Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

ELMIRA TOWNSHIP. 451
but were unable to obtain arms from the state, probably for the very
o-ootl reason that the state hacln't :my.
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'LSo 11lattel~s remnined until the bombardmeut of Surnl~ter. No
sooner llad the news reached Ehnirn, t1la.n Stuart set about filling up
his coml)aup to tender tlleill as volunteel's. With his officers ancl part
of t11e old co~lll);~nv as i~ nucleus, lle tlruirl lued for rec~uit~s in cliffe~ent
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pn~ts of the couilty; lle fonntl 110 tliRcnltry, onlv tlllat most \ranted to
elllist as office~~s, if lle m~tl his fellon~s ~voi~ltl t41;~o\v ul, tllleir old co~nmissions.
Ilis &o~n~)t~n~ \ras filled and tentlered to the gove~nl~~ent,
but nTns not accel~tetl, tl~ough Ile sl)nlaetl no effort to get them in, and
the collqxmjr was disbautled, anti the brare rol~ulteers reluct6,zlltly
gave np all ]lope of getting into service.
Lb Rfter\vai~tL ;I) speci:~l to\\.n ineeting,was called whicl~ was attended
the people. l'l~e tas-l);~j~ei*s of Elm IEI, to\rnship turned out gener-
1 ; unlikc tlle I~oi~rtl of s~~pel*visoi~s, they tlidn't stop to find out
i ~npeclinlents in the \\7c23r of i~eing patriotic', but \\-it11 unanimity ancl
hearty zeal tlle~7 voted a tas upon tlrelnselres of $700, for the purpose
of nn'if'o~anlin~ voltunteers; and resl)onsil.~lc. intlivitlnnls on the spot sobscribed
over. $1980 fola the suppo~~t of faillilies of voll~nteers in service -
near twice the ;ununnt app~*oprintecl bv tlle \\.hole of Stark county for
the same por1)ose. Indi uitlu:~Ls, soun tl ";tnd prolnpt, snbscri bed as lligli
as $200 cacll. il new coinl)allj \mi; reoiaganizetl uiicler the amended
1 1 i 1 s . Oaptain Stuart ;bad the coinmissione(l officers of the olcl
EiHes joined i tl, nntl, tu~solici tetl, tllre\\~ up their colnmissions, but upon
a new election tllcy mere all reiilectetl to their former mnk, and the
co~nptny reportetl to 11eaclqu;~rtelu. Tl~e inembers mere scatterecl over
considerable tei~itory, and could not well be got together for drill
olitoner than once :L week. Sceing no immediate lwospect of being
called into service, they \\rent a0ont their ordinarv pursuits, putting in
crops making bi*ick, or \rll;~tcrcr else tilev woiltl 1lave done it' the
country was ; ~t pe;~ce. lV1l:it followetl is best related by a, corresponclent
of the C11ic:l.go Trihtr~ie of the lSt.11, ~\~hjcll we copy :
" Tllc Cllicogo liaih~ne of the 8th inst. anllutunced tl~e fact th;~the
Elmila Rifles, C;q,tain St11;~rt's compil.ny, llatl heen accepted, nntl were
~*ecluii.etl to be ill Springfieltl on Tl~nrstlay, the 13th inst. Of course
sncl~ intelligence created 110 snla11 stir in our n~idst, ancl not onlv the
colnl~any, hilt t11e \rl~ol~ com~llunity \rere t llro~ril ill to soiiic tleg!.;.ecl o t'
consternatio~l. And what seemed to a.tltl to the tlificl11tic.s in the \v;I~
of being s~mtcl~etl off so sutlden ly. was tlre fact t11;t t ( ';q,t:~in Stri;trt, \\-IIo
is a ininute ina.n, ;rl\\~nyso ;~ctircl. ene~getic ant1 intloiliit;~ l~le. \r;i.s;tt tllc
time in the cast, ant1 no one llerc kne~v rep\- \\ell \rhere. In i~e~noring
this tlifficnl t \r, the otl~er officers deserve 1;711~11 praise fo14 t11e ~YOIII ptitutle
with \\:llicl~ they ;~ctctl. I.ieuteil;~,nt Hill toul; tllc 1t~;r.O. ;IS \ws
fitting lle sl~ould, ant1 Lieuten;tnt Nu~acl~i~o~i ~~ork~tl "1) t( J "11 jnst
espectations; and all seeilletl deteriilinetl to let ilo ol,sti8rlct iolls pllcven t
tllenl from coining up and iaespontling to t 1 IC t lchi~~;~ntl. ( )]I Mo~itl;~,~,
the 10th. n very Iwvge ~neeting. consisting of tllc vol~~nt(~~s
iintl citizens
of the to\rnsi~i~,s of Elmilax ant1 OscFoIi~. I\-;IS llcltl to wake saint.
amangeinents for the tlepa~ture of the rolruitee~*h. ,\ t this nleeting
difficulties see~lletl to increase hva rlispatch m*riring ~ IYIIII tlw i\dj~ta.nt-
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