Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-20

Eaon TIE SECOND cAHALEY.

0AMP DENNIsoN, Dec. II, 1851.
Eos. LEADERi Beside thres-by-iou T table
on the Dixie side Of Camp DsnnisOn, ! and
myself touching the pen q little for the
benefit Of the many friends Of the ID Cav
airy upon the Reserve. We hsynt forgot
ten Cleveland Jet, or home, though we left
with light hearts for steFner work. We
we're glad to get away from the Heights,
glad to get away from Camp Wade, Jr., and
now there il not sman in camp who would
not 60 10 ode land OBJ cotton" in double
quick, and leave this celebrated militia
West Point for men unused 70 wars alarms,
provided only the order would come "On 10
Louisville" Camp life is "the ills We have"
and We would hY to others hat We know not
of. We dislike this waiting, watching, pray
ing for weeks and monthsi Routine, rOu-
tine, give US the field, hsrdships, battles ;
anything but rOtting away in camp. Let
tho soldier who feels differently show him
self, for no is q curiosity.
Our journey to Camp DennisOn was mark
ed by nothing extraordinary, as l suppose
the.1ixings on the way dealt out by fair
excuSe me, ladies, I'll say nothing about It
this time-come in as a matter Of oourae.
We were E gay set, and as company after
company, squadron after squadron, and
battalion after battalion came pouring into
camp, the Deanizens seemed 10 think the
whols North was coming down upon them.
- rryawk,-a - 10000 :. II a,,a c,~uno-1r
occupied by the 10Th regiment, and being
put up hurriedly, are Of course not the best,
yet wa shall soon be as ariBtOoratic as the
most favored Of the U. s. A., for the order
was received yesterday from Washington to
put up new quarters for two cavalry regi-
ments, and two hundred men have to-day
made no small beginning just in our
particular locality.
The I'd Cavalry is second only in one
thing, and that is number. Our thirteen
sheds for horses have already been com
pleted, and it seems almost a miracle to
look over the ground hat one week ago was
bare % q prairie, and sec buildings, good
and substantial, sufficient to accommodate
the fourteen hundred horses that were won't
in other days to gnaw picket posts and pull
hemp at old Camp Wade.
The heGlth Of the regiment is remarkable, /
and complimentary both to the cleanliness
enforced by Col. Doubleday and the medical
experience and skill Of Drs. Taylor and
Smith: They all recommend the Little
Miami as the best medicine chest in the reg
iment. To be clean is 10 be proof against
disease, and this is better than all the RENE
dies discovered since the remarkable cure of
leprosy in ancient times by washing in the
river Jordan.
The 10th Ohio left camp today for Ken
lucky, and showed by the way they handled
their feet, and arms also, that they were to
be relied on when the tug Of war comes
The 4th Cavalry left a few days since for
the South, and although it was reported
that we were also to leave, yet WI have
received marching orders, and shall
probably remain here the most of the
winter.
The bth Cavalry is here, and numbers
about the sameas our own regiment, They
have received no arms as yet, but are ex-
pecting them soons We also are to have our
sabres and carbines, in part in q day or
two.
1 had intended to have given you more
description and statistics Of Camp Denni-
son, but will leave this for the tsnlpuS fu-
Yours, H.
P. s.-Sincs writing the above, orders
have been received Of considerable interest
to the regiment, and I presume will DO to
its many friends. Since the organization Of
the regiment the question Of seniority
among the Captains has been sgitated not q
little, which has resulted ss follows; G now
occupies the right and A the left, the regi-
standing thus
A, D, K, G, NJ, H, L, E, B, F, I, @.
The change has created quite a sensation
throughout the regiment, and caused no
little feeling. Yours, II.