Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-09-11

riend rom paying the last sad tribute death.as-
unaered friendship, and seeks to snap every social
tie IN wants. abominable and ATTEMPTED in such
a regiment as ours, is fraugh. with seriously evil
consequence Undsgused want of sympathy for
the we'll being and comfort of the private has also
added to the Justification, and spirit that cares not
If the private is exposed to the concentrated rays Of
an August sun, in stubble.feld, that has not had
its surface dried for tweve-month before, SO his
isscreened by the shade, is not much calculated to
engender love and esteem The appointments in
the gift of the Colonel too the subjects of Sc
we're criticism. Five appointments, the Commits.
sary, Commssary Sergeant. Quarter-master Ser
geant, Sergeant Major, as well as the Adjutancy,
which If the Confederate Regulations were followed
should DC given to commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers Of the regiment have been Illegal
the Adjutancy and Commissary to men who do not
eren belong to the regiment The want Of care
and sympathy for the private, if it happens to de-
prlve them OF pleasure, has been general remark
Orders to move to more healthy and comfortable
position, afterwards possessed by more fortunate
regiment, must be postponed, and, of course coun.
termanded, in order that fine dinners may be par
taken Of at private residences Of hopitaJle Virgin
iansthe glorious opportunity of being participants
IN the battle OF Manassas lost because of de-
sire to visit the many attractive places in Richmond
our destination changed to sckly part of the State
for fear of traitors bullets, which might have de-
stroyed the pleasures of an evenings ride on gaily
! horses in western Virginia. And now, the last
hope OF ever smelling the smoke of battle is extin-
guished, by our removal to Pratt's Point, in order
to crafty the conceit and selfimpcrtance that a
command of twelve miles of the guard-coast of the
Potomac River will occasion. Four of our compa
MES "a. g. H. and l. left this morning, for that
point and the others are to follow as wagons
are procured to remove our baggage and camp
squipage.
The health of the regiment for some time prior to
the arrival OF our present warmhearted and efficient
principal physician DR.. Hughes, was very bad, sac
rtced to considerable extent by incessant drilling
in midday in an August sum- The drilling was
carried to such an extent to excite the remark
strangers, who asserted if practice would make per
feet ours would certainly be an efficient regiment
The drlhours, however, have been reduced at the
suggestion of the Surgeon and its effects for the bet
ter are plainly apparent.
The effective force of the regiment will now proba
bly, reach $50, rank and file, in the nine companies
that originally contained about 7OO At one time
800 would not have estimated the number
Twenty-Five have died since the formation of the
regiment The greater portion of the sick have
been sent to the hospital at Fredericksburg, where
efficient physicians, good nurses, pleasant quarters
and the praseworthy superintendent of the kind
est people of the most generous and patriotic town
ever was in, will be used to allay their suferngs
and minister to their wants.
There are two or three other N. G. regiments
within a few miles of us, but have not been able
to procure pass out of our lines to visit Them and
course, do not know their number"