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MILITARY AND SANITARY. 
 
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 COLUMBUS: 
 EICHARD NEYINS, STATE PRINTER, 
 
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 RESOLUTION 
 
 Requiring the Auditor of State to compile certain iuformationof a military and sanitary charac- 
 ter, and authorizing the same to be printed and forwarded to Ohio soldiers in the fleld. 
 
 Resolved hy the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. That the Auditor of State be and he is 
 hereby required to cause to be compiled from the Governor's Message, Auditor's, Adjutant- 
 General's, Quartermaster-General's and Surgeon-General's Reports, together with the Sanitary 
 Committee's Reports, such military and sanitary information as he may deem useful for our citi- 
 zens in the army : and that ten thousand copies of said document be printed for the use only 
 of the army, to be forwarded by the Governor and Auditor to the oflScers and soldiers from this 
 
 State. 
 
 JAMES R. HUBBELL, 
 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
 B. STANTON, 
 
 rresiderU of the Senate. 
 March 16, 1863. 
 
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 Office o? the Auditor of State, 
 
 Cohtmbus, Ohio, April 14, 1863- 
 
 The following pages are compikd from the annual Message of the Governor, 
 the Reports of the Auditor of State, the Adjutant- General, the Quartermaster- 
 General, and Suf-geoa- General, under instructions contained in a joint resolution 
 of the Gentral Assembly, requiring the Auditor of State to cause to be compiled 
 such military and sanitary information as he might deem useful for our citizens 
 in tlie army. In complying with the requirements of the General Assembly, the 
 Auditor of State has called upon the Governor and each of the officers named, to 
 select such portions of his message and report as he might deem best adapted to 
 carry out the intent of the General Assembly ; and these selections are here 
 presented . 
 
 The report of the Sanitary Committee, from which the General Assembly 
 supposed useful information could be extracted, has not come to the hands of the 
 Auditor, nor is he aware that any has been made. The extracts from the Gov- 
 ernor's Message, the report of the Qaartermaster-General, and the correspond- 
 ence connected with the Surgeon General's department, will show that the wel- 
 fare of our Ohio soldiers has not been overlooked at home ; but they do not 
 show — indeed no report can ever show— the unceasing energies and labors of 
 the kind-hearted and patriotic women of our State to minister to the sick and 
 wounded of the gallant men of Ohio, who have gone forth to fight the battles of 
 their country. 
 
 R. W. TAYLER, Auditor. 
 
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. 
 
 Gentlemen of the Senate and Bouse of Representatives : 
 
 I corgratulafe the peop'e of tbe St-ile, our common constituents, that the 
 per'ol has arrived when 50U, their immediate neighbors and representatives, 
 fre«h from your liomes, can pnrucTpate io th*^ duties and responsibilities of pro- 
 viding for and proeriing il>eir iutf rests ; and it is a source of great relief to my- 
 self to tnow ihsit, with your pre«tnce, I shall have able counselors to guide and 
 direct me, in the cJischarge of the many cares and responsibilities resting upon 
 the Executive. 
 
 There never has bten a period in the history of our State when a faithful and 
 vieilunt effort at duty, on the part of the people's representatives, was more re- 
 quired than the prfsent The question of man's capacity for self-government is 
 yet unsettled The giganiic f ffort of wicked and bad men to overthrow our 
 benuiitul and heavenly furm ef i;overnmert, which ex'sted at the period of your 
 adjnurnment, has not yet been quelled. We were given the reigns of our State 
 governnietit, (or the lime ^eing, by an honest and confiding constituency, wiih a 
 special view to carry out their wi*he8 in maintaining the government as handed 
 down to them by th«ir Fathers; we should look well to it, then, that we do not 
 disappoint their expectations. They have not filtered in this great work ; but, 
 fully appreriatinir the miyht\ importance of preserving our institutions, they have 
 yielded up everMhing, wi h a det;ree of generosity unparalltled in the history of 
 Any peojjle. Ever\ thing dear to tjierti lias been given to the <:ause. Husbands, 
 fathers, ^ons. und brothers havt- left their loved ones, to brave the dang-rs of the 
 field of b -tile and the diseases incident to camp lile, with a cheerfulness never 
 before mariiie^-ted. The mohers, wives and sisters also have fully demonstrated 
 their claim to the love and atiectiun of ihete brave and gallant men. All that 
 troman c«n do, has been done to alleviate the distresses of our soldiers, aud 
 ther. by stimirlate them to du'V 
 
 Such beitig the ch^ract<r of our constituents, it is impossible to measure the 
 cl>»im they have upon us, their agents Energy, integrity aud purity of purpose, 
 economy and industry, are. at least, due from us to them. 
 
 Aside from the claim that our consiiiutnls have upon us for all this, the only 
 true reward a public servint can win for himself, is, to be able to claim, when 
 communini/ with hit* Maker, an honest and vigilant eiffort at public duty. It we 
 cannoi claim this f ■ r oits ives, when we sli ill surrender up our tru-.t, we will 
 have worked to little purpose. 
 
 It is not necessary to discuss the question presented by thi-s rebellion with the 
 peopl.' o' Oliio ; -hey have, wi h yreal unanimity, determined that, cost what it 
 ina\ in time, ireasi-re or li'e, the UnicU of the States, as handed down to us by 
 our Falh. rs. sliall he pre^erv d uuirupared ; and thus handed down to our cl il- 
 dr-n. Th y w ll not fur one n)oii,etit concede that there can b^^ any cause suffi- 
 ci< nt to ju^li'y a S ate, or H' y 1 utntier of ISiates. in withdrawing fr( in the Union, 
 Admit, it \ou pl»-ase, rh .i t'le authorities ot 'he Federal Government, (or the 
 tim»" beirig. were to attenip' to interlere with the domestic instiiulioi s of either 
 Ouio or boutb Carolina, iv the extent evtn of introducing slavery into the former 
 
or excluding it from the Utter ; this would not give the slightest pretext for the 
 one ti'us attempted to be interfered with, to take up arms against the govt-rnment. 
 The Federal Lonslitution itself expressly protects the State, thus interfered with, 
 from injury. Long before any such attempt could be executed, the people, ia 
 whose hands all power is placed, wouliJ, ihrouj/h the peaceably, quiet mode 
 pointed out by the Cons itution, hurl the authors of s^uch attempt from power, 
 and thus rescue the injured State. But no sucli attempt has been made, or 
 thought of, by the Federal officers now in power ; and this the authors and leaders 
 of the rebellion well know. President Lincoln has, again and again, in the most 
 solemn manner, a'^sured the people that it was his determination, so far as lay in 
 his power, to preserve, inviolate, all the rights of the sevi-ral States. The Fed- 
 eral Congress, the several Scate Legislatures of the loyal States, and the people 
 of said States, in their political assemblies, have all, again and again, made the 
 same pledges to the people of the South. It was not, therefore, either the fear 
 or the belie! that their State rights were about to be interfered witn, that induced 
 them to take up arms against the government. Mad ambition, and disappoint- 
 ment in not obtaining place and power, on the part of a few wicked men, was 
 the sole cause ; and all other causes alleged by these leaders, are simply to de- 
 ceive their blind followers. 
 
 To bring thuse wicked men to the puni>hment they deserve, and thereby re- 
 store harmony, law and order throughout our commou country, the people of 
 Ohio desire to do their full share of cJuty ; and, to that end, will bear any bur- 
 den that may be imposed upon them. 
 
 The period since your adjournment has been one of great excitement. About 
 the first of June our National Capital was seriously threatened by the rebel 
 army ; and, but for the prompt response to the Pres-ident's call for more troops, 
 would have been s-acked and plundered. The gi'lant young men of our State 
 Were among the first to rush to tiie rescue ; over five thousand promptly assem- 
 bled at Camp Chase, and tendered their services. To their honor, and the honor 
 of the State, it should be known, that although they thus assembled without offi- 
 cers, or military organization ot any kind, a more quiet, orderly and well-behaved 
 body of men or soldiers never met tojelher. About three thousand ot this num- 
 ber were promptly organized into regiments and .'^ent to ttic vicinity of Washing- 
 ton ciiy, where they remained during the term for which they were organized ; 
 and, it is proper to add, maintained their high character for courage and gentle- 
 manly bearing. The remainder were organized for duty at Camp Chase and 
 other points within the State. Many of these, since their discharge, have gone 
 into the service for three years, or during the war. 
 
 The desperation and audacity of the rebel enemy led them, early in Septem- 
 ber, to attempt the invasion of our southern border. To r&ptl this impudent and 
 wicked movement, it became necessary to call upon the lo) al citizens of the State 
 to arm themselves, repair to the border, and drive back the insolent foe. 
 
 Most nobly were these calls responded to. From the fields, workshops, stores, 
 offices and sacred desks, both old and young, most; generously turned out, and, 
 armed with the same old lifles used by the pioneers of the State, with the same 
 old buHet-pouch and powder horn, and with three days' rations, cooked by dear 
 mothers and wives, rushed to our southern border and drove the fiends back, and 
 thus saved the ioil we all love so much, and the Queen City, of which we are ail 
 BO justly proud, from invasion and destruction. The enemy, seeing this evidence 
 of gallantry and power, were glad to abandon their hellish purpose, and retire ; 
 thus pieventing an opportunity of testing, whether or not the old gun was sliil 
 true to the steady and manly hand of him who held the same. 
 
 The enemy having thus retired, these p itriotic volunteers had but to return to 
 their anxious fiiends; happy, however, in the reflection, that their short term of 
 
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 serdce, though bloodless, had demonstrated to the world, that our love for free 
 institutions is such, that we will, on a moment's warning, peril life, property, all, 
 for their preservation. 
 
 It is difficult to estimate, with any degree of accuracy, what number of brave 
 and patriotic men turned out on these occasions They could be counted only by 
 measuring the means of transportation, for thousands were turned back for the 
 want of these. 
 
 At many points on the Ohio, aboVe Cincinnati, we were, for many weeks, con- 
 stantly threatened with invasion ; indeed, the people of nearly all the river coun- 
 ties have been in a state of alarm most of the summer and fall. The river has 
 been unusually low, thus forming but a slight protection to our border. lam 
 happy to announce, however, that the vigilance and patriotism of ihe citizens of 
 the counties thus exposed, have proved sufficient to protect our border from inva- 
 sion, without any material assistance from other portions of the State. 
 
 The attention of the War Department was called early to this subject ; but 
 although it evinced a disposition and willingne.<:s to do all in its power to drive the 
 enemy from Western Virginia, it was impossible to concentrate a sufficient force 
 for that purpose until about the first of October. All is now quiel on our sou h- 
 ern border. 
 
 Early in July, the Prendent issued calls upon the loyal States for 600,000 
 more troops. Ohio's quota for these calls was about 74,000 ; and we were called 
 upon to raise this number promptly. When it is remembered that, up to this 
 date, we had raised 115,200 troops, by voluntary enlistment, of which number at 
 least 60,C00 were then in the field, this additional demand will be fully appreciated. 
 Large, however, as this demand was, at d great as the eflfort necessarily wculd be 
 to meet it, you will be proud to kcow that the gullant men of Ohio were found 
 equal to the emergency. VV ith one accord, the patriotic and loyal citizens all over 
 the State entt-red upon the good work, and ceased not untd it was finished. 
 
 Of this number, about 37,000 weie, by an Act of Congress, passed July 17, 
 1862, and by the President's order, issued iu pursuance thereof on the 4ti» day 
 of August, 1862, subject to be drafted, upon failure to tender thtir services vol- 
 untarily. 
 
 Anticipating the draft, on the 22d day of July, A. D. 1862, I requested the 
 several township and ward asees-ors to tak«; an enumeration, and make a perfect 
 list of all citizens, subject to military duly, wiilun their respective districts. This 
 request was most cheerfully complied witii ; and I here return my sincere thanks 
 to the Auditor of State, and the Beveral county auditors and township and ward 
 assessors, for their kind and prompt assistance in this difficult and unpleasant 
 day. 
 
 The Report of the Hon. Martin Welker, who was appointed to superintend the 
 execution of the President's order relating to the draft, is herewith submitted, and 
 to which your attention is invited. 
 
 It will be seen, that the total militia strength of the State is 426,147; that, of 
 the 74,000 required f;om Ohio, about 62,010 volunteered between the date of 
 the President's order and the date fixed for the draft; thus leaving but about 
 12,000 to be drafted; that, of this 12,000, abtut 4,800, either in person or by 
 substitute, volunteered for the term of three years; that 2,900 were discharged 
 for vaiioiis rea^onp, and that 1,900 have, as yet, failed to respond to the dralt ; 
 thus leaving 2,4C0 as the number actually sent to the field for service under the 
 draft. 
 
 The deficiencies, above stated, occasioned by discharges and failures to respond, 
 amounting together to 4,800, aie more than made good by voluntary enliilm..nts, 
 since the dratt, of men other than those drafted. 
 
 Ohio has, therefore, fully responded to the large calls made upon us. We all 
 have reason to feel proud of our noble State, to know that she has within her 
 
borders so generous and patriotic a people. To the many generous hearts, who 
 have contributed so liberally in this great and good work, the people are much 
 indebted. To the several county military cooamittees especial credit is due. 
 
 The Report of the Adjutant General, herewith, will give the disposition of this 
 large army from Ohio. It also exhibits our total force now in ihe field. This 
 report is worthy of your profound consideration. To Adjutant-General Hill, and 
 his able and efficient corps of clerks, I am greatly indebted. They have devoted 
 themselves to the duties uf their respective positions with diligence and scrupulous 
 fidelity. 
 
 The Report of Quartermaster-General Wright will advise you fully of the 
 operations of his department. A perusal of this report will fully demonstrate the 
 necessity of an eflacient head, and competent corps of assistants and clerks, in this 
 department. The State has reason to be proud of the gentlemen who now occupy 
 these positions. 
 
 Of all the departments of the service, there is none that requires more vigilance, 
 care and kindness, than the one having charge of the sick and wounded soldiers. 
 Thank God, we can claim, for this department of the army of Ohio, a most faith- 
 ful performance of duty. With the efficient aid of the good women of Ohio, and 
 the generous and benevolent surgeons and humane nurses found all over the State, 
 Surgeon- Generals Weber and Smith have been able, most successfully, to minister 
 to the sanitary wants and necessities of our gallant army. 
 
 The reports of Surgeon Generals Weber and Smith, herewith submitted, con- 
 tain a full statement of the operations of this department ; and while they show 
 that there has been great suffering in our army, they also exhibit the gratifying 
 fact that everything that could be done, to alleviate the distresses of our soldiers, 
 has been done. The noble women of our State have toiled day and night in this 
 good work ; the kind and pure men of the State have also done their duty. The 
 soldiers' prayer, for God's richest blessings upon the heads of all who have thus 
 ministered to their wants, will be answered. 
 
 'Large and generous as your appropriation was, for this noble work, you will 
 see, from the accounts herewith presented, that it was no more than sufficient. 
 
 When you learn, however, that your liberality has saved the lives of thousands 
 of the gallant sons of Ohio, and that every dollar of the money has been judiciously 
 expended, you will not, I am sure, regret your generosity. This account, with 
 notes of explanation fiom Judge Hoffman, Private Secretary, is herewith presented; 
 from which it will appear, that there has been paid for the removal of the sick 
 and wounded, by steamboats, $41,009 56; to the several railroad companies, for 
 transportation of soldiers and their nurses, and volunteer surgeons and nurses, up 
 to the first day of November, A. D. 1862, the sum of $66,362 20— of which there 
 has been collected and paid back the sum of $24,992 72, and yet due and unset- 
 tled to the roads, $10,934 50 — leaving, as paid for transportation from the con- 
 tingent fund, the sum of $30,524 98. Of this sum we have a claim for part 
 against the soldiers transported ; how much will be realized from this claim, it is 
 impossible now to estimate with any degree of accuracy. For telegraphing for the 
 several military departments, $11, 8 14 29; for State assistant surgeons, 67,822 25; 
 for pay agents, services and expenses, $2,954 31; for pay and expenses of vol- 
 unteer surgeons and nurses, sanitary agents and stores, the sum of $7,683 85; 
 and for medical board of examiners; military printing, advertising and postage; 
 *• Soldiers' Home" at Cincinnati ; expenses of laboratory and arsenal ; clerk hire, 
 pay of messengers and traveling expenses, &c., $25,262 23— making, together, 
 the total sum of $127,071 47, up to the 19th day of December, A. D. 1862. 
 
 These several sums will be charged up against the Federal Government, and 
 they will, it is presumed, be allowed. 
 
 It is difficult at this date to fix, with any degree of accuracy, upon a sum suffi- 
 cient for the military contingent fund for the ensuing year. A conference with 
 
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 the Military and Finance committees of your respective bodies, towards the close 
 of the session, is invited for that purpose; In ihe meantime, however, I ask an 
 early appropriation of an amount sufficient to meet current wants. 
 
 The allowance of an extra surgeon to each regiment, by an Act of Congress, 
 has enabled me to dismiss from the State service, the assistant surgeons whose 
 appointment you authorized at your last session. 
 
 The operation of the system of pay agents was not as successful as was antici- 
 pated. The total amount paid into the State Treasury, through this agency, is 
 8820,945 21, at a cost to the State of $2,954 31. There is now but one pay 
 agent in the service. A necessity, however, may arise for the employment of 
 additional agents ; hence, I recommend that the law, authorizing the appointment 
 of these agents, be suffered to remain as it is. 
 
 Copies of the several proclamations and orders, relating to the military service, 
 issued since your adjournment, are herewith submitted in a communication from 
 Col. Young, my Aidde-camp, to which your attention is respectfully invited. 
 
 The necessity of a thorough organization ot the militia of the State, must now 
 be apparent to all, and your attention is earnestly invited to the subject. A plan, 
 embracing my views and opinions on this important subject, will be presented for 
 the consideration of the Military committee of the House, in a few days. I have 
 given the matter much consideration, and hope that my labors may prove of ser- 
 vice to the committee. 
 
 In this connection, allow me to call your attention to the propriety of fostering, 
 by State aid, a School for instruction in military science. Although we can point, 
 with pride and pleasure, to hundreds of our accomplished officers now in the ser- 
 vice, who had never enjoyed the benefit of military education before buckling on 
 their swords, still, this does not prove that such schools are not necessary. Tnese 
 gallant officers will all tell us, that their first duty was to study the art of war, 
 and that without this study they could not have discharged their arduous and in- 
 tricate duties with credit to the State or themselves. Assuming that you will agree 
 with me upon this subject, I beg leave to call )our attention to the Act of Con- 
 gress, passed on the 2d day of April last, entitled, "An act donating public lands 
 to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of 
 agriculture and the mechanic arts." 
 
 By the provisions of this act, 630,000 acres of land is granted to the State, for 
 " the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the 
 leading object shall be, without excluding oth< r scientific and classical studies, 
 and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to 
 agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States 
 may respectively prescribe." 
 
 The act further provides that all the avails arising from the grant shall be in- 
 vested in safe stocks, yielding not less than five per cent.; and that the money 
 shall constitute a perpetual fund for the maintenance of the college. 
 
 I respectfully urge upon you the acceptance of the provisions of this law, upon 
 the terms and conditions prescribed in the act. 
 
 Agriculture, mechanic arts and military tactics can be taught in harmony ; and 
 in a time of war, like the present, it is difficult to determine which of the three 
 branches of study is the most important. 
 
 The acceptance of the grant will involve an expenditure of money sufficient to 
 establish the college. It is impossible to fix, with certainty, upon the sum neces- 
 sary for that purpose ; it is believed, however, that ^60,000 will be ample. 
 
 Deeming this matter to be one of vital importance to the State, I invited a con- 
 ference with the State Board of Agriculture, and am happy to be able to announce 
 that the project meets their hearty concurrence. I commend the whole subject 
 to your deliberate consideration. 
 
 The large number of sick and disabled soldiers found about the principal rail- 
 
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 road depots of the State, seeking tbeir homes, unattended by friends, made it an 
 act of humanity to establish agencies at these points for their care and assistance ; 
 and such agencies were established at Ciocinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Crestline, 
 and Bellair. The expense of these agencies, together w'ith the cost of subsistence 
 furnished the thousands thus relieved, amounts lo $1,937.68. 
 
 To promote the prompt settlement of the accounts of soldiers discharged at this 
 point, and at the same time to protect them from frauds likely to bs practised by 
 unscrupulous agents, I directed the Quartermaster-General, in July last, to estab- 
 lish a bureau in his office for this especial purpose. A copy of my order to 
 Quartermaster- General Wright, and also of my letter to James E. Lewis, Esq., 
 designating him as the clerk to take charge of the business, are herewith pre- 
 sented. 
 
 The report of Mr. Lewis to General Wright, and attached to his report, will 
 demonstrate the wisdom of this measure. It will be seen that Mr. Lewis, at De- 
 cember 15, 1862, has settled the accounts of soldiers to the number of 656, 
 whose aggregate pay amounted to ^53,171 67 ; that accounts to the number of 
 689 have been adjusted, and are now ready for payment as soon as the paymaster 
 shall be in funds, amoun:ing to about $62,000 ; and that 685 claims are in process 
 of adjustment, to an amount of nearly $78,000. These claims, of $193,000, 
 have been attended to at a cost to the State of $1,250, without any cost to the 
 soldier. 
 
 The great success attending the labors of Mr. Lewis induced me quite recently 
 to establish similar agencies at Cincinnati and Louisville. The agency at Cincin- 
 nati I have placed in charge of A. B. Lyman, E'-q., of Trumbull county ; that at 
 Louisville in charge of Royal Taylor, Esq., of Cuyahoga county. Both of these 
 gentlemen are well known to be men of high character for integrity and superior 
 qualifications for the duties of these positions. The expense of these agencies will 
 be defrayed from the military contingent fund for the time being, and I doubt not 
 will meet your approval. 
 
 The several measures for the relief and protection of our soldiers, herein re- 
 ferred to, embrace all in our power, so far they are personally concerned ; but we 
 have yet the further duty to perform of caring for their families in their absence. 
 We are proud to know that every neighborhood of our State is blessed with gen- 
 erous and benevolent souls, who are happy in extending the hand o( kindness 
 and charity to their distressed neighbors, and who will seek out those who hare 
 been left by the gallant volunteers in our army, and cheerfully minister to their 
 wants ; but the few unwilling to do their fnll duty in this matter should be com- 
 pelled by law to perform it. I therefore recommend the levy of a special tax for 
 this purpose. The act of February 13, 1862, should be continued. As, however, 
 the number of soldiers in the field has la:gely iocreased since the passage of this 
 act, it is necessary that the levy be increased. A rate of one mill on the dollar, 
 which would raise the sum of $800,000, added to the voluntary efi"orts of the 
 generous, it is believed would be ample to make the mothers, wives and little ones 
 (whose natural protectors are absent battling for the support and maintenance of 
 the Government which protecfs all that is dear to us) comfortable ; aud a knowl- 
 edge of this fact will cheer and stimulate the soldier to further duty. It need not 
 be feared that such legislation will cause the benevolent and generous to relax 
 their individual efi'orts m this direction. The truly generous are never weary of 
 well doing, and enough will still be found for them to do. 
 
 Before dismissing the subjects relating to the military operations of the past 
 year, it may be proper that 1 remind you that the Executives of the loyal Spates 
 are co-workers with, and in a great measure agents of the authorities of the Fed- 
 eral Government, in the raiding and organizing of the Federal forces. In view 
 of this, I doubt not you will be glad to know, that, in the discharge of the various 
 
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 exciting and delicate duties thrown upon me by tliese authorities, I have been able 
 to maintaia entire harmony and friendly relations with them. Sincerely believing 
 that the President and those who surround him have acted solely with a view of 
 restoring peace and harmony to our distracted Government, and to all its citizens, 
 whether North or South, I have piomptly rendered ihem all the aid in my power, 
 cheerfully and diligently. Without feeling and manifesting such a spirit, the 
 power of our great State, in crushing the rebellion, would have been wasted and 
 Iriltered away. This spirit and determination led me, most cheerfully, to acquiesce 
 in the several orders of the President denying certain privileges heretofore enjoyed 
 by the people, and still highly prized by all. I allude particularly to the tempo- 
 rary modified suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus, and the order for the 
 arrest of citizens guilty of interfering with enlistments and with the order for the 
 execution of the draft ; and their temporary confinement before hearing or trial. 
 Necessity, stern necessity, will alone tolerate such orders. This necessity, in the 
 absence of State legislation, it is known to all who read, did to some extent exist 
 m our State ; and the individual who will complain of the execuiion of these orders, 
 under the circumstances attending them, would complain of the neighbor who 
 should break open his mansion, when on fire, to save his child from perishing in 
 the flames. For the honor of our State, it should be made known, that but eleven 
 such arrests have been made within our borders, so far as known to me. Of these, 
 Shree persons were removed from the State, four were confined for a short time at 
 Camp Mansfield, and the remaining four at Camp Chase. All these confined 
 wiihia the State, have been set at liberty. All the arrests, so far as I am advised, 
 were maae by viitue of orders from the War Department, and but two upon my 
 recommendation. 
 
 From the knowledije I have, as to the causes of arrest, I believe the action of 
 the Department was based upon sufficient grounds. That this exercise of military 
 power was necessary to enable the several State authorities to raise their quota of 
 troops, I have no doubt whatever ; and so believing, I most cheerfully approved 
 It. It is the duty of all good citizens to submit to any and all sacrifices necessary 
 to maintain our Government ; and the man who will coaiplain of the acts reteired 
 to, when his neighbor on either side of him has given up forever his darling son, 
 should be frowned upon by all good men. God grant that neither, again, may 
 ever be called upon to make the sacrifice 1 
 
 As this, however, may not happily prove to be the case, and as we may yet be 
 called upon to raise additional troops, it is recommended that provision be made 
 py law, to prevent all interference, by evil-disposed persons, with the persons 
 intrusted with that duty. The Act of April 26, 1861, entitled " An Act to punish 
 treason and other crimes," should be so amended as to embrace this ofiense. The 
 duly constituted authorities of our Scate would then be able to take care of all 
 oflfenders within the State, and thereby relieve the President of the United States 
 and all acting under his authority from this, to them, unpleasant biit necessary 
 
 Keferring to the measures you had under consideration at the time of your ad- 
 journm< nt, postponed, I presume, for the want of time duly to mature the same, 
 1 beg to call your special attention to Hou-e Bill No. 146, " To authorize volun- 
 teers from this State, in actual service at the time of a general election, to vote 
 wherever they may be," and Senate Bill No. 163, " To create the office of As- 
 sistant Adjutant General and Assibtanl Quartermaster- General." 
 _ The first of these measures is ba-ed upon justice to a class of our most merito- 
 rious cit'z 'US. The right of participating in the election of the officers of our 
 Govornmi-nt, is perhaps more highly prized by the citizen than any other political 
 right or privilege secured to him by uur Constitution. I therefore respectfully 
 ur^'e you to secure by law, as far as practicable, to every citizen of the S.ate who 
 may be in the militruy service of the country, this inestimable privilege. 
 
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 A prompt discharge of the business in the offices of the Af^jutant General and 
 Quartermasler General, in which every portion of our State is now deeply inter- 
 ested, demands early and favorable action upon the second measure referred to. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE ACCOMPANYING THE MESSAGE. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 COLUMBDS, Oct. 16, 1862 
 
 John M. Fuller, Col. 21th Begt 0. V. I., Ripley, Miss. : 
 
 Dear Colonel: — I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 
 of the 9th instant, accompanying the bloody Flag of the 9th Texas Regiment, 
 captured by the gallant Oriin B. Gould, a private of Company G in your Regi- 
 ment, in the great Battle fought on the 4th inst., near Corinth. The brave and 
 daring act of Gould, when made known to the loyal people of our State, will till 
 their hearts with joy and gratitude. I am pained to learn that the wound received 
 by this hero proved fatal, and that he is no longer in the land of the living, to 
 enjoy the rich reward due to his uallantry. Hut, although dead, I have deter-^ 
 mmed to give to his relatives and brother soldiers evidence of my appreciation ot 
 his noble conduct ; and therefore herewith inclose ;\;ou a commission for him as 
 Captain in your Regiment, of 'he date of your gieat Battle, October 4'.h, 1862. 
 
 The bloody Flag sent me I have given a prominent position in the room in the 
 State House appropriated to the keeping of the many trophies taken on the iieid 
 of battle by the brave and loyal hearts froii Ohio, and, as the most fitting account 
 of our possession of this trophy^ I attach your elegant and manly letter to the 
 Flag. 
 
 In this connection, allow me to assure you, and the brave men under your com- 
 mand, that the noble bearing and gallantry of your Regiment, on that bloody field, 
 is fully appreciated by the people of Ohio. Make this known to the heroes of 
 your Kegimenr, and assure them that when this war is over, and our glorious old 
 flag can again float over every inch of the territory possessed by the United States, 
 and they thus permitted to return to their homes they love so much, they will re- 
 ceive the hearty greetings of all who appreciate our glorious insiiiutiuns. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, Oct. 23, 1862. 
 
 To Col. , Bept 0. V. I.: 
 
 Dear Sir :— The mode adopted by the War Department for the filling of old 
 Regiments does cot meet with the success desired. 
 
 The great trouble is that the recruiting officers sent home have their commis- 
 sions in their pockets, and thus situated, encounter at every corner recruiting officers 
 who have their commissions to earn There have been recruited in this State, 
 within the past three and a half months, over 65,000 men, four-filths of whom 
 have gone into new R-^giments, notwithstanding 1 have used every exertion m my 
 power in behalf of the recruiting officers of the old Regiments. 
 
 If commanders of Regiments in the field would send home non-commissioned 
 officers or privates, with the request to me that I give them commissions, upon 
 
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 condition that they recruit a given number of men, within a time to be specified, I 
 think the ditficulty would be obviated. 
 
 1 hfive in several insiances appointed men at home upon these conditions, but 
 to my crreat surprise the commanders of the Regiments, although willing to take 
 the men they br^ ught with them, have refused to assign the officer to duty. 
 
 It is to be expected that the War Department will not delay much longer for 
 the work of filling up the old Regiments, hence, to save consolidation, it is indis- 
 pensably necessary that prompt and active measures betaken to fill them up. 
 
 Th^t I may have the commission at my disposal, provided the mode herein 
 suggested meets with your approbation, I will postpone the filling of any vacancies 
 in your Regiment until I hear from you. 
 
 Very respectfully yours. 
 
 DA.VID TOD, Governor. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, Aug. 28, 1862. 
 
 Eon. Win. Dennison, Present : 
 
 Sir: — Y'>ur familiarity with the wants and necessities pertaining to the troops 
 from Ohio, induces me to ask you to proceed at once to Cincinnati, for the pur- 
 pose of a personal conference with Mnj or-General Wright. 
 
 I have, Within the last few days, sent several of our new Regiments into Ken- 
 tucky, and have directions for quite a number more for the same destination. 
 They are all without tents or knapsacks, and have but a linaited supply of blankets 
 and canteens. It is cruel thus to treat soldiers, and thus treated, their days of 
 usefulness to the Govemment will be limited If this state of things is continued, I 
 shall soon have to send well men into Kentucky to take care of the sick. 
 
 The accoanmodations for the troops passing through Cincinnati are so limited, 
 that much suffering, as well as inconvenience to them, takes place. You are 
 awaie that we now have comfortable barracks for our troops at our several camps 
 in the State. Whut I now desire is, that all these diffiuiliies be properly presented 
 to General Wright, who will, I doubt not, provide a remedy for them at the ear- 
 liest practicable moment within his power. 
 
 Of course I am not prepared to judge as to the necessities of the service, but I 
 implore Gi-neral Wright to permit our gallant troops to remain in camp at home, 
 until they can be comfortably supplied with all articles necessary for the preser- 
 vation of their health. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1862. 
 
 In response to several communications tendering companies and squads of men 
 for the proteciion of Cincinnati, I announce that all such bodies of men who are 
 armed will be received. They will repair at once to Cincinnati, and report to 
 General Lew. Wallace, who will complete their further organization. None but 
 armed men will be received, and such only unMl the 5h inst. Railroad companies 
 will pass all such bodies of men at the expense of the State. It is not desired 
 that any troops residing in any of the river counties leave their counties. All such 
 are requested to organize and remain for the protection of their own counties. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1862. 
 To Capt. C. W. Smith, Oallipolis, Ohio : 
 
 I have ordered you reinforcements from Marietta. Sland firm. Tl.e people 
 from the county will also come to your rescue. The enemy is not as well prepared 
 to fight as you are. Let me hear from you often. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1862. 
 To the Press of Cleveland, Ohio : 
 
 The response to my proclamation asking volunteers for the protection of Cin- 
 cinnati was most noble and geue;ous All may feel proud of the yallantry of the 
 people of Ohio. No more volunteers are required for the protection of CiDcionati. 
 Those now at Cincinnati may be expected home in a iew days. I advise the mil- 
 itary organizations throuiihout the State, formed within the past few days, te kept 
 up, and that the members meet at least once a Wrek for drill. Recruiting for the 
 old regiments is progressing quite satisfactorily, and with continued efi'jrt there is 
 reason to believe that the requisite number may be obtained by the fi teenth ( 16) 
 inst. For the want of proper accommodations at this point, recruiting officers are 
 directed to report their men to the camp nearest their locality, where ihey will 
 remain until provision can be made for their removal. Commandini^ officers of 
 the several camps will see that every facility is given necessary lor the comfort of 
 these recruits. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Guvernon 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept 6, 1862. 
 To Major- General Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 I have no means of knowing what number of gallant men respond-d to my call 
 for the protection of Cincinnati, hut presume that they now count by thousands. 
 I beg that you will see to it that they are all well cared for, and return ;d to tlieir 
 respective homes at the earliest possible moment after they are no lon>ftr req'iiied 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1862. 
 To Capt. C. W, Smith, Oallipolis, Ohio : 
 
 I have your dispatch of last nii^ht. Will do the best I can for you. Can't say 
 yet what that will be. Stand firm and show your blood. Should you fall I will 
 efccort your remains home. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1862. 
 To Major- General II. G. Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 I have advices from Capt. Smith, Oallipolis, that the enemy opposite that point, 
 at Buffalo, are twenty-four hundred (24uO) strong, and asking lor reinforcements. 
 The Ninety-seventh (97) 0. V. I , Col. Lane, lelt Zauesvi'le for Cincinnati this 
 morning. Will reach Loveland about four (4) P. M. I advise thai you change 
 their destination to GuyaudoUe, by way of Marietta road. Answer. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1862. 
 To Hon. B Stanton, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 I would be most happy to have Mr. Coleman provide for the sick and wounded 
 Ohio troops, and will cheerfully reimburse all expenses 
 
 *^ DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1862. 
 To ike Press of Cleveland : 
 
 TO THE SEVERAL MILITARY COMMITTEES OF NORTHERN OHIO. 
 
 By telegram from Major- General Wright, Commander-ia- Chief of "Western 
 forces, received at two o'clock this morning, I am directed to send all armed men 
 that can be raised immediately to Cincinnati. You will at once exert yourselves 
 to execute this order. The men should be armed, each furnished with a blanket, 
 and at least two days' rations. 
 
 Railroad companies are requested to furnish transportation of troops to the 
 
 exclu&ion of a 1 other business. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1662. 
 To Major- General E. 0. Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 As requestt d in your dispatch of this morning, I have called upon all the armed 
 minute-men of the State, requesting each to take two days' cooked rations and a 
 blanket. They will pour in upon you by thousands. la addidon to this, I have 
 ordered ten (10) incomplete regiments to report to you. They will number about 
 eight thousand (8,0U0) men, and will be armed, but, of course, green, both officers 
 
 and men. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1862, 
 
 To Major-General H. G. Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 You will have a very large force of minute-men, or squirrel hunters, by this 
 time, and ihoubands more will arrive to-day and to-morrow. As a class, they will 
 make the best soldiers in the world. Allow me to suggest that you call upon them 
 to volunteer for thirty (30) days. Organize them into companies, regiments and 
 bri'^ades, and clean out Kentucky, subsisting upon Kentuckians — paying all who 
 Will take the oath of aJlegiunce, and confiscating the property of those who will 
 
 not. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Cqlumbus, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1862. 
 To M(j or- General Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio: 
 
 I have slopped all minute- men en route for Cincinnati; they amounted to 
 thousinds Please give my gallant boys, now in Cincinnati, every aid in your 
 power for their prompt and comfortable return home. I send you, by mail, copy 
 of telegraphic correspondence with the Secretary of War. 
 
 " ^ DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1862. 
 To Hon E. M. Stanton, Sec'y of War, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 The minute-men, or squirrel-hunters, responded gloriously to the call for the 
 deft- nse of Cincinnati. Thousands reached ihe city, and thousands more were en 
 route for it. The enemy having retreated, all have been ordered back. This 
 uprising of the people is the cause of the retreat. You should acknowledge pub- 
 licly this gallant conduct. Please order Quartermaster Burr to pay all transpor- 
 tation bills, upon my approval, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1862 — 8 o'clock A. M. 
 To the Press of Cleveland, Ohio : 
 
 Copy of dispatch this moment received from Major General Wright, at Cincin- 
 nati : — " The enemy is retreating Until we know more of his intention and 
 position, do not send any more citizen troops to this city, (Signed) H. G. Wright, 
 Major-General." In pursuance to this order, all volunteers en route lor Cincin- 
 nati will return to their respective homes. Those now at Cincinnati may be ex- 
 pected home so soon as transportation can be secured. The generous response 
 from all parts of the State to the recent call has won additional renown for the 
 people of Ohio, The news which reached Cincinnati, that the patriotic men all 
 over the State were rushing to its defense, saved our soil from invasion, nnd hence 
 all good citizens will feel grateful to the patriotic men who promptly offered their 
 assistance. It is hoped that no further call for minute-men will be necessary ; but 
 should I be disappointed in this, it is gratifying to know that the call will be again 
 cheerfully and ga'lantly responded to. Railroad companies will pass all volunteers 
 to their homes, at the expense of the State. The Captains of each squad, or com- 
 pany, are requested to give certificates of transportation to the Superintendents or 
 Conductors of the railroads over which they may pass. I avail myself of this 
 opportunity to renew the request heretofore made, that the several military volun- 
 teer organizations, formed within the past few days, be maintained, meeting for 
 drill as often as once a week at least. I have further to request, that the com- 
 manders of said squads, or companies, report, by letter, to the Adjutant- General, 
 the strength of their respective commands. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1862. 
 To Gov. Dennison, Burnet House, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 It will not do for me to single out special cases for exchange. I am doing 
 what 1 can to get all exchanged. Mustering and pay officers embarrass me greatly 
 by their delay. Have arms for eight (8) regiments, and expect to get them ready 
 for the field in all next week. Please give special attention to the return home of 
 our minute-men who are discharged. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 ■ Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1862. 
 To Major- General Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 Troops should be sent to Gallipolis, say two regiments. They can reach that 
 point earlier from Cincinnati than from any o her point. Please let me hear from 
 you. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1862. 
 To Colonel John A. Turley, Point Pleasant, Va. : 
 
 Remain where you are. Assume command unless out-ranked by some other 
 officer. Keep the three (3) companies of the ninety-second (92) with you. I 
 have oidered a regiment to join you from Cincim ati. Keep the government boats 
 at your command. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1862. 
 
 To Major- General H. O. Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio ; 
 
 My advices from Charleston, Va., induce me to believe that our forces are fall- 
 incr back to RavenswooJ, and that the enemy will come down the Kanawha. I 
 have to advise that you send one regiment to Gallipolis at once. Gov. Pierpont, 
 who is now m my office, unites with me in a dispatch to the Secretary of War, 
 atskinff that Western Virgiuia may be added to your command. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 CoLDMBUs, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1862. 
 
 To Mi'j Gtn. H. G. Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
 
 Gen. RufFner's advices cannot be as late as mine. At four (4) P. M. yester- 
 day, Col. Lighiburn telegraphed that a desperate battle wao m progress near 
 Charleston, that, place bemg in fl imes. At nine (9) this morning, Col. Paxton, of 
 the Second (2) Va. Cavalry, says from Red House : " My impression now is, the 
 enemy are on our front and right in force, seven (7) to ten thousand (10,000), 
 and pressing us hard." Nothing has been heard from Col Lightburu to-day, 
 from which fact Gov. Pierpoint and myself think that he is on the retreat to Ra- 
 veiiswood. In view of these facts we think it advisable that you send a regiment 
 there, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 LETTER IN RELATION TO REBEL FLAG. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 CoLUMBcs, June 11, 1862. 
 S. L. PJulps, Lt. Commanding " Benton," 
 
 and acting " Fieet Caj/tain," Memphis, Tenn. : 
 
 Mt Dear Sir : I have the proud satisfaction of receiving, with your appro- 
 priate autograph letter of the 7ih, a Flag with 3 bars and 13 stars, taken from the 
 peak of the rebel gunboat and ram. the " General Bragg,"' so gallantly captured 
 in the brilliant engagement of the 6ih instant, off Memphis. 
 
 This Flag, with the inclosed inscripti 'n and your letter attached, shall be placed 
 in the Trophy Museum ol our Capitol, as a proud memento of your most success- 
 ful achievement. 
 
 Ohio, your native Stato, received the news of your great and crowning success 
 in clearing the •' Father of Waters" of traitorous obstructions, with a thrill of 
 intense delight. 
 
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 To the navy of the Union, and especially to the navy of our great inland rivers, 
 must we ascribe a due share of the glory achieved in crushing out this gigantic 
 rebellion. 
 
 Permit me, in the name of Ohio, to congratulate you and the gallant officers 
 and men of ihe Upper Mississippi Flotilla, for the splendid victory won before 
 Memphis. 
 
 In behalf of our people, as well as for my.«elf, I most heartily thank you for 
 the great service done our beloved country, and for the honor of making Ohio 
 the recipient of this trophy and mark of your patriotism. 
 
 Most truly yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 INSCRIPTION. 
 
 Flag taken from the peak of the rebel gunboat and ram, the "General Brapff" 
 captured oflf Memphis, Tenn., June 6th, 1862, in the brilliant engagement between 
 the Union Flotilla, Upper Mississippi, and the Rebel Flotilla, in which three rebel 
 gunboats were sunk, one burned, and three captured ; only one escaping 
 
 This Flag is a Trophy presented to his native State by S. L. Phelps, Lt Com- 
 manding the U- S. Flag Steamer "Benton," and acting " Fleet C-iptain." 
 
 Presented through David Tod, Governor of Ohio, who attaches this inscription, 
 and the autograph letter of Lt. Phelps, written Juae 7th, on board the " Benton," 
 oflf Memphis, 
 
 Columbus, 0., June 11th, 1862. 
 
 LETTERS TO PAY- AGENTS. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Exboutivk Deptarmenti, 
 CoLUMBtJS, June 6, 1 862. 
 O. W. Williams, E^q., Pay a gent, Present : 
 
 Dear Sir : — The careful, prompt and successful manner in which you hare 
 conduct d your agency thus tar, induces me to ask you to proceed at once to the 
 divisons of Generals Mitchell and Morgan, at Huntsville and Cumberland Ford, 
 where (as you have recently learned) our gallant troops have been or are beinor 
 paid off, and obtain all the allotments you can for their wives and friends at home. 
 Should the routes, amount of money, and prudence make it better to return home 
 with money received at one point, before going to the other, then do so ; and 
 again repair to the other. Go at first to the point most requiring your presence 
 in your judgment. Having full confidence in your prudence and energy, I shall 
 not be more particular in these instructions. 
 
 I desire you, if not inconsistent with your main duty, to note the condition and 
 conduct of the officers and troops, so as to give me any information that may be 
 useful. Yours respectfully, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, June 10, 1862. 
 To Jacob Randall, Etq. : 
 
 Herewith I hand your commission as Pay-agent, under the act of April 14th, 
 1862, a copy of which is furnished you. I also hand you a copy of the law of 
 2 
 
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 FebruJiry 4tb, 1862, provid'ng for the receipt and distribution by the State and 
 County Treasure rs, of all funds paid you by the soldiers. 
 
 You will take special paios to make the members of the several regiments 
 which jou may visit, thoroughly acquainted with the provisions of these laws, 
 for, if understood, it will be seen that the soldier runs no risk whatever in trans- 
 mitting tlirough you, to his fnends, any money that he may wish to send ; neither 
 is he Buhjected to any expense. These facts, well established in ihe soldiers' 
 mind?, it i> supposed, will, alone, be iuflScient to induce them to transmit through 
 you to tht ir friends at home, a large proportion of thtir pay. 
 
 From the working of the plan thus far, I am able to assure you, th^it you will 
 find in the efEctrs of the several regiments, hearty co-workers with you in this 
 benevolint work. You will, therefore, on your arrival at the head-quarters of 
 each regiment, seek their early acquaintance. 
 
 The Paymasters of the U. S. Army have been instructed by the Secretary of 
 War, in General Order No. 61, copies of which I hand you, to afford you every 
 necessary facility for the discharge of the duties of your trust. You will there- 
 fore communicate freely with them, and do your utmost to maintain kindly rela- 
 tions. 
 
 You *ill avail yourself of every safe opportunity to remit the money which 
 you may from tin e to time receive, to the Siate Treasury, for distribution under 
 the law. You will keep me fully advised ot your whereabouts and oi the pro- 
 gress you are making. 
 
 You will ktep a btrict account of the time yuu may be engaged in the service, 
 and of your expenses, and report the same to me, on the. first day of every 
 month. These accounts must be in duplicate, and verified by your oath. To en- 
 able you with ease and facility to keep accounts of the money you may riceive 
 nod make returns thereof, I have caused to be prepared, and now hand to 
 you, a suitable nuoaber of pay-books, which you are hereby directed to use. 
 .Wfiile discharging this duty, it will be in your power to be of great aid and com- 
 fort to the sick soliiiers whom you ra'-iy meet. I need not, on this point, endeavor 
 to j?pecify in whfit manner this duty can best be performed, since your own heart 
 .will guide you in this Christian duty. 
 
 Re-pectfuliy, &c... 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 By -HoFFiiAir, Secretary. 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO COLLECT SOLDIERS' CLAIMS. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Executive Departmeist, 
 Columbus, July 14, 1862. 
 Oenl. Oeorf/e B. Wri^hi, Present : 
 
 Sir : — The frf quent calls made upon m? by soldiers discharged at this point, 
 for advic? and aysL^^tance in the settlement of their accounts und collection of their 
 pay, and the absolute necessity of ministeiiog to their wants, to prevent their 
 falJing into the bauds of unscrupulous '• chiim agents," throw upon me a burden 
 whicli I iun unable to bear. 
 
 I have th<?refcr<' to direct that you establish a Bureau in your Department for 
 this special duty, at the head of which you will place Jamts E Lewis, Esq., now 
 a cleik in your i ifice. You will establish such rules and regulations lor his ac- 
 tions as 3 ou may deem proper. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 DaVID tod, Governor. 
 
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 The State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, July 14, 1862. 
 Jas. E. Lewis, Esq., Present : 
 
 Sir : — The numerous frauds committed upon our soldiers by persons known as 
 " Soldiers' Claim Agents," at points where large bodies of our discharged soldiers 
 congregate, induce rae to establish ageujies at such points for their protection. 
 Fully coliding in your integrity jind capacity, and also in your known sympathy 
 for the heroes who luve broken down in the service of our country, I tender yoa 
 the position of such agent ai the city of Columbus. You will act under the im- 
 mediate instructions of Q M. Gen. Geo B. Wright, to whom you will from time 
 to time report. Your comp-'nsation will be at tlw rate of S 1,000 per year, pay- 
 able quartt-rly. If you accepi this position, report yourst-lf to Q. M. Gen. Wrighc 
 forthwith for duty. 
 
 R^^spectfully your% 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 TELEGRAMS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE OF WASHING TON. 
 
 Columbus, Onro, May 25, 1862. 
 
 To E. M Stanton, Sec'y of War, Washington, D. G. : 
 
 Your dispatch askini? troops for Washington received. Will fend you one full 
 regiment on the 27ti). For what length of time shall the new volunteers be asked 
 to serve, and what number do you want from Ohio ? 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, May 25, 1862. 
 To Reuben G. Lemon, Gkairmin Military Gjmmitiee, Tdedo, 0. : 
 
 Astounding as the fict may be, Washington City is in imminent danger. Yoa 
 will please raise without del ly, a force of live hundred (500) men, and send tbeai 
 as fast as raised to Camp Caase, where they will ba organized and equipped ; 
 and such as are not willing to proceed to Washington, will perform guard duly 
 in place of the regiment now at Camp Cuase. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Seat siaiilar di^patches to every county in the State. 
 
 Columbus, Onio, May 26, 1862. 
 
 To Supts. of Little Miami and Hamilton and Dayton Railroads, Cincinnati, 0. : 
 
 I have ordered a Urge volunteer military force to assemb'e at Camp Chase. 
 Pass them iu squads at the tJxpenss of the State, using your best disoreiioa to 
 guard against ioipusition. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Sant copies of this to Sapt. South Mich. R R , Toledo ; H. Jewett, Zanesville, 
 0. ; I, J, Jewett, Stubeavile, 0. ; and Supts. of Roads at Cleveland. 
 
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 Columbus, Ohio, May 26, 1862. 
 
 To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec'y of War, Washirgton, D. C. : 
 
 I have a temporary force raised for guard duty at Camp Chase, which relieves 
 the Sixty-first Regiment. It will be rea'^'y for the field to morrow. Shall I send 
 it to protect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ? The people of Ohio are respond- 
 ing handsomely to your call for additional troops. You have at Camp Thomas 
 four or five hundred Regular troops. Why not order the m to Cumberland ? 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 HEA.I) QUARTERS OHIO MILITIA, 
 Adjutant- Gkneral's Office, Drafting Department, 
 Columbus, November 28, 1862 
 Hon. David Tod, Governor : 
 
 In pursuance to your request, I have the honor to make the following report 
 in relation to the dralt in tuis State, made undtr Order No. 99 and subsequent 
 orders of the War Department, and under your immediate control and direction. 
 The enrollment of the militia of the Siate was m ide by the township assessors 
 of the several counties, upon the request of Auditor Tayler and yourself, and 
 filed with the several auditors of counties, and certified copies thereof forwarded 
 to this Department. 
 
 This voluntary service on the part of the several township and ward assessors, 
 and county auditors, bhould be duly appreciated by the people of the Slate. 
 
 The whole number of enrollments in the State, comprising all able-bo1ied ciii- 
 zens over the age of eighteen and under forty-five, is four hundred and twenty- 
 .live-thousand one hundred and forty-seven. 
 
 A Draft Commissioner and a Surgeon were appointed for each county ; the 
 Surgeon to examine all applicants for exemption fur disability, and the Commis- 
 sioner to determine all applicaiions for exemption. If exempted, the name was 
 marked on the roll by a red line. All remaining upon the roll were sufject to 
 draft. About twenty per cent, of applications, and abjut ttn per cent, of the 
 whole enrollment, were thus exempteo. 
 
 The draft was made by townships and ward?, numbering fourteen hundred and 
 seventy, giving to each credit for the volunteers furnished from the commence- 
 ment of the rebellion to the day of the draft, so as to require each to furnish its 
 due proportion of the men needed for the defen^^e of the country 
 
 The number of volunieeis so furnished was obtained through the military com- 
 mittees, assessors and au litois of the counties, and reported to this Department 
 by the military committtes. 
 
 A per cent , suppo^ed to be large enough to obtain the number required on the 
 draft, was assessed upon the enrollment of each county as returned. From this 
 assessment was deducted the number of volunteers furnished by the county, as 
 reported by the military committee, and the deficit was ordered to be drafted. 
 
 In the apportionment of the drait, the townships and wards were each assessed 
 with their quota of the deficiency of the count}', in proportion to the enrollment 
 and volunteers furnished, giving the minus townships and wards the benefit of 
 the plus ones, thereby only requiring the rounty deficiency to be drafted. 
 
 The assessment was made upon the repot t of volunteers furnished up to the first 
 day of September, 1862. The draft having been postponed to the ISih day of 
 September, and again to the first day of October, the several Draft Commissioners 
 were instructed to deduct from the number ordered to be drafted all volunteers 
 furnished to the day of the draft, and also to correct the number already reported, 
 if any errors were discovered. ^ 
 
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 Or.lers were isjn d to the Draft Cxn-nissioasrs previous to the 16th of Septem- 
 ber, dc'signaliog the number t> be drifted from each towaship and ward, and 
 every thing was reaily for the draft at that lime. 
 
 The number then ordered to be drafted was twenty thousand four hundred and 
 twenty-seven. Tli-! number actu-illy drifte 1 wiS twelve thousand two hundred 
 and fifty-one, after deluiiiog voluateers to tliat time, and corrections directed to 
 be made. 
 
 Thirteen counties had furnishel ih^ir qa )ta of volunteers prior to the first day 
 of Ssptembir, in which no draft w-is ord-sred Of the coaat,iffS in which a draft 
 was ordered, thirteen furnished their quota 'ty the first of October, so that no 
 draft was m ide therein. 
 
 The Sate was divided inti seven districts, in each of which a camp of ren- 
 dezvous was designated, as follows: Cimp Mansfield. Gimp Cleveland, Camp 
 Zioesville, Cirnp Marietta, Cimp Portsmouth, Camp Dennison and Camp Chase, 
 at each of which a Commandant was appointed. 
 
 Six Provost Mirshals wt-re appointed by the Secretary of War, and districts 
 assigned them. These Marshals were au!;horiz^d to appoint as many deputies as 
 might be required, and each one appointed a deputy in each county of his dis- 
 trict. 
 
 As appears from the report of the military committees, the number of volun- 
 teers lurnished for the service of the United States from this State prior to the 2d 
 day of July, 1862, was ninety-nine thousand and thirty-six; and volunteered 
 since then, and before the first day of September, fifty-two thousand and seventy- 
 seven ; making in all, prior to first of September, one hundred and fitty-one thou- 
 sand one hundred and thirteen. The number of corrections and volunteers be- 
 tween the first day of September and the first of October, reported by the Drafi 
 Commissioners, is nine thousand five hundred and eight, which, added to thevoi- 
 unteers pr or to first of September, make an aggregate of one hundred and sixty 
 thousand six hundred and twt-nty one, being the whole number of volunteers for 
 three years or during the war furnished by the State since the commencement oi 
 the war to the day of the draft. Of this nu-nber, sixty-on« thousand five hun- 
 dred and eighty five volunteered since the 2d day of July, 1862. 
 
 Of the drafted men, a large prop )riion have volunteered, either by themselves 
 or substitutes, for three years or durin^j ihe war, leaving but a small number to 
 be mu'tered into the service in the old regiments, under the order of the Secre- 
 tary of War. 
 
 Under the order di^charo[ing members of religious denominations conscientiously 
 oppo!5ed to military^ du'y, upon the piyment of two hundred dollars each, three 
 hundred and fi ty-nine drafted men were discharge 1 by the Draft Commi.ssioners 
 and Commandants of Camps. A statement of which, by counties, is hereto ap- 
 pended. 
 
 Appended hereto is a tabular statement, by counties, showing the number of 
 the enrollment, number of volunteers furnished, the number ordeied to be drafted, 
 and the number drafted. 
 
 As the object of this communication is to bring together the proceedings of ths 
 draft, I append hereto copies of the several orders relating thereto. 
 
 As far as I have been able t(j ascert «in, the expense of the draft, including 
 compensation to the officers, other persons employed, and subsis ence of the men, 
 will average about six hundred dollars to the county. 
 
 The military committees of the Several counties performf*d valuable services, 
 and faithfully discharged the troublesome duties thro.vn upon them by the draft, 
 and for which they deserve great relit. 
 
 The Draft Commissioners an i Surgeons of the counties had a delicate and vex- 
 atious duty to perform, but I am ple^ised to state that they have fearlessly and 
 
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 honestly performed their responsible duties, and for whicla they deserve the thanks 
 of the Department and the people of the State. 
 
 No serious difficulties have occurred in the enforcement of the draft. The 
 people of ihe State have cheerfully acquiesced in i\ and those drafted, generally, 
 have promptly oheyed the law and orders of the War Department, and heartily 
 responded to the demand of the Government upon its citizens for its preservation. 
 Those not already in camp are daily reporting themselves at their respective 
 camps of rendezvous. 
 
 I append hereto a list of the Draft Commissioners, Surgeor.s, Provost Mars^hals 
 and their Deputies, find Comm;indaots and Surgeons of camps of rendezvous. 
 All of which is respectfully submitttd, 
 
 M. WELKER, 
 Assistant Adjutant- General and Superintendent of Diaft. 
 
 The State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, Sept. 1, 1862. 
 To the several Mfl'Jary Commitlees : 
 
 Finding it necessary to extend the time for the commencement of drafting the 
 militia until the 16th instant, I made application to the Secretary of War for per- 
 mission to extend the recruiting service for boih the new and old regiments until 
 that time, and I am happy to be able to announce to jou that he has complied 
 with my request. Kecruiiing, therefore, for all the new regiments now orgm- 
 izing, and f.^r all the old regiments in the fielJ, may at once be resumed, and 
 continued utitil the 16ih last., on the same terms and conditions, including pay 
 and bounty, as heretofore. For the new regiments there are wanted about two 
 thousand men, and for the old regiments about twtnty-one thousacd men ; or, in 
 all, about twenty-three thousand ( 23,(J00). Can this force be raised by voluntary 
 enlistments, and thereby save the trouble, expense and vexation of resorting to 
 drafting in Ohio ? It is believed it can be. More than twice that nunib. r has 
 been raised wiihin the past fevf weeks, and sur^Jy the gallant men of Ohio are 
 cot weary in their good work The events of the pa^^t tew days clearly deuiDn- 
 «trate the necessity of this large demand upon the patriotism and gallantry of the 
 loyal people of Ohio Neither wards, townships nor counties should stop to in- 
 quire whether or not they huve furnished their quota or share of this nation's 
 defenders, but all should do all they are able to do. It may not be amiss, how- 
 ever, to say, in this connection, that the estimate heretofore of thirty-three per 
 cent, of the enrolled miliiia in each oistrict's proportion is entirJy too low, as 
 from the returns made it is evident that it will require at least forty per cent. 
 The returns we have will furnish the number of volunteers we have up to this 
 date ; and, that complete justice may be done to each separate distiict, you are 
 requested to furnish the commissioners of your respective counties with the names 
 of all who may volunteer and be mustered iii between this time and the 16ih, 
 that he may give each district due credit therefor. Said commissioner will be 
 furnished with the quota due from each district, and will be instructed to dr^ift 
 only such number as will make up the deficiency. 
 
 In communities where there are no recruiiog olBcers for old regiments, the mil- 
 itary committes s are authoriz'd to act as such, by jectiving the rtcruit, furnish- 
 ing him subsistence, and giving him a certificate of transportation to this city, 
 where he will be sworn in, equipp d, and receive his boun y, advanced pay, and 
 transportation to the regiment he may wish to join. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
REPORT OF ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
 
 Head Quarters, Ohio Militia, 
 Adtutant-Geneeal's Office, Dec. 31, 1862. 
 
 To His Excellency David Tod, Governor and Commander-in- Chief : 
 
 Id response to an unexpected appointment, I entered upon the duties of this 
 office on the 28th day of April last. 
 
 Pursuant to your orders, steps have been taken towards preparing a complete 
 official Army Kfgister, ia which the name of every officer ani enlisted man sent 
 from Ohio, to the field during this war, shall appear ; but the work has been re- 
 tarded in its very first stages by the want of muster-in-rolls fur several of the 
 regiments and companies. None of the muster-in or out rolls of the twenty-two 
 regiments of infantry, nor of the companies of artillery or cavalry, called into the 
 service for three months last year, are to be found among the records of this office ; 
 and a like, but not equal, deficiency exists as to twenty-three of the old regiments 
 now in the field. So, ton, of the new recruits seat to old reaimenta. But a small 
 proportion of them can be traced on the records of this office, as in their cases 
 muster-in rolls are not generally used. These deficiencies are expected to be sup- 
 plied by obtaining certiiied copies and schedules from the War Department and 
 from the different organizations in the field. 
 
 The very comprehensive and able report of my immediate predecessor upon the 
 defects and imperfections of our State Militia system, and the urgent necessity for 
 the establishmt-nt of a State Miliary School, having been already communicated 
 to the existing Legislature, renders further comment upon those matter-;, at this 
 time, unnecessary. I bt>g to call attention, however, to what has been already so 
 well presented, and express the hope that the whole system may be r vised, and 
 made what the present and prospective wants of the Scate may require. 
 
 I have the h -nor to submit herewith the Annual Report of all matters coming 
 within this Department, for the year 1862, as required by law; and in this con- 
 nection if is proper to say that an army register of the officers of the Ohio volun- 
 teers in the United States service was published, as a private enterprise, last May, 
 and a eecond and revised edition last July. Such of the Ohio volunteer organi- 
 Kitions as did not appear in the last annual report from this office, nor in this army 
 register, will be presented in the subjoined report; and some, that did appear there, 
 have been so changed, by receiving new companies, that a republication, in part, 
 is essential to show the business of the current year, and the new orgatizations, 
 sent to the field. 
 
 The gentlemen employed in the clerical work of this office merit a public ac- 
 knowledgment for their persevering industry, urbanity, and faithfulness, during 
 the whuie season of increased and pressing labor. They have well earued the 
 confidence reposed in them. 
 
 I have the honor to be, 
 
 Sir, verv respectfully. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 CHAS. W. HILL, 
 Adjutant- General of Ohio. 
 
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 Headquartkhs Ohio Militia, 
 December 31st, 1862. 
 
 INCOMPLETE ORGANIZATIONS OF 1861. 
 
 The following regiments, begun in 1861. referred to as incomplete in the Adju- 
 tant-General's Report of last year, have been completed, or disposed of by con- 
 solidation, during the present year, as follows: 
 
 The Twenty-second 0. V. I., partially organized at Chillicothe, under Col. Gil- 
 more, was consolidated with the Sixty-third, at Marietta. This number (the 22d) 
 will appear again in the table of new regiments, where it designates a regiment, 
 nearly all recruited in Ohio, and reclaimed from the Missouri service, where it 
 was known as the 13th Missouri V. I. On the 1st day of July it was placed on 
 the list of Ohio regiments. 
 
 The Forty-third 0. V. I. was organized at Mt. Vernon, under Col. J. L Kirby 
 Smith, an officer of the regular army. The regiment was completed February 
 14ih, and was sent to the field on the 20th of February, 1862. * 
 
 Col Smith received a mortal wound, while gallantly discharging his duty, at 
 the battle of (Corinth, on the 4th day of October ; from the effects of which he 
 died October 12th, 1862. 
 
 The regiment is now commanded by Col. Wager Swayne. 
 
 The Forty-fifth V. I. having been consolidated with the 67tb Regiment, its 
 number remained unused until the last summer, when an entire new regiment was 
 raised, and designated the 46th. It will appear in the table of new regiments. 
 
 The Forty-sixth O. V. I. was organized at Worthirgton, under Col. Thomas 
 Worthington. a graduate of West Point. The organization of the regiment was 
 completed January SOlh, 1862, and it was sent to the field February 17th, 1862. 
 
 Col. Worthington was cashiered September 16th, 1862, and the regiment is 
 now under command of Colonel Chailes C. Walcutt. 
 
 The Forty -ti^ht 0. V. I. was organized at Camp Dennison, under Col. Peter 
 J. Sullivan. The regiment was completed January 16th, and sent to the field 
 February 16th, 1862. 
 
 The Fiftieth 0. V. I. was partially orgnnized by Colonels Ryan and McGroarty. 
 In April, 1862, Col. McGroarty and his men were transferred to the 61st Regi- 
 ment. 
 
 The same number (50th) has been again used to designate an entire new regi- 
 ment. 
 
 The Fifty-second 0. V. I. was in process of organization at Camp Dennison, 
 under Col. C H SarL;eaut, but owing to the necessity of having the troops in the 
 field immediately, and the regiment filling slowly, the organization was broken up 
 in February and April last, and the officers and men all disposed of. The com- 
 panies were divided among other regiments as follows : One company to the 
 Fifty-third, one to the Seventy-first, and two to the Seventy-second. 
 
 An entire new organization, designateu as the Fifty-second Regiment, was 
 completed at Camp Deiinison, under Uol. Daniel McCook. 
 
 The Fifty-third 0. V. I. was organized in Jackson county, under Col Jesse J. 
 Appier. The regiment was completed February 3J, and sent to the field Febru- 
 ary 16ih, 1862. 
 
 The Fifty -fourth Regiment, or Second Zouaves, was organized at Camp Denni- 
 son, under Col. Thomas Kilby Smith. The regiment was completed on the 6th 
 of February, and went to the field February 16th, 1862 
 
 The Fifty-sixth 0. V. I. was organized at Portsmouth, under Col. Peter Ken- 
 ney, and was sent to the field February 10th, 1862. 
 
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 The Fifty-seventh 0. V. I. was organized at Fiodlay, Hancock county, under 
 Col. William Mungen. The regiment was completed on the 3d of February, and 
 sent to the field February 16th, 1862. 
 
 The Fif y-eighth 0. V. I. was organized under Col Vnlenline Bausenwein, a 
 German officer — a large portion of the regiment being composed of Germans. 
 Three companies, recruited for the 61st, were transferred to the 58th, and thus 
 the regiment was completed February 3d. It was sent to the field February 9th, 
 1862. The regiment is now commanded by Lieut. Col. Peter Dister. 
 
 The Sixtieth 0. V. I was organized at Hillsboro', under Col. William H. Trim- 
 b'e, for one year, under a special order from the Secretary of War. Its organiza- 
 tion was compleied on the 28th day of* February, 1862, and it was sent to ihe 
 field, in Virginia, on the 1st day of April. 
 
 It was captured by the rebels at Harper's Ferry, and subsequently paroled and 
 sent to Camp Douglas, near Chicago, Illinois, where it was mustered out of the 
 service. 
 
 The Sixty-first 0. V. I. commenced organizing at Lancaster, under Colonel 
 Schleich. On the 3d day of February last, by order of the Secretary of War, the 
 companies recruited for it were tran«ferred to other regiments to fill them to the 
 maximum. Colonel Scbltich, and such cnmmissioned oflScers as were not trans- 
 ferred with their men, were permitted to continue recruiting for the regiment. 
 
 On the 1st day of May its organ ziiion was completed by consolidation with the 
 50th and 52d Regimen s, and it was sent to the field, in Virginia, on the 27th day 
 of May. 
 
 The Sixty-third 0. V. I. was commenced under Colonel Craig, an oiEcer in the 
 regular aimy, who resigned its command before the organization was completed. 
 The recruits for the 22d Regiment were transferred to the 63d. Colunel Sprague, 
 late a Captain in the 7ih 0. V. I., succeeded Colonel Craig in command of the 
 regiment, and completed its organiz ition, and led it to the field on the 2d of Feb- 
 ruary last. It has since received three compauieo from the 112th, transferred to 
 v. November 6th, 1862 
 
 The Sixty-ninth 0. V. I commenced organizing under Colonel Lew. Campbell, 
 at Hamilton, and was completed at Camp Chase, on the 2-lth day of March, 1862. 
 Ic was Fent to the field on the 19th day of April. Colonel William B. Cdssilly is 
 now in command. 
 
 The Seventieth 0. V I. was commenced at West Union, and completed at Rip- 
 ley, under Colonel Cockerell, on the 3d day of February, 1862 Ic was ordered 
 to the field on the 17th day of i ebruary. 
 
 The Seventy-first 0. V I. was organized under Lieutenant- Colonel Kyle, at 
 Troy, and took the field under Colonel Rodney Mason, on the 16ih day of Feb- 
 ruary, 1862. 
 
 This regiment has been very unfortunate. Lieutenant-Colonel Kyle, second in 
 command, and a brave, gallant officer, was killed in ihe battle of Shiloh, on the 
 6th of April. Subsequently, nearly the whole regiment was captured at CUrks- 
 ville, Tenn., and paroled. It is now commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel George 
 W. Andrews, formerly its Major. The captured officers and men have all been 
 exchanged and returned to the field. 
 
 The Seventy-second O. V. I. was chiefly recruited at Fremont, Sandusky coutty, 
 under Colonel R. P. Buckland ; afterwards was quartered at Camp Chase, where 
 it was completed on the 13th of February, having received by transfer two co.n- 
 paniea from the 52J. It was tent to the field February 16th, 1862. 
 
 Lieutenant- Colonel Herman Canfield, of tins regiment, was killed 
 at Pittsburg Landii g, on the 6th of April. He was a brave, gallant officer. 
 
 The Seventy-fourth 0. V. I. was commenced at Xenia and completed at Camp 
 Chase, under Colonel Moody, on the 28th of February. It went to the field under 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Von Shrader, on the 20th of April, 1862, Colonel Moody being 
 
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 detained in command of Camp Chase until the 24tli of June, when be was re- 
 lieved, and joined his regiment at Nashville. 
 
 The S.venty-dith 0. V", I was organized at Newark, under Colonel Chas. R. 
 "Woods, an officer of the rc-gular army. It was completed on the 2il day of Feb- 
 ruary, and left for the field on the 9th ol February, 1862. 
 
 The Seventy-seventh 0. V. I., organized at Marietta, under Colonel Jesse Hilde- 
 brand, was completed on the 6th of February, and ordered to the fitld on the 
 17th. It is now doing guard duty at Alton, 111. 
 
 The Seventy-ninth 0. Y. I commenced an organization at Athens, under Colo- 
 nel Constable ; was not successful, and all of its men were transferred to the 76th. 
 This designation (79ih) has been again used in a new orginization, which will 
 appear in the table of new regiments. 
 
 The Eightieth V. I. was recruited at Canal Dover, under Colonel Ephraim 
 R EckJey, and was completed and sent to tht^ field Ftbruary 20th, 1862. 
 
 The Eighty-first O. V. I., though recruited from Ohio, reached its first organi- 
 zation at Herman, in Missouri, in the fall of 1861, under the command of Colonel 
 Thomas Morton, of Preble county (late of the 20th Ohio three months regiment), 
 but remamed incomplete until October of this ytar, when five new companies, 
 with over five hundred m^n, were sent to it from this State. 
 
 This regiment never having appeared in any published register, and beir g more 
 than half new, will have a place in the following table of new regiments. 
 
 CAVALRY. 
 
 The Sixth 0. V. Cavalry was partly recruited under the direction of Senator 
 Wade and Representative Hu'chins, in Trumbull county, and in part by Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel W. O. Collins, in Highland county, as the 7th Cavalry. By special 
 order of the War Di-partraent, th:-se were consolidated, and for a time formed the 
 6th Regiment of Cavalry, under Colcntl W. H. Lloyd. On ti:e IS^h of March 
 last, the First B.iitalion was, sent to Missouri, under Lieut. Col Collins, and is now 
 serving in Nebr;.fcka. The 2d and 3d Battalions were sent to Virginia, on the 
 13th of May, 1862. 
 
 By order of the War Department, under date of September 20th, 1862, the 
 First Battalion was permanently detached, and is now an indeptndent battalion. 
 A new batlalion was ordered to be raised for this regiment, has bten partially 
 completed, and the recruiting is still going on. 
 
 OTHER REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY RAISED IN 1861, BUT SENT TO THE FIELD IN 1862. 
 
 65th, 
 
 Col 
 
 . J. R. Lee. 
 
 ordered to th 
 
 e field 
 
 Janu^iry 1 1, 
 
 1862. 
 
 62d, 
 
 
 F. B. Pond, 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 17, 
 
 
 66th, 
 
 
 Chas. Candy, 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 16, 
 
 
 68th, 
 
 
 Sara'l H- St^edman, 
 
 
 << 
 
 Febr'y 9, 
 
 
 731, 
 
 
 Orland Smiih, 
 
 
 
 <i 
 
 January 23, 
 
 
 76th, 
 
 
 N. C. McL.-an, 
 
 
 
 << 
 
 23, 
 
 
 78th, 
 
 
 M. D. LeLgett, 
 
 
 
 <• 
 
 Ftbr'y 10, 
 
 
 82J, 
 
 
 Jas. Cantwell, 
 
 
 
 <( 
 
 January 23, 
 
 
 Colonel Cantwell was killed when bravely leading his regiment in the battle of 
 Antietam, August 29, 1862. 
 
 INDEPENDENT DEPOT COMPANIES. 
 
 On the 17th of May last, authority was given by the War Department to organ- 
 ize an independent company for guard duty at Camp Dennison, and another inde- 
 pendent company for 'ike service at G^llipolis. 
 
 On the 19ih of May, an order was issued to Capt. E. Y. Brookfield to raise the 
 
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 first company, to be called the "Dennison Guards ;" and on the 30lh of May, 
 Capt. Charles W. Smith was authoriztd to raise a company for service at Galli- 
 polis, to be called the " TiumbuU Guaids." 
 
 Both cotnpanies were raised and mustered into the United Stales service for 
 three years, and are now on duty. 
 
 They will appear in the table of new regiments. 
 
 COLUMBUS BATTALION. 
 
 Under orders previously received, the 61st Regiment, Col. N. ScLleich, marched 
 from Camp Cha^e, on the 27th day of May last, to join the army ol Major-Gen- 
 eral Fremont, in Western Virginia. 
 
 At that time there were over one thousand prisoners in Camp Chase, and the 
 departure of the 61st left the Camp entirely destitute of soldiers. 
 
 As there was no immediate prospect of a new force, sooner th-in one could be 
 organized from the three months men, to come in, an improvised Battalion of 
 Columbus volunteers, consisting of three independent companies, united for that 
 occasion under the command of Lieut. Col Buttles, constituted the guard over 
 the prisoners, from May 26ih to June 3d, when they were rtlieved by the new 
 three months men. 
 
 Measures were taken to have the Columbus Battalion paid by the General Gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 NEW THREE MONTHS REGIMENTS. 
 
 On the 22d of M^y, 1862, some of the preliminary steps were taken towards 
 organizing three new Infantry Regiments, to serve during the war. While these 
 mea-^ures were pending, and on the night of the 25ih ot May, a call came Irom 
 the War Department for volunteers to serve for a shorter period, and to aid in 
 holding the rebels in check, while new regiments for the three years strvice were 
 being organized and sent to the field. 
 
 On the 2Gth of May the Governor's proclamation, as'iing for three months vol- 
 unteers, was published in the daily newspapers throughout the State, and was 
 responded to the next day, and for several days thereafter, by the atrival at Camp 
 Chase of about five thousand citizens, from all of the walks of lite, each a.-king for 
 permission to be enrolled and to enter the service. From these votu: teers, five 
 Infantry Regiments were organized, to serve untd the 10th of Sep'ember. 
 
 In organizing these regiments, the men were required to be tni oiled, tximined 
 and mustered, and were, after the muster, permitted to elect their company cfficers, 
 and as soon as the companies were organized and assigned to regiments, field and 
 staff ofl&cers were appointed. Thus, before any legiment moved, a complete mus- 
 ter was becured. 
 
 A full list of all of the officers of these regiments, except the 88th, was published 
 in the sec nd edition of the Ohio Array Register. 
 
 The 84 h Regiment, commanded by Col. Wm. Lawrence, was full on the 6'h 
 of June, and lelt the S'.ate on the 1 1th of June, for Cumberland, Maryland, where 
 it remained on duty duiing its period of service. 
 
 The 86th Regiment, Col. Barnabas Burns, was full on the 10th of June, and 
 left the Stale on the 18ih of June, for Cumberland. Md. Afierwards it returned 
 to Clarksburgh, Va., and completed ii8 period of service in that vicinity. 
 
 The 87lh Regia^etjt, Col. H»nry B. Banning, was organized as a battalion of 
 four companies, under Lieut. Co!. John Faskin, on the lOih of June ; afterwdrds, 
 by order of the War Department, officers and men were allowed to volunteer, and 
 be translerred from the 86.h and 88ih, which iiad organized for service within the 
 State. In this manner six companies were ob'ained. Tne regiirent was full on 
 the 27ih of June, and left the ttate, via Ilarrisburg, Pa., fur Briliimore, Md. ; 
 was ordered to Harper's Ferry, where it remained during its period of service , 
 The whole regiment was captured at Harper's Ferry, and paroled. 
 
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 The 85th Regiment, Colonel C. W, B. Allison, organized for guard duty at 
 Camp Chase, was completed on the 10th of June, and, consequent upon the 
 transfers to the 87th, was reorganized on the 27ih of June. 
 
 Oil the ISch of July a detachment of six hundred and ihirtythree officers and 
 men, who volunteered for that purpose, from companies "A," '*C," "D," "E," 
 "F," "G," "H" and "I" of the 85ih, and companies "A" and "C" of the 88th, 
 commanded by Lieut.-Col. Sowers of the 85th, with Major Crura, Surgeon Mc- 
 Bride and Quartermaster Humphrey of the 88th, and Adjutant Johnson of the 
 85th, was dispatched from Camp Chase to Kentucky to assist in putting down the 
 rebel raid then going on in that State. Ttie detachment proceeded to Lexington 
 and Frank'ort, remained two weeks in Kentucky, and rendered timely and valuable 
 assistance. 
 
 The H8th Regimenf, Lieut.-Col. E A. Bratton, like the 85th, was composed of 
 men who, under the call, volui teered for service in the State, and was more than 
 full on the 14th of June; but the organization was delayed in order that men 
 might be voluntarily transferred from it to the 87th. That being done, only seven 
 companies remained in the 88th. One of these, Captain Daniel Brewer's com- 
 pany, was sent immediately to Johnson's Islnnd, and another, Captain J. M. 
 Greene's company, to Gallipolis. The other five companies remained at Camp 
 Chase. In ttiese localities the companies of the 88th servt d out their lime. The 
 official register of the 88th, not having betn printed, will appear in the table of 
 new regiments. 
 
 All of these three months' regiments were uniformed, armed and equipped the 
 same as the three years' troops, and they were mustered out soon after their period 
 of service expired. 
 
 NEW THREE YEARS' REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY. 
 
 The Fifty second, as an entire new regiment, was commenced by Colonel Sar- 
 gent on the 22 1 ot May, and a full quota of recruiting officers was soon at work 
 in many parts of the State. On the ISh of June, Colonel Sargent having de- 
 clined further eflbrts. Captain Daniel McCook was designated for the Colonelcy. 
 On the 15th of July, by order of the Governor, be led such new troops as could 
 be assembled into Kentucky, and assisted in driving out Colonel Morgan's gueril- 
 las. In view ot this service, authority was given to commis-sion Colonel McCook, 
 as of July 15Lh. The regiment was mustered at Camp Dennison on the 21st of 
 August. 
 
 The Fiftieth Regiment was commenced, under the auspices of Colonel Jonah 
 R Taylor, on the llth of June. It appears by the rolls to have had minimum 
 strength on the 23d of August, and was mustered at Camp Dennison on the SUlh 
 of August. 
 
 The Forty-fifth Regiment was commenced June 14th. Lieutenant-Colonel Ben- 
 jamin P. Runkie, then of the ISth 0. V. I., was designated for the Colonelcy, 
 and, aided by those appointed lor oliier positions, engaged actively in recruiting. 
 The regiment reached minimum strength on the 14th, and was mustered at Camp 
 Chase on the 19th of August. 
 
 DIFFICULTIES IN RKCKUITIKO. 
 
 The 45tb, 50.h and 62d Regiments had almost the exclusive range of the whole 
 State for a recruiting ground, with no competition until after the middle of July. 
 For a month and a half they met with little success. 
 
 After the middle of July nearly seventy thousand men volunteered in this State 
 for the war. 
 
 These three regiments (45ih, 50th and 52d), with all of the direct efforts that 
 could be made in their favor, had to be helped out by transfers and consolidations, 
 
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 and at last were beaten in the race, for earliest date of minimum strength, by 
 several of the new regiments that began to recruit after the fifteenth of July. 
 
 LOCAL REGIMENTS. 
 
 Experience had demonstrated that this Sti.te would not fill her quota of the 
 three hundred thousand volunteers, called for on the 2d of July, io time, unless 
 some different system of recruiting should be adop'ed. Some plan must be de- 
 vised that should indicate with certainty ibe just responsibility of every part of 
 the State ; and every community must be made conscious thut it had a duty to 
 perform. The regiments must be localized. Every rtgimentHl distiict must be 
 protected in its rights to its own men, and then it must know that its failure to 
 produce its quota, could be charged to no other district It was believed ibat the 
 troops thus raised would have important advantages. They would more com- 
 pletely represent communities— would be more easily and effectually watched 
 over and aided, whilst in the field, by their home ftiends — would more justly ap- 
 preciate their responsibility, and consequently feel a higher emulaiiun. And 
 when, after entering the field, it should tie necessary to recruit a local reg'ment, 
 it would have a decided advantage, aided, as it would be, by the utiited sympa- 
 thies and home influence of its own district. 
 
 During the fall of 1861 military commit'ees had been appoint d, and were on 
 duly in all of the counties of the Scale, and had rendered important and timely aid 
 in raising the new regimt nts After issuing the foregoing order, it was as ertained 
 that the military committees of 1861 had generally preserved their organizations. 
 Measures we-^e taken to supply new members where there were vacancies. 
 
 In the mouths of May and June, and up to the date of General Order No. 20, 
 the current impression with the community that a large fo/ce of new regiments 
 would be required, brought to this department several thousands of app'icaiions 
 for office, supported by multitudes of tes-timonials. These applications and testi- 
 monials were arranged, classified and regi tered, wiih the view of selecting officers 
 from them for new organizations; but the order localizing the new regiments ren- 
 dered it impracticable to use these recommendnlions, and, taking it for granted 
 that those most de-erving would receive proper atiention at home, ibese candidates 
 were, ou the 11th day of July, remitted to the mi itary committees of their re- 
 spective districts, by the following telegraphic order, on that day sent to the daily 
 newspapers in the larger towns and cities : 
 
 Headquarters Ohio Militia and Volunteers, 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, July 11th, 1862. 
 
 County military committees in each rCiiimental district are requested to afsem- 
 ble, as soon as possible, at some central place, and arrange for the organization 
 of ten companies, so ihnt company combinations can he made, and names promptly 
 submitted to the G...vernor for company officers, ■ nd a regimental dis rict commit- 
 tee oryan'zed for consultation as to field and staff appointments, and tu take the 
 most efficient means to raise and complete a regiment. 
 
 County and regimental district committees will please report promp ly, and 
 keep this office fully advi-ed of their doings 
 
 Second Lieutenants will be mustering officers, and must have qualifications for 
 that duty. 
 
 The press throughout the State will please copy. 
 
 CHAS. W. HILL, Adjt.-Gen Ohio. 
 
 The military committees and tlie people of the several districts responded 
 promptly and nobly to the call made upon them With hardly an excep icn, 
 the most patriotic emulation prev-iiKd throughout the Stale. The nouiinees for 
 appointments were generally men of ability and high character, and many of 
 
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 them were experienced in military service. Regimental districts vied \ri(li each 
 other, as did the company districts, in the confe-t for early success in furtisliing 
 their respective quotas, and everywhere the mo^t gratifying re&ults were attained, 
 A. most b'uniifiil harvest was being gathered, and labor was scarce and wages 
 high in all the industrial pursuits throughout tlie State. 
 
 But the patriotic impulse of the people would not pernoit private interests to 
 stand in the way of public duty, and every necessary sacrifice was made — made 
 at once, and made cheerfully. 
 
 ADDITIONAL LOCAL REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY. 
 
 The call of August 4th, for 300,000 more troops, would give place for seven- 
 teen more infaniri regiments from this Slate, and the following measures were 
 taken to raise them : 
 
 On the 12.h of August an order was issued tp raise the llOtb Infantry in the 
 counties of Greene, Claike, Miami and Darke, to rt-ndezvous at Camp Piqua. 
 This is the same district that produced the 94ih. Nine compinies of the 110th 
 were cumplt;te oij the 3 J day of October, and on the 19th day of October the 
 regiment went to the field, under the command of Col. J. Warren Keifer. The 
 lemh company is being raised, and now has sixty men. ^ 
 
 An order was also issued, on the 12th of August, to raise the 111th Regiment 
 in the same counties from which tbe 100th was recruited, and to rendezvous at 
 Tokdo. In ten dajs the regiment had about two hundred men more than maxi- 
 mum strtngti, and the committees of that dis riot applied for leave to raise a 
 third rugiaitat ; but the time limited by the War Department to undertake new 
 infantry regiments had elapsed, and the leave could not be granted. 
 
 While ibis command was organizing, Maj Zinn asked and obtained permission 
 to lead a battaliun, con&i>*tiow of his own recruits, with volunteer cffic rs and men 
 from the 85ih and 88lh Regiments, to the fielJ, to aid iu protecting our southern 
 border, and in driving the rebel force from Kentucky. He lett Camp Chase 
 September lOih, with 240 men, and remiiaed on duty in the field until S.ptem- 
 her 23J, wht n he returned, under orders, to have the oBScers and men of the 
 85th and 88t,b mustered out, their period of service having expired. 
 
 It i.s graiit')ing to know that the Hvfman Battalion and the battalion of Oov- 
 ertior's Gaaids are, in habits and department, and in the maintenance of correct 
 discipline, as well as in attention to drill and garrison dutv, a credit to thi> service. 
 It is not to be said of them that they setk to avoid the field. They will always 
 be ready to go when their services are more needed elsewh^ere. 
 
 ARTILLERY— NEW BATTERIES. 
 
 On the first of last April, Ohio had in the field a fall regiment of artillery, with 
 twelve !«ix gun batteries, and also sixteen independent batteries, making twenty- 
 eight in all. Since that time, one battery, the iSth, has been broken up, and four 
 new indepenihnt six-gun batteries, with maximum strength, have been raised, 
 equippi d, Jiiid added to this arm in the service ; giving a total artillery force now 
 in the army from this State ot thirty- one battel ies and one hundred and eighty- 
 six guns. 
 
 1 he 17i'h Independent Battery, Capt. Ambrose J. Blount, was authorized July 
 12th, orgHuized at Dajton, August 21st, and sent to the field in Kentucky, Sep- 
 tember 3 I. 
 
 Thf- 18th Independent Battery, Capt. Charles C. Aleshire, was authorized 
 July lo'h, crgai.'Zfd at Gallipolis, September I3:h, and sent to the field in Ken- 
 lucky, Oct iber 3d. 
 
 Tue 2uih luuept ndent Battery, Capt Louis Smithnight, was authorized August 
 21st. L ke the 107ih Regiment of Infantry, it is chiefly German, and was raised 
 
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 by authoiity of the War Department, to serve under Mhj.Gcti. ?igel. It was 
 organized October 16th, and ordered on the 29!h inst. to leave this day for tem- 
 porary service in K..-ntucky, under Maj.-Gen. H. G. Wright, but is boon to go east 
 and report to Maj -Gen. Sigel, 
 
 The rosters of these new batteries will be found in the proper table. 
 
 INCOMPLETE BA.TTERIE8. 
 
 Addilioual independent batteries have been authorized, and are now being 
 raised, as follows : 
 
 Twenty-first Battery, Capt. Eugene A. Osborne. Paincsvillo, Oct. 1st. 
 Twenty -second Battery, Capt. Henry M. Neil, Columbus, Nov 8lh. 
 Twenly-third Bat'ery, Capt. Conrad Garis, Columbus, Nov. 6th. 
 Twenty-fourth Batte»y, Capt. James W, Patterson, Toledo, i\ov. 13th. 
 Tbese four batteries will average nearly half fu'l at the date of this report. 
 
 NEW CAVALRY ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
 Seventh Cavalry.— On the 21st of Aueust, the War Department granted per- 
 mission to rai.se and organize a full Regiment of Cavalry for three y«^ars, from the 
 counties of lismilton, Cltrmont, Brown, Athens, Scioto, Lawrence, Gdlia, Meigs, 
 and Washington ; the intention being in its earliest service to make the command 
 useful in protecting the southern border of Ohio against rebel r-iids and incur- 
 sions. The regiment so authorized has been raised and is designated as the 
 Seventh Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. 
 
 The first recruitiog appointment for this regiment was issued Augu-^t 25'-h, and 
 on the 18lh of September a minimum regiment had been raised and was early 
 on duty. It.s organization was complete iNovember 11th. It went to the field in 
 battalions, aud is now serving near Lexington, Kentucky. 
 
 The table of new regiments will show its full organization. 
 
 SHARP SHOOTERS. 
 
 In 1861 three independent companies of Sharp Shooters were raised in this 
 State, and sent to the field as ♦' Birge's Sharp Shooters." They will appear in 
 the proper tab'e 
 
 On the tl\\\ of September of this year, the War Department authorized the 
 Governor to raise ten aviditional icdependent volunteer companies of this arm, to 
 serve for three years. Three companies have already been organized, designated 
 i-e.-pectively the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth. 
 
 The Fourth company, Capt. Jacob Flcgle, was raised in the counties of Cler- 
 mont, Brown, Highland and R )S8, and was mustertd Sept 29ch, arid sent to the 
 field Dec. 4th, to serve under Maj.-Gen. Ro.^ecrans. 
 
 The Fifth company, Capt. Gersham M. Barber, was raised in Cuyahoga and 
 adjacent counties, alter Oct. 7ch, and mustered Dec. 2d. 
 
 The rixih company, Capt. Charles H. Coe, was raised after t 23d, in Lick- 
 ing and adj icent counties— had minimum strength Nov. 16. h, and was mustered 
 on the 3uili instant. 
 
 The 2)ersonnel of tbese new companies and their success as maiksmeo justify 
 high expectations of gallant service ia the field. 
 
 Tlie Fifth c rapany, Capt. Barber, and the Sixth company, ('apt. Coe, are wait- 
 ing at Camp Cleveland for their arms. 
 
 In the tarlypart of October, twenty-seven recruiting appointments wfre made 
 in different j)aris of the State, to raise the other companies. Many of these offi- 
 cers failed to secure rf.cruits to a suffi:ient number, who could stand the test of 
 marksmanship, and abandoned the effort. 
 
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 Others went wiib their men, or permitted ihem to go into other organizations, 
 so that the number remaining to be mustered as sharp shooters, so far as can be 
 gathered from last reports, will not probably exceed 320 enlisted men. 
 
 re:ruiting for old regiments. 
 
 Throughout the whole season, the utmost eflPort has been made by the State 
 authorities to f-icijitate and encourage recruiting for the old regiments, not only by 
 the ordinary modes, but, outside of these modes, means have been taken to raise 
 detachments and full companies, and send them to such of the old regiments as 
 would receive officers with a nuaober of men sufficient to constitute for them a 
 proper command. 
 
 Men raised for regiments in the field through the ordinary recruiting channels 
 are not reported to this office, nor are tbey placed on a muster-in roll as at the 
 first organization — consequently there is no mode of obtaining a proper record of 
 these recruits for this iffice, except by transcripts from the War Department, or 
 from the respective regiments. But it is intended soon to obtain these irans^cripts. 
 Without their aid, it is impossible to lell wiih accuracy what amount of 'orce has 
 been added as recruits to organizations previously in the field ; but those who 
 have given the mo.st attention to the question of a correct estimate place the num- 
 ber ot these recruits at 24,383 duiins; the last eiyht months of 18G2. 
 
 FITKESS OF APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 It has already been staled that steps had been taken towards the selection of 
 officers for new orgaciz .tions, when the necessity of localizing the regiaents be- 
 came apparent. 
 
 The military committers of countie'? and districts at once proceeded to make 
 nominations for field, staff acd line officers, anl their nominations were promptly 
 approved, with scarcely any exceptions. In many cases, officers and enlisted 
 men, berving in the field, were nominated for poi-itions in the new regiments, and 
 as fast as the lists could ha prepaied and sent on, applications were made to the 
 War Department to huve these nominees mustered out of the old regiments, so 
 that they might aid in raising their new commands. 
 
 The War Department replied, layiog down the rule, that these new organizi- 
 tions to which these officers were to be assigned, must first be complete, and the 
 commissions actually issued, before the desired discharges could be given. 
 
 The reply goes on to say : — " Tlie neces^ity for this course has arisen from the 
 numerous complainfs by colonels of regiments, that their commands are thus con- 
 tinually being i ordered less effective ; and although no ob^tacle is intended to the 
 advancement of worthy men, it is not deemed advantajjeous to the service to de- 
 tach them from duty with their respective regiments, until the new pcsiticns to 
 which they may be assigned are really available for them " 
 
 This rule prevented the nominees, then serving in the field, from gettiag home 
 in time to aid in recruiting. 
 
 Anxious that our new regiments should have able and experienced officers, the 
 applica'ions for discharges, based upon the nominations received, were respect- 
 fully persisted in by the Govemor and by this Department, and a very few 
 discharges were obtained. Oa the 18th of August, in response to the Governor's 
 nnewed application, the folio sving telegram was received : 
 
 *' To the O^jvtrnor of Ohio : Do you still wish all the commissioned ( fficers and 
 privates discharged for whom jou have applied since August first ? If Jiot, name 
 ihe exceptions by letter. Offi ers now on duty with the armies of McClellan and 
 
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 Pope cannot at present be detached. Any officers of the old regiments not now 
 present with these two armies may be allowed to receive commissions of Colonel, 
 but nothing else, at the request of the Governor. Submit list of those you desire 
 to be thus appointed." 
 
 This defeated the applications in favor of Lieutenant Chas. H. Ross, nominated 
 for Colonel of the 97th (afterwards detached when it was too late), and of Captain 
 William E Haynes, 8th 0. V I , nominattd for the 100th ; the former then being 
 in the army of Major- General Pope, and the latter with Major- General McClellan. 
 Not disposed, however, to lose the services of these valuable officers, although 
 in the pressing emergency of the times the commanding officer of each regiment 
 ovffkt to have been on duty from the commencement, still other selections were 
 delayed until the 28ih of August, before which these regiments had twice been 
 under orders to proceed at once to the field. The Colonel finally appointed for 
 the 97ih, had been recommended by the military committees of his district for, 
 and appointed commandant of Camp Zanesville. and wnile serving in that capacity, 
 was selected by a large majority of the line officers of the regiment as Colonel of 
 the 97th. On their solicitation he wa-* appointed. 
 
 The Colonel of ihe 100th was an officer of well-known reputation, then serving 
 as Major of the 84th, at Cumberland, Md. 
 
 The list of new Infantry Regiments contains the following appointees: 
 
 46th. 
 
 Colonel Runkle, 
 
 late Lieut. -Colonel 13th 0. V. L 
 
 
 62d. 
 
 Colonel D. McCook, 
 
 
 Captain on General Staff. 
 
 
 79th. 
 
 Colonel Kennett, 
 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel 27th 0. 
 
 V. L 
 
 83d. 
 
 Colonel Moore, 
 
 
 Captain 5th 
 
 
 91st. 
 
 Colonel Turlev, 
 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel 22d and 81st 
 
 
 9 2d. 
 
 Colonel Van Vorhes, 
 
 
 Quartermaster 18 th 
 
 
 94lh. 
 
 Colonel Frizell, 
 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel 1 1th 
 
 
 98th. 
 
 Colonel Webster, 
 
 
 Lieut -Colonel 25th 
 
 
 99th. 
 
 Colonel Langworthy, 
 
 
 Captain 49th 
 
 
 99th. 
 
 Colonel Swayne, 
 
 
 " 15th u. a. I. 
 
 
 100th. 
 
 Colonel Groom, 
 
 
 Major 84th 0. V. L 
 
 
 103d. 
 
 Colonel Casement, 
 
 
 " 7th 
 
 
 106th. 
 
 Colonel Hall, 
 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel 24th 0. V. L 
 
 
 106th. 
 
 Colonel Tafel, 
 
 
 Captain 9th " 
 
 
 108ch. 
 
 Colonel Limbcrg, 
 
 
 " in Kentucky regiments 
 
 110th. 
 
 Colonel Keifer, 
 
 
 Lieut.- Colonel 3d 0. V. L 
 
 
 11 1th. 
 
 Colonel Bond, 
 
 
 67ih " 
 
 
 115-h. 
 
 Colonel Lucy, 
 
 
 Captain 32d 
 
 
 116th. 
 
 Colonel Wushburne, 
 
 
 25th " 
 
 
 11 8th. 
 
 Colonel Mott, 
 
 
 " 31st " 
 
 
 120th. 
 
 Colonel French, 
 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel 65th " 
 
 
 121st. 
 
 Colonel Reid, 
 
 
 Brig.- General of Militia. 
 
 
 123d. 
 
 Colonel Wilson, 
 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel 15th 0. V. L 
 
 
 124ch. 
 
 Colonel Payne, 
 
 
 Captain in Illinois regiment. 
 
 
 126ih. 
 
 Colonel Opdyke, 
 
 
 " 41st 0. V. L 
 
 
 126th. 
 
 Colonel Smith, 
 
 
 Capt. 6th U. S. I., and Col. 
 
 l8t O. V. L 
 
 These gentlemen had established reputations as able and experienced officers. 
 A similar remark might be made as to many of the appointments in lower grades 
 — Field, Staff and Line. Of the officers selected from civil life, it may be safely 
 said that they were men of intelligence and ability, standing well where they were 
 best known, with every prospect of being useful and efficient. Take the appoint- 
 ments through, they will suffer nothing in comparison with any equal number, in 
 the volunteer service, from this State or any other. 
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 Abstract of Enrolled Militia and Volunteers and Drafted Men in Ohio, from the 
 
 county returns. 
 
 Counties. 
 
 
 Number 
 
 
 Number ol 
 
 
 Number 
 
 cf 
 
 Number 
 
 volunteers 
 
 Number 
 
 of 
 
 volunteers 
 
 ordered to 
 
 md correc 
 
 drafted. 
 
 SDrollment 
 
 to the Ist 
 September. 
 
 be drafted. 
 
 tions to Ist 
 of October. 
 
 
 3,920 
 
 1,428 
 
 137 
 
 164 
 
 
 3,793 
 
 1 411 
 
 105 
 
 139 
 
 • • • • 
 
 4,033 
 
 1,322 
 
 289 
 
 86 
 
 203 
 
 5,945 
 
 2,129 
 
 238 
 
 146 
 
 9S 
 
 4,297 
 
 1,963 
 
 .... 
 
 • • • • 
 
 • . • . 
 
 3 282 
 
 1,102 
 
 210 
 
 46 
 
 164 
 
 5,973 
 
 2,217 
 
 172 
 
 71 
 
 101 
 
 5,127 
 
 1,753 
 
 294 
 
 165 
 
 129 
 
 6,544 
 
 2,759 
 
 «... 
 
 • • • * 
 
 • • • • 
 
 2 615 
 
 850 
 
 189 
 
 64 
 
 135 
 
 4,112 
 
 1,493 
 
 152 
 
 212 
 
 • • • • 
 
 4,838 
 
 1 ,860 
 
 75 
 
 102 
 
 »♦-.-« 
 
 6,191 
 
 2,295 
 
 177 
 
 201 
 
 ,,,, 
 
 3,910 
 
 1,424 
 
 139 
 
 41 
 
 98 
 
 5,738 
 
 1,8:<0 
 
 465 
 
 256 
 
 209 
 
 4,299 
 
 1,490 
 
 227 
 
 29 
 
 198 
 
 4,5-24 
 
 1,161 
 
 642 
 
 62 
 
 580 
 
 14,36) 
 
 4 874 
 
 869 
 
 569 
 
 300 
 
 4.913 
 
 1,503 
 
 45S 
 
 141 
 
 317 
 
 2 5 <5 
 
 813 
 
 202 
 
 39 
 
 16; 
 
 4 4:}0 
 
 1,721 
 
 46 
 
 15 
 
 31 
 
 4,223 
 
 1,532 
 
 157 
 
 94 
 
 63 
 
 4,878 
 
 1,888 
 
 60 
 
 35 
 
 25 
 
 3,243 
 
 1,278 
 
 18 
 
 39 
 
 , , , , 
 
 7.841 
 
 3,105 
 
 31 
 
 371 
 
 • . • • 
 
 2,792 
 
 931 
 
 185 
 
 90 
 
 95 
 
 3,^32 
 
 1,288 
 
 244 
 
 35 
 
 20S 
 
 2,711 
 
 983 
 
 100 
 
 42 
 
 58 
 
 5,099 
 
 1,889 
 
 150 
 
 25 
 
 125 
 
 3,961 
 
 1,4(5 
 
 138 
 
 138 
 
 • ... 
 
 39,926 
 
 14,7i)5 
 
 1,175 
 
 1,529 
 
 • . • . 
 
 4,!56 
 
 1,260 
 
 404 
 
 27 
 
 377 
 
 3.077 
 
 1.197 
 
 35 
 
 55 
 
 . . . . 
 
 3 2J7 
 
 1,098 
 
 215 
 
 10 
 
 205 
 
 1,959 
 
 7(14 
 
 78 
 
 24 
 
 5( 
 
 4,755 
 
 1,711 
 
 185 
 
 4 
 
 181 
 
 2,935 
 
 1,195 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 • ••a 
 
 3,522 
 
 9(i2 
 
 447 
 
 41 
 
 406 
 
 5,318 
 
 1 914 
 
 2112 
 
 153 
 
 4! 
 
 3.2 > I 
 
 1 058 
 
 230 
 
 172 
 
 58 
 
 4,379 
 
 1,856 
 
 .... 
 
 . - - . 
 
 • • • 4 
 
 4.981 
 
 1,630 
 
 361 
 
 59 
 
 SOS 
 
 2 579 
 
 915 
 
 88 
 
 29 
 
 5S 
 
 4,(162 
 
 1,^52 
 
 .... 
 
 « • • * 
 
 , , , , 
 
 6.595 
 
 2,2(18 
 
 430 
 
 69 
 
 361 
 
 3,924 
 
 1,6(5 
 
 • - - . 
 
 .... 
 
 • . . . 
 
 5 496 
 
 1,704 
 
 493 
 
 206 
 
 267 
 
 5,918 
 
 2,1)3 
 
 223 
 
 419 
 
 • • • ■ 
 
 2 909 
 
 1 .095 
 
 71 
 
 43 
 
 2^ 
 
 4,^95 
 
 1,501 
 
 45? 
 
 80 
 
 377 
 
 3 213 
 
 9.9 
 
 356 
 
 116 
 
 24(] 
 
 3,>^58 
 
 1,112 
 
 431 
 
 48 
 
 383 
 
 4,736 
 
 1,716 
 
 177 
 
 177 
 
 « • . . 
 
 2 530 
 
 814 
 
 198 
 
 5 
 
 19: 
 
 5 814 
 
 2,120 
 
 205 
 
 341 
 
 , , , 
 
 4 4^9 
 
 1,694 
 
 100 
 
 39 
 
 6 
 
 fc,9J9 
 
 2,822 
 
 755 
 
 93 
 
 w. 
 
 Adams 
 
 Allen 
 
 Ashland ... . 
 Ashtabula. .. 
 
 Athens 
 
 Auglaize . . . . 
 
 Belmont 
 
 Brown 
 
 Butlrir 
 
 Carroll 
 
 Champaign. . 
 
 Clarke 
 
 Clermont . . . . 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Columbiana . 
 Coshocton . . . 
 Crawford .... 
 Cuyahoga . , . 
 
 Darke 
 
 Defiance 
 
 Delaware . . . . 
 
 Erie 
 
 Fairfield . . . . 
 
 Fayette 
 
 Franklin . . . . 
 
 Fulton 
 
 G.iilia 
 
 Qeuugti 
 
 Qreene 
 
 Guernsey . . . 
 U.arniltoa. . . . 
 Hancock . . . . 
 
 Hardin , 
 
 Harrison . . . . 
 
 Henry 
 
 Highland . .. 
 Hocking . . . . 
 
 Holmes 
 
 Huron 
 
 Jackson . . . . 
 Jeffdrson .... 
 
 Knox 
 
 Lake 
 
 Lawrence. . . , 
 Licking . . . . 
 
 Logan 
 
 Lorain 
 
 Lucas 
 
 Madison .. . . 
 Mahoning. .. 
 
 Marion 
 
 Medina 
 
 MtisB 
 
 M.rcer 
 
 Miami 
 
 Monroe 
 
 Montgomery. 
 
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 ENROLLMENT AND DRAFT IN OBIO— Continued. 
 
 Counties. 
 
 Number 
 
 of 
 
 Guroliment. 
 
 Number 
 of 
 
 volunteers 
 t ) tbe ibt 
 September. 
 
 Number 
 ordered to 
 
 Number of 
 volunteers 
 and correc 
 
 be drafted liocs to Isi 
 ofOctober 
 
 Number 
 drafted. 
 
 Morgan 
 
 Morrow 
 
 Muskingum. 
 
 Mob e 
 
 Ottawa 
 
 Paulding. . . 
 
 Perry 
 
 Pickaway. .. 
 
 Pike 
 
 Portage 
 
 Preble 
 
 Putaum . . . . 
 Riohlaud. .. , 
 
 Rosa 
 
 Smdusby. . , 
 
 Scioto 
 
 Seaeca 
 
 Shelby 
 
 Sturk 
 
 Summit 
 
 Trui-buU... 
 Tui arawa3. 
 
 Union 
 
 Van Wert . . 
 Vin',i)n. .... 
 
 Warren 
 
 Washington 
 Wayne . . . . 
 Wiili.ims . . , 
 
 Wood 
 
 Wjaudot ... 
 
 Total 
 
 ,872 
 
 ,l)-2(l 
 ,«17 
 ,587 
 ,025 
 ,104 
 294 
 353 
 42(» 
 575 
 459 
 ,b7l) 
 ,853 
 ,387 
 ,797 
 ,497 
 ,fi03 
 ,910 
 ,07 (J 
 997 
 ,'57 
 ,(l5f) 
 ,l7i 
 446 
 352 
 0b9 
 ,78« 
 175 
 fi99 
 3i2 
 
 423,147 
 
 l,30i 
 1,179 
 2,314 
 
 9()l 
 
 575 
 
 458 
 1,145 
 1,933 
 l,(i60 
 l,2()l 
 1,307 
 
 869 
 1,9711 
 2,G-^7 
 1,4M3 
 2,116 
 2,"0l 
 
 9!I0 
 2,477 
 1.6 »2 
 l,!t.n 
 l,7:i9 
 1,161 
 
 685 
 1,0112 
 1 ,842 
 2,-.^43 
 1,847 
 
 975 
 1,487 
 1,304 
 
 237 
 
 232 
 4?9 
 483 
 
 58 
 
 503 
 124 
 114 
 377 
 
 '351 
 
 "iw 
 
 52 
 
 686 
 411 
 461 
 564 
 62 
 182 
 
 "298 
 J91 
 467 
 295 
 
 '"is 
 
 65 
 
 29 
 
 182 
 
 145 
 
 21 
 
 "52 
 
 190 
 37 
 39 
 
 150 
 
 163 
 94 
 63 
 11 
 
 14i 
 55 
 
 218 
 
 140 
 
 9 
 
 31 
 
 '246 
 
 8(5 
 98 
 71 
 
 "i2 
 
 151,301 
 
 20,427 
 
 9,508 
 
 179 
 20;^ 
 3« 
 339 
 3f 
 
 "u 
 
 313 
 
 71 
 2iW 
 
 'isi 
 
 'i2T 
 41 
 
 511 
 35C 
 24j 
 424 
 53 
 151 
 
 '5% 
 
 lUT 
 otf 
 224 
 
 12,2i>l 
 
 ASSIGNMENTS OF DRAFTED MEN. 
 
 The following assignnnents of drtfted militia, to old regimonts, will give th» 
 dispositions so far us drafteii ir.en have been mustered and assigned. 
 
 Uiher assignments have be n ordered as fast as the absent drafted men shall b* 
 brought in : 
 
 DRAFTED MILITIA ASSIGNED TO OLD REGIMENTS. 
 
 jit Camp Cleveland. 
 
 November 20. 1862, to the 6ih Regiment V. Cavalry 69 mea. 
 
 20, '• •• 38ih •' O. V Infantry 83 " 
 
 •• 20, " " 'IKt " ♦♦ 11 •« 
 
 <• 20, •' •' 4ii ♦' " 23 •• 
 
 '♦ 20, " •* 72i " «• 44 *• 
 
 Total 230 
 
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 SUMMARY OF OHIO TURBE TEARS* TROOPS ORIOINALLT SEKT TO THB FIELD. 
 
 The necessity of r condensed statement furnishing the information contaiced in 
 Ibe table next following, has long been telt. It would hare been much more 
 gratif\ing if oth^r informalion, such as the casualties of officers and eLJisted men, 
 by deaths, resignations and discharges, and the additions by recruits, after going 
 to the field, could have been presented in this connection. But the data in hand, 
 as to those matters, was so meagre and unreliable as to be comparatively value- 
 less. 
 
 It is not intended that the files and records of this office ohall long be deficient 
 In tliestt particulars 
 
 Obio'h part of the pending struggle for rational existence, and the extent and 
 promptness with which ber si ns have volunteered, and their relations and friends, 
 ftt ev^-ry risk and saciifice, have hied them on to the post of duty and of danger, 
 will appt ar m the following table and rccapitulati ns with all the accuracy now 
 attainable : 
 
 RECAPITULATION OF ORIGINAL STRENGTH. 
 
 THREE M0NTU3 INFANTRY IN 1861 AND 1862. 
 
 t2 Regiments in April, 1861 22,000 
 
 6 " June, 1862 4.513 
 
 Total — 27 Regiments three months Infantry 26,513 
 
 THREE YEARS IFFANTRY. 
 
 78Rf^gimentsin 1861 and before April, 1862 71,202 
 
 S companies Huffman's Battalion, before April, 1862 2U2 
 
 40 Regiments lor 3 years, under calls of July and August, 1862. 37,417 
 Independent Battalions and Depot Companies, since April, 1 862 . 79 1 
 
 109,612 
 
 Total of Infantry, equal to 1 46 Regiments 1 36, 1 25 
 
 SHARPSHOOTERS. 
 
 t companies for 3 years service, in 1 86 1 278 
 
 3 «« 3 " 1862 279 
 
 Sharpshooters enlisted, not jet organized 350 
 
 629 
 
 Total of Sharpshooters 907 
 
 ARTILLERY. 
 
 2 Batteries, 3 months service, in 1861 200 
 
 1 Itiguueot, 12 Batteries, 3 years service, in 1861.... 1,800 
 ■16 Independent " " " 1861.... 2,441 
 
 4,241 
 
 4 " ** " " 1862.... 606 
 
 4 ** ** " *' organizing.. 300 
 
 906 
 
 Total of Artillery 6»347 
 
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 CAVALRY, 
 
 2 compatiies, 3 mo ,ths service, in April, 1 86 1 1 80 
 
 4 J ndependent companies, 3 years service, in 1 86 1 352 
 
 1 '♦ squHdron, '•' " " 197 
 
 6 Regiments, " " ♦' 6,006 
 
 Ist Independent Battalion, " " " 367 
 
 6,922 
 
 2d " " " " 1862 390 
 
 1 Regiment, " " " 1,204 
 
 9th and 10th Regiments, " " incomplete... 1,617 
 
 3,111 
 
 Total of Cavalry 10,215 
 
 RESUME. 
 
 Total 3 months men ofall arms in 1861 and 18 >2 26,893 
 
 " 3 years " «' before April, 1862. 82,845 
 *• ♦• since April, 1862 42,854 
 
 Total of original organizations of all arms J 52,592 
 
 Add estimated number of recruiis sent to organizations in the 
 
 field, up to May, 1862 6,500 
 
 Add estim;it "d number of recruits for organizations in the fi-ld, 
 
 enli-ted in last 8 months ofl 862 24,333 
 
 Add drafted men assigned to old regiments 1,796 
 
 " *♦ expected to be brought in and assigned.... 350 
 
 Estimated number of drafted men discharged (ornot held) for 
 
 physical disability, want of residence, alienage, religious 
 
 scruples, and ran a fl^ay 4,6 1 7 
 
 Total 1 90,228 
 
 From which deduct the estimated number of three months men 
 
 of 1861 and 1862, re-enlisted, and therefore twice counted. 15,500 
 
 Grand total in Ohi > organizations, omitting the 4,617 drafted men 
 
 last mentioned 170,121 
 
 The total draft was 12,251. Of these, the 5,488 men not above accounted for, 
 are believed to have volunteered in old, or new three years' org'^niz itions. 
 
 From what has been presented ab )ve, it appears, that out of a population of 
 2,339 698, and an enrollment of 425,147, as the atjgre;:/ate of white males wilhia 
 the S:ate, between the -^ges of 18 and 45 year.-s, 167,965 have volunteered in our 
 own organizations to put down reb; llion and sustain the old flag as the symbol of 
 freedom, and of our nation's power, unity and honor. 
 
 In addition to the 170,121 men placed in the service in her own organiza'ims, 
 Ohio has contributed very largely to the; Ri'guUr Army, and also \o the Navy 
 and Gun Bolt s.-rvice ; and in several of the early Kentucky and West Virginia 
 regimrnts, the men of Ohio conslicuted the main strength ; and to those regiments, 
 since they entered the; fi«ld, recrui's from this St Ue have been drawn, by friends 
 and acquaintances serving there. 
 
 luduna, too, has complimented the Buckeyes by consenting to receive many 
 hundreds of them into her gallant regiments. 
 
 It has been seen that the Ohio regiments, as a general rule, were nearly or quite 
 maximum in strength. 
 
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 RECAPITULATION OF APPOIKTMKKTS AND C0MMI6SI0NS. 
 
 Appointments and commissions to threp months* men in 1861 1989 
 
 Appointments and commissi, ns issued in 1861, aUer June 1st 2267 
 
 Add 6 per cent, for duplicates 113 
 
 2380 
 
 Appointments and commissions issued in the first 4 months of 1862. . 1911 
 
 Add 6 per cent, for duplicates 95 
 
 2006 
 
 Appointments and commissions issued in the last 8 months of 1862. . 4162 
 
 Add 20 per cent, for duplicates 832 
 
 4994 
 
 Sumber of recruiting appointments issued since May, 1862, on which no 
 
 commissions have yet issued. . . 1 156 
 
 The duplicate issues were occasioned by interruptions of mails, loss of packages 
 im transit, and papers and baggage. 
 
 The per cent, of interruptions and losses this year is estimated to be four times 
 ttiat of last year, the troops being less accessible and tbe casualties far greater. 
 
 VOLUNTEEER AND RESERVE MILITIA. 
 
 The existing organizations of V* lunteer and Reserve Militia of this State are 
 BO much reduced and so very few and ifnperfect, that they promise little, if any, 
 advantage to the public service, and, exctpt in a very few cases, their present 
 utility remains to be discovere(i. Doubtless for these reasons, and in anticipation 
 of legislation that should work an entire change of the present militia laws, no 
 place was given in the annual report from this department, last jear, to our 
 State militia organizations. With like anticipations, and for the same reasons, 
 fche same omission occurs in this jeport. 
 
 On the 12th of October last. Major General H. Fifz Randolph, commanding 
 •be 6'h Division 0. M. and V. M , reported to this office that, (n the 22d of Octo- 
 ber, 1861, he ordered an election of Brigadier- General of the 2d Brigade in his 
 Divitsion, to be held on the 16th of November, 1861 ; but the order was not 
 obeyed, and therefore he had appointed and sworn into office as such Brigadier- 
 Genera), the Hon. Thomas W. Hartley, pursuant to the 52d section of the militia 
 law of March 28'h, 1857, and therefore required that a commission be issued to 
 Thomas W. Barilay as of August 15ih, 1862. 
 
 A parallel case was presented in an appointment by Major- General James M. 
 Rowe. 
 
 These assumed appointments were believed to he inconsistent with section six 
 of the " uct for the further organization and discipline of the militia and volunteer 
 militia," passed March 23(1, 1859, and ihe commissions asked for have been 
 withheld, the appointments being considered illegsil. 
 
 But was this Sec. 52, in the matter referred, ever valid ? By Sf:C. 2, Art. IX, 
 af the C( nstitu'ion, Brigadier-G. nerals are to '*be elected by the persons subject 
 to military duty in their respective districts." Commanding officers may appoint 
 their stafi' officers (Sec. 3, same Art.), but they cannot appoint other commission- 
 sd officers. A military organization diflfers from a civil organization in this : 
 that in a military organizttion, whoever is the senior commissioned officer, 
 whether he be a General, Field, or Line officer, necessarily commands, whatever 
 aaay be his grade. 
 
 And in case of absence or vacancy of a General, Field, or Line officer, in a 
 particular command, a case could fcaidly aiise where lie deficiency could not be 
 
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 supplied by detailing some other oflScer, already in the service. I submit, there- 
 fore, thnt the clause in section 62, above referred to, is not only unconstitutional, 
 but entirely unnecessary, and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a 
 military organization, and, to avoid misapprehensions and diflSculties, should be 
 repealed. 
 
 With much respect, I have the honor to be 
 
 Your Excellency's obedient servant, 
 
 CARS. W. HILL, 
 
 AdjutaDt-General. 
 
REPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquartbrp, 0. V M., Quartermaster General's Office,) 
 Columbus, Ohio, January 1st, 1862. J 
 
 To His Excellency David Tod, Governor of Ohio : 
 
 Sir: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the Quarter- 
 master's Department of the Siate of Ohio, from my last annual report, to Decem- 
 ber 31st, 1862. 
 
 At the beginning of the year 1862, it was hoped and believed that little more 
 would be required of this department, than the adjustment and settlement of the 
 accounts and liabilities for the large expenditures of (he nine preceding months ; 
 and, as far as might be required, aid the General Govercment in the inspection, 
 repair, and issue of arms to the troops of our own State, at that time not fully 
 provided with serviceable weapons. Contrary to these expectations it has been a 
 year of great activity, labor and responsibility. 
 
 In the month of November, 1861, an arrangement had been concluded with 
 the Federal Government, by which the State was to be relieved of all ordinary 
 Quartermaster's duties, and it was assumed that the manufacture of ammunition 
 would very soon be limited to the Government arsenals. Hence small appropria- 
 tions were asked for of the Legislature, for this department, and no estimates fur- 
 nished based upon the magnitude and variety of work thrown upon the office. 
 
 But for the arrangement made with the General Government for the assump- 
 tion of a greater part of the expenses incurred in the fabrication of ammunition, 
 and the liberal share of your military contingent fund bestowed upon this de- 
 partment, together with the use of funds derived from the collection of transpor- 
 tation furnished to soldiers, the department would have been compelled to forego 
 a large amount of service and labor rendered the General Government, which it 
 now seems could not have been dispensed with. 
 
 A careful examination of the service performed in this department compared 
 with the expenses incurred will, I trust, satisfy you that the department has been 
 economically administered, and good results realized. The work of preparing 
 the accounts for settlement with the General Government was prosecuted with as 
 much vigor and dispatch as the complicated and multifarious nature of tbe ac- 
 counts would admit of. It was not until about the 1st of July, 1862, that tha 
 accounts were fully stated and filed with the Third Auditor of the Treasury at 
 "Washington, Upon their preparation, the duty of their settlement devolved 
 upon tbe Auditor of State, who has since that time relieved me from all further 
 care in the matter. 
 
 soldiers' claim aoekcies. 
 
 The numerous discharges from disability occurring after the winter campaign 
 of 1861-2, developed the want of some system by which the broken-down and 
 disabled soldier could obtain from the Government the amount due to him for 
 
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 previous service, without sacrificing a large and unreasonable portion of his hard 
 earninjis to unscrupulous und avaricious agents and attorneys, ever ready and 
 eager to undertake the collection of pHy, bounty and pension, at ra'es of per- 
 centage pronaising little to the si Idier, but in the aggregate an unprecedented 
 income, proportioned to the talents of the t ager undertaker. 
 
 So appart^nt and annoying did this wicktd practice become, that for several 
 weeks one of the clerks in this department was dt^tailed to aid, free of charge, all 
 cases br. ught to my notice, of discharged soldiers, seeking bettiement with the 
 Government 
 
 Findmg the applications so numerous, and the saving to the soldit-r eo great, 
 your Excellency, as 1 ihink wisely, and with great benevolence, app )inted James 
 E. Lewis, E-q., then a clerk in my oflBce, a special agent for the procurement of 
 back pay, bounty and pensions due to di.^chargi-d soldiers. For the admir; ble 
 working and good results of this agency, I beg to call your atttntioo to the full 
 an sa'isfactory report of Mr Lewis, herewith submitted. That similar good re- 
 sults will arise from the recent appointments of Royal Tay'or, Esq , agent, ai Louis- 
 ville, and A. B. Lyman, Eeq., at Cincinnati, and J. C Wetmore at Washington 
 City, where mniiy of our soldiers are detained in hospital?, 1 ha'-e no doubt. 
 
 I also submit herewith the report of your Aid-de-Camp, Col. B P Baker, in 
 New York City, where many Ohio soldiers have been, and are detained in hospi- 
 tals. From this report, and the many letters received from Col. Baker, it will be 
 seen that this agency has been managed with great prudence and energy, and 
 with like good results. Many other f^gencies have been maintained at points within 
 and outside of the State, more especially lor the care of, and attention to our sick, 
 disabled, and straggling soldiers, who in their transit from or to their homes, miss 
 railroad connections, and require lodging and food. The Soldiers' Home, at Cin- 
 cinnati, the history of which is so well knowr, and which has received the encour- 
 agemerit and aid of the State, is the most promment, while others on a small scale, 
 but having the same benevolent purpose, have been maintained at Columbus, 
 Cleveland, Bt-llair, and other points, with excellent results. 
 
 As britfly explaining the nature and duties of ttie agencies at this place, (Cin- 
 cinnati, Louisville, Washington and New York,) I submit the following copy of 
 my letter of instructions to the Louisville agent: 
 
 Office of Quakterm aster- General of Ohio, 
 Columbus, 0., Dec. 7ih, 1B62. 
 
 Royal Taylor, Esq : 
 
 Dear Sir, — The Governor having appointed you an agent for the settlement of 
 claims of Ohio soldiers, and required you to report to me for duty, I submit to you 
 the following general instructions : 
 
 You will proceed at your earliest convenience to the city of Louisville, and open 
 an office, convenient for the business. 
 
 It will be your duty to familiarize yourself with the condition and wants of all 
 Ohio soldiers within the hospita's of Louisville and its immediiite viciniiy, and all 
 who may hereafter arrive, or who may call upon you. 
 
 Your principal duty will be to examine and provide for the settlement of their 
 claims ag^.inst the Government, upon their discharge from the service. In all 
 cases, where a full military history, or descriptive roll, cannot be obtained upon 
 discharge, so as to obtain from the Paymaster the full pay due them, I advise you 
 to refer them to Captain A. B. Dod, Columbus, O. ; for which purpose, when 
 necessary, \ou may furnish them transportation, on my tickt ts to Columbus, charg- 
 ing the same to the soldier, to be deducted from his pay at his final settlement. 
 
 I band you herewith a book of transportation tickets, signed in blank, with 
 
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 printed instructions how to use ttem ; also printed blanks, upon which you will 
 make weekly report to me of the use made of each ticket. You are at liberty to 
 sell these passes only to private soldiers destitute of money, on furlough, or hold- 
 ing discharges ; or to friends of sick or deceased soldiers, accompanying them or 
 their remains home. In cases where you furnish transportation to soldiers report- 
 ing to Captain Dod, you will immediately rpportto me the transportation furnished, 
 omitting that from your weekly report. You will also report your transportation 
 8old, and that furnished on credit, separately. 
 
 The State has already furnished a large amount of transportation to Ohio sol- 
 diers, which is charged on the hooks of this Department, but not yet collected. 
 You will report, therefore, to this office the names of Ohio soldiers, in any of the 
 hospitals above referred to, who may apply to yon for aid, and I will at once 
 notify you if any charges stand against them here. 
 
 James E. Lewis, Esq., has been acting as agent at this point for several months. 
 For the present, you will adopt his system as f^r as possible, using simihr blanks 
 and instructions. You should cultivate the acquaintance and friendly co operation 
 of the Military Commander at your post, the Medical Director, Hospital Surgeons 
 and Paymaster, with all of whom you will have business relations, of interest to 
 yourself and the soldiers. 
 
 You will arrange, if possible, with the Paymaster to settle no claim of an Ohio 
 soldier, exon-pt upon my certificate t^igned by you, that no transportation has been 
 furnished by the Slate of Ohio, or upon deducting the amount that has been fur- 
 nished. 
 
 You will communicate freely with me, from time to time, for any instruction or 
 assistance you may need in the discharge of your duties. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 (Signed) GEO. B. WRIGHT, 
 
 Quartermaster- General. 
 
 ARMS ISSUED TO OHIO TROOPS. 
 
 TOTAL ISSUES TO ARTILLERY. 
 
 6-pounder bronze field guns, riSed 84 
 
 6 " ♦' " smooth 30 
 
 12 " " howitzers 2 
 
 6 " steel guns, rifl-d, "Wiard's" 16 
 
 12 •' " •• " 8 
 
 12 " bronze field guns, "Napoleon" 10 
 
 3-inch wrought iron rifle guns, " Phoenix" 14 
 
 Total 164 
 
 Of the thirty. two Ohio batteries in service, six have been armed directly 
 by the Uuited States, or without the interposition of State authoriiits. 
 
 The number of guns i^bued to these batteries is 36 
 
 Making total number of guns issued to Ohio batteries in the field . 200 
 
 TOTAL ISSUES TO CAVALRY. 
 
 Sharp's carbines 964 
 
 Joslyn's " 650 
 
 Gallager's " 600 
 
 Total carbines 2,014 
 
4a 
 
 Colt's pistols 1,161 
 
 Starr's " .., 700 
 
 Remington's pistols ♦ 2,727 
 
 Joslvn's " 999 
 
 Whitney's " 250 
 
 Total pistols 6,837 
 
 Light Cavalry sabres 7,334 
 
 The following three months' regiments (now mustered out of the service) were 
 armed as follows : 
 14lh Regiment — 800 U. S. percussion muskets. 
 
 180 Eufield rifles musket. 
 15lh Regiment — 800 U. S percussion muskets. 
 
 200 altered to percussion muskets. 
 16th RegioQcnt — 800 U. S percussion muskets. 
 
 180 Enfield rifle muskets. 
 17th Rpgiment— 900 U. S. percassion muskets. 
 18th Regiment— 988 " 
 
 TOTAL ISSUES TO INFANTRT. 
 
 XJ. S. percussion muskets, smooth bore 1 3, 1 1 8 
 
 " altered to percussion •' 4,547 
 
 " percust-ion mu kets, rifled, 69 cal 10,498 
 
 " Springfield rifle muskets 1 2,675 
 
 Enfield rifle muskets 33 429 
 
 Vincennes rifles, sword bayonet 980 
 
 Pondii's rifle musket, 69 cal 4,870 
 
 French " 69 and 71 cal 4,850 
 
 Austrian " 54 cal 20 178 
 
 " " 68 cal 4,700 
 
 Saxony " 3,378 
 
 Prussian " 69 cal 1,620 
 
 French " 57 cal 980 
 
 Prussian smoi th bore musket 3,098 
 
 Total muskets and rifles 118,821 
 
 Of the Ohio regiments, the armament of which is not included in above 
 statement, the 22d was armed in Missoun ; the 28tb, 64th and G5th 
 were armed directly by the United States ; the 60ih, 106th and 108th, 
 out of arms assigned to General Judah, commanding Camp Dennison; 
 the 70th and 77ih received thtir armament from supplies issued by 
 the State to the United States ordnance officer at Paducah. The 60th, 
 a one year's regiment, cow out of service, received its arms directly 
 from the United Slates. 
 
 Estimated number of arms in hands of above regiments 7,600 
 
 Total number of arms issued to Ohio Infantry 126,321 
 
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 Head-Qdabters, Ohio Volunteer Miliha, 
 Columbus, June 5, 1862. 
 
 FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC ARMS. 
 
 The Governor and Commander-in-Chief directs the publication of the follow- 
 ing instructions : 
 
 I. The arms and accoutrements issued by the Quarterma'ster- General of Ohio 
 are the property of the General Government, and must be accounted for to the 
 Chief of Ordnance at Washington, as if received directly from United States 
 oflScers. 
 
 II. Special attention is directed to the following paragraphs from the Revised 
 Regulations for the Army for 1861, governing the issue of, and responsibility for, 
 ordnance stores. 
 
 (Par. 1389,) " The Commander of each company or detachment will be ac- 
 countable for all ordnance and ordnance stores issued to his command. The 
 Commander of each Post will be accountable for all ordnance and ordnance stores 
 at the Post not issued to the company or detachment Commander." 
 
 ( Par 1390 ) '♦ Commanding officers of volunteers in the service of the United 
 States shall return anJ account for ordnance- and ordnance stores in the use of 
 troops, as rtquired in the regular service, and all arms and equipments issued to 
 such volunteers, shall be ch'irged against the person to wh( m the issue is made, 
 on the mu<ter-roll or pay account, to be accouuted for to the Mustering and In- 
 specting officer, before reeiving pay, during service, and on his discharge." 
 
 (Par 1393 ) " When charges on account of ordnance stores are made against 
 a soldier, the property return shall give his name, and the pay-roll, or account in 
 which the charge is made " 
 
 (Par. 139 j.) " Arm-chests are to be preserved and accounted for, as other 
 ordnance stores." 
 
 (Par. 1395 ) "Every officer commanding a regiment, corps, garrison or de- 
 tachment, shall make at the end of February, April, June, August, October and 
 December, a report to the Chief of Ordnance, stating all damages to arms, equip- 
 men s and implements belonging to his comman 1, noting ttose occasioned by 
 negligence or abuse, and naming the officer or soldier by whose negligence or 
 aouse the said daraaojes were occasioned " 
 
 III Regimental Qaartermasters or other Staff officers are not proper account- 
 ing officers for ordnance and ordnance stores ; the entire re.«pansi(>ility rests with 
 Commaniiing officers of Regiments, Posts, Companies and Detachments. 
 
 The current condition of all arms and accoutrements, in the hands of enlisted 
 men, is as^^ertained by the regular Sunday morn ng inspecli ns. See Regulations, 
 Article XXX. Also, Article XIII. paragraphs 93, and 102 to 109 inclusive. 
 
 IV. It is pariicularly erjoined, that enlisted men shall not be allowed to take 
 their arms or equipments with them when temporarily absent on leave from their 
 Regimental, Post, or Company Quarters, or on lurlougb or in hospital. Sentinels 
 must he cautioned to permit no man to pass outside the lines, with arms and ac- 
 coutrements, unless on duty. 
 
 Commanding officers of Posts, Regiments, Companies and Detachments, are 
 required to give this order the utmost publicity. 
 
 By order, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, 
 (oluarlermaster-General, Ohio, 
 
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 RETURN OF ARM-CHEST3. 
 
 The special attention of commandiDg officers of Ohio troops is directed to the 
 following order : 
 
 Ordnance Office, War Department, 
 
 Washington, D. C, Dec. 29, 1862. 
 
 By direction of the War Department all arm-chests not required by command- 
 ing officers of companies, regiments, or posts, wherein to keep surplus arms, will 
 be returned to the nearest Arsenal or Depot with proper invoices in duplicate, the 
 officers in charge of which receipting for the same. 
 
 Officers to whom such chests have been issued will be charged with their value 
 if they are destroyed or retained. 
 
 JAMES W. RIPLEY, 
 
 Brig.- Gen., Chief of Ordnance 
 
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE WAR DEPARTMENT. 
 
 CoLUEBUs, 0., April 30lb, 1862. 
 Brig. Oen. J. W, Ripley, Waskivgton, D. G. : 
 
 General : I beg to call your earnest attention to tbe condition of a portion of 
 tbe Ohio Cavalry m regard to arms. Of tbe .six regiments now in service, but 
 one, the tirsf, was sent into the field wiib a complete armament. 
 
 The 5.h Cavalry, Col. W. H. H. Taylor, is now before the enemy, at Pitts- 
 burg Landing, without a pistol, and with but one hundred and ten carbines to 
 over eleven hundred en is;ed men. 
 
 To this regiment I issued six hundred and seventy-five Joslyn pi.stols, but 
 tbey have been condemned as uofit for service, and turned over to the U S Ord- 
 nance otfictr at that post. An agent of the Slate, who has just arrived from the 
 reyimtnt, brings a pressing appeal from Col. Taylor, and indores his statement 
 and these of his • flScers, that the pistols are utterly worthless, and that the regi- 
 ment, though daily under fire, has nothing but sabres and a few carbines to rely 
 upon. Titeir chagriu at this condition of affairs is gr<.^atly enhanced by the fact 
 that cav.iliy rcgiraentb from other States, serving under the same general com- 
 mand, are iully supplied with Sharp's carbines and Colts's pistols. 
 
 May 1 not hope to secure, through you, prompt attention to this important 
 
 maittr ? 
 
 I am, sir. 
 
 Very respectfully. 
 Approved, GKO. B. WRIGHT, 
 
 David Tod, Governor, Quar. Mas. Gen., 0. 
 
 Columbus, 0., June 25th, 1862. 
 Btig. Gen. J W. Ripley, Washington, D. G. : 
 
 General : I find that m^ny of the Enfield rifle muskets, recently issued to me 
 through the purchasing officer at New York, are quite imperfect, and I have had 
 to give ihem a cooaplele overhauling before issue to troops. 
 
 I'he ramrods are particu'arly dt^teclive, breaking upon the applicatron of the 
 elii'htest lorce. But, very few of them would stand the test prescribed by the 
 ordnance m inual. To remedy their defects in this particular, you will please 
 ord- r t » bti t^ent heie three hundred ramrods of the required pattern. I am ad- 
 vised by C aut. I'rispin that they can be ubtaiaed in New York 
 
 1 also uted ihree hundred bayonets for the same arm to supply disasters in 
 
 service. 
 
 I am. Sir, 
 
 Very reppectfuUy, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 GEO. B. WRlGiir, Quar. Mas. Gen,, 0. 
 
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 CoLCMBCs, 0. Jul) 9lh, 1862. 
 Brig. Qen. Jas. W. Ripley, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 Genehal : Please advise me if I can obtain from Government six twelve 
 poiinrler howitzers, and how soon they could be shipped. 
 
 Will you further oblige me by stating what arrangements are bting made to 
 supply the new levies with infantry arms and equipments. For the quuta of the 
 State, I have on hand small arms for about six regiments, and accuuirements for 
 fifteen or sixteen. 
 
 I will tbaik you to give me this information at your earliest convpnience. 
 Permit me to remind you that should any additional cavalry be called for, I 
 have on hand some six thousand sets McClellan tqu'pments complete. 
 I have the honor to be. 
 
 Very re8pecl;fully, 
 
 Your c bedient servant, 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Quar. Mas. Gen., 0. 
 
 Columbus, 0., July 14ib, 1862. 
 Eon, E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, B. C. : 
 
 Sir : It i^ important that the State of Ohio should be promptly supplied with 
 arms for the new quota of troops now organizing. 
 
 I beg to call your attention to the fact, that of the eighty thousand small arms 
 placed in the hands of Ohio infantry, but two regiments have recused lided mus- 
 kets of Government fabrication. 
 
 I desire that twenty thousand stand should be placed at mj dispos'-tl at the 
 earliest possible moment, and I trust that if not all, at least a lair proportion of 
 them shall be of the Springfield muskets. 
 
 The arms should be forwarded to Gen. Geo. B. Wright, Quartermaster- General 
 of Ohio. 
 
 I am, Sir, 
 ^ Very respectfully. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 DAVID TOL), Governor. 
 
 Columbus, , July 19th, 1862. 
 
 Oen. C. P. Buckingham, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 Please see that my order for arms is promptly attended to. I have but a thou- 
 sand stand on hand. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 TELEGRAM. 
 
 Wasuington, D. C, July l9lb, 1862. 
 
 OiiV. David Tod: 
 
 Ten thousand Austrian r He muskets have this day been ordered from New York 
 to Culumbas to arm militia. On May 28i,h ten thousand Eiifijid liUes were seat 
 to Obio — where are they ? 
 
 P. H. WATSON, Assist. Soc'y War. 
 
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 RKPLT. 
 
 Columbus, 0., July 21, 1862. 
 
 P. H. Waison, Assistant Secetary of War, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 Of the ten thousand Eafields sent Mny 23, I have issued to three three months 
 regiments, and one tbree years regimtnt, three thousand four hundred ; to the 
 ordnance officer at Wheeling five hundred ; to Col, Burbank and upon his order, 
 Cincinnati, five thousand. Balance on hand eleven hundred, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q M. General, 0. 
 
 Columbus, 0,, August 5th, 1862. 
 Brig. Gen J. W. Ripley, Chief of Ordnance : 
 
 Sir: Having every reason to believe that the twenty-two regiments of volun- 
 teers for. three years service, now being organized in Ohio, will be recruited to 
 their full number by the 16ih inst., I have the honor to request that twenty-two 
 thousand servicea le arms and twelve thousand sets infantry accoutrements be 
 forwarded to me for the u?e of said troops. 
 
 From the t nor of your letter of the 19ih ult., I indulge the hope that arms of 
 the best qualiiy, iucludiog a fair proporiion of Springfield r.fle muskets, will be 
 provided for these troops. 
 
 A number oi the new regiments are now going into camp, and it is quite proba- 
 ble some of them will be complete within ten days. I hope, therefore, that the 
 stores herein specified will be forwarded at the earliest possible moment. 
 
 Very respectluUy, 
 
 GEO. B," WRIGHT, Q. M. General, 0. 
 
 It is indispensably necessary to the prompt raising of troops that the above 
 requisition receive immediate attention. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Columbus, O , August 6, 1862. 
 
 Col. C. P. Wolcjtt, Assist. Sec'y of War, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 My Dear Sir : — I enclose copy of a letter this day addressed to Brig. General 
 Ripley, making requisition for arms for our new regiments. 
 
 I rely on )ou and General Buckingham to secure for Ohio a full supply of the 
 best arms. Oblige me by giving this matter the benefit of your influence at head- 
 quarters. We need them immediately. 
 
 Very truly, 
 
 Your friend and obd't serv't, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q M. General, 0. 
 
 Columbus, , August 5, 1862, 
 Oen. G. P. Buckingham, Washington, D. C : 
 
 Mr Dear General : — I enclose copy of a letter this day addressed to Brig, Gen. 
 Ripley, raakinij requisition for arms for our new regiments. May I not depend 
 upon you to give this matter your personal attention and influence, and thus secure 
 for Ohio a full and immediate supply of good arms ? Leaving this matter in your 
 hands, 
 
 I am, very truly. 
 
 Your friend and obd't serv't, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT. Q M. General, 0. 
 
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 TBLEQRAM. 
 
 Columbus, 0., August Olh, 186*. 
 Brig. Oen. Jas. W. Ripley, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 Please see my requisition, 6th inst , and hasten forward stores. Volunteers 
 coming in with a rusli. Svtral regiments in camp, wailing equipments. Your 
 prompt attention will oblige 
 
 GEO. B. WRIuHT, Q. M. General, O. 
 
 TKLEGRAU. 
 
 WAsniNGTON, D. C, Aug. 8, 1868. 
 Gen. G. B. WrigM : 
 
 By direction of the Secretary of War, nine thousand Austrian rifle muskets, 
 calibre 58, have been ordered to be sent to Capt. Dod, Mustering Officer, fur use 
 of Onio volunteers. 
 
 J. W. RIPLEY, Brig. Gen. 
 
 C0LUMDU8, 0., Au». 12, 186a. 
 Brig, Oen J. W. Ripley, Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 General : — I was somewhat surprised at receiving your dispatch and letters^ 
 announcing the shipmtr'nt of ordnance stores to Capt OoJ, Mustering Offi;er, for 
 di^trlbuliun to Ohio volunteers. While I would not o^^ject to be relieved irom this 
 labor, I deem it my duty to advise you that, while the order without explanation 
 carries an imputation against my department, wliioh I challenge invesiigmion to 
 substantiate, I feel assured that you and your department will furnish conclu>ive 
 evidt nee cf the prudent and judici jus care and istue of all ordnance stores received 
 by me Irom the General Government. 
 
 A still greatt r objection to this order is the fact (hat Capt. Dod has no means 
 of storing, handling, overhauling or repairing arm^, while ail thesu facilities are 
 enjojed by the State. 
 
 Opeiations at the State Arsenal are thoroughly s^ystemaltzed, and carried on 
 under the same rules and regulations prescribed for Uaited States Arsenals, and 
 I flitur myself an examination of my returns ia your cflice will show a perfect 
 system of accountability. 
 
 I do not hesitate to say that an issue of ordnance stores through Capt. Dod to 
 the Obio troops now being raised would prove a most fruitful source f i difficulty. 
 
 1 there/ore respectfully suggest that, so fur as Ohio is concerned, the order 
 should be lesciodid, and 1 trust your infiueuce will be exerted to that tScct. 
 I am, General, 
 
 Very respectfully. 
 
 Your most obd't, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General, 0. 
 
 To this letter the following reply was received : 
 
 WAsniNOTON, Aug. 19, 1862. 
 Gen. Geo. B. Wright, Q M. General, Columbus, : 
 
 Sir : — I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the l?th ins^t , and to 
 say that the shipments of ordnance stores were made to Capt. Dod in obedience 
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 to a general order from the Wir Department, requiring all stores for volunteers 
 coming into the service to be placed in charge of the United States mustering 
 officer. 
 
 So far as this department was concerned, no reflection was intended to be made 
 on the official conduct of any one, much less on yourself, whose official relations 
 to this department have been entirely satisfactory in every respect. 
 
 Hereafter, and until further instructions from the War Department to the con- 
 trary, ordnance stores intended for the volunteers of Ohio will be sent to your 
 address. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 Your obd't serv't, 
 
 JAS. W. RIPLEY, Brig. Gen , Chief of Ord. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1862. 
 F. B. Watson, Assist. Sec'y of War, Washington, D C. : 
 
 Sir : — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of yester- 
 day. 
 
 I beg to assure you that our State authorities entertain no suspicions of injus- 
 tice from the General Government, but are simply anxious to have our troops 
 well and promptly armed. 
 
 As I must 9gain remind you, no Springfield rifled muskets have ever been is- 
 sued to Ohio, and we would not think that we had our fair proportion of them. 
 
 Our estimate of Enfields received covered the entire istue to ihe State since 
 the war ; not from any particular date. And in reference to the last Jot of ten 
 thousand received, my correspondence with the Ordnance Bureau will advise you 
 that they were not only net equal to Spritigfields, but a very indiSerent and im- 
 perfect arm. (See letter to Gen, Ripley, July 3d, enclosing copy of statement 
 of deficiencies in Enfields ) 
 
 I regretted exceedingly parting with the Enfields to Col. Barbank during the 
 Morgan raid ; but the issue was made upon h'S ujgent requisition, and was 
 deemed by the Governor an imperative necessity. 1 had no other serviceable 
 arms to issue, and hope soon to recover them back. 1 thank you for the Spring- 
 fields, and will make a prudgnt distribution of them. Our regiments, however, 
 will be maximum in number, and as the Governor desires that they shall be fully 
 armed and equipped before they leave the State, we may have to make a further 
 requisition on you. 
 
 As regards the Springfield smooth bores, I have no doubt they would prove 
 more serviceable than many rifles we have issued ; but volunteers have a strong 
 prejudice in favor of the rifles. 
 
 As you are aware the Springfield and Austrian rifles, 58 calibre, have been 
 consigned to Capt. Dod. The Governor has not yet been advised of a compli- 
 ance with his request that those, together with all orduance stores for Ohio troops, 
 should pass through my hands. 
 
 I am, Sir, 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 Your ob't serv't, 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General, 0. 
 
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 TELEGRAM. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1862. 
 P. R. Watson, Assist Sec^y of War, WaskirKjton D. C. : 
 
 Telegram received. The Governor directs me to say that he will have fifty 
 new regiments to arm by the 1st day of September. 
 
 We are sending many recruiis to old regiments, of course without arms. We 
 want arras and nccoutrements for fit'ieen more regiments. Can't you give us 
 Springfields or Enfields for them ? 
 
 "GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General, 0. 
 
 TBLEGRAM. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Aug, 19, 1862. 
 
 P. E. Watson, Assist. Sec'y of War, Washington, D. G. : 
 
 I have no reply to my dispatch of 16th inst., about additional arms and ac- 
 coutrements for Ohio regiments. Please answer. 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General, 0. 
 
 TELEGRAM. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1862. 
 
 Oen. Ripley, Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. G, : 
 
 How about the cavalry equipments ordered on the 27th ? Several companies 
 are already raised, and calling for them. 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General, 0. 
 
 , telegram. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1862. 
 Oen. Riphy : 
 
 Telegram received. I have the horse equipments on -hand. Can't you send 
 me carbines ? I am nearly out of arms for issue to our new regiments. Can't 
 you send me five thousand Springfields or Enfields at once ? 
 
 GEO. B WRIGHT, Q. M General, 0. 
 
 telegram. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1862. 
 
 P. H. Watson, Assist. Sec*y of War, Washington, D. G. : 
 
 Please see my telegram to Gen. Ripley, dated Sept. 2, with reference to more 
 arms fur Ohio troops. We have a large number of regiments organized and 
 ready for their arms. Can't you send me five thousand stand immediately ? 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q, M. General, 0. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1862. 
 P, n. Watson, Assist. Secretary of War : 
 
 Sir: — I regretto advise you that the fifty-four hundred French rifle muskets 
 
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 Just received from New York are not the character of gucs I had hoped would 
 have been is^su d to the remainder of our three years' troops. 
 
 They Vary in calibre from 70 to 72, are we-k in the locks, defiri^-nt in appen- 
 dages, and a i.unober of ihtm are old altered flint locks — a few only have bretch 
 •iglits. Altcgeiher it is a very mixed lot ; and the Govtmor says he will not 
 Bend his in>o^s into the field with such arms. 
 
 I betr yi u to lecolUct that Kx-Governor Dennison was promised when in 
 "Washington that, in two or three weeks frrm that time, the Depariraent would 
 be able to i sue to Ohio a furiht r supply of Springfield ride-mu^keis. Miy 1 not 
 hope that its instructions in this regard may soon be carried out ? Please give 
 ID« an early and, if potsible, a favorable answer. 
 
 Very rtspectfully, 
 
 Approved : GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q M. G. neral, 0. 
 
 David Tod, Governor. 
 
 TEUEQRAM. 
 
 CoLUMDus, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1862. 
 
 To his ExoeUency David Tod, Governor of Ohio : 
 
 (Care of Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec'y of War, Washington, D. C.) 
 
 How ab ut ca) bines f r 7th Ohio Cavalry ? Have been promised by War De- 
 partment, but not received. 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. Geneial, 0. 
 
 Columbus, , Oct. 1st, 1862. 
 
 B'ip. Gen. nphy. Chief of Ordnance, WashirgUn, D. C ,' 
 
 Genekal : — You Tviil pleaf^e order to he sent to Gno B. Wright. Q ^I Genera! 
 of Oliio to arm and equip threes reg'ments of cavalry and one r«giMient of tlarp- 
 fclnKiteis, Huilu riz d by ilie War Depajtment to be raited in ibis Siaie, the Ici- 
 lowiug orticles ot ordnance stores, vii : 
 
 3 600 Sharp's Carbines ; 
 3 tiOO (%.li's or Whitney's Pistols ; 
 3 t^OU Lght. Cavalry S^hre8 ; 
 
 3.6UU Scfs Horse h]qu'pmeni8 complete, McClellan pattern ; 
 3 boo CaJfiioe S'lngs ; 
 3,tiO»i Sihie Belis and Pla'es ; 
 S (5(10 Pisuil ( anridge- boxes ; 
 3 6 I'lttuI belt Holbttrs; 
 3 6i »^ap I't uches ; 
 
 3 (.10 S.*«iid Knots; with supply of anr.muniticn for rarhires nrd p'Hcls ; 
 W£0 H'tle.» lor sbarpshoo'ers, t-anr.e as uted by Beidan'b Re^iiumi ; 
 1'6j fctiB Accoutien.eLts J« r dilu>, wiih supply of hniOiUniiuu ior liflts. 
 Very respi ciluhy. 
 
 Your I bd't ve rvant, 
 
 SiOUCJHTON BLT'S, 
 Apprrvfd : Asbist. Q Al. GtLtral of Ohio. 
 
 David Tod, Goveitor, 0. 
 
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 TBL£ORAM. 
 
 CoLUMDDS, 0., Oct. 6lh, 1862. 
 Brig. Oen. C. P. Buckingkan, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 What provision fs made for arming dr ifted m^-n ? We want ten thousand arms 
 and acooutreinents for tUem, and five thous^nrt for volunteer rpyiments, 
 
 G. B. WKlGIir, Q. M. Gdueral, 0. 
 
 TELEGRAM. 
 
 CoLOMDUs, 0., Oct. 7tb, 1862. 
 Brig. Gen. 0. P. Buckingham, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 We have about five thousand French rifles, about four thousand of •which may 
 be made serviceable, th )Ugh I would pr fer not to issue them if others can bi 
 got, atul one thousand Eutield's. 
 
 These are all the atms we have We will have fifteen thousand men, including 
 drafted anil vo'unleers. It is diflScult to say how many of each, as the drafted 
 men are rupidly enlisting and furnishing subsliiutes, who tnhat for three years. 
 We want the arms immediaiely. 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General, O. 
 
 TELEGRAM. 
 
 Columbus, 0., Oct. 18, 1862. 
 Bon. P. H. Watson, Assist. Sec'y of War, Washington, D. C : 
 
 Wh<»t is the prospect for the arms telegraphed for to Gen. Buckingham, October 
 6th and 7ih ? Our men are in camp without aims, and anxiously calling fur ihem. 
 Please answer. 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q M. General, O. 
 
 To this telegram the following answer was received : 
 
 WASBiNaxoN, Oct. 18, 1862. 
 Geo. B. Wright, Q. M. General : 
 
 You ask wliat is the prospect for arms telegraphed for to Gen. Buckingham, 
 Oct. tith and 7ih. Previously, you telegraphed that the French lifld muskets, 
 sent for six regiments, were unserviceable, which caused surprise, because in quil- 
 ity an 1 cost both tliey are classtd next to Eutield's. Au officer was sent to in^pect 
 them, who repoits that ihey are serviceable and good arms. If you prefer smooth 
 bore muskets to toem, they can be sent in exchange. How many ot your drafted 
 men are to be organized iut» new regiments, and how many are to fill old onest 
 The men who enter old regiments must; be armed uniform y with the regiments 
 Ihey respectively enter. Oi)io has liad and w 11 reodve her lull proportion of first 
 cla'js arms, but she must also take her s-hare of those of second and third clasau 
 until they can be replaced by those of first class. 
 
 P. H. WATSON, Assist. Sec'y of War. 
 
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 The following is the letter in reply to the above telegram : 
 
 Columbus, , Oct. 20, 166?. 
 P. H, Watson, Assist. Sec'y of War, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 itx^-' ^ ^^^^ *^^ honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of \ 
 I8th instant, pronouncing the French muskets a good arm, and inquiiing how 
 many drafted men ate to be organized into new regiments, and how many into old 
 regiments. « & 
 
 I am not disposed to be captious or fault-finding about arms, believing, as I 
 always have, that you were doing the best jou could for us, and that.no partiality 
 was shown to one Sfate over another. But you know how clamorous troops are 
 lor good arms, and I have never admitted to them that we ever issued unservice- 
 able arms. 
 
 As regards the French musket, if Capt. Crispin's clerk, who was sent here to 
 examine them, mat'e a favorable report, it is contrary to the facts, and to his own 
 admission here. The employee of Capt. Crispin, who is responsible for their in- 
 spection, can scarcely be considered unprejudiced. As I before reported to you, 
 and now beg respectfully to reaffirm, the arms are quite indifferent— none of them 
 tirst class, scarcely second class, and at least one-filth of them totally unfit for issue 
 to troops. They vary in calibre from 58 to nearly 72 (though invoiced to me as 
 ih Tif^^ ^^^ ^^^^ re-calibred and classified, as 69 and 71. and so issued 
 
 tnem. They are roughly put together, are weak in the mainsprings, deficient in 
 
 i f ^'^ffi ^^^ appendages, and never could have passed the inspection of a com- 
 petent officer. If the Government received them as good, serviceable arms, it 
 was grossly imposed upon. 
 
 Samples of three different classes and calibres of this mixed lot were sent by 
 '-apt. Lrispm's clerk to New York. Of these arms I have made issues to three 
 regiments, and will endeavor to supply two m re. 
 
 vve hear also a great deal of complaint about the recent issues of Austrian 
 rmes, but I invariably reply to these complaints that they are a good arm, and 
 that no better can be obtained. 
 
 I fully appreciate the annoyance and trouble you have, and would not add to 
 u; nor do 1 ask any thing better for Ohio than is given to other States. 
 
 1 would myself very much prefer a first class Spring6eld smooth bore musket 
 to either the Austrian or French rifle, but I fear our troops would not be as well 
 satisfied, the rifle being the popular arm. 
 
 i cannot tell you the exact number of drafted men that will be organized into 
 new regiments. The Governor thinks now about eight thousand. They have 
 been enlisting in old and new regiments, but that has nearly ceased. 
 
 We want Irom ten to fifteen thousand good, serviceable arms for new three 
 years regiments, and regiments of drafted men now organizing, and we need them 
 immediately. b 6» 
 
 My weekly report is made regularlv to the Ordnance Department, and you can 
 
 at any moment ascertain just what I have on hand. I will not ask for what we 
 
 do not need, and am never disposed to find fault, trusting that your department is 
 
 incapable of any injustice as between States when you have the facts before you. 
 
 1 am, sir, very respectfully. 
 
 Your obd't serv't, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General. 0. 
 
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 Columbus, 0., Oct. 23, 1862. 
 Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec'y of War, Washington, D. C. : 
 
 Sir : — We are very much annoyed by the reports we get from some of our 
 regiments in regard to the Austrian guns, of which we have issued about thirty 
 thousand to troops raised the past summer. The Governor is greatly annoyed by 
 these reports ; for instance, yesterday the Major of the 121st Regiment, who had 
 his men in line of battle and under fire for more than one hour, at the recent fight 
 near Perryville, Ky., says that more than one hundred of the guns in the hands 
 of the men could not be fired by reason of some defects. Of course some of the 
 fault is with the men— raw recruits do not know how to use a gun, or remedy 
 small defects. This is but one of the ma^ny cases reported. We have frequent 
 and bitter complaints of the Austrian as well as French rifles, of which latter we 
 recently received about five thousand. We are now very much in want of from 
 ten to fifteen thousand arms for the drafted men, and for new regiments of volun- 
 teers now organizing in the State. 
 
 From letters and dispatches I get from the Ordnance oflfice, it would seem that 
 the department is vexed and impatient with my importunities; and the Governor 
 has directed me to write you, and request that you will order a supply of service- 
 able arms to be sent us if they are to be obtained, or if not, to let us know what 
 to expect or hope for. 
 
 We should also like to be supplied with a serviceable breech -loading arm for 
 our cavalry. The French guns with long sabre bayonets, sent us for this purpose, 
 are useless for cavalry service. 
 
 Hoping soon to have a favorable reply, 
 
 I am, ii*, very respectfully. 
 
 Your obd't servant, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q M. General. 
 
 Columbus, 0., Oct. 28, 1862. 
 Bon. P. H. Watson, Assist. Stc'y of War, Washington, D. G. : 
 
 Sib :— I am gratified to know the prompt attention given to my letter of 20th 
 inst., addressed to you. by a letter received from General Ripley, announcing the 
 order for shipment to me of more arms, and enclosing a report showing the num- 
 bers and class of arms assigned to and received by our State. 
 
 I beg to assure you that, notwithstanding the complaints lodged with the Gov- 
 ernor and myself by MajorGenerals, Brigadier-Generals, Colonels, Captains and 
 Lieutenants, in regard to arms issued to Ohio troops, and the representation that 
 Indiana and other Western States have been favored abjve Ohio in the character 
 of arms received, we have invariably replied that the War Department was doing 
 the best it could, and was not and could not be guilty of any partiility or favorit- 
 ism ; and we have always done all in our power to inspire faith and confidence in 
 the arms issu'-d. . 
 
 May I beer that you will concede to our State the earliest possible issue of all 
 the first das'! arms we are justly entitled to, that I may make an early exchange 
 with some of our regiments, that are now suffering and absolutely becoming dis- 
 couraged and demoralized by the use of what is termed the third class arms. 
 
 Hopincr you will pardon my deep solicitude on this subject, and give us your 
 usual prompt and favorable response, 
 
 I am, sir, very respectfully. 
 
 Your obd't servant, 
 
 GEO. B. WRIGHT, Q. M. General, 0. 
 
SDRGEON GENERAL'S REPORT. 
 
 Surgeon-General Weber being unable, from ill health, to prepare a report, the 
 followipg, \?ith other letters, relative to the care of sick and wounded soldiers of 
 Ohio, were printed by order of the Geueral Assembly : 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, May 2, 1862. 
 
 Dr. S. M. Smith, Columbus, 0.: 
 
 Dear Sir : — Having kindly accepted the position of Superintendent end Medical 
 Purveyor of the steamboat Tycoon, now fitting out at Cincionaii, for a trip after 
 the sick and wounded soldiers of our State, I have but to give jou these instruc- 
 tions : 
 
 1st. See that the boat is in perfect order, and fully provided with every neces- 
 Bary outfit for the comfort of the soldiers and yourself and party. 
 
 2d. Assii^tant Q M. General hlifs, whom you will meet at Cincinnati, it is 
 expected, will have provided all hospital and sanitary stores. 
 
 3d. Surgeon-Gent ral Weber will have provided and organized a full corps of 
 surgeons lind nurses for the expedition. 
 
 4th. After having thus equipped, you will proceed with as much dispatch as 
 practicable to Paducah, Kentucky, and, placing yourself in connection with those 
 in authority at that point, ascertain the condition of things at or near Pittsburgh 
 Landing and Corinth ; and if you there le-^rn that we have had a battle of any 
 considerable magritude, you will then at once proceed to Pittsburgh Landing, and 
 there tender the services of your boat and party for the relief of the sick and 
 wounded whom you may there find, coiifining your efforts, as far as consistent and 
 practicable, to the relief of the Ohio soldiers, bringing such as may be able to be 
 removed to Cincinnati. 
 
 6th. If, however, jou learn on your arrival at Paducah that there is no imme- 
 diate necesi-ity for going up the Tennessee, you will proceed up the Cumberland 
 river, and visit the hospitals at Nashville and other points along the river, and re- 
 ceive upon your boat such sick and wounded Ohio soldiers as you may there find 
 in a fit condition to be removed, and who may be properly and regularly discharged 
 or furloughed, and carry th^m to Cincinnati, and have them placed ia the hospitals 
 in that vicinity. 
 
 6th. You will keep a strict account of all your expendi'ures, and report the 
 same to me on your return. To meet those ot an incidental character, I hand you 
 herewith * 1,000. 
 
 As you are familiar with the duties committed to you, by reason of previous 
 service, these general instructions are all that are necessary lor your guidance. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 Stitk or Ohio. Exkcutivb Dfpvrtmest, 
 CoLUMuus. Alay 6, lbtj2. 
 To Robert Harper, Esq., Bdlair, 0. : 
 
 S:iK\—Yo\i. are hereby appointed an agent to look after Ihe s'^k and wounded 
 solJiers who m«y pass through your place, bound homeward Your specinl duty 
 will be to attend upon the arrival of trains and steamers, and there search for and 
 provide fr all .sick soldiers whom you may there meet. This provision must be 
 adapted to the parlicuUr wants of each soldier, viz : should he want food or rest, 
 see that he has it; should he need advice or direc ions, give it to him. lu tine, 
 my object is to minister to all the reasonable wants of our gallant b >ys. 
 
 Your compensation will be at the rate of $1 60 pi-r day. You «i I keep an ac- 
 curate account ot the i ems of your disbursements, and report the same fo me 
 every Monday morning. Should special or extracroinary conliDgencies aiise, you 
 will report the s:ime to me for special instructions. 
 
 Yours, etc., 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 Stats of Onto, ExEonrivE Department, 
 Columbus, May 5, 18b2. 
 Major- Oenerol Shields : 
 
 Dear Sir: — The bearer, G. W. Williams, is one of Ohio's pay-agents, and I 
 have assijjned him to duty with your diviriou of the army, by Special Order 
 No. 41. of the War Depatiment, Apiil Itiih, 18t'2, pa} masters are directed to 
 recogiiizti ihrse agents. You will greatly serve the wives and families oi these 
 gallant troops by giving Mr. Wi.liams every necessary facility to accomplish the 
 duties of his mission. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 CoLUMDus, May 6, lBb2. 
 To James T. Davis, Etq., Crestline, 0. : 
 
 Sir : — You are hereby appointed an agent to look after the sick and wounded 
 soldiers who may pass through your place bound homeward Your special duty 
 will bt; to attend upon the arrival of trains, and there search for, atjd provide for 
 all sick 8 Idlers whom you may meet. This provision must be adapted to the 
 particular wants of each soldier, viz : should he want food or rest, see that he 
 has It ; should he need advice or direction, give it to him la fine, my ol ject is 
 to minister to all the reasonable wants of our gallant bojs. 
 
 Your compensation will be at the rate ol $1 50 per day. You will keep an ac- 
 curate aL'couut of the items uf your disbursements, and report the same to me 
 every Monday morning Should special or extraordinary cases arise, }0U will 
 report the same to me for special instructions. 
 
 Yours, etc , 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 C0LUMBD8, May 12, 1862, 
 Dr. W. L. McMUlen Oolumlus, 0. : 
 
 Sir ' — I am pained to learn from the enclosed dispatch that there is a large 
 number of sick and wounded Ohio soldiers at New Albany, Indiana, awaiting 
 transportation home. Greatly as the State is already indebted to you, I feel im- 
 pelled to make another call upon you to aid me in alleviating the distresses of 
 these gallant boys. 
 
 Allow me then to ask you to proceed at once to New Albany, and provide for 
 and superintend the removal of all the soldiers whom you may find there, to Cin- 
 cinnali and Camp Dennison. Should the number fit to be removed justify it, I 
 have to direct that you charter a steamer specially for that purpose, and that you 
 supply the same with such nurses and stores as may be neces ary to make your 
 party comfortable on the trip to Cincinnati. It is supposed that all this can be 
 obtained at Louisville. 
 
 To meet mcidental expenses, I hand you herewith five hundred dollars. Should 
 you require any additional means before you return to this city, draw on me at 
 sight for the same. 
 
 Advise me by telegraph from time to time of the progress you are making. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, May 13, 1862. 
 
 To Quartermaster- General Wright, and Surgeon- General Weber : 
 
 Gentlemen : — In view of the impending danger of a severe contest at or near 
 Corinth, Miss., I have to direct that you forthwith proceed to Cincinnati, and 
 there charter and fit out a steamboat for the purpose of promptly removing the 
 sick and wounded from the battle-field to our hospitals within the State. 
 
 You have now had so much experience in this work of duty, that particular 
 instructions for your guidance are unnecessary. 
 
 I have sent some twenty-five recently appointed State surgeons to report to 
 you forthwith, at the Burnet House, Cincinnati, for duty. You will assign them 
 to duty on the steamers which you may charter. 
 
 When ready, you will order the steamers to proceed to Paducah, or some con- 
 venient point on the Tennessee Rivtr, and there await the lesult of the move- 
 ment of the armies at Corinth. 
 
 Should these movements lesult in an engagement of any considerable magni- 
 tude, they will then proceed up the river to the most convenient point for receiv- 
 ing the wounded ; and after taking on board all that they can well provide for, 
 will return to Cincinnati. 
 
 Should the enemy, however, abandon Corinth without a battle, the parties in 
 charge of the boats will then visit the several regimental and other hospitals on 
 the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, and bring home the sick and wounded ther« 
 found. 
 
 Tlie persons whom you entrust with the charge of the boats, should be fur- 
 nished with copies of these instructions, and are requested to keep me fully ad- 
 vised by telegraph, of their movements. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 State of Onio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, May 16, 1862. 
 Col. S. Bliss, Assist. Q. M. General : 
 
 Dear Sir : — The benevolent duty of removing Ohio's sick and wounded sol- 
 diers from the Tennessee Valley is not >et completed, I therefore, on the 13th 
 inst., directed Q M. Gen. Wright, and Surg. Gen. Weber, to proceed forthwith 
 to Cincinnati, and there charter and fit out two steamers, to proceed with dis- 
 patch to the vicinity of Pittsburgh Landing, for the relief of fuch of our sick and 
 wounded as most require it. Gen. Wright, who is yet in Cincinnati, will hand 
 over to you the instructions I gave him. 
 
 I have now to request that you proceed without delay t > Cincinnati, and take 
 general charge of the two boats, which I expect you will find in readiness to pro- 
 ceed on their voyage. 
 
 My instructions, which you will receive from Gen. Wright, will guide you in 
 the performance of your duties You will find these instructions quite general 
 in their character, but the zeal and faithfulness you have heretofore manifested 
 in this holy work, renders it unnecessary that I should be more explicit. Should 
 you require any more funds than the unexpended balance now in your hands, 
 draw on me at sight for the same. 
 
 Advise me by telegraph from time to time of your progress. 
 
 Respectfully yours. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, May 16, 1862. 
 Surgeon S. M. Smith, present : 
 
 Dear Sir :— The good work is not yet all accomplished. Ohio's gallant sick 
 and wounded soldiers have not all been provided for. I have therefore directed 
 Surg. Gen. Weber, and Q. M. Gen. Wright, to proceed to Cincinnati, and there 
 charter and fit out two steamers, to repair without delay to the recent field of 
 strife, near Pittsburgh Landing, and there receive on board such of our sick and 
 wounded as most demand our attention. A copy of my instructions to Generals 
 Weber and Wright i« herewith inclosed. And now, my dear sir, much as you 
 have already done for our brave troops, I have to request that you take charge 
 of one of these boats, as Medical Director. I am duly sensible, that in thus re- 
 questing you to Inake a fourth trip to the field of Shiloh, you may well charge 
 me with a want of generosity, but the necessities of the service, with y. ur pecul- 
 iar fitness for the delicate and responsible duties pertaining to it, ccmpel me to 
 make this request. It is presumed that Surg. Gen. Weber will have provided the 
 boat with all the surgeons, nurses and stores necessary ; but if not, you will be 
 able to supply any deficiency at Cincinnati. To meet incidental expenses, 1 hand 
 you herewith i8!600. Should you want any additional amount, please draw on 
 me at sight for the same. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, May 16, 1862. 
 Bon. Geo. B. Senter, new at Columbus, 0. : 
 
 Dear Sir : Feel assured that I am duly sensible of the great service you ten- 
 der the gallant soldiers of Ohio, as well as the interest of our Stale, in agam 
 
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 yielding to my urgent Bolicitations that you take charge of one of our boa's now 
 filling out at Cincinnati for the bloody field of Shiloa. The loyal people of Ohio 
 ■will never forget your generous and noble tff)rts in alleviating the distresses of 
 our brave troops, and God will bless you for it. 
 
 You will tind two boats at Cincinnati all equipped for the voyage. Wy desire 
 is that you take the general charge and buperviti. n of one of tbem, and tliat Col. 
 Bliss take the charge of the other. 
 
 Copies of my insiiuc'ions to Gen. Wright, Col. Bliss and Surgeon Smith are 
 herewith communicated, to which I refer for your guidance. 
 
 Kespecttully yours, 
 
 David tod, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Execdtive Department, 
 CoLLjuBDS, May 18, 18d2. 
 
 Come ius S. Hamilton, E^q , Marysviile, Union Co., 0, ; 
 
 Dear Sir : As agreed in our interview of yesterday, in wV ich you kindly offered 
 your services to ine in caring for and looking after Ohio's* gallant soldiers, 1 pro- 
 ceed to point out to you the special duties I desire you to per'orra. 
 
 1st. There are at Louisville, Ky., some 2U0 prisoners of war, taken by the 
 n'^ted outlaw Morgan, mainly, if not entirely, of the 2d and IBih Ohio Infantry, 
 These prisoners have been, by Morg«n, paro'ed, but wh>it the terms and condi- 
 tions of the parole are, I have not been advised. I have, therefore, to request 
 you to procetd at otce to Louisville, and inquire into their situation and the con- 
 diiious of their paro'e. If their parole is general in its chaiacter, then sdvise 
 them to return to heir respective homes, and furnish them with the necessary 
 railroad passes to enable them to do so. If, however, iheir parole limits ihem to 
 the city of Louiivi'le, then see that ample provision be made lor their health and 
 com'ort. 
 
 You will also, when in Louisville, look into the several hosp^^als in that city, in 
 which Ohio soldiers are to be found, and ascert-iio the condition ot our sick, and 
 S( e that ivt-r) thing is being done that should be for their comfort and happiness. 
 
 You will furni-h transportation passes to such of the sick as the Medical Di- 
 rector may be willing to give furloughs to. 
 
 2i. After having accomplished the business indicated at LTuisville, you will 
 proceed with hs much dispatch as practicable to Cairo, 111., and there look to the 
 general interests and well being of our soldiers who may be found at that point. 
 
 By care and atteoii )n, I mean that faiherl/ guardianship that a great, wealthy 
 and generous State, like Ohio, should take over her brave snd giliant sons who 
 have volunteered to protect her honor and best interest To a man of heart and 
 largi^ ex,..erience, like yourcelf, it is unnecessary that I point out in detail your 
 minute du^y in the discbarge of this sabred tru-t commiittd to your hands. 
 
 The instruction contained in the circular of Q. M. Gtn Wright, a copy of which 
 was handed you yesterday, as to the use of passes, wi;l guiile you. 
 
 You will of course keep a strict account of your exp^-n^es and disbursements, 
 and draw upon me from time to time for such sums as will rtiuiburse you. 
 
 You will communicate fully and often with me, by leter, making such sugges- 
 tions for the comfort of trie soldiers and efficiency of the service as you may deem 
 aflvisable. 
 
 Advise me by telegraph as to whose care I shall address you at Cairo, 
 
 Invoking God's richest blessings upon yourself and your mission, 
 
 1 am, truly your*, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 CuLUMDua, June 4, li6i. 
 O. G E Weber, Surp.- Geveral, Present : 
 
 Dear Sir : Tlu n^ are so many matters of moment connected wiih tlie manrtge- 
 ment and wtUare of the sick and wuunded troops from Ohio r< q'liiintj prompt 
 atteiiti 'n, tiiat I must ask you to proceed at once to Wasl)ington Ciiy lor corJ^ulta- 
 tian with the M^-dical Department of the Army. 
 
 You are so familiar with ibe necessities of tlie service, that it can liardly be 
 necessary for me to point, out specifically the difficulties that we ensnunitr in our 
 eft'iris to allevi-ite the jifHiclions of our sick and wounded. A lew of ihe more 
 prominent obstacles will oiily be named to \ou : 
 
 1st. The service is deticirnt in the number of surgeons allowed to each regi- 
 ment. To obvirite this difficulty you are aware that authority w.is given me by 
 the Legi-lature to appoint fifty State Surgeons, but for the want oi tull recooniiioa 
 of them hy the Federal Govt-riimenf, their usefulness is llmiit-d. Tlie Dt part- 
 ment should adopt them into its service, give them the rai.k and pay ot Assistant 
 Surgeons. If It decline doing this, it siiould at least furnish ihem transpottdtiuo 
 and subsistence, so difficult to be obtained in any other manner. 
 
 You will plea>e make koown to the ^^urgeon•Gc■n^ral Ve means that we make 
 use of to secure Sur^f ons of high character for these positions. 
 
 2d, Secure, i' po»t-ible, grea er fa ;ility in the matter of furloughs and discharges 
 from service. I am aware ihat this is a most delicate matter lo inierftre wi(b ; 
 for the desire of the soldier, in many instances, (o get out of llie hospit.d, botti 
 for active duty and to esc-^pe from it, requires extreme vigilatce and care iu the 
 exercise of the power of discharging soldiers fn-m hospital. 
 
 3d. Tile embarras-m^-nt attending the payment of s .Idiers confined in hospital. 
 S.ringent orders should bi giv^n to captains and colonels to furnish hH soldiers 
 sent to the hospitals wiih such descriptive rolls as would enab e tLem to draw 
 their pay 
 
 4th. Explain fuHy to the Surgeon-General our labors and < xpenc^itures in the 
 removal of »ick and woundtd soldiers from the T' nnesste and Cumt>erland val- 
 le}s This humane work was en'ered upon as a gratuity on the pait ot tl e Stile, 
 but the seV( ral Medic^d Directors have made such (ree use ot < ur boats iii^t we 
 can with en ire propriety ask ihe Fe^er .1 Gjvernncent to contiibuie toward the 
 ex,=ense 
 
 Let me hear from you by tel graph, or otherwise, during your slay in Wash- 
 ington. Desiring your early return, 
 
 Youjs, &c, DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State op Onto, Executive Department, 
 CuLUMDUS, June 12, 1862. 
 
 Col. S. Bliss, Asiistant Quartermaster- General : 
 
 Our christian duty in caring for the sick and wounded brave fr'op> of Ohio, is 
 rot yet fully pei formed. Many gallant boys yet remain iu the Tiinussee VdUey 
 that must be brought home 
 
 I have, tiertfoir, to direct that you proceed at once to Cincinrati, an! there 
 charier and fit out aiiinher steamer for a trip to Pittsburgh Lmdin^. It is not 
 neoes.-ary thai 1 {.ive \ on special insiruoli>ns as to the charrtcu r t f ilir- boat or the 
 ouific. The large expern nee you have already liad, emiiieraly quilifi s you for 
 the duly. It is expected that you will ha\e the boat ready to depart at six o'clock 
 ou S^'utday ev« i.ing iiex^. 
 
 I have selected Surgeon R. N. Barr of this city as Medicdl Director, and Octa- 
 
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 vius Waters as Commodore of the boat. I have also accepted the services of 
 Doctors W W. Bridges, Joseph Osborn, J. C Campbell, H. W. Duff, C. P Ash- 
 mun and B. B. Leonard, with authority to each to bring four nurses with them — 
 all of whom are directed lo report to you at tbe Burnet House on Saturday. 
 These surgeons and nurses are deemed sufficient. 
 
 You will deliver to Surgeon Barr this letter of introduction. He will, on his 
 arriv^al at Pittsburgh Landing, report himself, party and boat, to the Medical 
 Director, Surgeon McDougal, who will cheerfully give him every aid and facility 
 to fill up the boat with those of our sick most requiring our attention. 
 
 Di. Barr is requested to keep me duly advised by telegraph of his movements, 
 and, on his return, report here, in person, for settlement of the various accounts. 
 
 You will furnish Commodore Waters with all funds necessary to defray current 
 expenses, raising the same by draft on me at sight. 
 
 On the departure of the boat from Cincinnati, you will return to duty at your 
 post here. Yours, DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, July 2, 1862. 
 To M. C. Makin, Present: 
 
 Dear Sir : Thankful for <he valuable services which you have already ren- 
 dered the Stale in looking after and caring for the sick and wounded Ohio soldiers, 
 id the various hospitals in Virginia, 1 have to request that you again engage in 
 this benevolent mission. 
 
 You will therefore proceed without delay to Bellaire, Wheeling, New Creek, 
 Cumberland and Strassburg, Va. , visit the hospitals at those points, and render 
 such aid and assistance to the suffering soldiers as may be in your power. 
 
 Your past experience in this good work renders specific instructions unnecessary, 
 Riy object being to promote as far as possible, the health ai d comfort of the gal- 
 lant soldiers in the service of the country. 
 
 You are directei to keep an accurate account of your expenses, and to meet 
 present necesrities, I herewith hand you $100. 
 
 You will report to rae from time to time the condition in which you find our 
 men, and make such suggestions as may be of value. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive, Department, 
 Columbus, July 3d, 1862. 
 Dr. John A. Murphy, Present : 
 
 Dear Sir: — At the request of the Medical Director, Dr. McDougal, I wish to 
 have sent, every six or seven days, to the Medical Purveyor at Columbus, Ky., 
 the following articles for the use of the hospitals at that place, to wit : 24 dozen 
 chickens, 1 bbl. of eggs, 10 bash, of new potatoes, 2 bush, of beets and 2 bush, 
 onions. 
 
 And I have to request you when you return home, to employ some faithful 
 acquaintance to purchase and forward said articles. I have further to request 
 you from time to time to certify the bills to me for payment. 
 
 When you remember that public necessity knows no law, you will pardon me 
 for thus troubling you. 
 
 Very truly vours, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
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 State of Ohio, Executive Departeekt"^ 
 Columbus, July 29, 1862. 
 To the Military Commitlee of County : 
 
 Gentlemen : — The vigorous co operation of this department is asked by the 
 War Depar raent in returning to duty the large number of soldiers now absent 
 from their regiments in the field, and I know of no method better calculated to 
 promptly comply with this request than to solicit your aid in the matter. 
 
 Every soldier fit for duty should now share in the dangers and glories of the 
 field. The soldier that voluntarily absents himself from duty, is by the terms of 
 General Order No. 65, deemed a deserter, and is therefore liable to all the pen- 
 alties attached to desertion, and sooner or later these penalities are certain to be 
 iLflicted. It is therefore our duty to the soldier himself, to rescue him from this 
 impending punishment. 
 
 The duty I ask ot you is, that you have your county thoroughly canvassed, and 
 every soldier found therein hunted up, and their names returned to me. The 
 arduous duties I have heretofore asked of you, make me hesitate in thus further 
 taxing your generosity, but when you remember that "public necessity knows no 
 law," I trust you will pardon this further demand upon you. 
 
 Very respectfully. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Ohio, Executive Department, 
 Columbus. iSept. 4, 1862. 
 C(jI. Gustav C. E. Weber, Surgeon- General ; 
 
 You will proceed forthwith to Washington City, (o look after and care for our 
 sick and wounded soldiers in that vicitity. 1 have reason to fear that you will 
 find a great number requiring care and attention. Ic is not my wish to interfere 
 in the slightest degree with the duties of the regular medical staff; and neither 
 do I, by sending jou, impute any want of judicious care and attention on their 
 part. Your long experience in the service, and personal acquaintance and Ligh 
 standing with the head of the Medical Department, will enable you to act in con- 
 cert with it, and hence greatly expedite the removal and discharge of all who 
 will never again be fit for service, and the moie speedy recovery of all others. 
 
 You will lake with you some good, active, reliable man to superintend the 
 transportation to their respective homes of all such as may be discharged. 
 
 You will, on your arrival in Washington, at once call upon Surgeon General 
 Hammond, and bhow him this letter of instructions. 
 
 Please present my regards to Dr. H., and assure him that I fully appreciate 
 his untiring and noble efforts in caiing for our sick and wounded soldiers. 
 
 Report to me fiom time to time the prog, ess you are making, and return to 
 duly here at the earliest practicable moment. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 State of Oiiro, Executive Department, 
 Columbus, Oct. 16, 1862. 
 CU. S. Bliss, AssUt. Quartermaster - General : 
 
 By dispatches from Surgeon- General Weber, of this date, from Perry ville, Ky., 
 I am pained to learn that our sick and wounded at that place are in a suffering 
 condition for the want of surgeons, nurses and sanitary stores. I have therefore 
 to request that you at once proceed to that point, taking with you from this point 
 and Cincinaati a large supply of blankets, clothing and sanitary stores. If you 
 
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 cannot obtain llie?e of the Sanitary Commission at Cincinnati, you wi'l purchase 
 llieoi at that point. 
 
 You will Crtl on Mnjor General Wright at Cincinnati, and obtain from him the 
 nectssaiy pnasp rts. 1 have rtqut-fettd a number of physicians and nurses to 
 meet jou at the Burr el House to laorrow, at 12 o'clucli M. 
 
 Go by way of l^fuibvii *-, aud at ihat point hire conveyance f ( r yourself, party 
 and gi oJs. Draw on me at fcigbt from lime to lime for tuch luucJs as may be 
 nece-sary lo mteloullnys 
 
 Report to me Irom lime to time by telegraph of the progress you are making. 
 
 RsspecifuUy jours, 
 
 DaVIU tod. Governor. 
 
 State of Onto, Fxecutive Departmbnt, 
 Columbus, Dec. 26, 1862. 
 James C. Wetmore, Wasldngtm, D. C. : 
 
 Sir : — The large rumber of sick, wounded and discharged soldiers who find 
 their way to Washin:iflon Ci y, and tbete requ re counsel, assistance and relief, 
 induces me to appoim an agent, to reside at ihat pUce, who*e sole bu.siriess it 
 ehall bij to perform •! i-« duty. R posing fu I trusf and cotitidence in )our fiiness 
 for this sacred offic*'. I ht-reby ttndtr )ou this position. Your compi n^aiion will 
 be at the rate ot SltO per month. I will also allow a reason..ble amjuut for 
 office renf, Pta'i()ner\, fuel and light. 
 
 I.I addi'ion lo the duly ot caiioij for the sick and woundei soldiers, you are 
 speci-illy dirtcted to gu rd ih<ra against frauds I kely to be commiit' d by a class 
 of men who st} le ih- m>elves •* Sjldieis' Claim Agents." The 8. crtttry of War 
 has been advi?f'd of jour wpp'>iriim(Mit, and requested to give you every facility 
 to diichargf^ luhy the duties a>signed to you. 
 
 You are desired to net in concert, in the care of the sick and wounded, with 
 (he "Ohio S>'difrb' Relief Association ot Was-hington." You wi!| lejjort your 
 dtings trotn lime to lime to Q M. Gen. Geo. B. Wright, and obey all ordeis and 
 iBStructiniis tV a' ynu may rec«ive from his department. 
 
 Yt»u will, wiihout del'iy, uutity me of your accep auce or non -acceptance of 
 this appoinimtnt. 
 
 Respectfully yrurs, 
 
 DAVID TOD, Governor. 
 
 CoLUMDCs, Onto, — , 1862, 
 
 FOa THE FREES 07 CLEVELAKD A^D CIKCINNATf, O. 
 
 7l> the Lad'us of Ohio : 
 
 Your <nergy and goodre.«s of heart hav*» given but little opportunity to those 
 in authority to m 'ke ^Ui/gesiions as to how yuu r.-in minisier lo the wini.s of the 
 tohner, add theiei>) aid in Uiaint-iining our good Government, and win for your- 
 selves tlie snii'es ot tlr-av«n. As s-ume of }0U. however, may be i^n./iaiit of the 
 frfci that our IrO' ps are ^ut^Vlipg fur the want ot v^get^ble diet, 1 be^ to lecona- 
 meiid t.) )ou that }ou cau^e to be put; up large qi nlities ot p'tkl< d cabbages, 
 cucumbers and oiiiun-'. ^ii'l ibat jou aUo see to it that an a undance of fiuit, 
 pariicularly app'rs >-nd |e che>, be dried and put away for the s >ldier. Go'l has 
 b essed us wiiii a p't- 1 li ul supply of all these articles this season You will be 
 gUd lo know ih^.. the h« aitli ut i>ur army has gieaily improved, uiid ihat our 
 VttiioUa Luspiials a.c now wtU managed. 
 
 DAVID TOD, Ojvernor. 
 
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, December, 1862. 
 To Bis Excellency the Governor of the State of Ohio : 
 
 In compliance with the constitution and laws of the State, I have the honor to 
 submit to you a report of the condition of the State Finances for the fiscal year, 
 ending the 15th day of November, 1862, and an abstract of the receipts and dis- 
 bursements of the several funds during the same period. 
 
 A detailed statement of the several items of receipts and disbursements for the 
 same period, will be submitted in a separate report, at as early a day as the same 
 can be prepared. 
 
 The balance remaining in the Treasury at the close of the fiscal year, Novem- 
 ber 16, 1{^61, was §129,176 43, distributed among the several funds as follows, 
 viz. : 
 
 General Revenue $16,147 82 
 
 Military Fund 62,219 47 
 
 Sinking Fund 9,641 32 
 
 Common School Fund 37,498 1 8 
 
 School Library Fund 430 82 
 
 National Road Fund 1,974 03 
 
 Three Per Cent. Fund 19 04 
 
 Bank Redemption Fund 1,247 75 
 
 $129,176 43 
 
 There was received into the Treasury during the past year, including the above 
 balance on hand at the close of the previous year, $6,368,499 57 ; and the dis- 
 bursements by the Treasurer, during the same period, amounted to $5,890,043 
 08 ; leaving in the Treasury, November 15, 1862, $478,456 49. 
 
 This balance is distributed among the several funds as follows : 
 
 General Revenue , $266,914 90 
 
 Sinking Fund 63,285 3 1 
 
 Common School Fund 72,450 45 
 
 School Library Fund 185 29 
 
 National Road Fund 6,034 21 
 
 Bank Redemption Fund 963 75 
 
 Soldiers' Allotment Fund 79,632 58 
 
 $478,466 49 
 
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 The following statement exhibits, in a condensed form, the gross amount of the 
 revenues of the State, and of the several funds, with the sources from which 
 they were chiefly derived, and also the disbursements from the several funds 
 respectively : 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Balance in the Treasury, November 16, 1861 $129,176 43 
 
 General Revenue— From Taxes $1,226,611 82 
 
 From Canals 30,960 86 
 
 From other sources 138,769 71 
 
 $1,396,232 38 
 
 Military Fund— From United States $724,783 30 
 
 From other sources 91 ,690 26 
 
 $816,473 66 
 
 Sinking Fund— From Taxes $ 1 ,249, 832 43 
 
 " War Loan Levy .. . 301,623 19 
 
 From School Lands 86,2 1 8 05 
 
 From Sales oJ Stocks and Bonds. 262,062 17 
 
 From other sources 43,805 33 
 
 $1,943,631 17 
 
 Common School Fund — From Taxes 1,242.630 17 
 
 National Kond Fund— From Tolls 19,6 lO 66 
 
 Soldiers' Allotment Fund— From Pay Agents 820,945 21 
 
 Total Receipts $6,368,499 67 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS 
 
 From General Revenue $998,274 98 
 
 From General Revenue — For Canals 104,949 47 
 
 $1,103,224 45 
 
 From Military Fund 920,962 92 
 
 From Sinking Fund 1,899,887 18 
 
 From Common School Fund I,2u7 675 90 
 
 From Scbool Library Fund 246 63 
 
 From National Road Fund 16,460 47 
 
 From Bmk Redeti>ption Fund S94 00 
 
 From Soldiers' Allotment Fund 741 ,31 2 63 
 
 Total Disbursements $6,890 043 08 
 
 Balance in the Treasury $478,466 49 
 
 A statement, more in detail, of each fund separately, will be found in a subse- 
 quent pan of this report, showing tbe particular sources of revenue and objects 
 of expenditure. 
 
 ALLOTMENT FUND. 
 
 Slaiement showing the Monthly Receipts of this Fund, 
 
 During February, 1 862 $2,476 60 
 
 •« March, " 61,67 24 
 
 " April, " 89,603 36 
 
 «' May, '* 12,187 32 
 
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 During June, 1 862 )52PO,788 64 
 
 July, " 3U7,765 20 
 
 Ai'g, " 
 
 Sept., " 5()2B 00 
 
 Oct., " 16904 76 
 
 Nov., " (15 days) 44 724 20 
 
 $5820,945 21 
 
 Statermnt showing ike Riceipts and Disbursements of Allotment Fund Jot ike fiscal 
 year ending November 15, 1862. 
 
 RECEIPTS, 
 
 From Governor Dwirl Tod §2,476 60 
 
 " H M ('h pn. Agent 6l,6b7 24 
 
 " B. R Bowen, •• 754 75 
 
 *• M>ijor M McDowell, Ayent 666 00 
 
 " G. I Young, " 63.904 93 
 
 " B F. Hoffman, •' 24 6fiO 02 
 
 •' A D Ki^)hee, " 17.433 60 
 
 " Carle'on White, " 4,236 18 
 
 " Jamei E. Lt^wis, " 968 00 
 
 " G. W Williams, " 329 689 43 
 
 " K. Fritter, *♦ 83.6a4 80 
 
 «' J. H. Dollman, " 94 097 80 
 
 «« D H. Dr>den, " 12u. 176 46 
 
 " J Randall, " 1,943 00 
 
 " C.J Wt-tmore, " 6n6 00 
 
 " A B. Lvman, " 14,034 50 
 
 " Daniel English Sullivan, in trust for him or his child, Mary 
 
 A. E. Sullivan 43 10 
 
 Total receipts $820,945 21 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Amount of Auditor's warrants issued $741,727 63 
 
 Deduct outstandinii warrants 415 00 
 
 Baliince, being amount of warrants redeemed at Treasury 741 ,31 2 63 
 
 Cash balance in Treasury, Nov. 15, 1862 S79. 632 68 
 
 ALLOTMENT FUND. 
 
 Under authority of the act of February 4, 1862, " to enable persons in the mil- 
 itary service of this State or of the United States, to transmit their pay to their 
 families and friends," there has been transmitted to the State Treasury the sura of 
 $820 946.21. This act authorize the payment of money into the Sta'e Treasury 
 upon the produf'-tion to the ComptnOler of a descriptive list showing the D'tme of 
 
 Note — -ince the (^ate of the annuiil report th'-re hiis been r-'ceived into the treasury and 
 transmitted to counties, $4tl7,3.15. 15, mulling a total of $l,22d 2^0.86 transmitted through the 
 State troasury, by Boldiers, lo their familiei and friends, during a period of little more than a 
 year. 
 
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 the person paying, the amount paid by him, and the name, residence and post 
 office address of the person for whose use the payment is made. A copy of so 
 much of this hst as relates to beneficiaries resident in any county is sent to the 
 auditor of the county, who draws on the Auditor of State for the amount stated ; 
 notifies the partiei- mterested, and draws on the conn'y treasury on demand of any 
 person entitled to money so paid. No charge is made against the person sending 
 or the person receiving the money, so that it comes to the one for whom it is in- 
 tended without diminution. Another act authorizes the Governor to appoint pay 
 agents to visit the troops from Ohio, and receive and pay ioto the State Treasury 
 such sums as they might desire to transmit home. This system is the most simple, 
 direct and certain, of any that has come to my knowledge, and if adopted by the 
 soldiers in the field, will enable them to do much toward the support of their fam- 
 ilies, and those dependent upon them, without hazard of loss in the transmission 
 of the money. 
 
 TAXATION. 
 
 The valuations of property on the duplicate of 1861, upon which the taxes 
 collected during the fiscal year 1862 were levied, were as follows : 
 
 Real estate not in cities and villages 8494,064,639 00 
 
 Real estate in cities and villages 149,818,913 00 
 
 Chattel property . . 248,966,632 00 
 
 Total valuation for 1861 8892,860,084 00 
 
 The taxes levied upon this valuation were as follows : 
 
 FOR BTATK PURPOSES. 
 
 General revenue $1,247,699 93 
 
 Sinking fund 1,247,699 94 
 
 War debt fund 311,924 98 
 
 State common school fund 1 ,249.064 43 
 
 Total State taxes $4,056,379 28 
 
 Taxes levied by county, city and other local authorities. 
 
 County tax 81,326,140 43 
 
 Brige tax 324,490 49 
 
 Poortax... 342,225 10 
 
 Building tax 261,087 30 
 
 Road tax 430,263 85 
 
 For railroad debts of counties, etc 638,176 86 
 
 Township tax 323,286 68 
 
 School and school-house tax 1,373,862 68 
 
 Other special taxes 636,028 46 
 
 City, town and borough taxes 1,560,197 88 
 
 Total local taxes levied in 1861 87,014,748 61 
 
 811,071,127 89 
 Add delinquencies and forfeitures 686,686 03 
 
 Total taxes, delioquencies, etc.,on the duplicate of 1861. $11,656,813 92 
 
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 The taxes levied on the duplicate of 1862, to be collected during the fiscal year 
 1863, are assessed upon the following valuations of property : 
 
 Real estate not in cities and villages ^494, 101,182 00 
 
 Real estate in cities and villages 1 61 ,668,898 00 
 
 Chattel property 243,615,212 OU 
 
 Total valuation for 1862 $889,286,292 00 
 
 The taxes levied upon this valuation are as follows : 
 
 FOR STATE PURPOSES. 
 
 General revenue $887,661 13 
 
 Sinking fund 1,242,727 1 1 
 
 War debt fund 310,685 31 
 
 Common school fund 1,165,220 99 
 
 Volunteer relief fund 533,178 80 
 
 Total State taxes $4,129,473 34 
 
 FOR COUNTY, CITY AND BOROUGH PURPOSES. 
 
 County tax $1,159,949 34 
 
 Poor tax 227,781 54 
 
 Bridge tax 214,466 11 
 
 Building tax 167,468 90 
 
 Roadtax 211,864 66 
 
 For railroad debts of counties, etc 81 2,204 62 
 
 Townshiptax 226,463 84 
 
 School and school-house tax 1 ,02 1 ,0 1 1 62 
 
 Other special taxes 279,743 04 
 
 City, town and borough taxes 1,322,092 62 
 
 Total local taxes levied in 1 862 $6,633,035 99 
 
 Total taxes of 1862 $9,762,509 33 
 
 Add dehnquencies and forfeitures 372,776 30 
 
 Total taxes of 1862, including delinquencies, etc $10,135,286 63 
 
 The amount of taxes levied in 1861, for general revenue, sink- 
 ing fund, war debt fund, and State common school fund, was. 4,056,379 28 
 The amount paid into the State Treasury, including collections 
 
 of former delinquencies, is 4 02' ',597 
 
 61 
 
 Showing the delinquencies and costs of collection to have ex- 
 ceeded the amount collected on former delinquencies in the 
 sum of 35.781 67 
 
 Or about seven-eights of one per cent, on the levy. 
 
 The levies for general revenue, sinking fund, war debt fund, 
 State common school fund, and volunteer re'ief fund, on the 
 duplicate of 1862, are 4,129,473 34 
 
 The receipts from these are estimated at 3,997,454 00 
 
 Allowing fcr delinquencies and cost of collection, in excess of 
 
 collections oa former deUnqueQoies $132,013 34 
 
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 The collection? on the duplicate of 1861 were extraordinarily large. During 
 no former year have the payments been more prompt, and the del cqupncies so 
 small. It is noi prubiible as l>ir!^e a prop'rtJDn will be collected on the duplicate 
 of I86S:, and I estimate the net receipts at ^132 UI9 34 less than ihe gross levy 
 for the ;^ear. The levies for St-ite purposes on the duplicate of I8fi<>, amuunied 
 to $3,503,712 93. and the collections to $3, 383,482 ('6— showing ihat the delin- 
 qui-ncies, and costs ni colle'Ui>n. exceeiJed the sum collected on tormer delinquen- 
 cies — \Q !Bl!2(),230 87 — or nearly three and a half per cent, on the levy. 
 
 RELIEF FUND. 
 
 The three-fifths of a mill tnx, levied by the Act of February 13, 1862, " for 
 the relief of the fnmilies of volunteers in the State or United States service," 
 amounts to the sum of $533,178 80, but subject to be reduced by delinquencies 
 and the costs of collection, so that the net proceeds of the tax are e8tim:ited at 
 $610 01)0. 
 
 A continuance of this mode of relief is recommended. The tax ought not to 
 be r<-garded as a public burden, nor yet as a public charity, bui as a relief due 
 in ju-tice to the families . f those who, leavmg hum*- and friends, h^zird health, 
 salfcty, and liie itself, for the honor and the security of all In continuing thia tax, 
 the amount should be increased and the plan of distribution, through the State 
 Treasury, ab indoaed. The numb r of vohm'eers in the fit-Id last May was 81^872; 
 the number now is 140 000, being an increasw of seventy five per cent The levy 
 then made w*s three-fifths of a mill, which was certainly not too large. A. levy 
 of o .e mill for 1863 w puld not exceed in proportion that of 1862. and would, io 
 many cases, still leave room for charity. 
 
 In conclusion, a view of the financial transacions of the State, during the past 
 year exhibits gratifying results. Tax- s have been met with more than ihe usual 
 promptness of the people, and the sum paid into the treasury, irom this source, 
 more nearly reaches the amount of the levy than during any former year. Dur- 
 ing the year I860 there w>i8 collected $2,899,014 41 of a levy of $2,997,918 60, 
 the diflferenne being, $98,904 19 The collections during 1861 amounted to 
 $3 383 482 06 on a levy of $3 503 712 93, the difference beint; $120,230 87, 
 while tiiose of 1862 were $4 020 697 6 I on a levy of $4,056 379 28, the differ- 
 ence being but $35,781, 67. Th's shows that, notwithstanding the existence of 
 an extensive and powerful rebellion ag-iinst the rightful authority of the Federal 
 Government and the unity ot the Stat< s, in several f the sister States, withdraw- 
 ing from Ohio, into the service of the Government, a large number of her most 
 active and industrious citizens, and otherwise greatly t^ixing the mueri-il wealth, 
 and the physical and mental energies of her people, the soil has brought forth its 
 fruits in their wonted abundance, and general prosperity has crowned the labors 
 <>' all. The demands upon the treasury for the ordinary expenses of the State 
 Government, the military expenses, and those of her magnificent system of char- 
 itie-^, hive been met without delay, leaving in the treasury an actual cash balance 
 of $266,914 9t), applicable to the hke purposes during the current year. The 
 f'inking fund has been ample to meet the interest on the State debt — pay $765,- 
 610 71 of the principal — arjd leave unexpended, for similar uses hereafter, $15!,- 
 367 31. 
 
 With a continuation of the wisdom and prudence that have governed the Gen- 
 eral Assembly in making appropriations and aulhorizint/ expenditures for the past 
 tew year.<, like gratiiyiiig results may be anticipated for the future. 
 1 liave the honor to be, very respectfully, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 K. W, TaYLER, 
 
 Auditor of State. 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
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