Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-12-05


PAckACEs DANCED IN ROUTE TO CAM
i member Of a New York Volunteer regi-
ment at present ''away down in Dixie, - thus
Acknowledges the receipt Of what should
have been a box Of yalLables
81 went down to the chief quaItermaster's yes
terdsy aud got my box. l an sorry TO say that
the contents we're nearly all destroyed. All that
remained coed was few apples, probably four
quarts The c0iks had worked out Of the bottles,
and the latter were empty. The jar OF pears and
the Jar Of berries were broken. The vinegar had
all run ,ut Of the jar of pickles, and you may
imagine vhat kind OF mess there was. What
things were On the top were good When any
thin- is sent in bottles, the c1rks should be tied
with stro1g tsiue, as wax will not hold DO this
climate. / was no. the only one who lost so1-c
good things one OF the boys r,c ivci "a t.x At
the same tire as did, tie whole eon'euts ot
which werc spoiled, viz. = sait q clothes a Vho.e
cheese, aui Two hundred cigars. Suia is camp
life. Amt it pIe1-tut
\ Ne" Hampshire man employed IN 'se
Qdartermast I, Department, writes 70 ne
OF tle Manchester papers qs follows:
In re- ard 90 tie order cf Gen Halltck forbid
ding the sending of 's0od.es' g. the soldiers, l
thiGk 10 is about right. Also the order reducing 2
tho "luggage' Of cur soldiers. You must recol-
l,ct am lid-reutIy situated than the toys in the
riuks. 81 my personal effects arc carried in q
vagou-all have TO carry IA my s,lf-lui have
never found that very t.lleult sirce I've had 4
horse. But say, for instance, I shou'derei gun
and kD-p.ack. l0u send me out three OF four
shirts, two Or three pairs OF stockings, a couple
pairs Of drawers. etc. of course would not pa {
with them, so they 20 into my knlpsack, along
with my WOODEN blanket, weighing SIX or eight
| pouuds-my rubber blanket Is nearly a. heavy,
and my overcoat he vier stiil-aud all the lit L.
/ traps that 70 to make up soldiers kit sucd
as writing paper, pens and ink, needles, pins ami
bread yarn, handserchiefs, towels, soap, ali SO
on till the end Of the chapter. All this i- DO le
| up in a wad' and fastened - my shoulders sul
under NY arms. Thea comes my gun, 9 pounls,
nv cartridge box with forty rounds (-Ix even
pounds more) my thIe5 days ratious-whieh any
man can eat at two meals but which weigh pretI.
heayy-and my cantten Of water. Well, the OF
der comes to march. have jus. devourej the
last Of the pies cakes, &c, from hiHs and dom
ming my knspsack and equipments "iall in" anl
away we 60 For a while / cet along bravely
tut stil keep hunchinE up my knaps4ck, for Il
Is so heavy it sags while the rest, With lighter
knapsacks and ireer stoiuachs get along easier
The cake ! ate and the load l carry makes me
thirsty, 80 | swiii down 1y clniceu 20 Wster g
pints) in tie course O.. mile .I two
By and by begin TO gov faint, weary, or sick
az the stomach, / WON'T throw away any OF my
load but stuck u out until mptllcd to fN our Of
tue ranks tr1m mere exhaustion. When once out
in this plight there is no such Thing catching
up, aud - | become a 'st5agyir-' Furthermore,
~nile We were On tle Peninsula we lived very
abst 1ii7asit; 10 Water Cure Establishment could
have msc- Us live any more Sd. As soon we
arrived 10 AlexandIis, boxes laden With "goodits"
began 90 come IRON Kind friends at l0uc. and the
boys could also get pi,s, cakes, c., from Alexsn-
dria, aud tic Pc iiltis which swarm sreIrt a
camp. so, in a iex days the b 0spi'a!s g-r- l.ed
pttiruts, troubled VITA aaTr-oi, lysentrry,
o4oiic, cump Ia the stomach, A. d pa uef0us other
"lIliurs' all fr ~ this sud lea change lrom salt
junk AMI hard bread 90 rlc-er i-,d- DO gou SEE
hs P5HtY'
Scarcely half tue states 1svs nm'siei their
quotas o. thi. day, Or, IL the troops have beel
raiss have, ike Massachusetts,, ,liaei them
iu camps 1t home, when they were needed iu the
drid--t Ae1y0 Ja-z.l.
The Cbitagl JurHai is not usually unjust.
But it Is in tn.s ease. The Massachusetts
troops " staiued IA camps. were detained
there under express orders irOm heacqnar-
ters, ieciuse hey were needed for a specific
expedition.
rue same complaint, with equal justice,
could be made against New YORK Tor sew
eral thousand OF our tIoOps are " detained
IN camps" not because they arc not ready
to y tie i.ld, but because they are held
back 10 70 with Gen. Banks,
The same thing is trus y. several COnnec-
tcut Regiments, and, believe, Of Regiments
frJm one or two other New England States.
TIE West has done n1bly; out the East IS
equally deserving Of praise rather than ot