The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-13
AN OLD CANARD OUELCHED.
The Charge that this State netrarde,. Della
AaIe Soldiers Out OF Their Bot.n,,es

: Tie Y .mington Del. J E..",tIt,e'a, a few
days since, published an article in regard TO
the nou- pay ment ol bouutie> 10y the State of
Maryland to Delaware men enlisted in the
Fifth Maryland Regiment claiming that
the Stale thus broke their contract, and
the Delaware men " huIru.te,i To- Mar, land
nnw suffer in poverty aud want trum that
States breaking lis pledged word The
sam" assertion has been made before and
ernpna1icaily contradicted but, rs the case
has now been again brought 10 life, it is
only proper To revive the contradiction here
to;tprr puhiishes!. The men ""gniHant Of
the cirruIn stances attending the enlistment
OF the nrl;,WarrauS IL lie Fifth Maryland
Regiment are not All dead Yet. Among the
number is Col William Louis Schley, who
MAS called upon by an -t,,"rj""" reporter in
reference 10 the matter. After perrSing the
article the Colonel said - will give you Il
+ little history The Fifth Regiment WAS
raised by me i'll accordance with a special
order from Coz. Thomas w. scott, Assist
an, Secretary of War. based Oh General
Order No l9i. dated War Department. \.
&. O.. September /. iStt. The enlistnents
commenced ON the 10Th of September at
Camp Hoffman tnow Lafayette square
and on the :;lSt of October | had enlisted
ten full companies. Company |, the ninth
company Of the regiment. was raised by
Captain T.. +. VI. Faehtz, OF Elkton, Cecil
county, Md. at that place and about one
halt Of the men oil the company We're from
Wilmington. Del, and on cnli>tnlellt ""f"
cfroiHfd Ia M"f rifN. Prior Ia the 4th of Sep
tenber 1861, and at the time the regiment
ORC nj ed q
Maryland. After the capture OF the regi-
meut June Il, 1863, at Winchester. m
der Mllroy, the men We're returned from
Belle Isle the LATTER part ri August and dur
ing September. The regiment Was linen
ordered l" Brmayw:uc Springs. ncar Viii
ningtuli. where the command was divided.
five companies goin" 10 Fort Delaware and
the other tive remaining nj the Springs. In
the latter parl OF December, 1865. the regi-
iuemt rc-enliSted, almost to 4 man, and We're
mustered into service rs veterans by Major
Judd. the | uiIcd States mastering officer.
under Specil order No. l9l, War Depart
ment, A. G.. O.. 1858. and those who We're
credited IL Maryland before, got the State
of Maryland bounty ni' $500 the city of
Baltimore bounty Of 5000, and also the
United States bounty OF S402 tSS0o under
the act OF Ind July, iS6l, and the rbse-
qutnt additonaf bounty OF 500. with -
premium as veterauS). making Il total OF
5000. Now, then, the men who had at the
first enlistment been placed on the rolls as
from Delaware We're, On re-en enlistment. cred
tied by Major Judd to that State. Della
ware not giving Il bounty at that time,
and | represented TO Ma or Judd that |
wished those men credited 10 Baltimore, as
they had fought in and belonged to Il Mary
land regiment. and We're justly entitled to
be called Mary land soldiers, and to receive
the same bounty their comrades. Gov
ernor Cannon, OF Della are, hearing of this ,
insisted that the men. being citizens nj Della
ware. should he credited to that State. and
he personally visited he National Capital
and succeeded in gaining his point, the men
remaining credited III first. Some few
of the Delaware nlen We're sharp enough on
re-enlstnent to say they belonged to Halti
timore, and succeeded i'll getting credited 10
Baltimore. and succeeded in getting to this
city The whole responsibility rests with
the Delaware state officials Of that time.
and. though do not like To lay the blame
upon one who is now dead and unable to
defend himself (t;Gvernor tannon,) these
are the facts i'll the ease. The Colonel
further stated that he has all the rolls OF
the regiment ut his residence, and could
at any time give the names of the men who
We're thus enlisted and who, il defraude,i
ont of any money or right, We're SO detraud-
ed by Delaware and not by Maryland.
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