Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-28

The following IS from the Richmond Examiner
Of the 18th inst

The following is from the Richmond Examiner
of the 18th inst
From every quarter where our armies are
mas=ed-from Wick sburg. Tulahoma, Charls
ton aud Frederick sburg I've have the most graf
flying accounts of the condition OF our troops and
Their certain ability TO cope with any force that
the enemy may hurl against them. The only
point upon which there j. room Tor apprehension
- that our forces may be forced nv want of food
for men and horses TO relnquish the strongholds
from which the enemy couid never dislodge
them. and that this is grave and pressing dan
ger We have many reasons FOR believing
lis fact a. we'll known the enemy ss our
selves that all the country in the vicinity OF our
armies has long been stripped OF It's provisions
and forage. and that these armies depend Tor their
existence and riaiHtenance Of their present DO
sltlons upon the railroads. These being facts
which none. think will venture TO gainsay, u
behooves the Government to keep posted as 70
the condition of these roads and provide that they
be kept in a state Of the utmost efficiency. IL is
useless to pass laws putting men into the army
and returning them to IL when they run away II
measures are not at the same time taken to sup
port the army when il is gotten together. The
Government should not be content even to keen
the railroads IN the condition in which the war
found them; il should endeavor, and the effort
would be successful. 20 improve upon that con
dition. The better the Dads. the better supplied
would our armies be. and consequently the more
certain in the resistance to the extraordinary ct
forts for our subiecuon which the enemy propose
to make during the coming campaign.
The railroads Of this State on the point oil
giving out They have decreased their speed 70
ten miles an hour a maximum rate, and are
carrying twenty-five To fifty per cent less ton
mage than formerly This change in their rate
Of speed anil quality of freight has been made
through necessity The woodwork of the road;
has rotted aud the machinery has worn out. and
owing to the stringent eISorcement of the con
scriptan law as To- railroad employees, the com
panies have not been able with all their efforts
TO supply neither the one nor the other We are
not informed OF the actual condition OF the rail-
roads i'm the more Southern States but conceive
that they are little better off than our own, ex
cept perhrps, in the matter of negro labor The
slaves along their routes may not have had tho
facilities tor escaping To the enemy as IN tins
State
We have venturcd 90 call attention TO this sub
ject because of Us vital Importance, and from
knowledge that owing To the great measures %
finance. impressment. &c, now weighing upoI
the Government IL has been overlooked IL i
not necessary for Government to take possession
of the roads But IL should supply them abund
antly with the necessary labor and iron, and thel
insist on their being kept in first rate order. an,
being worked efficiently To this end Govern
ment should appoint an Inspector of Railroads
Railroads are part. and an Indispensable part. o
our military system; and if they nre allowed =,
fall through from any causes. Government an'
people nav preplre for the retreat of our armies
and the surrender of much of the valuable coun
try now in our possession