New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-26
DlSCONrEvT IN CAMP-TBE GREAT sAChi-
FICE FOR THE COUNTRY.


accustomed 10 seek them. They are read win great
"a. -uess IA our camp, making the morning VII, OF
tlo Chaplain donbly welcome. Permit me ID pehah
Of the officers and piiyates to thank you.
Every patriot deplores the existence OF causes ina,
,onspire 10 dscoura &C 5oipategtag in tho service OF
she country.
The retreat from Bah Run occurring Just as the
three months men we've getting ready to 90 nome
sOmb!ned with on impression with many oil Tue 'o,ui-
,eere hat "a they were not " aworn IN ior 'nroo
years they could leave, seemed 70 tntensly ,ne
fooling Of a soldiers privations. and disseniia'e
content sometimes even bordering on insnooru-'i''-
Soldiers gave their friends at home moft hear'onN'
ina ,lescriptions Of their trials and suferugs' anu
troee of cruel treatment from their oiheerS' 'nu'
resting 10 eone extent the side that had pOiie
,nbpsias,; pnmbers 10 the de'ense OF our glor'O"o
Fac yonr correspondent has received many ie''ers
OF ipauiry recently written most pitihy oy re'a''e''
a.uav seoompaned with Diost enrnese request " III
terce3e for tleir release from the Army 'ni"A
with the soldiers the panic has nearly Passeui !eC
faay Tho ppJo has some extent TO react lrotn tue
,,sex naper of overwrougbt representations. They
need at lesst to the eye from all mere personal
considerations and think Of The principles for winch
No are ean,endipg, the interests at stake
Yet thousands in our army, considering the ttagna-
mo- bettsr az home. How many could net have earned,
beside their food and apparel, $ll per month There
are doubtless reIy many who would have been no
better fed clad, OF paid had they not enlisted.
Many aectiouate mothers fear their SONS will con-
tract bad habits in the camp. Not neeessariy What
stronger temptations 10 degeneracy be presented
re than are to be found in and around the doors OF
saloons in nearly every city and village Of our coun-
t,yl NY impression is that temptations to dissipation
arc neither rs potent frequent to the majority OF
sdiers s they were before they eft the civil for the
military lfe. ] know several who were formerly
considered babitual drunk0rds who have not, TO my
knoyedee given evidence If intOxieaton for the past
four weeks. In many instances with reference TO the
habit OF drinking The war viii be r0Ormaory agent;
for in most regiments the sale Of ardent spirits pro-
bibed while the usual places Of resort for the lnem
erte soldier are closed as fast as discovered, both at
Washington and Alexandra, by the Provost-Marshal.
But--ikey are so erposea to death. Death does not
necessarily come winged by the blade and bullet
Your friends will die at home; aud what mother, fol-
lowing dead son in the solemn procession TO the
grave. will not blush for her want of loyalty when
she painfully roects: 1 withheld or withdrew that
son from the altar of my beloved country T.
Have three generations Of prosperity and luxury
rendered the defendants Of our bod-heated reyo-
lOtioDary ancestors so degenerate and etemmate we
true, this murInuring in camp (which is certainty uh-
soderly) has ceased and viii no longer tend 70 dry up
the fountains of patriotism at home, from wmen' "
save our country, the army must be constantly ana
vigorously fed.
W. ,rst our Government will not be compelled, by
a ,fra N drag men 10 our national altar who should
come cheerfully, whatever the sacrifice, crowding
ths. yvay 10 positions of danger urged by the spon-
tapeous emotions of pure and noble devotion.
The arm Of treason is dealing blows, hard and at
Abort intervals at the heart of Liberty She implores
helm. Will you come to the rescue, paeferring the
e6iiaph "He died for his country" 70 life of con-
s;ous disloyalty selfshness and cowardice r. H..
Camp MeDo,gal Fort Ellsworth Aug 20 1851
THE EXCELSIOR BRIGADE-JUSTITIA FIAT
To As Editor ef Then y Tribune
4 srn: Tho oft-repeated, and we fear in too many
instances willful misrepresentation which have eeeI
made respecting the Excelsior Brigade, seem not "a
have ceased. In The TRIBUNE Of Wednesday an
article appeared, headed The Sickles Brigade" in
which many errors occur. It's there stated that the
Second Fire Zouaves discaim all connection with the
scles Brigade, and that Col. Fsirman has been
pesered viii orders from Gen. Siekles, which he has
refused to obey" &c.
Now, 70 far from Col. Fairman " disclaimine all
connection" with the Excelsior Brigade be has claimed
10 be Commandant of the post " at Camp Scott, and
exercised the authority of such Office and potion
having received the same (unwillDgly, we Judge,
from Col Sickles, Acting Brisader. General"
That the Second Fire Zouaves voluntarily entereC
the Excelsior Brigade Is sufficiently proved by th,
angle fact tha: they have been supplied with subsst
Snee and stores as forming part Of The Brigade
Whether representations have been made to the mer
contrary 10 the fact TO the actual relation Of the
regiment to the brigade we know notthat the officers
were well informed in the case, we do know.
Further "COl. Fairnan was 20 pestered about the
matter, that he weDtto Washington few days ago to
ascertain from the Secretary of War, to whom be was
20 report, and whose orders be TO obey" The
fact: Col. Fairman was ordered to Washington, TO
repo- his presence there and explain his baety action
Of intoxicated Fire Zoueves, on Sunday, Aug 4, in
which they grossly insulted Mai. Olmstead, 9th Regi-
pent the particulars Of which il is not necessary to
state. We will say tins much, however, that we
think bis language that occasion to officers, bis
equals in rank and in all the qualities Of the gentle
mGn, offensive and undIgnifed for {" Commandant Of
the Post, Ne he then aud there claimed to be. The
article further says that Special Order No. 36 settles
the controversy" The order Is as follows:
HEAD0UAkTHEs DIyIMoS .P THE foTonAcl
SPECIAL oEDnR Ne. 3s.-CoL james fsmSp I'd yro
1oasves NewYOTk Voluntee will proceed New York and
j Ss regiment Camp Scott Staten i.ss .aI
HarbOr The Quartermasters Department will provide the
e.wILLIAHs, Assistant Adptant G sneral
This order did settle the controversy until Order
No; 81 was promulgated, which "revoked Special
Order No. &C."
The newspaper reports only responsible for what
10 intended as an Odous phrase" Sickess Brigade.
Col Sickles never intended desired such desg-
nation IL is known, and wac accepted by the Govern.