New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-22
WASTEFULAESS IND UNREASONABLE
NESS or SOLDIERS.


In every large body Of mrn many unreasonable per-
sons will necc,,ary be found. II il oen or always
difficult TO distinguish between reas nabe and IN
reasonable comp hnnts. False cnmpsinrs will be made
with such earLesine-, pOsyeness and boldness that
nothing but searching inquiry will jeec The truth.
Men will show small quantities Of meat 10 their oilces,
declaring positively thar il all uey get either OF
fat or lean when proper inquiries VIII prove tt,t some
officers o. non-comnssoted OECers have given up all
their rsliops Il and purot ssed their own food
in order that lger proportion Of lean meat may fall
to the aha Of their commHBd, many members OF bcb
positively reflse touch fat One il o'len surprised
at tie patience Of many Coones and Csptns IN
ravelng th,se handy tnd complex compaints, aud Tho
slght reprimuIdp which given to the grumbers for
their and coneeaoeDt of the truth; nany
officers seem satisfied with having fully convicted
the offenders Of their unreaeonsblencss rspg conf
dent that they will not publicly repeat The Oiense
however much hey many grumble among and deInoral-
we their comprehension one or two pe'severing
grun,blers will infect q whole company, or even regi-
uept The rations 81 fresh and salt meat furui-, to
the troops by the u. s. Government are generally OF
the very beet Kind and large in quantity; but unor'
tunately tie best and pork is always tie fatest,
and no, every one likes eat f4., and each one
nsi take his share of Fat md lean alike. With proper
eeonomy and cooking il il well known that every
regiment and compsDy Of a regiment, can be well fed
ind make a large lyng upon its food. Volunteers
wsse and throw away = great deal Of their nations;
il il not uncommon when standing amidst crowd OF
prmbet, to see rome honest and good soldier step
forward and stare that he only has enough 10 eat
every day. but # be had not, be could easy pick up
INV pou, ds Of good neat and bread which has been
thrown away about the camp IL "ah'td 'oAh nest 10
not ss plenty I'd ist H1s'efy 'er'Anl ua' "sp'iAF
man could make d tpai io'tune on 'no m"f" "'I0u
found round almost every regiment Oh sonerr' Shi'e
recently, the Government has added oor ounces 70 Inc
ration of meat, ~ that the men nave goo
chance to get snfbciem 9nanuy Oh uo
lean' s'i1 'hey sion,d ave a"u zen 'ne i'''
NeAs ~ "' '"' O''"' " = ~.
rH"'AO'e e''-'''s '''oe -. -, :. ,ti,,e..d.
'or 'no :" '"Pp' n''" ol'lS =.
OF soldiers dGlIy, except sheh tney are quaio''u
near large c'HeS' Iro''''"' ieS,n'"'' NA' D"
Win tnoio, VI gO"o o'Ao's arc a'"''s ="
every regiment ine supply Vi nouf 'u',i'n'' " ~
GoVehineht Is very iaige' anu % eA.'"oD' fo""!
i"1 'o','e'' 'o' ,i'o., 80 .~o,a,oo !,
me- -, ii -, ,,o,,,,d Co. ., md ~
~ -. q, =, ,ho haLor Of on 20 D, nor
- r. o., nai,'hho,hood os washington. Goorg.-
.ep- - Go .noh on .,r,roeu.u, e,n AL
"a o..o, ,o,,r,.D, ,,o, do.. II csnb have
""l' "' "'"1o' - III, no sa,, ., ,heu nv
',''a =. ,io ;,,.n, do.. NO, .boo,e to draw
70 o1N.i. 80 a.. ,ho co,oruu,.r, su,n,es trem
'''u i"'V -. 1900 =, his h;.cni, !. as
VIZ - ..ood -. onv ,b,, snn,ar, on the
e. ,,i,;.. !, "a NJ, on,y icently
'Ao'es u '"s - h.slan oa.;I, I'm, ~ he ea,en