Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-19
ahs ShOe Question.

Apprehendiog nat he statement made BY the E"-
sEirsr . feU days age, that al acquisitions upon the
Q~aArtermAsteFs Department for shoes have been 6llsd,
may have the shJst OF causing the efforts Of individuals
and the sympathiss Of the public to AbAtS, Ne fselit our
duty to furnish q few fseti bearing on the subject:
AS;af Oneer, nov in this city, has, within . Vsk
past received . letter from bis hsjOr General, instruct
ing him to notify the Government that ONs.lhird Of the
men of his Division are without LhOsA.
AQuArSrnASsF, also nov in the city, has ScsiVsd a
similar letter from hI Msjor General, which states that
sixteen hundred men d his Division are barefoot.
Both Of thSs Divisions belong q he Army Of the
Potomac. We have no IsVon to doubt, that, as Is il
With them, 80 Is is With I'll the other DiVsiOns Of that
army.
The following appeared in the EnqHir@ y~tssrdAy
mOrniDE
10 hs Editors Of ia E-gEirr:
BhGADB HnD0UAEfBn.
CEAJTHs PAEs, Nov. IS, 1862
Gentlemen - Your uunbsE Of Yesterday hsads an
editorial The shOe Question" YOH complain Of tie
Complaints Of the "RaiE" Il had not l. quired about
the iscts. You had. Aud VOC say in snsGer to our
inquiries Ve we're assursi aud 20 STATED publicly, that
tS Tsga:sitiOaI upon hs QgRtFrssast1 for shosI had
All been h0HOvsG" Do you mean upon the Qlarter-
master Generhr II not, OF whom did you Inquire |
arm ,hA. the assurance given 10 you cas- inoorrNL-
nv men are suffering for shOeE-rrqusitons we're made,
TIE reply OF tn QlartermH.sF Genera, Gel Myers, uIs,
"Let then suffer"
Your obsdisnt srVGn',
HISRT A WIsI,
Brig General.
If Is prSSsr 70 eIplain thAl the statement Of the QlAr.
termas.sr General, that the acquisitions for shoes hsdA all
been honered, vas made in reference to the army OF
Norshetn Virginia With Gen. Lee, eoneerning which the
complaints Of desutuuon had been made and 10 whose
eass the irqsirJ Uas eOnhaed l-Esqairsr.
The Charleston psPsn publish The iOaO"ing di'pateh
from Rev r. W.. BarDesel, J.:
RIcHsoSD, November Ill am Just from the army,
-here distributed u TPHes. Tasre is great want OF
everything, sad especially Of shoes and blankets. S,nd
on Immediately.
correspondent Of the Rockingham Register writes;
Yesterday morning the snow eomnsrcsd falling, and
continued during the day and night Winter has CON-
menced 10 earnest, and it ia = heart reading sight to
witness our scanuly clothed and bare footed bows trying
20 shield themselves from The uintry blasts. l noticed
yesterday many Of he men OF TIE lO.h Regiment vsdnE
through the snow without Ehs siga Of . Sloe upon their
feet Others, 9th their blankets wrapped around them,
sat By The eomfcrtlss5 camp hcss, trying 10 shell their
feet and shiVsrhRI bodies from the cold snoS aud pierre
ing WindL 10 the nsms Of lgstci and humSlty, can't
something be done for these suheriag soldiers
The Petersburg Bzg,ss, says.
We have sen = Ater, Written by Mr.. Nat. @. HAri.
son, dated, "ll Camp, near Culpspsr U. II November
lOh, In which b. saws "tdO assure you that many
Of our boys are sJf ring very much for the want Of
shoes and other tcles OF clothing. MANI Of them are
entirely b~ArefO0Iei and nearly naked. II it be possible,
get some OF oar good friends 10 SEND some shoes, in
addition to those you nov have"
We could multiply the testimony on this sui jocs ST.
most Indefinitely, bus thi1 ia enough for the prsSent II
the EpYE;Er and Colonel Myers still doubt, us recon-
mend to them . Trip 10 the array. We rejoice to knSs
that the efforts Of boss shO think differently have been
attended With large results, and that frCu ~ to eight
thousand plin Of shoes have been procured BY the con-
~tiibuto1s Of shis city. Bat thsse dORG begin 10 be
enough There arc still great deSisudOn aud suffering,
aud the winter il yet Al before Us. Why should no.
other Sisiss, aye, every city, town and county in the
COnfsdsrAcy, folio. The example Ct Richmond rasrs
IS 20 danger tia. too much vii be dOne.