Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-17
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From the Fifth Vermont Regiment,
CAnP Corn SrRNo, June ., 1869

A"iH IhO ElltH FtIuOnC hGB BllncuL
CANp CoLD SrRINu, June ., 1869
MK. WILLARD - am too far behind in nv
correspondence to sYer think Of catching up bY
regular approaches 10 i now something
more han week since | have Writren-and
y weed VI considerable importance at thnt. Let
US make upits summary. " have advanced five
mlit,--t occurred solne very important positions III
Irons oi the last srongho ds oil treason, bad
three lmportanl and successful engagements
"lIh the 20 my 0ne routed him IRON every
polns oi atnc4-tbon We have built bridges
and everything that can be accomplished by
'fconHoiSSaHce, fatigue, pryduons and rand
marches. Then again, we have been harrassed
and harrassed by the financial machinery Of
We Government ana The Army in the snapc
oi pHy-roh'' pay-masters, pay days and
Suutr checks, accounts and receipts, and all
manner oi transactions ever performed vi b
legal lender. scnp or truck and dickcr.
There is nothing ~ al mdryrd5m equal to pay.
day, or @ make the equation more cJmtietc.
le % say, tie
FINANCIAL WEEG or TIL ARNY.
Have any Of my readers ever witnessed. or
fead vanished and illustrated tales of an In.
dau payment, away out among tie aboriglne.
o. tbs great and glorious Yankee nation, where
Uncle Sam m the shape ~ annuities PAYS out
his s'id and silver coin - the poor red ncn, and
auty fed squaWs OF tie i9rcs should not
Ast l'E qae,uan, only 10 gives me sort vi
r"sy @oSr!-"rlun9 Introduction to a subject
pAd!y mixed up With thu sabine and ridiculou
Ehllf az the anr time lt allows me al oppor.
Mntty a. ril ul. such sight svers or extensive
ieadelr ihat thty have ,ue cue. 40 intelligent
one al ihat' o. my a. get nnwrilcu story ol
pay DAY and i,s move. siglts
When Indians are raid, they are very fortu-
uate y tasS 1H anything more ihan aQht at
ihslr money ~l.t te. rom tie dee, fingers ol the
agcns So the pay-ubls, us that aurlierous board
i- well suyYurtrd J} corps of the mos, accom-.
P'shed suckers t.st eau possibly be mustered
irJm me mercantile wreck ut the East aud tie
81 alter disastrous panic ana Presidential
eretlJn' wien degrees are conferred
can ser them now as often have done
grabbing the last dtmc oi tAr Government
bounty 10 those more than worthless recipients,
Ahd ln Ihe. ihdlan t0usDe Npouuug 0aths thar
Sould D'eak ihc JAWS ul any scholar II he was
a"t master % several Jdnguag,es s,,ar.. ,,taSari
.ns in lhelf twaug and accent tlan the Dutch
because tnere was no more TO grab But IN the
army there is lIttle more style aud hauteur in
shs game OF grab.
The soldiers after exhibiting remarkable
pruhptuess ~ signing the pay roll, and thereby
ral smlung theii autographs and other evidences
OF their early education IN the shape o. short
hand signatures-thus, = to the War and
Treasury Departments. - tall H. and in "a clear,
manly zone respond de their names are called
iEe ranks are toll, even TO the usually sparse
. .1T a
she.r aoots, shaved, Unprecedented and done
e'tFytnMg That red Ape, brass buttons and
shouldcr-strips can do u fnish the comelness
0i then atile, and am not laklng the wind
out OF any sensation writer's sails, when ! in.
form you that many OF these officers on pay day
look as uercc as q Congressman ~ debate, and
as spruce as an alderman alter a contract. You
see, II Is greai day Rank glory aud emolu
ment all cJmulued-eSpeeltis the oaoiuneRi,
aud especially ths combined, when they come IN
cuu,acg with the sutler aud lhe wares OF u &c.
tam manufacturer by the name j L. Cohen
Aeil, tue coGmand 70 night tace, when
.he rank, hic ana conmiss on, alter shor, bur
very quick aud dlgnlied march, present lhem-
selves at the quarters ui the new made, green
baok, q" legal tender pay man Of The army.
Nuw most oi IL are tw Al that money gets hau-
died very roughly, and sometimes very ooilsh y,
N thls vale oi tears, b0t never more rapidly
.ud satisfactorily than ~ tins pdy-table. All
the pay masters we have seen, seemed To enjoy
The buslu,ss they never looked urrd, or hungry,
yr ory, or cross, or aa II they had ever seen
many belt,r d1ys. In short, they have AL been
gUua looking urn, amt ds the cJrul llimeut may
GO some une sume ud, may even add tbat
they generally are 100 good looking To escr ex-
latt "a r,puisr 1ullr- ua engagement whore
many have icl 3. been mur ally wounded
But aye .J,, cueck, check, chlnk chink, ana
N less umc than tne prudent, sharp aud shrewd
housewife ol he dairy and kIalng needle
would .akc to exchange her socks aud butter for
kallker and suca IKE, u whole company OF
" brave yo untrrro is paid of ior two non.hs
patrlOusm ." + ont, right face and at
u pace something less than double quick, some
two thousand dollars worth Of tender " is
transported 10 the tented field OF the grand
arm, anu after many long hreaths and cOnsd-
erable STARK and neavy looking round, selzog
the plles aud gauging the honesty OF each 9th.
er, the books are opeued, and pay day begins in
earnest. Let me not, however, forgot to give
er' dit marx which, hesIdrs his patriotism, Gle
yat,s The 80 dler IN social circles above any other
class vi men who lod No loved one, or near
or dear olc at home Is forgotten. ALL all are
remembered, wife Or mother, sister or brother,
father or sweetheart. Yes, 1t is even true, that
in sume cares the severe, rtcklesS aud ntem
p,rale parent crlyrs hls portion Of solder
boy bounty. Lettuis are written, and often
uie the au, sllous asked, tluw much can send
tuls tlne, auu hOS can send IL? But there Is
hule It any, delay 10 providing the way aud
She nelus fr all ut h0nle, when s,ar falls
from urr lleou oi h0mr, nope ana happl-
nts., and a5aiu tue huoy, nni,y grum am
we p, ses. ol caap opau ufon ther visions