Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-08-27

ural among our people. We lost our rubber
blankets at Bull run, and we have not yet been
Isuppled, although Mr. Pitkin says they were
stnt from New York early this month, but have
been delayed.
! am in camp with Company /, where we
remain till o'clock tomorrow morning, when
our orders are to proceed with the Capital
Guards, and one piece Of artillery, and "A de-
tachment OF about twenty men from other Com
panies, and two baggage wagons, up the river,
slowly, acting as patrol and examining all
accessible points and lords along the river, using
all necessary precautions against surprises, and
obtaining all the information possible as to the
movements of the enemy, Is is believed we
shall some Of US fall in with them, or discover
ther movements in day or two Our business
is especially to do it il possible Weare to send
boats across the river with scouts and reconnol-
ire generally We have been busy all day get
ting ready to move at day-break in the morn
mg and am really in hopes it will stop ram
ing before we start.
The boys Of our Regiment, such as needed,
had new shoes and pants distributed to them be-
fore starting, so they are more comfortable than
they expected to be, in this respect We do
not break up our camp here taking only few
tents for special uses, and leave the Band IN care
of the rest 50 ! suppose if we don't all get
killed up there, We shall come back sometime.
have just been adm0nlsbed that there Is an in
ereasing danger up along the river, and that es.
pecial care must be exercised. Welf we shall
not Lave very heavy force, but they must be
crossing under very favorable circumstances, or
our little armament will annoy them some if we
should fall in with them The written orders
are. " to defend the river and resist their cross
ing to the best Of our ability" Now that au-
lhorIzes US 10 do some fancy lighting II We have
a chance.
The boys in the Guards arc all pretty well.
No Company in the Regiment suffers less, and
perhaps so little, from sickness as ours. The
men are all intelligent and we don't seem to
have many slolhlul droncs, and they take pretty
good care Of themselves, and We try to manage
to avoid unnecessary exposures besides, our
cooking arrangements are not surpassed by any,
all Of which tends to preserve health. really
don't feel as though VIC were exposed to much
more sickness than at home. Young Cass, IRON
Warren, is the only man we have who is sick,
and he is fast improving. | think he will be
able to do duty before long. lie had the mea-
sles at Washington when we FIRST got there, ana
has not been well since. | almost forgot Norris
who is at home on iurlough. He went home
from Washington and has been with us 50 little
| should hardly know him were | to see hlm,
and we hardly remember him as one OF our
Company. Yet be was a good soldier before
he got sick, and hope will return lie has an
extension oil his furough for thirty days and
hope to see him back when that expires. There
are other instances Of slight sickness occurring
occasionally but not serious. The effective men
IN our Company are seventy seven, non-com'
miSsoned officers and priyates, and three com
missoned officers. We had originally eighty
men, besides commissioned officers. We lost
Taylor and Goodrich, leaving only seventy eight.
VIM Clark then enlisted, which made seventy
nine in all, but Cass and Norris being on the
sick list leaves only seyenty-seyen effective. |
am lame myself in one hip, the effects OF our
Bull run march, and not able TO make very long
marches yet, but Quartermaster Pltkin has been
very liberal in furnishing me horse Tor long
marches and hus let me have ne for tomorrow.
Too mech praise cannot be accorded 10 him for
his excrtions Tor the comfort Of tho Regiment.
and the whole corps oil his assistants prove to
he oil the right stamp. Indeed, all OF the oid-
GERS Of our Regiment more than answer our
l1ndest expectations with one exception, and
get along well enough personally with that ex.
ccpuon, but there is such feeling here with
ALL that think if he consulted his own good,
he would leave us. think likely if there had
not been strong prejudlc,s started early We
coull have got along well enough, Tut those
preiudices exist, whether right or wrong, and
don exactly see how We are TO get along with
them. OF course, alude to Col. Whiting
Major Joyce and he are desperately at variance,
and think the Regiment sustain the Major
1t must be very unpleasant for Colonel Whit
ing, and certainly feel sorry for it. But the
fact is so There has been very much slid about
the officers requesting the Colonel to resign, \
paper, pretty much unanimously signed by the
commissioned officers Of the Companies present.
was presented to him night before last, request
ing him TO resign. This paper was drawn up
aud signed Immediately after the Bull unbattlc,
but was withheld for reasons existing.
mentioned that Lieut.. Col StOnnard had
gone up the river with the Regiment This is
lor the reason that Col. Whiting is detailed on
a court-martial now sitting at Washington and
hence the command devolyes on Lieut. Col
Stannard. He and Adjutant Ladd are alone, bat
they win be likely to do the duties dcyoyug
on them ably and well. Yours traly,
+, V, Il.
On. E,r,nr,r -Cor, Cir,1c,n i loAov