, 1861-07-09

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frlves t. taclf company and regiment, and to
officers chosen atferth ptiyates are sworn In;
the three months man who won't re6a1tst
here, can 60 tb h}s home, stay, bis own length
Of t1me, and then enlist In such company aud
regiment % bests suits hin, and with the ad-
Many If our members islt their buslnessand
hcme with ns much haste and short notIca as
did Israel Putnam. Ten days furlough Is too
ehort 3 time for men living at the extreme
northern boundary Of the State, as
many of our company do. Many
Of them are residents Of this State, and
their fathers aud brothers. Some wish for
other officers. Others are sick Of the treat
meDt we have been subjected to-. You may
think that these last are all greenhorns who
have never experienced hardship nor fatigue,
and did not anticipate the necessary dep7iya-
tions Of soldiers life; but I'll inform you that
some Of these last are cid soldiers who have
seen SERVICE.
:. Now I'll give you some Of the reasons for
thinking thai the Twelfth Regiment, and par
ticular}J COMPANY z thereof, has been unfn:r-
IL dealt with. Six out Of the ten companies
were enlisted as 1fhemen. We were repeat.
ed]y promised rifles at Springfield, and conf
though We are entirely q Light Infantry Regi-
ment, We: have been compelled to handle the
heavy cldiashfoned fint-.ocks, altered to q
percussion muEket, while regiments Of neigh
boring etateB, recruited sincc w soere sroy into
the &1zt.e, bare received the most improved
pattern Of rifles.
Under promise of uniforms and other cloth.
inr. }mmediate1y upon onr arrival at anrino-
fs1d. tbo men Were ininced tn 1,rinr M cIatS.
irg but tuch az was nearly worn ont and on,v
fit to throw away. hnf neatly avery mn1, !, tha
Regiment was shamefulIy faesed- before fbey
receiyed one article of we,rinG annare1 msny
having no change Of clothinps hecsD1e eoyeTe3
with ycrmin. some Of wI1icR still atick To the
carn Some ~ fhe ,oa1, .r.rs nn,m no1i,sd ~
wear hesyv winter cnats m tir;}1 in fbe middle
If a warn f4av to hide theIr naEejness
"Immediate actIonn Tas pronised The regi-
ment, We have now been II tIla service over
two months. and except an occasional scout
ing party, we have done nothing but garrison
Casey7il1e and Cairo, and guard railroad
BRIDGES and 'wharfb boate, and this is the
"action" promised the 12th Regiment, which
Gen. P1epfiss pronounced the finest BODY of
men he has ever seen IN his military expe-
r;ence.
Fer The first few days after our arrival Al
this place, we could rot pct water enonoh tn
use for cook ing and drink7np.t We have e,ma
into camp at half past eiFht. T. NJ. after =
heavy drill in double or,ick time. ana could
net fird a tin CUP iqll Of water In The camp. no.
and when our Companies assembled in 4
peaceful and quiet manner, with our Colonel
at their head, and proceeded to the Brigade
Qua1te1master's to tell our wrongs and de.
maEd our rights, we we're informed by Gen.
Prsnti6s that "such conduct had tendency to
demoralize the army" Thank God, jim Tay-
1or of Chicago at present superintends the
water business, aud We get all we want
In all our marches and journeys We have
been halfstaEved, and while On a march in
Missouri not 1cpg since, after travelling fifty
mlles IN sixteen hours On diet Of four or FIVE
crackers piece, we arrived at the house Of a
and one OF our men made prisoner Of 3 contra
band chicken from the coop, he was takea
before The Colonel IS soen Us we arrived at
home, and reprimanded therefor.
We have never received ane cent Of money
from either the State or Federal Government
US tEo prices for everything we have pur-
chased Of him. We have never received but
the half OF = blanket apiece. and for more
than week at Camp Yates, during the cold
Lights In April, many Of us lay two under one
ct those half blankets.
At Birds Point the guards aroundthe camp
are so stationed as 10 allow the soldiers thc
privilege of nearly mile SQUARE. and in the
other fepiments here thc gnard. aronna ~
camps are 11aced at some distance o. Sro1n ~ fhs
tents or QUARTERS. while the 12ths orar1s ara 90
near to HE tents AZ thev nnssfn1v can -. ha h.
rlaced. the fa1thcrest mi, ,Te 1a,e he;no ~ ~
the sink, which ig le.s than ina Yards tn the
rear, They even have a line of rnards hef wean
this Compan;fs' and tbn Regimenta1 nf,eers;
tents. a dictance of not n,ore than % vards
Col Schuttner,s Regiment If NI;ssonr; o..
camned inst be1ow ~ oo IL, onJ n+,t ~ H. ~
n}cosure phi1n wo co1, hS1o ,,a;.3a ~ sas.t
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da,s af1er onr arriva1 st Ga,nn p;saa1 sns ses1
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