Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-12
Letter from q wheeling hey In Gen
BRFhGIdsS Array.
N0rrH or AcQrA CREEE. I
August 8, 1857.

AuBusb y 1904
Eiii0ri IAitiiiysHctr:
The rowing Rouudbeads len Newport
News oB Sunday evening and have juIt
landed At this place. There have been
nons OF the sicksuins delays which have
30 often been the cause Of defeat. With
Gen, HurnSids5 and SuoordiuAtes The mot.
to Is "WhAtsver you do, do quickly Ma.
poleon affirmed that "eyery moment lost 10
an opportunity for misfortune aud this
campaign most signally TihdieAles the great
chiefs penetration. Every hour the Rich.
mODd, Fredericksburg aud Potomac Rail.
road carries OF regiment, said regiment
cheering as It goes Onward 10 the fray.
cannot portray the enthusiasm infused into
the boys by the late SignS Of earueslneSs
and aWaking in government and people,
Our spirits began to rise with the au.
uoancemeut that rebels were to be treated
as such, aud theft property likewise, as be.
loginR TO their kind. The "DrAft' is also
most intensely popular and encouraging TO
the soldiers. The suicidal policy of send.
ing the nation 10 squads, huge ones it's
true, but still 10 squads compared 10 what
number should be pushed forth to crush
this monster rebellion, Is at an end. First
$4,000 were swallowed up by the War,
then half million are fast disappearing.
100000 aud the whole militia 10 "hold
themselves in readiness to march at mo.
ments notice, as our Generals often word
their orders sounds inspiring.
Fill up the old regiments yes, fill them
up first, aud then form macy new ones.
They will be needed, Fill up the old regi.
meutI, and the new men pick up everything
from their comrades with astonishing "a.
pility. A crowd Of citizens become sol.
diers painfully, by slow steps. Every day
briggs some new device to even an old sol.
dieE, by which he may ingeniOuSly torture
slender resources into respectable COM
fort. The green one don't see where six
men 10 tent six teet by Six, are to sleep,
keep gun, knapsack, csnteen, hAVerJack,
cartridge box and belt. blAcking box for
each, and find place to hang clothes to
keep them clear. The old sogur does, and
still keeps himself neat. This be learns
by much ore travail, but in a three years
regiment his mess will have all this fixed
for a recruit before he comes. After a
bard days tramp, the carpet knights, fresh
from clean linen sheets and feather beds,
don't take kindly to a night in the rain,
with no shelter. UnlesS some one cheers
hin up by showing real carelessuess
about it, be will inevitably take the blues.
The same holds good with being under
fire. There is nothing like being used to
1t for self-pOssOSsion. Let US follow the
usage which again has the grave Napo.
leOnic sanction, aud send those from home
to ill up the deCimated ranks. DO not
stop there either. Put out host more of
the "able.bOdied.' On million during six
months in the field, only costs as much as
eve hundred for year, and the more 90 in
the sooner il will all end, and peace, with
prosperity, begin.
There is only one bad feature about our
move. The pless have observed COM
mendAble quiet about our deslination.-
That much is gratifying. Why is 1t nee.
essary to spur the enemy to additional
watchfllness and vigilance at all points by
notifying him that we are moving-that the
splinters are about to tly2 Let them lly
first, and then tell him how it was DONE
A man does not put on a mysterious air
and notify every one that be has great
secret, unless be waits to tell it and will
burst il he does not divnlge it to some one.
It is lamentable that this eternal bIabbing
must always frussrate US, and make ready
the enemy to pourih marderouS superior
ity OF numbers on our advance. 1t is real
treason, aud those men who by their nn.
timely disclosures render the battle sure to
the enemy are responsible for blood to the
country and their God. Letthe iron hand
Of tie military power crush this crime
Such is the way 10 which the army views
this matter in the depth Of conviction. 1t
comes home TO US.
Our baggage has been reduced to the
smallest possible compass. Officers are
only allowed so pounds. All are looking
to sharp and active campaign. Our sick
and disabled have been left at Fortress
Monroe in the welI-attended hospital.
Friends will direct to our company and
regiment at fredericksburg, Va, Stevens
Division, Buruside's Army Corps. We go
to that place in an hour. @.