Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-08
IN THE UNION ARMY.
HOW RECRUITS WERE OBTAINED.
Ohject-Ensiand Protested Against the
Methods OF Getting soldiers.
New York Timcs.)

.irners who enlisted In the Union army. |
At the beginning of the contest the natives |
n almost every foreign country resident |
here organized companies and regiments |
and offered their services TO the govern
rrcnt. In this city, In 1861. regiments |
were formed by the Irsh Germans. Ital-
lars. Englishmcn. Poles, Hungarians.
ircnlanders. Spaniards. French, AUS
trmus Scandinavians. &c. Many dis
Gil, aiishcd European officers also entered |
,hr army and rendered splendid service.
Among these may be mentioned General
Franz Sigel. General Louis Blenker. Colo |
NJ Max Weber. Colonel Frederick Hecker.
captain Gustav Struze. Colonel Eugene |
A. Cozlay, Colonel Adolph Won Steinwehr.
a. neral Asboth. Major Baron Won Rad
,si'z Major Navoni. Captain de vedichi.
colonel Latour, Colonel Corcoran. Colonel |
colonel Comfort, Colonel Rosa, Colonel |
Mckenzie. Colonel dUtassy. Colonel |
t..ut Wratislaw, Colonel Benedix. Colo
n ruolH and hundreds of others |
Ha'iy as DISTINGUISHED who volunteered |
f. tNr service Of the government with |
t.t expecting To be rewarded with either |
.rIy or pension.
statistics relating to the number of for |
t..ers who were in the Union army
u- the war. but for the year 1861
tre most comprehensive are those COM |
. for the United states Sanitary |
commission 10y T.. g. Elliott These |
satisfies were gathered at the close |
Of tr. year 1861. At that time, out Of |
.. -u volunteer regiments. taken at |
.m from each division of the army |
F.f xgfsOh .J 1 .
..- mt ~ them were composed of only |
Uff.r more than half Of native born,
.t. 'rr cent. showed a majority OF !
C..r.ls. and IL per cent. II majority |
Ir 81. and > IL per cent Of the ma |
,. au! fore gu were about equal The |
... eils that this was. at the time of |
OLD. ...u.ctl1u. fair representation OF |
.. whole army. |
mon. complete portion Of these sta |
r. Vas anerward published in Ber- |
t. IhIs showed that there were $3.50 |
LOIS examined, and OF that number |
his out third were Of foreign birth. |
DILL. secretary of the United States San
.. Commission. in his report above |
....t..u.l to the Secretary of War. says |
..t about two thirds of our volunteer |
.r- AFRO American born"
... large sums paid in America Tor |
.r- t1 enlist az substitutes was well |
lN isN4'ltf am tHNNs"t"N" NN'N
... f, -.ciic the bounty money In |
way the system Of permanent bounty |
..t up the army and proved great |
.. cement 20 immigration. A. soon az |
. migrants arrived here they were |
.t Dos the bounty agents ana subsu- |
.t. brokers'. who by the promises of |
.f clothing. enormous bOuuties, ana |
.., forced them into the army. which |
Id fact. tine only employment they |
....l obtain at that time. Upon entering |
r.. army. i'm accordance with an act |
.t r0rrrsss. all the rights OF Citizenship !
-. immediately granted them. ana |
.. ,.re prom sod the right and title |
p, ,re ruoccupied land Of the recon
o..... south.
I.-.rIrING AGENTS IN GREAT
BRITAIN.
r0. activity Of IN, agents from the |
f......l state. I'm obtaining recruits abroad |
..-.l Earl Russell. in May, lNs' To |
.... "a corr spondeTce with Charles |
francis Adams. United States Minister
D. the subject. lie drew Mr. Adams |
.,,.,ti1n - the fact that within a ioTt-
,.tt i9-S emierants had sailed from
queenstown for New York many OF
,1, ,..u.. mon: that so wcra booked Tor !
,. MT derarture for the same place |
t,.f additional steamers had 10 he put
r ,ha line engaged in the busin IS oi
..rvryine cmigrants, and that the pros
....t Of large bOunticS had been helu o"'
E yoNng men throughout the couhuS,
OIL, .r,igrauts themselves admitting tha'
.,.,. COT Ssn and $500 bounty. their friends
. N.y York also receiving large com
LESSONS for inducing them To emisrate'
Mr. Adams. with an appearance OF great
~uc-tness denied positively all Know
% ...a Of any such cnlisunch's, put u''
..,,,s from the United states visited Ire
North American pro-
,.-.os and enlist a many men Tor the
1-...n army. and dispatched many IT,
...its ia America Ostcnslbly as mtchailCs
,- firm ab0rcrs. A. the war p'osItss'H
aud volunteering became a thing 81 the
,.-t the cmigrant ships which arIlNth AT
e 49, York Philadelphia, ana hosl"h' ~
...... NC OF the chief sources OF supply
.r .puitS At the same time the iil-
Ssh newspapers Were iilled win accounts
,h. activity Of the United States re-
.-..t.uc AGENTS in England. Ireland anu
d, .,,.rv The Dublin News Letter OF
..,f \ ISL said: The Yankee agents
tr,. rlusacklng every corner OF ireland
..- troops. The treasonabl" assem-
.Y.e ana drilling Of large MASSES VIII
.... .wrnally occurring In the OUTSKIRTS
,r nss city and Of the country to"nS'
... rr.,tratory lessons ia mihtaiY 'ac-
o. make them the most ready 10
- d., ,b. brirades Of the Meaghers'
fh. c.rcovans. the HOulihans ana the
.,..- heroes Of whom the history OF 1873
..r1. that they didn't iieht. but ran
Tho Yankee agents, now proving
.- rs have also directed their auth-
t.. o.. that half-made war material the
.... .-lifta IL IL asserted that NUMBERS
.t tf. mon Of this force are tubsldlz7l I"
.... fl. youth Of the country IN the
....rli clubs. and then teach then mn
t.r. Hfll each draft OF emlsrab'S VIM"
... this port il accompanied by NINA
ana 20 many Of the latter nave al
... fi.,r,,ared that the ranks of the
r.rts viii show marked deficiencies
t.. f.rthcoming militia training
~., exodus Is carried out largely py
. .r me Liverpool. New York. and
o.. .f.hi, Company whose vessels
his harl,or midweekly for New
... Dit the number Of passengers from
.lu,e above suggested mas ," Voh,
.l.y increased that suppiei"'","'
have had 70 be placed on the
zach - The three last weeks, ana IN
u the number being SIX OF seven
. week. and they carry to the
...nf q some fourteen or sixteen nun
T.s ,Nselllv outpour from the port
..- IL a.. calculated will continue
IN. soyinr and summer AT the rate
,.. t,,.lye or fifteen hundred per
4 STRONG IMPt lsSE.
ty.lt lN;s. the London Times III
.....- Of tie consumption OF men ~
-l. said: 1--WE have not iaid hnuch
.u these imports of men from Eu-
f. ~ which the North as hah 'he .iu-
,. blit the aid from this source
.t A.ye been inconsderable. Ser
t and Irish have been poured Hito
. YORK along with cannon rihes' sa-
i.. a.I stores Emigration from '"c
World has actually received
.epulse under the attractions OF
Wire The Germans. trained sol'ieiS
..t. acccp, war as promising p"si-
ani hope to rise In the service: ~
p.. military education Is rare. io
follow the Invitations of their KIN
q, A land OF high wages. ana are
c.... W,red on their arrival by 'he "a
i..u,nts OF the recruiting serseah,s,
.. ramc paper. speaking OF ,hs .n,a@
.. m Germany for the Dnioh aih's,
81. SO rch s. 1854. said 'Enlis'inents on
German soldiers for the Feuerai fe' ~
a..r 20 have been proceedih6 iap c..
of ate one hundred and thirty-sM 1el
r many Of whom have seen PC, W,
ltt. arfi,od at Liverpool, 10 empaih ro'
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