, 1861-05-22
DtScftmfnAttuE Arafnxt Uhfrnuc

seainst those In charge Of tho military aF.irs
u our State Whether or not the best his al
Ways Been chosen. We stM feel that the most
uoas1 Allowances are to be nasde In . season
Ake tho Present, from TIC imasnitudc Of the
operations on foot end their unwontcd chap
acier. / d.. =. !;
It would be- foo,ish to erpsct too much.
nom mi1ltia officers whose fatthest limits Of
e1r rerience IN ths departments Of tho Com
xazksary and tho Quatter- Master, have been IN
oeesstonh threo days peaceful encamrment.
located in the most favorable season Of tho
year, and It Is foo much to expect that there
however seaIcus their Intentions, will iunrne.
diate1y hear the fruits Of e1potrlenca and
knowledge only ripcned By years Of service In
the camp, and the army: Eany Of tic com.
pla'nta aRetn:: c2:: s:.!!lt t.:. Inexperienced
officers. are Of this character ind Origin, snd
time will bring the remedy.
But there are points less defcusible and
hults less Feai1. from which eYea more &c.
tlous and well grounded complaint has grown,
which hsre been fertile In serious tncouycui-
ence and suffering to or volunteers, Under
snch management Is a, share Of that which has
been brought to ournotice, the mortality bills
Of the campo would, in the coutsc of the war,
exceed those Of the bsttle~aclds, disastrous
H these might be.
-..e. ~ AooA ~ .As nAstet IL 10 sole
40 .e-'se1 ~ ooS so1antee1R, and tnelr
health and comfort. They were gathered
hastily from their homes, half clad, lily, or
not ut I'll equipped for camp life. II would
seem ohyiGue thnt 7,n1eee tronro 4hu. ,nr3a
up we're 1fon the urgency OF the call ordered
10 eelSaln point, irrespective Of It's ftncss,
t-elf location should be fixed Whc-s the1T
equipment aad induction into soldiers
NE aEo outJ 1atght 60 tor6afa undcr c'reun-
Stances every ~sy tho most 1aToraolo- ihcfe
were DOLL tacse clnsses o1 cslls maae npon
our Chicago troops. IN Inc one case, the
urgent dtnand Tor the occupancy Of Cairo
and Big Muddy % our 1orces' threw tor ward
into sels'e sels1ce' men 1sesn sfon cavl1 nte,
nail s1meo' III uno1auea' anu IS Jet without
nn!'olns' from ta1s ao'5 no one snfaas'
Aoessh IL Aas pso'ea severe enc Inc osaef
al wv ~ d tenuez'ons" of's1nany ana "1,n
spula'n1 eooo REASONS ~ We stlu 'alnh,
lnsto "e'e nv p.ace. y. teHoezuoua T.," .a-a nna
pp' seHaa ane ~ 49, o,,nes ~ o,aa IN
1.:..s.,.. - e. r..ss vot., g., so1. .en5czrona
ssa .,s,,sa - ~ s,,eiaa cid the eot,ra Comm;s.
sa-,ae ~ o,.rte-m,ste-rs Densrf ftnents. va
~ - 80 ,t1s =, naon ~ rather fa,t IN find .nv
o,nsr ,o,son than an intentional discr;m,na.
lion aeainst Chicago.
With this we nevertheless should no fault,
were it not that the result has given u abun-
dance Of camp abuses, and abundance Of suf-
fcrirg and swind1irg Of our volunteers. Hap
ply tie worst is past. Bad as Cairo has been,
the testimony OF our volunteers leaves Camp
Yates bat snail margin for preference. The
Wortt Is Tast, but It's experiences should be
use:u', they will certainly be remembered BY
the sufferers. In our vle", much Of this Was
incident 70 throwing such force Of lily pro-
vided volunteers upon tho RESOURCES Of any
inland place like Springfield, howeYer we'll
disposed, ard u patriotic and liberal as ne,
do not need to be assured it's citizens were,
The entire body Of troops would have scsrce-
II ripple In our metropolitan life, and If in
emp IL the ueiehborhooa Of our city. it could
have promptly filed every camp demand.
while conretitiou among our merchants
vonld have kept down e1tortton.
We urge it q q m;st.ko and q b|nnder. In
call It no vorse. that ul7.nroyided raw trooos
f,cm Northern Illinois ysre carried tn snr,np.
field when their rendezvous. Az At frat i7e.
s,rres 4soo]d hava n1,red ther, w7,o-a +hcv