The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-05-30
Camp Dennison.
The following account of affairs at Camp Denn-
son we take from the Gazette:


VISITORS.
Every pleasant day the camp is throngcd by Wis
itOrS from all sections aud the ladies especially
seem to take particular delight in showering all
manuer of attentions upon the gallant volunteers
Tie resources Of the j.. NJ. Y. r. Co are pretty well
taxet i'll conveying to the camp crowds of ladies and
gentlemen from all parts who pour down by every
train. Bun on the camp ground the crowd of Gin
cinnatans are swallowed up in the larger crowd of
visitors from nearly every considerable town in
southwestern Ohio. Dayton, Ncnia, Lebanon,
Hamilton, ITillsboro lad al sent their representa-
tives, armed with huge baskets, and fully prepared
for taking the quarters of theiE friends by storm.
THE ACCOMMODATIONS.
So much has been said in certain quarters, with
regard to the neglect of the troops and their suffer-
ing at Camp Dennison, that the people may have
been led To form very erroneous ideas OF the true
state OF affairs. In speaking of the accommodations
for the soldiers, it should always be red
that an army of twenty thousand men sprang int
existence in Ohio in single week. That there
was some suffering at Camp Dcnnison during the
first few days after the establishment of the camp,
is beyond doubt, though oven then It was very
greatly exaggerated The stories about the depor-
able dcstituon in the hospitals for example. were,
of course, utterly without foundation. Now. how
ever, troops could not ask to be better quarered than
they are at Camp Dennison and those who COM
plain there will certainly have hard time of it
when they come to the rougher realities of active
service. The hospitals are well arranged and well
appoiRtcd the officers quarters are excellent and
the barracks for the men seem in most cases, all
that could be desired.
THE SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.
As is now, doubtless, well known, is managed on
the plan adopted in the regular army. Army ra-
tions are issued to the troops, and thc boys" " do
their cooking, and have nobody but themselves
to blame if il isn't satisfactory. If the rations are
defective either in quality or quantity the volunteers
have their recourse directly to the officers whom
they have elected and the soldier who runs to the
newspapers with his complaints ON this subject in
stead of carrying them to their commander, simply
illustrates his own lack of intelligence.
ARMS.
All theStroops in the camp are armed. The Sd
regiment (Col. Morrow's have first class rhed mus.
kets the others are all supplied with second and
third class guns, which answer just as well as good
for practice in the manual of arms, and will be
replaced with weapons before they are sent in
to the field. This arrangement has one advantage
al least. Raw recruits do not generally know much
about taking of arms. They learn on old ones
which they can't injure very seriously, and when
they know how to use and preserve them, fur
nished with effective weapons.
UNIFORMS AND USpERCLoTHING.
portion of the troops are already uniformed ,and
the rest will be, Just fast the tailors can make
the suits Some trouble has arisen in the dstrbu-
! ton of uniforms and undercothing, from the fact
that Brigade Qaarermasters had not been appoint
cd from the soldiers sworn into the United States
and State appointees could not receive from
the United States authorities. Depot Quartermas-
| ter D. w. McClung (Of Hamiltonl has been doing
all in his power to get the clothes properly issued
as they arrived, and as the brgades have
noW proper appointments made in this department
there will be no further trouble.