Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-29
PRoN nUcKHANxo1.
A Protest iPom 40 OMesF In the ThiTd
VITginih Regiment
BVcKR1NxoS, Va, Jsn. e.
Bd,iors i4isliigfasst.

doing be AacftNeef mtny personal pleas
ares AID comforts; and II he BE- a taan Of sss-
sihili.y aad refinement BE- mast expect TO
ENCOUNTER much that Is dissgreeabie ana
almost anbeArable ia the rgde badcEngs
Of camp lie. Bat the high-miulsl voluu-
teer looks forward eagerly . the time
Whsn an honorable isld shall open out be-
tote him, aad caable hin % gather from
the dee and snoke o. cohAlei sptlg OF
laurel OF an hoAonble scar in feeDmpease
fos the many sacrifices which lie LAs made.
Even II il should be bic lot 10 die on such
field, the yroui CONSCIOUSNESS Of having
sacrificed h.msti; for his e5uutr, would
east q CLEAN Of gladaess far into the dark
valley aud shadoT. Bot when q soldiers
deuled access 10 such ie.i. and Is kept
back by criminal neglect, OF by an an
ssrtA y pssjldjcs ,eAicb is e0Fss than er,atEa!,
then Is lie fate exceedingly hari--so very
hard that Il requires more than human for
bearance 70 euabIe one to suppress the
curses which rise for niierauce against
those 10 power, wbO permit themselves 10
be approached and influenced by the false
hoods which hatred aud savy eoald alone
engeadcF.
have been led to make these remarks
Mr.. Editor, from contemplating the treat
men, received By the ID Va, regimsSt-
Tho third was the frat shtes years regiment
orysuizei 10 this State. S9on after lis or.
ynpizA,ion il was scattered all through the
surrounding counties, 10 guard railroads,
Gsh, bqsh.Whaekers, and ia shot. to do'be
p5l,ce duties Of the country. We appreci-
nte, the necessity fag this step, sad in q
fu!l understanding Of the disagreeablenesS
Of the task, SC, about performing il With
out murmar. We thought that Of
course, the new regiments as they should
lie respectively organized. would in turn
relieve Us. so that the service would be d..
vided equally, but this has not been the
case. Regiment after regiment has been
enlisted. hastily organized, aud frequently
before being fully equipped have been huT-
ried away 10 occupy honorable positions,
aud to perform honorable parts In tho cam
paign. Skeleton regiments with half.flled
ranks have taken precedence aud to-day
are 10 the van Of the different colnmnsi
while the 30, the oldcs, aud fullest Vifgin-
in regiment in the field 10 kept 10 the back
ground, for no other.APpArent purpose than
70 guard the "grub" and other stores set
apart for It's consumption during the win
ter
Now, Messrs. Editors, ifthe 3rd isequal to
tho other Virginia regiments in the field,
in point Of the discipline and efficiency Of
its material, and the quality uf its arms
ami equipments, is il not an insuferabie
wroug--a glaring, uuwarrantable act OF
iniustics to thus degrade It in tue eyes Of
citizens and soldiers?
Col. HeweS is well known as splendid
lactician, high minded, chivalrous gen.
tleman, and withal man OF extensive aud
varied experience in the militia service of
the S.ntr, Ia which he has held high posi-.
tons for years past have no hesitancy
in proaoancing him cmphatically the best
drilled Colonel in the Virginia seryice.-
And Notwithstanding the deep nortitica.
tion and chagrin the continued neglect OF
his regiment has caused him, be has bev-
ertheless IahOred hard to impart to those
undsr his command knowledge Of that
science which has long been his study aud
his pride The Eve companies now here
are ,Il we'll drilled as Rry Companies have
seen anywhere. The company officers
VIM compare .fAvOrshlys With those in
tbr yofontper service and as 70 the rank
and al. no better material can be found.
Tbe regiment was mostly recruited from
onr rural districts, and nine.ten.hs Of the
men Ara as lins Speelmens OF fnlly deyel.
onel manhood. as even our health and
]. strength giving mountalns can nj oduce.
We Ure armed With the celebrated Enlield
riae. which sends ball with such force ne
"a canse il 10 track from ono hill 10 anoth.
or, The moccAsined footsteps OF seccsh
bush. wbackpr, and then pass through trees
land nronnd rocks IN ordert 10 find rest ia
HE bosom.
whv, then, is this regiment neglected,
tramDIed upon. disgrnced2 II the mowers
| hat he deem the officers OF any ono Of
them. lncompctent, why Is not a board an.
n1thted 10 examine into the facts, 50 that
the evil can be- remcdeJ. Shall the sup.
pused incompe,ency Of nm officer, or set
Of officers. forever palsy the strong arms Of
thousand brave men, whose services are
needed Al Romney, where the gallant I.Rn-
der is forced to retire in the face Of the
advancing lerions of the foe: nj Cheat
Mountain. where the brave Milroy aud his
heroic band are patiently wi,hstanding tte
Iigors Of an lev winter, without force SUN.
cient 10 dislodgc the enemy in Kentucky,
Intercollegiate armies are marshaling their
hosts for q death-strngglc, which is to de.