Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-05-09
WHOLE NO. 5ls
The PENNSYLVANIA Seldiery.

Auc uiduCipuid AOilu hbiCtaS~ti
I(Black Republican, Of the 24tb, thus
describes the condition Of a portion
lof the msn who have enlisted in taat
ISla'e 10 subj igate ,hs South:
1 "As Camp Curtin, near Harriss
burg, we ara told by gentleman
who has just reiuraed from there, al!
is disorgarization, and the gathering
has more the appearance Of mcb
than an army. If the country
companies and regiments WHICH have
passed through Philadelphia may
seive as fair specimens, We should
Judge this report TO be true. Af.
ter midnight on Monday they fred
loff guns as they marched through
the streets Of our city. We saR
several companies. They had ar.
rived in the city during the night,
and had had nothing 10 cal since
leaving Harrisburg. When We saw
them they were discontented, insub-
ordinate and swearing at the city,
their officers and every thing else.
They had each mrn loaf OF bread
stuck on bis bayonet, that being the
only way they could carry their next
meal, ss they had no knapsaeks -
4 blanket was s.ashed around the
body, and some had what seemed
Ike saichel hung at the side,
which We took to be either pouch
for csrtridgcs or a place TO put a
ration of meat. Others had no car
fridge pouch at all, and on beirg asked
pulled their cartridges out Of their
packets, Which seemed to be stuffed
full of them. One man told us that
he had been furnished with nc ration
since he left his home 10 Huntingdon.
A number Of companies from
Schuylki!l looked as though taken
fresh from The mines, hands and faces
being blacke2 with coal dust. In
deed, NJ Of them might be regarded
f.irIy as the great unSashed, wheth-
er coming from Schuylkill or any
where else. As for uniform, we did
not see the slightest pfetence al it
among any OF these men, Ono Ger.
msn company had not even arms.
Several companies had no drommers,
and there was one regiment so com-
pletely disorganized thae the men
could not tell the names of any Of
their officers except the Colonel
Inquiries for the quarter.master
seemed TO be fruitless, as there ap.
peared to be none, aud vel there
wyre over six hundred men in this
regiment. commanded,tc by mem
ber of the Legislature. =
This is the sort Of material Of
which the regiments from. the iote-
rior ara formed. IN most cases they
are ;olally ignorant Of the organizes
ten Of baitslions, regiments and
brigades, and W. fear very much
thai hdf of them have not proper
regimentnl officers TO provide for their
wants. We are aware OF the diff
culiies surrounding so great tasl
as the uniforming, arming and pro-
yisioning Of such masses; bu, it 10
surprising that no adequate arrange.
men.s have been made here to sup
ply these poor Sellows with food or
quarters. On Monday night COM
pany from the interior, 10 furnished
state, excited the mmiseraiion OF
Lieut., Pau.len, of The Seventh ward
po.lce, SO that be took up a subscrip-
ton among the spectators and raised
about forty dollars, with which a good
meal was given TO every man. A
regiment from western Pennsylvania,
faw, rough, famished and cIamcrous.
marched into the Continental Hotel
at midnight ana ordered SUPPER
The servants were NIL abed, no food
was cooked and no orders had been
received to feed these men. Never
,heless, the humane rropristors of
the hoteihurrisdiy got together ham,
bread, ETC., with a view Of send
ing il to the railroad depot, whittier
the men were TO be marched. Scarce
ly had these provisions made their
appearance when they were seized
and divided out among tho starving
multitude Of soldiers, each man taxi
ing a ham, sausage, a loaf Of bread,
or whatever else be could lay hands
on"