Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-02-16
Horrors OF the War.

Suffering and DcStttutaon of the 4fAtcd Traps.
The private letters from officers aud soldiers Of the
allies in the Crmea. represent their condition rs r-uy
deplf rabe We Suhjon several extracts:
FROM AN ASSISTANT SURGE IN.
JANUARY 1.-The only thing have to COM
plain Of u.s. living in tent and the ahominable trench
work which kills half our men Four weeks back
all the regiments in this (the 3D. division had their
full complement Of assistant surgeons. and now few
have m,re than one: The others are all
knocked up.
Az ones friends being sick is not at all pleasant.
am myself, at present, il excellent health, thank
God, and hope may remain | do my best and
hay every. SOFT of luxury eau but there is very lit
tie to be got hope Shall no; again have to live
Oh salt pork and biscuits for fortnight as am per
suaded il i that, with the that gives the oficers
and men dysentery. We lose al least five hundred,
and should think nearly one thousand men week
from disease They sent to Scutar. and never
seem to relura,
TRENCHES.
Camp beTore S-basiOpoi, Dec 2O.-Again we are
hall drowned with wet; but, although raining as if it
had never raued before, we can't complain, for we
have actually had six days Of fine weather. We
sent 100 sick from this brigade down to Balakava
yesterday, to BE- forwarded to Scutari if this goes
on We shall soon be done up Last night was furi-
ouslY wet | never saw anything like it before
co ing down in torrents and flooding everything -
The rain change to This morning, and it
three four inches deep, bal 1t has all become slush
dig hole in the ground, and put a roof it, hop
ing that, with IRE IN it, we should be able 10 dry
our things and cook. Our only material for the roof
was mud, witch, to sorrow, find lets in the
water like a sieve, so thai plan will not DO We are
anxious looking forward 10 the arrival of the wood
en- houses, which mentioned in the papers; but
We hardly dare believe in them as we have been SO
deceived about fuel vegetables, materials for huttng,
g.. We have very little fuel and are obliged to grub
~ roots
Since the battle OF nkerman nothing OF moment
has taken place beyond few vigorous series from
the garrison. in one about week ago the enemy
were repu!scd with great loss. Another, which was
made the night before last, was, however, attended
with more disastrous consequences to True, the
Russians were beaten back, but saw / dead English
men in heap in one Of our parallels, stripped to
their shirt am. drawers
In the last week of November and December cho-
era made most fearful ravages among already
thlnned ranHs My Narna experience Of sickness be-
came nothing when compared with the awful scene
which took place; wandered over blood-red battle
heids, with almost perfect Indifference, feeling intoX
Icated, it thinking of the glorious victories
we bad won but when mortal disease was hourly
laying hod of my comrades, every side-when
almost constantly, day and night men were borne
yelling with agony to the hospital, ard in few hours
their bodies thrust into holes. q dozen at time,
sometimes felt nay heart sink within me al the dismal
prospect und me-
One hundred and twenty-five Of one draught land
ed in November. write monthly q sort of MS.
newspaper, deSignated the " Sebdsopol Journal" for
the edifcaon of few surviving comrades, and give
you the following extract:
g. The all very Young and appear little
ssted to brave tn hardships of winter campaig in
the Crmea"
Alas they less adop,ed to the Crimean war
aTe than ever the editor had antici pated In IA DAYS
between so and 90 Of these boys were in Their graves
about ~ hors lie COMBAT and the remainder anything
but efficient soldiers.
THE STAFF OFFICERS
The only bel for weeks in the hospitas in camp
was an inch ana bali Of mud; the only transport
SPrlngeSS al lery wagon, or worse ARABIA After
the French have lent Us aid we are now employ
Ea5 the cavalry horses TO convey the men on board
SHIP poor fellows. who cant stand, and possibly have
never ridden are hoSte half starved horses and
thus conveyed, The French, on the contrary, do
we'll; they are ORGANIZED for war-we for nothing
The result j.. that out of an army employed in the
East OF 44,OOO men, we cannot produce above p 900
nnier arms, and those not half fit to fight and the
whole n such state OF dint and apparent disorder
that no one woull take them to be English soldiers
ANOTHER LOUD GRUNBLE.
can scarcely write my fingers are 50 cold and
don't wonder that the Ru>san officers are said some.
times pull of their>toe~ with their boots There
are one nr Two things for which our generals deserve
| TO he well punished One is expecting pickets 10
stand such weather as hs-everasting rain ana
Snow-when common prudence might have ordered
MUS l" "S iluc nun anu Il week would hut all
/ OF them; but no. nothing is done The generals
have ali had houses built for themselves but the
poor men VINO are stationed out night and day every
third day, may do without There is also q grea
deal OF grumbting because Lord Raglan has ordered
positions OF the Town to be spared part of the
usual tenporzing policy, and among other paris thu
arsenal 50 that directly gun is in ured the Rus
SANS nave II repaired IN a few hours We are ais,
now making very advanced work without an,
approach to It, and the are quietly shot dow
ny russian rIfemen as they come and 90 to it OF
inkermah" helghis Yesterday four men were thu
killed.
FROM 4 SOLDIER OF THE 93D HIGHLANDERs.
! " Wy dear wife Il received your kind and aff, c
t'ohd'e ieder. am harry 10 see ty il that you ar
u COCOA hcaith' as hea tn Is precious thing here
mere IS still great deal of sickness here vet on &C
eoah' OF cur lying out often ght on the damn
ground and it is my opinion that if we are not GU
OF TINS place soon, we shall lose more by sickness
Ihah II we were to storm Sebastopoi. Last night
was on picket, and had to sit till 3 O'Clock a. m hal
way up To the knees in mud, and wet to the ski
win me heavy rain. We were forced to sit as tn
ground was so dirty that we could not walk about-
IA wet weather the men very little better in thei
teh's. don't know what We are to do when tn
winter comes on we are bad now, bur we shall h
worse then But hope in God we shall he ont O
this place soon.
IN TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
Inc treatment of disease is very much simplihe
ne'e' DIS we nave only abe ut five drugs Most of tn
Pa'leh's lie on the ground with one or at most tw
0iahKets and a coverlid-they of course keen al
'helf Clothes on We think ourselves fortunate If WI