New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-25
The End Of the Campaign.


Yesterday the encampmeut OF the Massachu-
sets Volunteers was visited By thousands Of the
the citizens Of Boston and neighborng towns IN IN
structive though melancholy sight that encAmpmsnt
presents Il . the reverse OF the picture which was
paraied before the eyes Of our citizens eighteen
months ago. Then. military pomp and glory with
the beating OF drums and the waving OF banners, were
the order Of the day the free and easy lie OF the
soldier the pleasure Of nins.ing in strange scenes
the excitement OF the battle held sad the glory OF
gathering lsurels Of which 70 boast in after years
were the visions with which the enlistng solder
mind was hilei Now nothing meets the eye or occu-
pics the mind OF the poor soldier and the ssddened
spectator but the gloomy realities OF military cam
psign-ihe sad consequences OF war % the vic.
ors In and around those barnike buildings occupied
our Volunteers are the miserable remnants Of sn
entire regiment Of men-m0stly young men many Of
them worn down by fatigue aud hard fare numbers
sick and some dying. In the hospital some haif
dozen poor fellows who have no friends near 90 whom
they. Ike some OF their comrrdes can be carried
scarcely able % raise their aching heads they lie
stretched on little loose straw and around reclining
the ground resting against some friendly support
others. whose emaciscd forms and ha-gsrd coun-
tenances proclaim tie presence on consuming disease,
or broken constitution and Just 70 hand a coffin,
containing the mortal remains Of poor soldier who
had borne up under hardshps and disease only long
enough 10 reach the end OF his tedious journey snd
some who still live may follow their comrades 10 Tie
spirit world before the cncsmpncut j. broken up
Others. " DO had friends % relieve them, have been
carried to them 10 die more ike men than brutes.
anu WIFI CAT DC seen AZ lulHut uut al IT.
ustraton OF what this regiment and others also have
been suffering for months Muititudcs who left this city
eighteen months ago after su4erngs which none but
those who have experienced them can ever fully re-
alze hsye been LETT behind by the marching regiment,
dead dying
Whether this regiment has Jared worse than others,
know not whether they have been subjected 10
unnecessary suffering from the neglect OF those whose
business It was to look after them we cannot tell but
that they have suffered snd deeply too is most manlics,
10 every oeholder The men complain most bitterly OF
some Of their officers they that even since they
entered their country they have been subjected To
amount of needless priyston and suffering that
their provisions have been bad and sometimes entirely
insufficient that the day Of their arrival IN Brighton
they hsd raflons served and were compelled TO Tie
down night within sight Vi the City OF Boston weary
sick and supperless.
such are some OF the fruits Of wsr-men are taught
10 act ike demons and treated ike brutes He who
would see some OF the fatal results of this treatment
need but visit such encampment as our own volun
teers presented the first day OF then arrival from
their wearisome campaign.