Guard, -
filled up with rebels, Offered b. rebels, COM
manded by worse than rebel Governor, and the
whole bill, for uniforms, arms, &c, paid by 10y
al citizens. ifevery man subjec; TO enrolment
insists upon being enrolled IN the National Guard,
there will be no militia fund created, aud thus,
for lack Of funds, this nice little rebel scheme
will fall TO the ground. The enrolling officers
will, according 10 instructions, insist upon pla-
cling Union men upon the list Of reserve militia,
charging them ~ but see to Il, that no such
scheme Is Perpe,rA,ed. They are bound to Gu
roll, and canno, force exemption upon any one
The hes, plan 10 defeat this rebel plo, s to be en-.
rolled in the National Guard. and not 10 the re-
serve militia n every man does this where will
the rebels get the money to foot the bills, pay the
enrolling officers, and buy arms aud uniforms
While on this subject Il may be well enough
10 calculate, as closely rs possible, the cost Of
this scheme, 10 order that tue people may know
what they have To pay for the hurry Of being
enrolled In Swann's militia. The law provides
tina, an enrolling officer shall be appointed In each
election disirc, aud ward In the Slate. whose du-
" |, shall be to enroll every man liable TO militia
ry duty, and for his services he receives the sum
take sixty days for any one enrolling officer to
complete his work. aud mos, OF them say Il will
take hundred. their time not being limited, so
tina, we may safely take seventy days as the av-
| erage all over the State In this county there
are thirteen districts. Multiplying the number
Of Districts by the number Of days-(7O)-we
have nine hundred aud Ten ddys, the number EN-
ployed by all the enrong officers. Al IS u day,
this will amount to y, $50 for Baltimore county
| alone There are 2iG districts aud wards In the
State, which give Us u. 100 days, at IS a day.
which will amount TO SIS, 600 as the salary Of
the enrolling officers alone. But this will no,
cover all the expense Of enrolling; numberless
blanks and books are to be provided, the work
ofall these officers is TO he revised, &c, so tina,
we may safely set the cost Of enrolling alone
| down at 800, 900 quite u nice little sum 10
come out Of the pockets Of the people. Add TO
this the salary Of STAFF Officers mci,iSatqis, &c,
and Il will fully reach $3.50, 600 And Tor wha,
Is all this Simply TO pay pack Of rebels to
take down the names Of male citizens between
the ages Of Is aud - years, tina, they may be
compelled 10 play soldier or pay over 81 to the
State.
The rebels have already bankrupted the State
by their extravaganza. The people are bur
dened by enormous taxes cApitil Is driven from
US, aud ruin threaten u.s. and yet the burden is
Increased by this militia law, which was gotten
up 10 provide places and IA, salaries for WORTH
less rebels who Tough, 10 ruin our souuiry. Tax
payers, how do you like rebel extravaganza