The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-10-11
FROM THE HITCHCOCK GUARDS.
HEAD QUARTERS 4lst Reg. o. ", !
U. s. A., CAMP WooD. CLRvE.

LAND, October 9th, 1861.
DEAR OLD DEMoCRAT Sunday has
again rolled round, and the two weeks
are past which warn me that, il would
make my regular contribution 10 the
Democrat, must be about it. The
morning is dull. Clouds, gloomy clouds
float murkily shout. and occasionally
'pa;ters the rain" However squads are
forming to 60 to church or 10 Camp
Wade, under the direction OF some pre-.
possessing (?) Sergeant; while some are
lazi!y stretched out on their blank cts.
reading their Tes:amebts, and others i'm
itate the example Of your humble cores.
pondent, and are writing and smoking
good "Punch" cigars. (There. it rains
again. and l must so out and bring in the
boys shirts, drawers, towels, handker.
chiefs, &C.. washed yesterday.) Others
are reading the Democrat, which arrived
in Camp this morning. ct" and my
self are the only ones in our Company
that take it, and every Sunday am often
hailed with the interrogation, "Ordrrly,
have you got the last Dsmocrat?" They
love it, because !. comes from home,
and peruse il with esgerness. ,....
Not that question your veracity, Mr..
Editor, but l would like to know upon
what authority you assert that neither
you nor your "fair lady compositors"
are imam 'worshipers."* The fact that
you are not is easily accounted for and
believed; bu: the latter is not so readily
accredited, Knowing the proclivi,ies of the
"fair SEX" No. sir; you dom: make me
believe that, "or any other man :, "thats
what's the ,matter." To throw. Joking
aside and assume soberness, l may say
tha: | am PERFECTLY satisfied with your
correction Of "God and victory"
The car of military discipline rolls
steadily on. Squad drill once per day,
Company drill twice, and battalion drll
once. Col. Hazen is now away at Yves,
Point, as witness in court martial, and
our Regiment is under the control OF
Lieut.. Col. Wizeman, who conducts bat
tallion drill an hour each day. We have
most excellent field officers, and they
have the love and respect of the whole
Regiment. Capt. Weimore "a West
Pointer) is raising battery of artillery
to be attached 20 this Regiment. 1t is TO
consist OF lour guns, and is nearly full -
The majority of the men already enlisted
are from Old Geauga. One more Com
pany, expected in this week. fills our Regi.
n,ent ;.hen the Companies will be assigned
their positions and receive their letters.
Visitors throng our camp daily, and es.
pecially Sundays. Different Companies 8
and squads Of men sre constantly receiv.
ing iavors from their friends in the
country. and, you may rest assured, re.
ceive them gladly. Not that we are not
well fed by Unc'e Sam, bu, variety they
like; 'us as dessert 10 them.
As the "Rclief Guard" is now passing
around, | am reminded Of an incident thai
occurred few days since. which is really
''too good to keep" On the day in ques.
tion, German was posted as sentinel, il
being his first experience in sentinel duty.
His instructions were TO pass none but
commissioned officers, unless they had
written passes. To appreciate the Joke
better, you should know that there are
two men near here who visit camp daily,
and carry off our slop. which is saved for
them in barrels. Well, the "guard'
came round to relieve said sentinel, and
It became necessary that he should give
the instructions he had received TO his
successor, which he did. as follows: "My
instructions is to let no commissioned
officer pass ercept these here families vol
comes across The lines TO ge. schwil?
Letters Tor our Company should be ad.
dressed, as usual: "Care Capt. Tolles,
Camp Wood, Cleveland, Ohio"
Yours for aye, i. A.. F.