St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-07-11
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ty in their rations. - We can. eco l,oyreason
why soldiers should oat beans from the
fret Iof. january to the last. Of Dcecmbcr
every year. Wheat is as cheap; asteasily
carried and cooked as beans; and wheat
boiled in clear water aud 'eaten zwith mo-
lasscs or sugar issvcry~pslatable and very
heakhfal J. corit is geoe boiled With meat
and eaten with SALT Boiled wheat once
or twice week would ada to the soldiers
health. Then baked 'pIotatoey' are not see1-
fpensive: Let tic cook, scoop s56 pl1t oult hol-
low in the ground, lay in . bed Of i've
Goals, put ia the potatoes and cover them
with hot embers., They can be cooked
thus so as to be excellent, and are first
class anti-scorbutic Some kind Of fruit
should be furnished every day. Cranber-
ries as often as possible alteraated with
dried apple or peach when there is no ripe
fruit in season which can be procured,
and the commissiarat department should
advertise for PROPOSALS to furnish the ar
my with cucumber. pickles, put up with
out ''greeniog" and ripe tomato pickles
When hungry men eat fat pork, they ought
to have pickles. Ia To expect m~u to live
on bread and beans and bacon and coffee
and preserve health and vigor is absurd.
We do not ask for our soldiers pastries,
puddings or rich condiments, but they
ought to have fruit and vegetables, a
proper proportion of acids, and changes Of
plain diet. If Uncle Samuel cannot af.
ford this we had better stop fighting and
60 to picking cotton for "Alassa" Carroll
ma; but the fact is, that the people pay
for comfortable subsistence for the defen-
Of their lioerty, and the contractors pocket
the money. Government paid fifty cents
per day for boarding each man Will: Will: a: a:
or! Smelling, three dollars and City cent:
! per week; and the contractor paid no
house rent, furnished no furniture or: bed
ding. With provisions at the prices they
command here. the actual cost to the con-
tractor could not have been over twenty
cents per day, leaving thirty clear profit
In the evening at six o'clock there was
the usual dress parade inside the Fort
None of the officers were ili,our ted, and
the men did not 60 through any complica-
ted movements, but all they did was well
and promptly done. One thing appears
apparent; and this is that the zouave
drill SO extensively exhibited by Colonel
Ellsworth last summer, has made an end
Of the military strut with which volunteer
companies used to get about in steps Of
about fourteen inches, getting forward at
about the pace old Col. McNair's horse
used to move when the Col said he trot-
ted all day under the shade Of tree. The
step Of the Minnesota First is long and
free, and looks, when marc hing, as if they
were going some place, not pattcrinS about
to exhibit themselves to the boys. At the
close Of the parade, Adjutant General
Leach, read from written paper,
the ordeos for acxt morning. The troops
were to disperse to their quarters, lights
to be blown out at ten 0 ,ck, the rcveil:
le to- be sounded at half past three in the
morning. Call to divine service, conduc:
ted by the Rev. Mr.. Neil, at half pat
four. Call to- breakfast at 5, when they
were all to be ready to embark on the
steamers for Harrisburg. Companies A,
b, G, aud D to embark IN board the Wa,
Eagle under command of Lieut.. Col. Mil:
Ter to proceed to Prairie du Chen and
then take cars for Chicago, to meet com:
panit: F, G, H, | and J, which should
embark on the Northern Belle for La
Crosse, thcr: to take cars for Chicago and
meet tho other detachment Each com
pany was tn be divided into mcsses ol
eight, to be assigned ono tent. A rcspor.
sible person from each mess was to Be
:: elected to get the rations' for Tint mes,
/ aud cook the,u, giving each man his share
J., Another responsible person was to TAXI
}, charge ofthe plates, cups, knives and forks
!: Of the mess, aud be held accountable Fl
them: Still another should take charge
i Of the tent, tent pins, &C., while each
. man took charge Of his gun, eanteen,,
d haversack and blanket Ratai,oJns; Would
j be distributed for their sustonanee on fht
y, way, and hroM~ued III coffee III. ID be 1atsG
] .dd made ii,,to eo8se 2ou dthss bo.t a.; aad