New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-21
The Returning Volunteers ut tiomc-Theii
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TIE Mia0ifns The - L0aIs R.~fts gives tepor
able picture OF the detachment Of Illinois troops ~hieh
srrved AZ - Louis on the 7th and denounccs the Al
minisfrst0u tor takn- them home Ike cattle instead OF
disosnding them and paying them Il New Orleans The
Rrrcis says that they were covered WITH rs-s ana Nei
MIN, and that many Of them would gladly hsFe snfFrn
dered their whole claim upon the Government Tor mite
decent clothing one OF the volunteers has comml
nication IN the Rrreif suggesting that Il the Govern
ment must be- economical % bad better ecou0isc m TIE
matter Of the court marts than IN the mileage % the
poor soldiers who have fought; their c0untrys battles.
AZ Ner Cr.elHs judge Buchanan has delivered awrif
ten Opinion OF great ability the case of soldiers siN
prvsies and two non-commssicned officers OF the fth
hentucky volunteers praying tor rclci nom arrest -
the CsrrolltOn camp where they are detaned BY order
Of Colonel Williams Of the aforesaid regiment Pc
oners set forth that they enlisted serve during the
wsr only sni they that when the order from the
commander in chief in Mexico was promulgated an.
nouncing that peace was concluded. that they were
virtually discharged from The service Petitioners farther
forth that they came on there under the command
their officers and eucsmped a. Carrol,on they then LETT
the camp knowingly contrary O. orders but IN the fun
belief that they were free 10 where they chose the
war being ended His Honor decided that the treaty
Of peace was not yet legally made known not having
been officially promulgated, and that even II such
were the case he would not deem Il bis duty 20 inter
ere with the arrangements made oy the Executive De
parimcni for mastering the troops out OF service Tue
petition of the Volunteers therefore dismissed, and
the prisoners remandCd back % the authority OF their
officers.
The North Carolina Regiment is 20 be discharged a,
mithvie the order for their discharge at Old Point
Comfort having been counternanded.
The Rochester Yoluasers left Mer the 10th of June
join their Regiment and proceed TO Pso Alto 70 await
transports in which 90 embark for home, The probs
bility that they viii be- home some time in August
probably the lorepsrt
The remnant Of the Massachusetts RsgiaeNt says the
4fbany Ertaipg Journal were 10 have reached that
city on Monday evening til in the Western trsin
from Buffalo The regiment went cut with about '0.
but it numbers only 40 They leave Albany i'm
mediately IN extra train for Boston They have
been received ia Buffalo with hearty enthusiasm oi
their appearance the Buffalo Efpress gives striking
account-thus They now look badiy-as though
they had the elephant all over, aud Il = painful IN
the extreme 70 see their present ioron and dspdaed
condition They but poorly clad and II We are 20
Judge by their general demesnOr have been hut NY
cared for from any quarter. Whether this iout lies
with the Cove rnment the officers or the men, WI are
not prepared TO say II the men are 90 DC believed
then the officers have behaved badly toward them. II
the officers are credited IN their statements then We
believe that the men have brought their present
condition upon themselves, through improyidcnce and
recklessness Be the fault where il may Il brings d
grace upon the country to see troops who have be-
haved az CALAMITY those engaged in the Mexican
campaign returning 10 their homes IN the habnents
of so many street hcggHs.
The BRealo Erpress of the 18th has the following
ByrrALo July II, lsi-.
10 ne Editors IF me Morning Erprsss
In your paper OF this morning there is paragraph IN
which you say the officers that the present iorlOin
and dlapidaod condition OF the Massachusetts, Regiment
attributable the improydence and eckessness OF
the men" such is not the The msl OF the Massa'
chusetts Regiment precisely in the sane CONDITION
in which all the other volunteer regiments are
Their officers seem to consider that their commissions
are given 70 them only Tor the purpose OF giving them
more Latitude in debsuchery than the soldiers have
In Mexico, after squandorng their pay IN liquor the
officers of this cgiment (0r at least many oil theml
were obliged TO fan back upon the mems raons IN or
der 70 support themselves-and now since they ieit
Mexico they have been in such constant " state oi
excitement that they have been unable 20 look after
their respective commands No blame is attributed 10
the men.
Even in the way Of provisions since they arrived In
the United states they have Jared no better than ney
did during the hardest times they had in Mexico. Had
not been tor the kind treatment of the citizens OF
Ohio they would have starved ere they arrived here
We are, sc.
FRANCIS ONEIL, ALEX. fAITEhSON,
THOMAS NJ BROWN