The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-06-12

camp yesterday, and wherever we went we |
The men do not get enough of food that is
fit to eat 10 satisfy their hunger. We saw
pork there which is positively enough 10
turn the strongest stomach. aud yet men
accustomed to good wholesome fare al
home are expected 10 eat il five days out OF
seven! At one OF the quarters, the cock
had just cut into piece OF fat pork, reveal
ing rotten vein The size OF dollar, several
inches deep, Injecting the whole piece, and
seriously affecting the stomachs OF all who
witnessed it This company had tor their
supper last night only five OaUes Of bread, 10
be divided among seventy four men, (the Off
GERS dining out,) with neither meat or mo-
iasses-simply small slice of bread each,
with cup of coffee. The loaves are issu-
ed for three pounds each, but of several
weighed they lacked at least half pound
in every three loaves. Thus a company of
II men, entitled, under the army regula-
tions, TO 81 pounds of bread, only receive
27 loaves of bread, PurPorting TO weight,
moderate average, from what we saw, 1t
will be seen that this company is wronged
out of ten pounds o: bread every day, which
puts about 334 cents extra in somebody's pock.
ct on each company, and on twenty COM
panies this would foot up the handsome
"proft" of 6663 per day, OF the handsom-
er total of S46.663 per week Now, it will
! not do for any army shyster 10 tell US tina;
this is mistake, an inadvereEce, or even
"a small NATTER meriting their ''silent con-
temptn Ii is serious matter-a solemn
truth-a damning fact-and il those at head
| quarters do not promptly step in and at
once reform these Lille abuses, or negli-
gences, or whatever they may choose 10
call them, we will hold Them responsible
before Justly indignant public.
We do not exaggerate when we say that
many of these poor fellows would have
more than once gone hungry TO bed, hac it
not been for the kindness of our citizens
and we say this upon the authority OF just
as good men as ever grasped sword OF
kissed piece of red tape. Indeed even
| an officer, with whom we marched in the
Idtlhs cars o5C1 wv ~ yS0'N'NNJ
that he had not eaten meat for four days
because, it was not fit TO eat, and. as hit
duties would prevent him from getting tC
town last night, he did dot expect 10 ge
any supper When such men as we kno"
him to be, complain thus, truly there i;
cause for complaint
In regard 10 the quality Of the meat, W.
were informed that the quartermasIers o
these regiments are not TO blame-ihai they
must take such as is furnished them iron
the Commissary Department II this be so
it throws that responsibility near enough ih'
doors of Gov Curtin for him 10 see 10 it,
The army regulations require these supple
TO be inspected by an officer OF the proPe
department, and if the "whalemeat" nov
furnished the troops has met the aPProvs
of such an officer, the sooner he is dis
charged as an "incapab.e," or something
worse, the better for the credit of our Stat
and the Union, and the integrity of our ar
mics.
We shall avail ourselves of an early oc
casion to refer to this subject again, whe
we may have something 10 say OF arm
: abuses in other directions.