Evening star., 1912-09-22

The pressure of war news was so great
fifty years ago that The Stars mechan-
ical equipment was un-
Equipment equal to the demand upon
Tmnroved it. and an improvement
AWpIoVeu. was undertaken in the
interest OF greater printing speed. as an
nounced in the following paragraph in
the issue Of September 10. 1862
To-day for the first time The Star is
worked Off on our new four-cylnder
lightning Hoe's rotary press. and at the
same time We clothe it in an entire new
dress Of type. Our subscribers will there
fore not only obtain it hours earlier daily.
but 1t will visit them in far more read
BILE shape than heretofore. These i'm
provements, with others consequent upon
them. have been enormously expensive,
We have, however, undertaken them In
order that We may be able to keep pace
with the public's increased demand for
The Star and also that its advertising
facilities may be increased in a degree
commensurate to the public's require
ments."
The governments military necessities
led to serious embarrassments during the
latter part Of the civil war.
Draft and draft riots occurred in
d.. several places. those in New
o''' York being the most serious
and disquieting In their significance Of
anti-federal sentiment In The Star Of
September Is. 1862. is the following item
with reference to the first of these trou-
bles:
1.-THE first trouble with the draft seems
to have occurred in Connecticut. In the
town of Newton the selectmen were
obliged to call on Marshal Carr for as
sistance.. AS the draft was being resisted
by mob. In answer. and by direction
Of the governor, the marshal telegraphed
the selectmen to proceed with their duty
and that they should be defended at all
hazards. At Fairfield also a riot occur
red Wednesday. which was promptly
checked, however. by the appearance of a
company Of armed men. The draft took
place in the afternoon and sixty-one per
sons were drafted. the two principal ring
leaders Of the riot, by righteous retri-
button, being of the number"
One Of the difficulties met by the federal
leaders during the earlier stages Of the
civil war was caused by
Baggage the tendency of the COM
Order. .s o., ol Tue si''.. :.
carry heavy baggage trains for them.
selves and their men. An order was is
sued, reprinted in The Star Of September
16. 1862, designed to cut down the bag
gage allowance and thereby increase the
facility OF moving the forces. This order
set forth the absolute necessity of short
ening the baggage trains in the field, and
continued:
"The mobility Of our armies Is destroyed
by the vast trains which attend them, and
which they are required to guard. This
evil requires a prompt remedy. Omcers
will hereafter be allowed to carry into
the field only the ordinary mess chest
and a valise or carpetbag. No trunks or
boxes will be permitted in the baggage
trains. Privates frequently carry carpet
bags and boxes in the regimental wagons,
This must be Immediately stopped.
Another cause Of the increase of trains
Is the carrying OF suffers goods In regi-
mental and quartermasters' wagons, un-
der the guise Of quartermaster and COM
missary stores. Hereafter any officer or
wagon master who permits this abuse VIII
be duly punished and the sutler whose
goods are so carried will be placed with
out the lines of the army and his appoints
ment revoked"