Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
Camp Correspondence.
CHEAT MOUNTAIN Pass.
Western Va. Oct. &c, '6l.

mention of the superior manner ID which
the Indiana forces are provided. as CON-
nared with those of Ohio. Now let me say
that no regiment which have seen has
been 50 we'll clothed and blanketed as the
Oath Ohio, Col. Ammen. He probably un-
derstands making acquisitions early. and
then he himseLf. enthusiastically blows up
the Quartermaster; docs not wait for the
press to do it after the men have suffered
and no Indiana regiment will compare with
the Ohio regiments here. Let's see lndi-
n 18th and l5th-yes, also the 18th,
went into service in May; they got over
C oat. in October; We had ours in August
they had satti net rOundabouts and pants
we had QH-,gool blouscs and pants. and
have had three issues of EaDnel. cloth shirts,
knit drawers, and frst-rate cow-hide shoes!
at which time every private is called upon
and asked what he wants" Each man
also received. at first night in camp, a blan-
kct ) by Z feet, and last week double blan-
ksts wcre issued; stockings have been
plenty. I'll tell you where the rub is. in oar
sojering we can knock a days rations at two
meals. say l lh. crackers, three pints strong
coffee, II lbs. beef (~inctuding 6one, that
makes the slices smaller.) Rations will
keep a man right up to good actire cOndi-
ton, but he will never get-to exactly ex-
press this belly full" So We growl
hard. give the Commissary Jessie" and
swear at the Su.ler. who charges twenty
cents a pound for crackers. and twenty
cents for dime papers Of tObacco. We were
also on twO-third cracker r%atious, for Eve
days, at time of surround" and have not
since been allowed the drawing of them
the ba>G ones. That is wrong After
thO<> terrible long nights of vigil at the
Dreast-works, We should have been rested,
and had no stint as to food, for a week
Men, like racs-horses, cannot be kept
''drawn fine too long, they must be "let
up" and run to grass" That's the way
B~onaparte did. l told half a dozen sur
geons they should write and order it, they
wish now that they had done SO.
But Uncle Sam must not 60 scott lear
with me; he likes men; why don't he pay
thom? Pay rolls not made out right ,"
The red tape man that makes such answer
ought to be licked. In two days we will
have been five months accepted. Treasury
notes are as good for US as gold. Cannot
they cut them off fast enough? Soldiers
do not need money, Government supplies
: them with food, clothing and account at
the merchants and grocery army store ~
Christ said that the laborer was worthy
of his hire, and when he referred to pay
cases they received it whea the work was
done-now twice our two months are up.
Shell it out, Uncle Sam you have not
the least excuse, not even a truant school
boys"
The Cheat Mountain Brigade has cree
ted block houses for winter quarters. We
hope that some other regiments will &C.
cupy them. A contraband came in on
tuesday; last night he led 400 men to
Greenbank, who captured 50 head Of cattle,
/ six horses, and got two prisoners; without
loss. Starr is just in from a three days
scout, in rear of Sesh camp at Travellers
RepOse, (yOu can see it on COlton's yir.
, ginia map.) Smith is most well. Doc. Sher.
: man and Joe Williams, cooks, whilst John
t Musser deals out the crackers, &c. Cow,
|. an bosses the Brigade COmmissary, row
building. Stokes, of Mecca, is Regimenta.
| Secretary. Burnett had a hard scout
last week, being short of rations and nigh
] clothing. John Q. Wilson just reported
at Brigade headquarters, to guide a party
! to hay stacks that lie discovered in Sesl
/, valley, whilst on a trip up the Cheat, 81
/, l hope cur horses will have better forage
their daily allowance is 10 pounds of oats
and hay when they can get ii.
Mcclellan is rapidly forming the arm
upon tie Artillery AID Cavalry basis, 81
? strongly prominent arms with Napoleon
1 remarked to the Hon. John Hutchins
5 upon his reception of word from Washing
ton, in June last, that Cavalry would no
be accepted" Says l, You'll see forty
thousand horse in the field ere we accOmp
lish anything, and they must be Of the righf
/. kind. None of your heavy Flander oil
Russian dragons, but your light, wiry
horses and meD; regular mounted Zouaves.'
Five thousand more Cavalry would have
) won Manassas, if supported by Artillery
And, by the way, let me remark, that in tht
r Spring (Western Va.) Campaign, a muL
brigade would have cut Garnet to pieces
! headed the whole Sesh army off, instead o.
, allowing three-fourths to reach the eastern
/ Allegheny slope. to be again reformed BY
t Lee, and menace US with 4 complete sur
t round" In addition to their own forage
; mules could tax, ten days rations for men
: and make thirty mile marches over thest
, mountain bridle-Paths, where our army
/ wagons cannot 60, and from which w
! have to diverge after a days march ant
! get back to the pike for food. With Boot:
, for the Infantry" and a wish that the 24tt
) Ohio joins the Southern columns,
I am, you're, &c,
: CHAS. HARMON.