The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-06-13


EDTToR TELEGRAPH :-Being among
those who have Lett tie Potter Rifles
for home, we wish TO make a plain state
meat Of the facts that have led Us 10 take
this step. Soon after the call Of the Pres
;dent for tue first quota of men from our
State, we had an opportunity ct eniistlnS;
believing that the flag Of our nation was
endangered, we readily rushed t. It's sup
port. We were told to take no clothing
with rs excepting such as we wore, as the
Government would supply US Immediate.
ly on our arrival in camp. Our march
for seventy FIVE miles was through q new
country, over rough roads. rendered mud
dy by recent and heavy rains. We arrig-
ed at the railroad Station covered with
mud, wet, weary and foot sore, nearly in
this condition we entered Camp CaTlln.
We expected on cur arrival here to be
INDUCED, not with the comforts of home,
but at leas. with clean clothes aud a suf-
icient supply of healthy food, and to be
mustered into service and placed under
drill. We have been here about three
weeks, and no member Of our company
has received a single article Of c}0tdjng,
and during a part of that time, ninety-six
men have subsi7ted on the ~rations Of sew
cnty-sevcn. We were enlisted for three
mouths service We came before that re-
QUESTION was full re tocre not receiecd.
Twenty-one Cf our men then went home j;
many Of US were indignant at them for
this course, believing that true policy re-
CURED US to enlist for the war. i full
company expressed y willingness to
serve for that time, yet Ue 1cers still hept
out of the screjce and KEPT IN RAGS.
ALI this we could bear; hunger, cold
and fatigue could be endured but we had
loved our State as we did our mothers {;
we were proud Of her reputation aud ieal,
GUS of her honor, and when we received
news from Washington, and tire camps
below US, of the situation Of our men there,
aud the jeers at the ragged army Of
Pennsylvania" we determined that we
would not be the passive instruments
whereby that honor was to be farther
Frustrated. We arc ready to serve our
country for the War-wo are ready to face
The enemy on any battle iell-and We are
ready to submit TO al the necessary ex-
posure and priyatiops Of a soldiers life ;
bat we roquost-ayo, dema0d.-to be
treated with decancy, aud as men.
For the ladies Of Harrisburg and ali
other places who have manifested an IN
terest in our welfare, We tender oor SIN
cere thanks; their efforts have been link
binding Us to the homes we left behind
us, and preventing us from forgetting that
-" az o;n fI% o"c;at" " ''' '"A"''''
Win this statement Of facts We arc viii.
ling to submit cur actions to the impar-
tial iudgment Of the people of the State
and Of The nation. PorrEa CoUNgY.
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And also the following, published IN
the san paper Of May 25:
CAvp Cusrrv Nav 25 1891
The UNDERSIGNED members of fha Dot
ter County Rifles have boan annoinfa3 nv