Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-10-02
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CAMP CLARK, (NEAR Youvn----

Flfl III REGIMENT OF n. c. VOLUf!TrTn.
CAMP CLARK, (NEAR YoRKrowx "
September %, 1861
Mk EDITOR: when left home it was INV
Pu.pVne not 10 write one word for any news
from the seat of war;" but since heinz bn paper
gotten my consent to write once, at Least nave
the readers'of your paper not to bore tbt pr'hse
long ana frequent letters. When write at m mhh
snal De Tor the purpose of letting tha n..ar't
North Carolina know the truth in all tbinos 81 Of
choose to write, and if need be, to enteT ch
oenSll OF my needy and suffering fellow soldis,o In
Inc nfst thing wish to notice in this cons.
cation is this: My attention has been calIoS
ter copied in the Raleigh Register from t " let
mond disputed signed by our Colonel If Ca ISSn,
ana one or two others. This letter is an ItO'OACl
edgment on their part in behalf of the fifth reo
Oh N u volunteers for the great Kindness "f 81,
ment. 0'eN VI 'nf reg-
No one can read this letter and draw bpt o,. ~.
ciuslon, and that is this that all the sil 'o'-
regiment have been cared for with tbat * oIr
aud hospitality OF which Virginia has aIyroxn
eu and that too, without money and ., oIaS'-
price" anu without
Il doubt not, but it sometimes is beneath .,o !.
hity ana ofheial station of persons high in atS,O
enquire into the little particulars concerpo. ~ 10
eCui'io"' heath and treatment of the noble ST.
VINO have been willing to enter upon This 80
'1usEets on their shoulders, rather than WIN WIN
straps The tremendous daily press of business @
continual paper engineering will not give them anu
10 i0ok after things Of so little importance "'Ne
write now to let the people of North. c.,o,.-
Know land especially the many friends of the Sh
ham Rlties) that this greet uthsari 0fkosniniHtat
mas not by any means been general 'S'
1t is useless to give names. | have them -,
memorandum book, to remind me hereafter o e" my
great kiHdness to u.s. VI 'helr
many OF our sick have been scattered ovo, a.
country, and OF those who have returned. if IL o,
rare to lind one who has not been ,pa,Ia f., n d'0
good price for ecery thing pay
Two citizens living almost in our eamp cb.rco
S'cG sotdae's only tdoenty-tcO dollars and hIfn
montn|Jnst eteren dollars and kat per month
more than their pay. -'"'n
Ot those who do charge our soldiers (and rorr
out OF five do it, have not been able to haar g
but ore who charges less than tesLcs dollars NOV
month PCT
When we came to camp Clark nc provision VIZ,
made, or has been made by any one for our confor,
out oy ourselves. We have had ts pay as HIGH 40
one ""sSdr Tor small one horse load of straw
10 Keep us on the Cold wet ground Sweet potatoes
are raised here IN great abundance The crop can
not be consumed by the people and they are fed n
the hogs-yet, they charged US the modest I'M
Prtce IF ttoo dollars per 6usleL.
Inc prices OF every marketable article were so er
orbltant as to force schedule ef prices and we
pay nearly two prices for every thing we buy-
Why then should the people be led to believe that
Virginia has done so much for US? North. Carol,n.
would Oe ashamed of such hospitality as this
We have left our homes and our happy firesidoS
and all that's dear 70 u.s. to save our beloved country
We have come to Virginia to defend her soil. il
mas already cost many Of us our lives, and many
more yet have to fall by the wayside What less
could vrginians do than to take care of our sick
Have they done it? Hundreds of US know then
hare not
Before closing wish to say one word in behalf
OF my fellow soldiers. Winter is close upon
us. No provision has been made fer our proiec
ton against the chilling winds, rains, and Bit
ter cold 1t will be too late when the snow storms
come. Let houses be built for us now. We cannot
live in tents. Let North Carolina therefore see to
1t, that her 0'on sons IRE pr0riasd for.
One word more and have done. So far, we have
received but $40 of our money. We have been in
the service since tine 18th April. Where is our
money? Nearly all we eat we buy, and we can't
buy any thing here on time. The officers can get
their pay IN full. For Gods sake, let Justice be
done. See to it that the privates are paid some
thing. They have all the fighting to do and all the
work to do and all the bardships to endure, and
sho'tid be paid before any "Jfcer care not who he
IS. Is not private soldier as good as any body?
LIST the people answer, and to it. that they are
paJdY ereTy cent that Is due M6m
ORDERLY SERGEANT,
Chatham Rifles, 9Th Reg n. CIV.
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