Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-08-27

George Moore, OF Burlington, was associa-
tad with me by Mr.. James Byers, lie made
purchases Of fresh Beef and such other arti-
cles Of the Rations as might be wanted.
We at one time iound Il great scarcity of
empty barrels, which were required for salt
ing down Beef TO remedy which a large rat
was built in the cellar Of my Store, which
would hold nearly 800 barrels (thc Store is
the centre one on the North side of Court
House Square, occupied by DR.. John Pcck.)
The Beef was slaughtered, cut up and salted
down in this vat; a trap-door was cut thro
the floor, and the lower part was reached by
Il flight Of steps OF ladder. gave my per-
sonal attention to the delivery of the Rations
and at one period w had between 5000 and
4C00 Troops at Burlington to feed.
At one time, ! recolcct we were getting
short of Whiskey, and Mr. Moore purchased
gallons Of bad Potato Whiskey, for which he
gave 81 per gallon. Until this time, our
Ratons Of Spirits had been very good, but
now there was great complaint and | recol
lect an amusing scene which took place in
front Of my store, when several soldiers came
to draw some back ratons. Among them
was Il son of the Emerald Isle, who brought
with HIM IL hoe, and after drawing their
Whiskey into II tin pail, was called to the
door to witness novel performance. They
had Gng ho!o directly in front Of the Store
one of them poured The Whiskey into the hole; j;
while Pat. who was raw Irishman, cxcaim
ed: "By .IGSus, cOrcr IL up, or she ,ciH be
Spr0uiiag in n minuc.' |, however, made up
the loss, and kept them good natured by
giving to each some superior Tobacco Our
Whiskcy Ration was soon supplied with a
good article from the South
Outrnsc- Swauiou-- II ospitaI $ Statistics.
In noting the incidents that occurred with
in my knowledge. at Burlington, as well as
on this frontier, during the War, have not
put them down according To their successive
dates, as they are made up from pirate mon-
OrdndluiS, from memory and such 'ntorndt'On
as thought might be interesting hereafter.
| have noted the visit of the enemy and
destruction at Plattsburgh. They also visited
| Swanton, where was stationed Col. VIM. Will
| liams Regiment of detached Militia, and
other Troops. They took possession of that
| place committed brutal acts upon unoi1cnd-
| Ing females; and carried away and destroyed
much valuable property belonging to the in
| hahltants.
The American Army received their lations
under the contract Of James Bycrs; and
Messrs. Brayton and Camp acted as agents
Stanton. (now Adit. Gen. y acted as Quarter
master Gen. on behalf of the L 5, while his
brother Elijah Stanton, of Essex, acted as
Quartcrmaster for Williams Regiment o
Militia.
\ great mortality prevailed among the
Troops sent into quarters in 1912 and 1913
in consequence OF exposure. OF those quar-
tered at Burlington, sererdi hundred diet
ccekiy, and it was not uncommon to find tina
20 had died through a night. The llospita
was large and commodious at Burlington
and the sick were sent here from various
quarters. Exaggerat ID accounts got into tn
newspapers, producing almost panic. :
great number Of officers and men were her
early in 1914, and here copy an abstract u
the Official Reports Of the General Hospita
at Burlington, under the direction of DIR
James Mann, Hospital Surgeon, for tn
the term commencing with January Isl
and ending with January 1915: