Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-10-30
Iettels from tic Arm y.
Washington army letters are gener:

Washington army letters are generally
considered contfaband, 80 far us publishing
them in newspapers is concerned. The
sons, brothers and friends Of all, in all
parts Of the country, are writing from the
seat Of war about the same terrible account
Of af1irs respecting the misconduct Of Of
tieers, div nurses, DC. We have solicited
for publication the following extracts from
a private letter written by an intelligent
soldier, serving in Wisconsin regiment.
He writes to a friend residing here the fol-
loving among other things
Il am told that in one Of the Wisconsin
regiments there are two HUNDRED on the
SICK list, and others are perhaps faring as
badly. Sergeant Major Griswold Of the
Second Wisconsin sleeps his last sleep, and
Capt. Mckee Of your place will probably
follow him ere this reaches you. But
where now are Coy. RandalPs boosted
state agents, who were appointed especially
: look after the sick Drinking and loaf
ING about the city, while our men are dy-
ing without even the presence of friend
Ore captain told me to-day that the first
iltimation he had that one Of bis men was
dangerously sick was The notice in the pa
pers that he was dead, Coz. Randall
wrote fine enthusiastically a readable
one--an the sending out Of State agents
but whore are the good Samantans9
venture to say that not one OF them has
ever seen a single friend of yours or min
when sick. venture to say that the,
haze been seen one hundred times il The
saloons 10 where they have once in hos
pital. They must not excuse themselves
By saying that they have not been called
upon. Men sick apd aeliriols with the ty
plloi9 feyer, as they all are, cannot be ex
Ipected 10 look out for themselves. MOI
one of them ever visited Griswohl-not
one Of them has ever visited Cart. Mckee
Il il an easy matter to fnd out If there ar
! any Wisconsin men il the hospitals. Then
ale but few hospitals, and the records pub
! lislled in the papers each day show cyef5
man than is entered Even the presene,
Of u friend, although he administered Il
no material want, Tut merely showed a dis
position to do 50, would be a great relic
to the dying soldier, SO far from home am
kiddred. doubt not that our brave mei
who have fallen here by the hand Of dis
ease had received proper care and attention
bad they have been removed at an early
stage Of their sickness to some good hons,
in the city, rs might have been done-hat
these "Good Salnaritans" done their duty
they would now h3ye been well or conya
lescent Instead Of dead or dying. Goo
says Vengeance is mine: / will repay
bat be generally selects human agents, am
these agents usually volunteer their servi
ces. May there BE- no lack Of such youn
teeFs, and may they pour out the yials .
their wrath upon the heads Of the desery
| ing.
1--WE want no drunken yagabonds-
railroad operators or land sharks for AM
such purpose. We want men with a gooe
share of head aud large hearts-real gen
uine philanthropists.
Il try to wander off and thiak Of some.
thing cise--of my duty here in campo
the war--of my friends at home, but
cannot drown these thoaghts When
think Of the dead and dying-of home:
made desolate, of hearts broken, cannot
forget, | cannot forgive this indifference
this negligenee--this great outrage upo,
tie people of Wisconsin. Oh, would thai
the appointing power might know that
proper agents should be appointed Of
noner
Such is specimen of the letters flying
all through the State; we hear of them
up north, * Janesyille, in town and coun-
try. Surely the time must come when the
appointing power will be dropped, and the
regiments be allowed to have a say as 10
who shall lead as we'll rs take care Of lie
soldiers. Privates as we'll as officers will
write and state facts. They will write ar
nrosingy Of what IS right, and condemn
what is wrong. As for newspapers which
conceal these wrongs and devote themselves
to pfaising the appointing powers for the
sake Of harmony, We differ with them, and
differing, must give our reasons. This war
viii and must use up demagcgues, place
seekers, spectators, and those who pander
to positions BY appointing the tail-ends Of
creation to high places.
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John Snnill Ilaclinns