Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-13
LITTER FR0m THE OONsCRIPT
CAMP.
BROOEHAvEE Mississippi ,
September 10, 1862. )

nkNOhNAA IN NlshariIEHf
September 10, 1852.
EDIToRs APPEAL: Brookhayen is the
point to which all the conscripts of thirty
eight counties hava to come. The camp is
under the direction of Major n L. Clark, and
the other officers are as follows: Major JOHN
L. McManus, q-uartermaster; Captain Wor-
mack, commissary; L. J. Bowen, surgeon
L. H. Jones, assistant surgeon, beside some ten
or fifteen drill masters, whose manner / do not
know, but I judge they are gentlemen Of very
fine military abilities. The country is a sslU-
brious one, with good water and plenty Of
wood and all the appliances necessary for a
good camping ground. The camp, / learn, was
established on the 4th Of August, and for the
first two or three weeks the cars were crowded,
and lie hotels filled to OVERLOOKING with those
on their way to report. II is a somewhat diff
cult matter to a~scertaia the number Of conscripts
reported, but I believe some seventeen or
eighteen hundred have been examined by the
surgeons, and Z goodly number apply for no
examination, but with brave hearts and strong
arms have lets all and are ready to face the foe.
Il may, then, be a safe count t. say that there
will be- a respectable number of men musteId IN
here. Ont of the number examined many are
released, there being so many diseases to which
q fash Is heir to-" None, however, who are able
to perform military duty are discharged, as the
instructions from the Secretary Of War seems to
fasten every man and make him bear his pro-
portion OF the fatigues, pTivstions and honors
and glory of this war.
And those instructions are good ones for a
number of men who "are not equal to al mill
tary duty may be useful in q thousand ways.
The result will be that those stout, athletic fancy,
gentlemen who ere lurking about hospitals and
quartermasters' departments viii be displaced
and put into field service, and these places hllcd
with those who are not able to perform sll mill
tary duty. This plan will swell cur army and
cause the burden to fall on al alike. The strong
viii have to fight our battles, and the weak VII
have to attend the sick, nurse the wounded and
guard stores at inland stations, etc.
A few c~onscrps have been sent Of and those
who are here seem to enjoy themselves finely.
They are attentive to the instructions OF their
drill masters and are making considerable pro
II tAC1C5 tn0y ObcJ OAuc+S 0cAJ anu
everything is conducted quietly and genteely.
There has been much said against the patriot
SIN and bravery of the conscripts, but this is q
mistaken view. Hundreds Of men who have
allied heretofore to enter the army have been
compelled to do SO because the circumstances of
heir families or the affairs Of their relatives
needed attention, and many who are forced
nut now will leave their business deTangei and
heir families in "a unenyisbls position but
lere is no doubt provisions viii be made for ali
xtreme cases. From my knowledge ofthe con-
l think they are possessed Of the same
lood and their bosoms filed with the sam5 pa
riotic hearts that actuated the first volunteering.
hey are too brave, too generous and too pa.i-
tic to have heaped upon them any ~indignity or :
e accused of any want Of patriotism. ia some
istant battle field they will evince their cour-
and make our enemies feel the keeress Of
blades, the sharpness Of their bayonets and Z
he accuracy of their rifles. RED OAK. @