The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-18

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| WIZ 'he Pli,..,,l.I u,t II, ISL from these
,oe, .'o..''.i.,g. I. hereby ononny mustered out
ofscr sg 1I ..Nit.da. follows Gel.
yln.' sbermau, FIRST Chicago yoluu'cers,
com an'S II Der. adiutan'.
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! I'm, ca u Ustcrnan. First regiment national
| ,u4ri., illinois state militia.
| = NabA Bruder, FIRST regiment national guards
! Illinois -tttr militia.
| C1pt Fl.cnrr's company Al, Fret regiment ma.
tiuu.u guar. :. Illinois state militia.
CVt H-ch company ID, First reg incnt ma
tuugd ~, tdS, lllnJi itate militia.
C,pt ttunt-' compai ~ CO. FIRST regiment ma
tiou1l guards. Illinois state militia.
Ctpt Pauls company to-, First regiment ma
iiunH guards, Illinois ate militia.
Capt Kelcr's company ~, first regiment ma
tional guar :, illinois sta g militia.
Capt ROscrs company 81, First Oh cage Nolun-
teers, Lieut.. Adams cOinmanuins.
Catt Mcrlils company 60, fiist chicago NoI'
unt'ctS.
Ca II Bakers company *, First Oh cago volin-
e. ,, rccrui ed 10y Capt " uitiicse!.
Capt tiSsn's COMPANY, lnIyrr,iy cadttS'
Capt CiUleS's company, MJhtSomcTA HShl
Crt i .C,rtsy'. com2t1y, Ml'ligtn z)uh9cs.
Capt ans company, sheridan guards
Can't suffers COMPANY, chicago cadets,
Cant " N ans company, Hannibal zJuaves.
The Norweig an battalion of national guards,
Major Alsrup commanding, Old BendiNen ad'u-
cant Paulsen's company (A.
Cant Eck's company 90.
cant Jchnson's company (C).
CAM beuiZen's company ID,
The form of the oath that has been iur-
nisbed TO me as that taken by some of the
volunteers, is as follows:
We the un lersg nei. do severay swear that
We viii bear true faith and allegiance to the
limited states Of America, and that we will hon
estiy and faithfully obey the order OF the officers
ammo nted over Us and that We Will use our best
efforts for the protection Of property, and the
preservation OF order IN the city OF Chicago LOT
the period Of twenty days v
Supported by this force, Lieut:-Gen'
| Sheridan proceeded to establish military
rule throughout the city. His guards
were established and his sentinels posted
| on the public streets, with orders from him
or from some OF his subordinates, to arrest
| citizens who might, in the judgment OF
| such guards and sentinels, be suspicious
| persons and to fire upon and wound any
| norson who .h ould rufuso to obey their
commands; and one citizen of the city
who was quietly passing along one OF the
streets. was ordered by asentinel to halt
and upon his refusal to obey was shot anC
MORALLY wounded.
Ii was not thought by Mayor Mason o
Lieut. Gen. Sheridan to be ne cessary o
proper to consult with or even inform m,
of their Purpose TO transfer the duty Of
protecting the lives and property of the
| people of Chicago, or the substantial gov
ernmert OF tn" city, to the military forces
of the United States, although / was in
| telegraphic communication with the may
or, as will appear by several dispatches
| that will be hereafter mentioned, nor did
either of them, when we met, on the 18th
day of October, and discussed the affairs of
the city a, some length, inform me that
they had determined that the government
of the state was no longer equal to its du.
ties, or that the mayor had determined, rs
he has elsewhere said, to avail himself OF
the strong arm of the military power of
The United States. Whether they sup
posed that TO be "A matter in which neither
| nor the legislature of the state, which
was convened u meet ON the next day to
legislatc for Chicago, had the least con-
Germ. or that the assent Of the legislature
and the governor might be safely pre-
sumcd AN not prepared to say, but they
left me to make the discovery rs Others
did 80 that ! received no information of
the cXistancc of tie proclamation Of the
mayor, or of Ii ut.-Gcn. Sherdans con
Struction OF his powers under IT, until the
Eth of Octo .er, and only heard Of the
regiment raised under the orders of Lieut.
q n. Sheridan ri later day. and from an
application, by Il person who claim t.
command one OF it' companies, to bn sup
piled with arms
1t may el-iIy be imagined that the in
formation of these extraordinary acts of
tie mayor and Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan filled
me with surprise for | was conscious that
| had put forth every effort and employed
all my official powers to aid the people of
Chicago and to preserve the peace and
tranquility of the city. On Monday, the
9th day of October, mt noon, when UNI
derstoOd the fire TO be still raging (and
anticipating the probable necessity Of
official action, that could best be done at
the capital), | had dispatched Gen. +. b.
Harlan, my secretary lin whose energy
and prudence ! have the highest con-
fdcnce) to Chicago with instructions to
report to the mayor, and inform him that
all the resources of the state, that were
subject to my legal control, were at hi'
service for the aid AMI protection Of the
people,
Gen. Harlan has informed me that he
reached Chicago on tho evening of the
same day, at about ten o'clock, and with
out delay visited the oiice of the mayor,
who was reported to MIN to have retired
to his home; that early on Tuesday, the
lgth. he delivered his message, and, acting
in the spirit of his instructions, tt once
drew upon me for 5000, 10 be applied to
! the relief of the sufferer. and that he re-
NAMED in the city during the day, to
watch the course Of events, and appri,c
M Of any occurrence that might require
! my official or personal action.
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