The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-17

I Il II.
We cannot avoid asain recurring to this
sIIbject. II is the most Important one That can
at present engage the attention. not Ouly OF
qongress and tile War Department, bnt OF the
Whole country If our troops can be properly
clad properly fed, and properly clothed. We
may defy the enemy 10 10 his worst. For>tiIe
article OF TODD we learn that dmple ptsFisibn
las been made. For the article of|shoes ".
observe that Congress has PASSED a Law TO or
danize a corps os 2 600 shoenakers for the pub
lie service. They arc enough. III it be possible
Do procure leather, which we believe It is. 1t
is here. especially. that the phtriotisn Of the
men aud women of tile country might come in
as powerful aid ip the Government. Let
Everybody who has d scrap Of leather that can
by exercising the most severe seIfdenial, de-
vote itso the service of the country. Let no.
body Aho has leather part with it 10 anybody
but an agent of the Government. Let every
body Who has no leather, but has money, con-
lribut3 as much as he Cah spare by any
possible means, 10 purchase leather. Let it be
I from spectators at any price however exofb-
1 liant. fSend all the bid shoes you may have
and can spare, TO be half-soled for the troops.
Rake and scrapc together every scrap of leatil-
Or you can possibly lay your hands on for this
1 holy purpose. If the whole people will set to
work, the army can be slod and kept in shoes.
and we feel assured that they will set to work
In right good earnest
So ia the way of clothing ard blankets. Send
every thing you can possibly spare. Get ozna-
! burgs! where you have no blankets TO spare
sew the pieces together. and stuff them with
cotton Learn to sleep under as few blankets
as possible, that you may send the ov erplui to
the soldiers.
Remember men and women of the Confede-
rats States. the army of Virginia is standing
guard over you, our homes anl your hber-
ties. no matter in what part Of the country you
! may be. If once that army be forced to leave
j the field, from the want Of clothes TO keep Of
:, the piercing blasts. and cold rains, and driving
SHOWS OF winter. the wave Of invasion vii
sweep over the whole land, and bury you be
r meath it, And winter is rapidly approaching
Tour men cannot staIld guard or march, over tn,
frozen ground without warm clothing socks
and shoes The cold will prove more terribl,
thar; the bayonets Of the Yankees. They vii
be compelled to leave the field If they have no
!. these conifoi IS. And are you mot proud o
Ethat armyg II has won for You already nam,
5 (which no people ever had at the commence
/ ment Of national career. Ii has fought bat
: ties and gained victories sufficient to hav.
conferred undying lnstre on any people tina
q ever existed It has protected You in tn,
e hour of need. But for its courage and devo
: Etion Won would be, at this moment. the sub
i jects Of the most hateful tyranny and the mos
odious iyrant that the world ever behelh.-
: You would be the subjects of the Yankee ma
: ton, and of Abraham Lincoln De yon no
: owe them, then. debt of gratitude which tn
laboro q long life would not be too much I,
extinkuishi
But they ask Of you IN return only to gix
: them the means Of serving you still farther
Theyiwaht only clothes to face the weather