The Cecil Whig., 1862-12-06
Correspondence.
Correspondence Of The Cecil Whig
Letter from the 9th Md. Regime

Letter from the 9th Md. Regiment.
A communication over the signature
of "Cecll,' sent you some time since,
and which you were kind enough to
insert in The Wing, seems to have ex-
cited the ire of our Y. NJ. in an extra
ordinary degree.
Allow me % say in reply to his arti-
Gle on the subject, published in The
Wig OF the l5tn of November, that
'' Cecil " had not the most re mote idea
of offending our worthy Q. NJ. But in
Il leisure moment penned rough sketch
of the movements Of the 9th, which he,
+" Cecil" believed, and still believes, to
be plain unvarnished account, without
exaggeration. The appcllation "Ras-
calIy Quar- crmasters " was not intended
to apply to Mr.. Touchstoue, (who
appears to be excessively toucay, and if
touched is very apt to fling stones, as it
sccms) but was intended to apply to
that numerous class of quartcruastcrs
having charge OF the principal depots,
and who are fattening upon the plumber
of the reasury, by the most rascally
stealing, and whose villany, not only
robS The people of the Union Of their
money, but causes extreme suffering to
the men who have voluntarily left
their homes, and are now, in this
inclement season, peril!ing their lives in
defense Of the Constltu ion and Govern
ment. i" Cecil " admits the article was
carclessly ly wri ten, aud might be con.
strued in the light Mr.. Il. views it, but
nothing Of the kind was intended, or
,hought Of.
Bnt our worthy Q. NJ, in his fury,
conmi an error still more grave, i'll
endcavoring 20 ridcule the services of a
corps, in whose good name he ought to
glory, and which he ought to sustain by
every honorable means in his power.
The exposure and service rendered by
the 9TH and SO fippantly ridlculed by
Mr.. I. is SUBS Il ally proven by the flct
that in the " RandaIs own" march 100
men, majority of whom were p y'ica.ly
abicr men than the y. NJ, were entirely
broken down, and unable to keep up with
he column, many Of them not reacning
whole command rendered unit for SER
vice, for a week at cas , and fear some
of them were permanently injured by
thai nights duy. The sneer at the
labor performed upon this, and other
marches of the corps comes with bad
grace from one who Is never called upon
10 share i'll such service, and cannot, :,
whilst lylng snug in his quar- ers, pro-
perly estimate the wear and ear upon
the lhews and sinews Of the men per-
forming such duty. His efforts % turn
INTO ridiculc the complaints made Of the
quality of ,he provisions, is in still
| worse taste, from the fac that no one
knows as well as the q. NJ. that large
proportion Of the ratlous forwarded for
he use of this Regiment were unsound
and totally unit for use, and that no
one has complained more loudly than he
has on the subject.
Amongst The articles, were hiking
beef, pork do, mouldy aud wormeaten
bread, ro ten beans, and ground coffee,
| (nlsnamed such) which ,as ed as il man
ufactured of said beans. Suffice it 60
say, that this Regiment, numbering at
most 500 men, have had wi hin the last
two months, 400 men sick wi jaundicc,
to say nothing OF those affected by
rheumatism, typhoid fever, and other
disorders, which, our Surgeon believes,
were caused by extreme exposure and
bad rations. The same low estimate of
the service and exposure Of our men il
the calling large portion of them ou,
night after night, of the last week, af er
they had retired for the nigh, aud on
one of these nights marching then
through ra to Hagerstown and back
would only have the effect to bring down
the contenptuous derision of our worthy
z. NJ. So [ shall not attempt sketch
it. Pardon the liber,y have taken il
he mat er, and the storm | have inno
Gently let loose, giving you trouble, and
| doub not, lat least in the es imatior
of our Q. N.Y. demolished entirely pool
+" Cccil.'' CrcIi