Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-06
Adopted 1861.
THE WAY NORTHERN SOLDIERS
TREATED


n TREATED.
Capt. Benjamin R. Simpkins. First Lieuten-
ant Cornelius V. Simpkins, and Sergeant John
Hancock, of company c, LIST regiment siekIes'
brigade, published = card in The New York pa
pers of the 23d, in reference to the treatment
Of their men, from which we make the follow
ing extract
On the 18Th OF Nav we left the assembly
rooms barracks, and went to the Red house, at
Harlem. Before leaving the assembly rooms,
however, orr men had become upcomfortably
dirty, having no accommodation for washing
either their persons or their clothes. In this
condition the transfer was made. At the Red
house fifteen Of our company were compelled
TO sleep out Of doors the first night for want
Of room inside and beds. We Temsined there
I'D to the lime Of our transfer to Camp Scott,
Sta .en Island. In the day time The men were
occaRionallv driven out to the open lots, where
thew were compelled to remain, whether they
were drilling or not, rain CT shine. Mere than
once, when they had used their blankets for
protection from the elements, theyhad to cover
themselves aith the same blankets when they
lay down at nigh,.i
By such means their clothing rOtted on their
back. while the promise Of equipments was
put of from day to dsy.
On Tuesday, MAY q, we were removed to
Staten Island. Having arrived there We were
provided with five tents for one hundred and
one mes, this arrangement compelled forty of
cur number 20 sleep in the open air for the
first night. Col williamson continued to prom
ise equipments, and they continued motto come,
until the clothing Of our men was actually
rstted of them, and they were compelled to
we5r blankets 20 hide their nskedness. The
first equipments given consisted Of twenty
suits, and they were 60 large that most OF the
- - ---FI - $50 H.
Capt. A. J.. Andrews, Of another company,
makes this statement:
I belonged to a company which was raised
in Delaware county. We came down to the
city 70 Join the Sickles' brigade last Thursday.
We Numbered seventy men. We are mechaD-
les, iunbermen and farmers. The first night,
about II O'Clock, we were served with blankets.
On Sunday morning we were served with meat
in & state Of decomposition. On Monday Mai.
F5Tnham came to our camp, took one Of our
men BY the collar, and struck him five times
with bis fist, and swOTe that he would bang
him and gag him, and drum him of the Island,
and make an example OF him. Farnham was
dressed in citizens clothes at the time. At no
time since We went into camp have we had
full allowance OF ra-ions.
And two "non-commissioned o~ficers'' state
their complaints in the following language:
serrsant Murdoch and corporal O'Brien,
married men, and both members Of the Fill
more Guards, from Buffalo, complain that they
had been promised five GEMS a mile for what
egsr distance thsy went with the company,
and that they have been disappointed, in con-
sequence Of which their families are now in
want The Buffalo union defense committed
refuses TO furnish means for their families be-
causs they volunteered here. Having pro-
c9red = discharge, they VIII make the best
~ their way home. They say there are
dsi.v mutinies, dessrtions, etc, at camp Scott.
on Thursday night q complete company got
III snt eighty or ninety men with loaded
vonskrts and fixed bsyOnets recaptured
Them. Whole companies do, however, fTe-
o,snflv get away. Col. Williamson several
fires stTnrk q man in the face with a whip,
and in consequence his company went away,