, 1861-05-10

During the last week your correspondent
made q hurried visit to the campa Of the Uai-
ted States volunteers In Maryland and at
Washington, living much with the soldiers,
aud seeing closely their mode of life.
Such an army a. this will BE- has seldom
marched to battle. It is madeu up Of the cream
Of oEr youth. From every rank and position
OF life these young men have come-from the
lawyers desk and the day-laborer's task, from
wealth and from poverty. No historians pen
can ever describe the eacriHces tsat have heen
gladly made for the sake OF this duty. What
forts and paths to wealth In the cause of
Country aud Liberty, these brave fellows have
chosen fer themselves hardship, exposure,
wounds and death. And then, when you
think what this army garners mp In it, how
many million heart-sttings will concentrate to
West-how many dearly beloved and long
cherished are here-how many soma, and faith
ers. and husbands, and ffiendb--how much of
the hope. aad pride, and strength Of .this ma
tlon ts In it, you feel rs if the most important
concern Of this people, for the next, year at
believe that In some degree the popular
feeling of compassion and sympathy has not
hit the wants which should bs first attended
to. -
It must be evident to all eyes TINT therewill
not be, for some time, much b1oodshed.
Neither the United States troops nor the re-.
b. ls will be In condition to move with ef-
dciency for q considerable period. The sum.
mer heats will soon prevent much marching
south OF Virginia. Then, When cur (often}
flequlpped, undtsciplined, uubardened regi-
|smeuts are somewhat ready for d campaign, II
is highly probable that the first grand victo.
ries Will be merely the securing OF certain com.
maudtng strategic positions By such masses of
men as to prevent b1oodshed. It very pro
baby may prove to be q war ofetropg military
positions held by great armies, with occasion
al forays and Bkirmishee, and strict wearing
years between the endurance and purses Of
the Government aud the rebels. OF course,
contingencies may charge all these probahfl1-
ties-as for Instance, general slave fnsutrec.
tion or rash seeking for the battle by the
South At any rate, whatever happens, we
our youth VIII be f3r some months collected
in camps Waat shall TIC feeUs do.jor them
is the question. =, -.
Let ia remember that damp ground, bad
fare, exposure to weather, aud habits Of dtlnk-
Ing contracted, carry off fat more In most wars
against these, let every village and aeighbor.
Mood that hare sent off voluateets, be Stlte
| that Meir soldiers have each loose th1ue or
| gray) flannel hunting shirt, and light India
! rubber slip {say Z feet BY feet), which can be-
! rolled round their blanket and has very light
We ght Both these are the yesSy best possible
guards agailst bad weather and preventatives
| Of rheumatism. The slip can be Ieid on the
damp gtound under the Blanket, ahd used as a
| cloak when the nan ia on guard, The {oese
flannel (without under shht) protects both
from extremes Of heat and colo, and 1t may be
has IN electrical influence In driving off rhen-
| matiszn.
Then let oar good people In country aud
| city remember that the artny yrations are de-
| teslahiy poor tare, and BECOME excessively
| wcariso1ae after WILLS Hard bread and salt
pork, or ham, day AFTER day for every meal, is
something that even the most heroic patrio.
ism after . while rather reyolts at; and be-
lle7e one cause that makes so many SOL
diers take to hard drinking IL their much
/ sailed and disagreeabla food. Now; # tho
friends of Zach company could send them
barrel Of epll=s, at oranges, pr 4 boE OF pies,
OF dried ifui., or cans Of tea, or preserved
meat, or keg Of molasses, OF something In
the natnte of dainty, occasionally, 1t would
help out amazingly the poor tars. Peopls
wis have so many laXries may smile at this,
but Let thin Try pork aud bread a fortnight,
and give Us their opinion Of the matter then
No one can imagine how important q thing
food becomes to eoldierR, or to any peraoa with
rot much OF an intellectual kind to interest
Tho idleness Of camp life Is :terfible
temptation. Half the time the soldiar Is In
csssantly active, aud the ether half he has
nothing to do but to talk, and eat and smoke !;
| no busanese, no reading, and no female socis.
| Of them are Of such gallowa etuf, that faH
| people care what becomes OF them when they
are of duty. Bat we must bear in mind that
this is very different sort Of an army. They
! are the bloom aud choice Of our youth.
| It was very evident, in the easnps sisit.d,
| pot exert the influence they ought, and which
they wanted to exert. Taefe ara several
nodes Of reaching these evils. Every re2i-
! ment ought to have chaplain-not merely an
/ ornamental and respectable appendsge, b It =
Christian man who desires to DO good. With.
j, I have fear that many OF them are, to say
| the least, not well adapted to thetr pisces
this is an impression derived more from the
talk Of the aoliters than any positive evidence,
and therefore may be- doing them injustice.
LIT each community be sure that It's own
| regiment Of volunteers have 3 ChapIa1n-aud
good man- --.
The advantage OF an official religious person
In regiment ls. that hs makes kind Of cen.
Ire or nucleus for the moral and religious life
Of the corps. The men do not know one au-
other, but those of certain moral and earnest
cast will naturally seek to know, the Chaplain
and to Rether together as a Christtaa commu.
nifty and they will speedily draw In and intlQ.
enee Others Thus high moral tone can be
commenced In many bodies OF our army. It
l.
I lain should have no off ial existence. The
English army has one eff .ially to each brig
/ ade The North are fighting this battle as. one
Of law, liberty. and righteousness, and the =
must fight 1t 81 did their- Puritan foEefathers,
with Bible and psa1m-b book tn hand:z
Another thing-our army need reading mt
ter extremely. Gould nos each village and
town make 1t point to send papers to their
friends in the armye Or could mot some army
papers be got up by aorae s6ciety like the
Tract Society, containing medical advice, some
news, and moral directions aud enconrsge-
menta, and be scattered through the whole
army Tne soldiers need ia&o7sa,Y aud being
| kept mentally up to the struggle. as much hs
any clses OF tden.": The practical routine and
hard life wear OF vast deal OF the enthusiaf ID
Reading will keep many good Fellow ont o1
drinking, gambling and mischief! Let NE evns
bear In mind thar the American aFmy.ueeds
iust the same moral Il duences and mental
food. which We DO ourselves, and that thk
/ prosperity Of whold generation viii depend
on our providing Judiciously and enesgetfeally
for these wants. & G. L B. =
-, I. Euhsnot Wound. s.--
Epmoa LArA1Er7n GouR1ER-DEAn s1x:-
In your iasue Of Saturday evening, May 4thx
nof,ced an article on the treatment Of gun
fsw words, as | iael great 1nterezf In tho wei
i fareo{ our so1dfkts, especially - 1haae:tN1
sops In. tho army. If, instead Of vain or COLI
water, &here be added 10 every eight: ounces a
cold, water, about so drops Of oil OF creosote
it will be found that no suffering ofths wouni
ln ths wound, q parts; the dressing to be =,
Hight a. poss1ble.: I have used this fnr= up
waTda OF: twenty years, ;xnd have always founf
its action to he unt1ofm. Il of8.r this will
every assurance that If once introduced Into
I end xsri1l nevpr 1AA nbA1t3ounf .~.-.~t