Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-17


Humorous Experiences OF Volunteer.
"BOuld Soldier" writing to the Buffalo
Express from his camp on the Potomac
indulges as follows:
All the young men were enlisting, but as
| didn't feel very desirous OF blowing any
body's brains out, and as felt little sem
sittVe in regard to having anybody else do
me the same good turn, aud as never had
had but one tight in my lite, and then got
badly whipped, | felt morally certain that
could be of no nse whatever in the SEW
ice. Feeling thus, concluded to go on
with my lucrative business, (studying law
for one dollar fifty per week. and pay my
taxes like patriot. probably should
have carried out this nice little plan, if |
hadn't heard that certain yonng Indies up
town, were about to present me with a GER
tain piece of wearing apparel, that l felt
positively sure, would neither become nor
benefit me. Beside, ut that time was
confident there would be no fighting, and
so listed. ! had, as you have probably
remarked, n splendid figure, and was
much concerned lest should be placed in
the front rank; so, when at Elmira, we all
stood up against board, and had our
measure taEeG, l stopped and contracted
myself as much as possible. Buthe saw it,
and rolling his eyes fiercely, he exclaimed,
with savage accent that made me at least
two inches taller than l really was,
"Straighten up there Soger, straighten up"
Oh! he's a savage fellow that Make-em
toe e-the-mark. Don't you enlist in his
company. You don't know what an or
derly's duties are, eh? Well, I'll tell
you. In the first place, he calls the roll of
the company in the morning and At night.
Now, this orderly of ours has a great hab-
it of getting up at a most unreasonable
hour ofthe night, aud what's worse, he
calls it morning. lie gets up, steps out
into the middle of the company street and
in stentorian tone thunders out, "Turn out
for roll call" wouldn't care very much
how loud he shouted, even if he did wake
up the neighbOrfng regiments, provided he
didn't insist so peremptorily upon our
turning out armed and equipped inside oi
two minutes. Woe be to the man that
presumes to continue his slumbers aFter
that call of hisl tried it one morafng
and got my chum Dick Shirk to answer to
my name. So when the orderly called
"B. Soger" Dick answered "herc." But he
detected it, aid Dick had to clean up Co.
street, and got four hours knaPsack
drill.
Obi he is an awful fellow. Can't soften
him in any manner. He isn't purchasa-
bic. You cannot insinuite yourself in his
good graces, in the slightest degree. My
mother sent me box of goodies. sent
card and four loaves of fruit cake into
his tent, and the next morning be put me
on guard for throwing some crumbs into
the Go. street. got up a subscription,
and presented him with a sword and SASH;
and the very next day, because at inspec--
tion there was an inGnitessimal of rust up
on my gun, thought surely he would run
me through with the sword and then hang
mo with the sash. Then, besides calling
short tends TO everything. Oh yes, he's a
smart fellow, but he's got such an awful
temperl Can't anybody sget along with
him. Never mind; wait until l get my
profession, and the wars over. If ever he
comes up before the courts, if J dou't vol
uuteer 70 blacken his character, then I'm
not true to the rules of my profession,