The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-02-10
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Camps of the Allied Armies.

allied armies is from the correspondence of
the Cologne Gazette, and contains the evil
dence of an impartial observer:
CoNsrANr1NoPE, Dec. 25.-A friend Of
your correspondent, who left the Crimea o
few days since, gives the following descrip-
tion Of the camps Of the allies:
"Chersonesus, where most merchant ships
land is the nearest point to the French camp.
Here erything has an appearance Of care
and comfort. On every side the French have
laid down paved roads, along which, despite
the fathonable mud of the Crrimea, they
transport, with the greatest ease, their guns
and provisions and march without difficulty
from one point to another. Their huts and
tents stand in regular rows, and at the en-
trance of each street there are signposts to
indicate the way. A strict camp police is
established, and prevents the accumulation
of dirt and rubbish. Between the tents in
Vulnerable baking ovens are erected-some Of
stone, Others portable-in which fresh bread
is being continually baked, so that the
French soldier is not obliged like the Eng
lish soldier, to content himself with biscuit,
which engenders scurvy. Without awaiting
the providence of their government, they
have erected warm huts, from wood collect
ed and partly taken from demolished Tartar
huts, and the smoke Of their chimneys curls
up pleasantly in the air. Under these cir
cumstances there is much more joviality in
the French than in the English or Turkish
camp. The men talk, tell tales, sing, and
work merrily. The clothing of officers and
men is as clean as if they were simply doing
hard garrison duty. The Zouaves amuse the
camp at night by stealing out individually,
climbing the Russian outworks, and plant
French flags on them. The Russians are
bamboozled, as at night fires are lit at quite
solitary spots, upon which they fire away as
hard as they can. General Canrobert, des
pite his wounds, is to be seen daily in the
camp, but General Bosquet is the favorite Of
the men. The Turkish camp, which is next
TO the French, offers miserable aspect
dirt, torn tents, uniforms which can scarcely
be recognized as uniforms, and soldiers that
can scarcely be taken for soldiers. Neverthe-
less, they squat down quietly in the mud, and
smoke their pipes with complacency. Any
one coming from Stamboul is welcomed by
them with as much JOY as ifthey we've thou
sands of miles from that city. OF the Eng
lish and their bravery they speak with the
greatest admiration and cannot find words
enough to praise their deeds at InkeYmaDn /;
but they complain Of their brusque manners.
We have already said so much respecting
che English camp that we shall only give the
description of our friend in few words.
"On the whole it is the contrast Of the
French camp there are no roads, if we ex-
cept one made recently to convey the terri
BILE mortars. On all sides, between the torn
tents, dead cattle, horses, and oxen are rot
ting, and no one thinks of removing the
pest bringing carcasses. Officers and men
are so badly off for clothes that they may be
placed on par with the Turks. The officer
does not give himself the slightest trouble in
the world about the fate of the private, his
food, dress, or shelter he leaves all that to
the care of the commssariat. Lord Raglan
lives in his house, and for days together is
not visible. The wooden huts sent from
England lie disjecta membra i'll the water,
and will lie there, useless, until the nails
for putting them together arrive out My
friend, who is a merchant, had the opportu
nifty Of making some Characteristic observa-
tions-among others, that the Englishm'n
always asked for brandy and champagne,
while the Frenchmen asked for needles and
thread. Before every English bureau he OBJ
serves empty casks and broken champagne
and brandy bottles. The inhabitants of the
villages which lie scattered between Sebasto-
pol and Balaklava, at first the friends, have
become, in consequence of probably neces-
sary severe treatment, the bitter enemies Of