Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-17

A raoY aud readable letter from a
Wheeling 'ssOJer boy.''
CAMP SCorT, YoRE, Pa, 4
MaYslO 1861.
lt0Es d Me LNteLliqencar :

Atn4 lyi 1901 3
Editors Of HE LNteligeaesr:
Our camp is In the connty fair grounds
: being about as large az those on Wheeling
Island. 1t has about 10000 men, under
- Brigndier- General Wynkoop of Philadel.
phia, consisting Of the LIST, I'd, Sd, 18th
18th and 10th regiments of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, with various detachments from
Others, and brass battery, flying artillery
| II guns. This last force is for the most
-tpart but newly organized, some few being
from Carlisle barracks. II is from Cham
bersburg. One old bronZed veteran, his
hair frosty. is the sole survivor of the eel
lebrated Washington lying Artillery which
behaved so calamity aud was cut up so
awfully at Bnena Vista. He says he saw
the boys coming, and told the old woman
force, comprising 420 Texan Rangers, has
just left too. They are all indignation aud
resentment at their former commander, and
declare, if they ever meet, /" they'll riddle
him so that sou can Sift sand through
him"
Our daily routine is rs follows ReveilIe
at dawn of day, 4:l5 a. NJ, and morning
gun; drill one bOur, then breakfast squad
drill till 10, and brigade parade till dinner.
After dinner sQuad-drtll again at Il land inn
mediutely afterward regiment tai till 8, then
I; uESSS IlACHu6 through TOWN. ana supper; tat
Etooat0. After tattoo, all light and talk are
exiinguished. Pretty severe for raw re-
! cruits, but rigidly carried ont. Extra duty on
night guard and guard house confinement
with the DRINK, thieves, and camp riff
raft, causes a slight disposition to conform
! among decent people. The soldiers are
/ quartered in the cattle pens around the
outside fence of the Pair Grounds. and in
like 1heds on a line parallel in the inside.
! Each mess of six has pen and straw
about straw to man. Here we do our
cooking, chamber-maidiug, sleeping, and
\ growing and singing, with an occasional
! slice Of bottle-CHke on rainy or cold days.
| The messcS have adopted names, various
and groteSQue. One cattle pen is labelled
with chnrred wood, in large letters, s.All-
| zoOvies," kind of burlesque on Zonaves,
a Ia Partington: on another, which is three
| inches deep in mud and water, from this
! recent weather, we read, "Pigs' Misery
another nspiIes highly, "Byronites," ITEM
! Pile of Lite ature aud Art" So they go,
according to the fancy and character Of the
owners.
Our rntions are raw beef or fat pork,
bread, and one kind Of vegetables, with
coffee and sugar. The allowance to each
man is rather small, and big eaters must go
! hungry. Your humble servant goes hun.
l by" tSOA NAlAP ulG luEuu
| Plete, too, cooking utensils being yet
supplied, so that meals consist, as yet, Of a
! piece of beec roasted on stick spit, a bit
f! of bread, and coffee with sugar, no cream.
| However, there is no cooling our ardOr.
| Even the rains-aud it has been splash,
!, dash, splash, mud, and by way of variety,
| rain ami wet, for long enongh-cannot do
/ it. Two weeks here, and two fine days If
there is anything in the doctrine that men
should 6e seasoned to all weathers, Provi-
dence is iayoring and preparing US. Some
| OF tue quarters are three or four feet under
/ water, the occupants having been chased
| out at o'clock at night, to other hOnses.
| 1t as been sunny, hot, rainy, snowy, and
| h6e again, alternately. Tho enthusiasm
! won't be drowned out, however. Enlist
lnent for three years, il the rebellion is
/ not over in three months, and unlimited,
Gnmitigated cheers and SEVERAL "tigahsn
| for the OLD oscar tangled banner" are the
universal sentiments, Is this the Rich
mOnd EnguiTer'S anticipated wnveting of
| the tickle Northern hordes under hard
ships2
In spite of all, there is but little sick
mess. Alittle diRrrhRA aud general slight
! colds, are about all. Some few have died
Within three weeks, from over exposure
1 and drink, aud twenty or thirty tainted in
prise the sWmMWul totMm of physical nil-
mcnts. The chapter of accidents, too, has
been gratifying small A man shot By the
guard aud slightly wounded, and two or
three injured by side arms in fights, are all
worthy of note. One of these occurred in n
lager saloon in town. drunken party of
soldiers, who had got past the guard by
some strategy, nearly killed the proprietor
and one of themselves. It is amusing to
see the lodges resorted to in order to pass
the guards. Nooue is permitted out Of
the enclosure without permit written by
the captain OF his company and counter
signed by the officer of the day. This is
hard to get, aud We go out in the bottom
of express wagons, rs citizens in patched
up suits, they having free way join in
companies going out having like uniforms,
Our force Is made up of all classes
workiug-meu and literary, the mechanic
and lawyer, rich and poori in fact @ cry
body who is decent. II any prove other
wise he is discharged. This renders the
army moro orderly and consequently moro
efficient in every way than any since Revo-
lutionHry times. 1t is said to astouish old
officers that drill is so readily taken up
Confidence in such men will not be mis-
placed. The p. V. will be there, and do
duty too.
The Orderly says. "Lights out, SO
close. C.
Sympathy and Aid for western svir-
EinIa.
The following extract from private let.
ter, written to one of the most prominent
citizens Of this community, was handed
us, a day or two ago, for publication:
PrrTsDuRaH, May Is.