The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-25
Horses for our Cavalry.

We are glad to be able to announce that the
War Department has recently issued on order,
psrmitting the purchase Of 900 horses in YER
snont to rcmount our cavalry. Perhaps 1t is
not generally known that this fine regiment,
aate,y recruited to maxum of men, is almost
entirely inefficient from want of being we'll and
properly mounted The horses taken out
year ago, atho Ugh equA and perhaps superior
TO these furnished by any other State, have
been 90 Far reduced by the ordinary casualties
OF war, and the extraordinary seventies of the
past summers campaign that, as We are in
formed, when G detachment was wanted a few
DAYS since to reconnoiter on the front, only 1876
could be reported scrvceable and they had less
3han 400 in all, although they have now nearly
1000 pou ia the field, AMI expect soon to num-
hsz l209. The result is that after ha7in1
passed through twenty-soven engagements, and
I'D every advance and covered every retreat of
she amy with which it served, it is now com
PEELED to retire to iagor;ous inactivity On the
banks Of The Potomac, ard almost under tho
rs active service Is concerned, Of what it was
when cishtmonths ago, it first eot foot upon tina
sacred soil Of Virginia. This is not as any Vt CT
acouter would wish, whether in the regiment or
au, ct It. Neither does Government wish it.
j can Ill afford 10 lose nov the services of these
1900 Of its most efficient soldiers. 10 rem~uu!
cLc regiment, therefore, had become a necessity
Siut to remount it from Vermont is a special ia
@or, though richly deserved one, and has been
obtained only ct the urgent solicitation Of its
officers, and upon the representation that the
department will in this way secure better
horses at no greater cost, and make the regi-
snent SO much the more capable and efficient.
1t ought, also, 10 be considered a special favor
TO Vermont. 1t Will aff)rd market for large
part Of our surplus stock, and in return will
throw into the State nearly 500 900 OF ready
funds 1t is understood that the purchase Of
Ghee horses will commence at once. Lieut..
Col. Preston is already in the State to superin
tond thebusiness, aud will INN edately set about
it. Rendezvous will be appointed in the sever
al countess AMI days nlmo1 when receiving and
Inspecting officers will be present.
1t Is proposed as far as possible to buy at first
hand. without the Intervention Of Specializing
contractors or middle of any sort, SO as at
once to secure to the regiment the best horses
that tbs government price will buy, and to the
stock raiser the best pric, that their horses will
bring. This is as it shoul. be. The superin
fendence of 1 off, or whose interests are iden
titled with those OF the r3gim3nt an1 who has
is welfare closely at heart, is su ,icnt guaranty
chat the booor of the State or of its represen-
satives in the field will not be compromised By
either in4.tention or cupiiity, while the name
ut purchase promises the breeder every securit,
against speculation, if he will avail himself O
st. 1t strikes us that our farmers have an I'm
pJstsut duty in this matter A proper respec
sdr the interes. Of the State, and of her sons j,
the Geld, as well as the suggestions OF wide
patriotism, should lead them to take the matte
meMurably into the ir own hands, and see tina
the agents are supplied with our first class hor
@es, and not put off with such hacks as will
barely pass inspection, but cannot endure tn
service of q two-mopth, and which Speculation
can undoubtedly buy a, large discount and sell
at government price, unless they bring in
proaatly sucb horses as our boys ongh, to b,
furnished with. They should be willing TO max
some sacrice--to part with their best stock in