, 1874-03-14

enofte were made to recruit for tho ragulnr army
Tho call waa always for volunteers. There was
no glamour around tho namo Of any regular reg
imont. Tho enlisted mon On tho ro4u1ar
rolia wore Boattered here and thore in
an"ll detachments at headquarters or
wero detailed sing1y as clerks or officers
servants. It is said, and ve believe truly, that
no regular regiment was arrayed in ontiro rcgi-
montal limo Of baltic during tho Civil War.
| Thero wero companies hero, battalions there.
but no regiments. Lot US illustrate. shoridan's
cavalry wore Michigan volunteers. With thom,
Col. Sheridan won bis atars. Ho was boruo
meanwhile, on tho Army Rcgistor as q Captain
of tho Thirteenth Regular Infantry, with which
ho nover aerved aud raa novor otherwise idonti-
fed. Again, tho Sixteenth Rogimont was con-
aoldated with the Second, in 1860. The present
sixtoenth Rcgiment is madc up OF the old
Eleventh and Forty-fourth. Ia It not absurd to
keep on ita colors the battles fought by tho old
organization now Incorporated In tho Second
Evcry ono Of tho frat eleven regiments now on
tho rolls is compound Of IT, or t,reo old onos-
compound formed In 1860 Tho Fourteenth Ia
tho Ninoteonth Regiments, both inclusive, wore
1ormod in tho Hame way ut tho same time. Tho
Twenty-socond, Twenty-fourth and Twcnty-flfth
aro IN tho aamo category. Tho Twelfth and
thirteenth arc tho only regiments In tho regulur
army which have preserved thoir identity from
tho beginning Of the War. The facta here eiyon
(all Of which can DO verified by tho
Army Regihtor) show that, eyen II tho
regular army had fought At all In rcgimental ar
ray during tho Var, tho inscription of battle on
tho flag Of any particular 1egimont would indi-
cato that not It, but ita predecessor in tho name.
fought in that battle. When NJ consider tho atli.
tiona faot that tho officers and mon were scatter
ed all over the country during the whole War;
tho officers serving In volunteer commands, or
in muHterng and diaburaing, or on stalls, aud
tho mon detailed for headquarters or garrison
dutioB,-these inscriptions appoar In thor
proper Light. Thoy aro nearly all ,Yel1 meant
flotions. Why keep up this hollow pretenBe
longor2 Is not tho law that allows 1t IN "iu-
suit to ths loyal holdiery Of tho nation"7 It
makes some OF them appear to claim honors
not duo them, and it compols tho rest to tacitly
acknowledge TINT claim.
But evon If these battles had been actually |
fought by tho men whose flags boar tho natnos Of
Ehe conflicts, 1t would still be uuadyisabo to per-
nit the practice longer. Wo quoted yesterday |
'hc list Of seventeen battles which tho Twonty-
irss Regiment, which was formed in 1866, is sup-
'osod to have fought botwoon June, 1862, and |
October, 1864. or theao aevontoeu, ton were
lefeats, four were drawn, and throo wore vioto-
ica. Ia this such q glorious record that we must
'roaervo 1t forever7 Moreover, tho Rebellion
vas suppressed just about nine years ago. TIC
'tctors mado their own torms. The yauquisled
'erforcs accepted thom. The ono thing noodful
low is to heal tho woun1a made by tho lonc>
trugglc. To do this, cannot re dispense with
le petty qualification Of Haunting tho memon-
ls OF fratricfld strife in tho faces Of our o1-
nemies and present fricnda7 So Summon
bought, fiftoon months ago. And 80, We be-
eleve. the country thinks NOW. Lot Congross
i've the country's thought voice, an d lay this
1soluslon on Charles Sumner grave ~ its last
nd boBt recognition Of his worth.