The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
The Potomac Army. What they Eat and
how they Live.

uON tHtS 1--we
The correspondent of the y. Y. Evening
Post gives the following interesting army in
telligence:
One hundred and fifty head Of cattle are
slaughtered daily for the benefit Of the SOL
diers, and the ovens Of the capital daily turn
out an immense amount of the very best
bread 1t is a fact that the army bread is of
a better quality than that sold by our city
bakers.
There are fourteen ovens, and to keep
them going there is daily consumption of
"a bushels Of potatoes, $40 barrels of flour.
and 400 gallons of yeast. The number ot
loaves turned out daily at the one Capitol
bakery is over 10000, and there are immense
establishments of the same kind the other
~ide Of the Potomac
Good beef and good bread will keep an ar
my from suffering, but ours is supplied with
many Injuries. 1t is found in frugal camps
impossible to consume more thar halt the IA
tons issued, and with good quarter master
large sum Of money can be saved to invest
in luxuries. No regiment which has good
officers lacks an abundance Of coffee, tea, su-
gar, molasses, and even butter. 4 large
number of the Yankee troops indulge in the
familiar New England dish, appe-pie.
\ prominent New England politician re-
Gently made visit to camp of one Of the
New England regiments, and was treated to
a dinner of steak and potatoes, with a de-
sert of sugar apple pie. He was not ex,
pected, and the dinner was impromptu, and a
more wholesome one he never ate.
The health ofthe troops is astonlshngiy
good. The Massachusetts regiment, which
entered the District four months ago, has
lost but one man by sickness. One of our
prominent physicians, upon looking over the
statistics of sickness and mortality of the ar
my, and comparing them with the same OF our
principal cities. says there has been less sick
ness and mortality in the army than the usu-
al average, of course excepting the casualties
If the battle field
The Charges against Gen Fremont.
Before leaving St Louis for Jefferson City
and Lexington, to command the attack upon
Price, Gen Fremont wrote hastily to friend
Ia New York, in relation to the charges made
against him in the newspapers, as follows -
ST Louis, Sept %.
My Dear Sir: leave at o'clock in the
morning. and send you this hurried note in
he midst of the last arrangements before
starting. We have to contend with an enc
ny having no posts to garrison and no lines
of transportation to defend or guard, whose
whole force can be turned at will to any one
point while we have from Leavenworth and
from Fort Scott to Paducah to keep protec-
ted.
wish to say to you that, though the posi-
ton is difficult, am competent to it and
also to the enemy in the field l. am not able
a, the same time 70 attend to the enemy at
nome 1t is shame to the country that an
officer. going to the field, his life in his hands
solely actua,ed by the desire to serve hi.
country, and win for himself its good opir
ions-with no other object-Should be des
troyed by a system of concerted attacks, Ut
terlv without foundation. Charges are spok
en- ofwhen there are none to be made. What
IS the object Of the repetition Of these false
hoods except to familiarize the public minc
to the idea that something is wrong? Al
ready our credit, which was good, is shaken II
consequence of the newspaper intlmations o.
NY being removed. Money is demanded by
those furnishing supplies. To defend my
self would require the time that is necessary
TO and belongs to my duty against the enc
nv.
II permitted by the country, this state O.
things will not fail to bring on disorder.
an exponent of a part Of the force of the Ma
lion directed against the enemy Of the coun
Try. Everything that is directed against me
: directed against it, and gives the enen!
aid and comfort. My private character comes
IN only incidentally. ! defend it because
naturally his reputation is dear to any man
but only Incidentally. Ohio is the tounda
ton of many of my acts, and will be so if
stay here. Everything that hurts, impedes
or embarrasses the work entrusted to me
strike at without hesitation. take the con
,equences. The worst that can happen t
ne is relief from great labor.
Yours truly, JOHN {. Fremont.
Schuyler Colfax, member of Congress from
Indiana who has just visited Gen Fremon
a. st Louis, writes in respect to some of thu
accusations against him:
AS to the 'barricades, and the alleged in
accessibility Of General Fremont, it is bu
simple justice to him to say the pressure tol
personal interviews with him has been un
paralleledi were the days hundred hours