The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05

the state such volunteer companies
as oSer themselves in compliance
with the call Of the governor, take
command OF them and DIRECT the nil
ttafv operatioas for the protection
81 the terminus 81 the Baltimore &
0hip railroad. ana also @ the road:
I5s gas furtheT inst pstt him l14lli1
ser Is coriul q don With aIaioT
3francis BoyIin Who had been d q
#recteds 10 give prot ton eto the ran
road I'M the vicinity OF Grafton with
"a View to cooperate e necessary;
and to report the number Of com;
.ptanies he might muster into the SER
vice, the condition Of their arms,
equipments. etc. .5s X. So
April GOTH Gen. Lee directed Maj.
Francis NJ. Boyldn. il. command
ing Virginia volunteers, Weston Vir-
Einfa,' to muster into the service Of
The State such companies as might of
fer their services "for the protection
LOT the northwestern portion OF the
state.p He was Instructed to assume
the command, to take post at or near
Grafton (unless some other point
should offer greater facilities for the
command of the Baltimore g. Ohio
railroad and the Parkersburg branch)
to "endeayor to obtain the co-opera-
ton OF the officers of the road" and
afford them every assistance in his
power: also to "endeavor to give gull
ct and security to the inhabitants OF
the country" to place himself in
communication with Mai. Loring, at
Wheeling, and cooperate with him
If necessary: to report the number OF
companies he might muster. with sug-
gestions as to the best means for Abe
accomplishment Of the object in
view. He was advised that 200 "o1d
fiint.1ock" muskets would be forward
ed to him by Gen. T. ]. Jackson, then
in command at Harper's Ferry.
May 4.-Ma1or Lor1ng was notified
by General Lee that his authority to
call out volunteers was limited to Ty-
Ter, wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke
and Hancock counties.
The same date General Lee direct
ed Col. George "A. Porterfe1d, Of JEFF
ferson county. to repair to Grafton
and select position for troops to be
called into the service with view
to hold both branches of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad to the Ohio
river. He was directed to cooperate
with Major Loring, of Wheeling, and
to place a force on the ParkersDurg
branch, and was advised that Major
BoyIzin would act under his orders.
Col. Portert1eld was authorized to
extend the call for volunteers to
Wood, Writ, Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer,
Richie, Peasants and Doddridge
counties. to rendezvous at Parkers-
burg; to Lewis, Harrison, Monongal-
la, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Tucker,
Marion, Randolph and Preston coun-
ties. to rendezvous at Grafton.
The muskets to be sent by jack
son from Harper's Ferry were to be
distributed under Portert1eld's orders.
He was instructed that it was not In
tendable to interfere with the peace
full use Of the railroad. and he was to
cooperate with It's officers and agents
and "aid them in the management OF
the ROAD as much as possible.
In a dispatch from Col. T. ]. jack
son to General Lee. dated Harper's
Ferry. Nav n. Jackson said: Gan I'M
armed company in Harrison county
has offered its services and desire
arming it at Grafton This is the
company, it is presumed. which
marched into Clarksburg from Rom
ines, May 20, under command Of Capt.
Uriel NJ. Turner.
In the Enemy's Country.
May 10. Major Boykin reported
from Grafton to Gen Lee:
The feeling in nearly all our colln-
ties is very bitter and nothing is left
undone by the adherents of the old
union to discourage those who are
disposed to enlist in the service Of
the State. find that organizations
exist in most OF the counties pledged
to support what they term The I'm
ion.'"
He deemed it impracticable to hold
Grafton with the very small force
which could be gotten together soon
ana how 'no alternative but to send
troops from the east for the present" .
"This section" he said, is verging
on q state of actual revolution; and
many men who are true and loyal T.
the State are afraid to leave their
families among men who recognize
as a leader John $. Garlic, who op-