Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-03-02

our army destroyed. or. position in
Europe seriously compromised, our past
tarnished and OF fitre ove;c'o o; .dsd but
we have not recalled single individual ]
No one has been made accountable for all
this mischief, and. while the public suf-
fers and private families mourn. no official
gentleman's feelings have been hurt by
bis withdrawal from the position which
he had abused. For our part, we cannot
hel p suspecting that II would have been
better if. instead Of saving our officials and
losing our army, we have saved our army
even at the risk oil, in some cases. blight
ing the prospects, and in Others hurting
the feelings, of men so fatally unworthy OF
the public confidence. This. we confess.
would have been our choice, had the al.
tentative been open 20 us. 1t is no longer
SO but we nevertheless feel that this
apathettic mood nust exist no longer, and
that the first pledge that the new Govern
ment mrst give Of its intention to carry
on the war with vigor and success is BY
showing, not only that merit will be
rewarded, but also that negligence and
incompetency will be severely publish
ed.
This is the utterance Of that London
Times whose thunder makes the English
tremble and it may it may well be sup.
posed that, with such monitor. the new
Ministry will do all in its power to health
and efficiency; and, if possible. lead 1t
on to victory. That this "thunder' may
not be assumed as false alarm, these
paragraphs. from correspondents, will as.
sure the reader ofthe truth of the picture
drawn by the Times. An officer at D!ak-
lava writes under date Of Jan. 18th:
Here is nothing but misery for even
though in health, to live in a canvas tent
in frost and show keeps one in constant
pain from sheer starvation. Talk about
returns! Why my very ink has been so
often frozen that it has become so pale I
can scarcely see it. ] suppose there are
scores in the hospital frost bitten; no man
is well. On every sile are cholera. dys.
entery, diarlhea, rheumatism, catarrh, and
scurvy. The army is covered with dirt,
vermin and rags. You would not know
what nation they belonged to. Some wear
long boots similar to the Americans. taken
Of dead Russians; others old sacks stitch
ed round their legc; others have made gal
ters OF their knapsacks. saw one wear
ing sky blue jacket with yellow facings.
On gning up to him found it to be Ton,
Bamacle, dressed as a Cossack. lam now
, wearing Russian officers surtout-dark
e blue, scarlet lining aud collar; the gold
I epanlettcs have been torn of, but ! have
! got the two little straps which secured
s them.
}. Another correspondent, writning from
J, Scutari, under date ofFeb 1st says:
y The accounts which are received here a,
e to the health Of the army become more
y dismal +; and they are only too drearily
confined by the rate at which the arrival,
= Of sick take place, and by the condition 0
>" the men when admitted into hospital
!. :" Only two days ago | net an officer hold
,' =, ing high position in the service, witt
y, had Just returned from the Crmea. H
J.. spoke without the slightest reserve of mat
40 40 tcrs there said that as an organized efficicn
~ =" force the army no longer existed that al
=. disappeared; that the men had ceased t
:. salute their officers as they passed, and i
; was quite common to see them selin;
~ ~ indispensable articles Of clothing. in orde
IL IL to buy rum. 1t would take, he said, man,
''t "t months to bring back to a proper state O
., ~ efficiency those who were still fit for duty
', so thoroughly de,noralized had they BE-
- = come. As tor the sick, net only tn
~ ~ regimental hospitals but the tents wer
~ ~ full of them. and many of those whose VIII
~ IL still stuck to work were quite unit for i
>" >" 1t was impossible, he said, to believe tn
y. ,;s state Of the army, as to disease, unle.
III III one went up and examined into it for hiu
-, 49, self.