Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-22
, ON Tue Ain! Correspondence vi the b"st"r
CuEIter,1
The Army Chaplain.
ais D1scorRAGMEArs, DurlEs AND 1nIUNrl

Do not hope to recognize a chaplain
y ANY ordinary lest vi II country par
aon Ills coat is unpoii>ied ny amy ac-
,u,Intanre with TIE Refinement vi ii
..esk, his ruu1n hands aud uiIk lave
suggest part'a. eclipse oi literary la
buis, lie felsls:s, molt"rer IN regarding
the " hite craIat as i.>d"Iniuliy as the
Aotl Is i;,,Ieu IL have ulscUleIeu the
itzed ,ily cuuan mo!e round his neck.
aud espec.atiy is the quiet, satisfied anu
meuIt.,.ye JuS vi Inc country piro"n >
horse III Vain 10 ue looked Tor here
tmld tie excl eu.eut anu music vi cllup.
ii you inquire auout unltoi III. stnI
-reater con.ustuu awaits you. The laws
Of New lulk require What the g"uu
sense OF Massav husetts denies. lhc
equations oi tun.:ectlcut permit What
The gvuc reop.e vi New Hampshire re
.use. so every one, III true upust i.
we, i. Il law to himself. Suuie veal
sll"uider straps AMI bri-h, buttons, viii,
sword. ami stripe Oh he pants. ANA
liners, being OH Ihe staff, 1u.ir un:y the
word out oi respect to the Cu.unei -
snd sume, with MARTIAL ambition.
dress stili muIe pialnty iouk'n forward
to sume battle when amid the t1aSn vi
4sms they shall 50 distinguish them
rIA es, as to come out ui their dull
chry>alis aud receive bri& hier col"r- n,
more ambitious positions. These, how
ever, turiunateiy are few IN number
Ii there Le any one sign common to ali,
/, ls tie defiance They show to he army
cnp.' They are III this respect Cavai
trs among Kuundheads; aud their lon.
nalr turns out from under the cap on
either side ut their beaming counte-
nances, with all the assurance OF histor
,c"i authority older than King Charles
for, according to the painters, this must
We been the horns oI Moses. when he
cit the schools of ilelopolis ~ior the
hapiainry in the army OF the wilder
uess! This, then, is the chaplain, the
most tiattered and abused OF men, the
most happy and the most lonely.
He is the most lonely, because his po
s,tion is neither lower nor higher than
mother. He follows none, is by him
eff He presents himself to the re; l.
ment. One officer receives him cor
daily. Mars seems prnpitious. He
-tates his erraud AMI modestly suggests
his desire to share the fortunes of the
regiment. Mars abruptly turns has
tack. Another looks him through and
through with keen business glance,
aud then says to friend, what his eye
mad said before, Smart enough, but ID
uol to waste himself on SD stupid il pro
lcssion. Let him be "a soldier and [
will keep him Another, on whom he
depended as an acquaintance. smiles
coIdly, hopes to continue the a,quaint
ance, but wishes hiul to understand by
Ills manmer that he is among iceberys
III II fog. and ii he does not understand
he chilly feeling as Il warming, may
have the friendship wrer ked by pressing
The matter Another madly suggests
that uhaplain> are quite useless and no
one " shes them Then suddenly be-
com.ng economical. he wishes 10 save
The yuyel nnrnt su' h Waste of money
y lew arpte"laie his position and
warmly urge his cause. lie enters the
reS iment sad and discou.ayed. 1t is
not long before he is assured that he
mas no place among the captains, and
therefore concludes he is one Of the
stati-he is d stranger.
This is all Il true man asks, he has a
plat e-let him make his own position
Filled with an enthusiasm no obStac lie
ran prevent and no difficulties destroy
suppressed with the magnitude Of his
work, and the jealousy oi' his profession
requiring the whole of IL man, he 10 c.
no opportunity OF labor and pauSes at
no temptation et ease. until his influence
Is established and his position secured
He is now watched OH every side
Will he dane to rebuke the wrong
wherever it is found? Will he enjoy
the spirit of the camp without its slusl
And so he stands OH an emin.nce some
What higher aud nearer the sunrise than
others, and yet in the mist against which
as i'll the mountains Of Wales, every
gesture and word Of his is magni6ed {