Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-11-26

This much we have right to expect, and
in the future we are going TO have it.
| But will return to my subject. Since
the Morgan raid, our company, (Captain
! Deems has been drilling regularly once
week, until week before last, when change
come DER the spirit Of our dreams" Blu,
, Of that snon. .sl \.
Shortly after tho organisation Of our
company, K,rkwood Township tuok the
matter in hand, und raised fine company
Of s6 men and reported in wheeling TO be
mustered IN, just in time to be too late to
! take the place uf Co. b Capt. Eaton, Of
this place, had hy prompt act ion aud special
pleading raised u second com panyin Warren,
and beat him only few hours In u few
days they were, followed by Capt Beard. of
Somerset, with u company OF 90 good men,
which gives us in three Townsh ps four com
p,nie, Ut men ready TO servv their country
81 . ,uo,nent's notice. as will be seen from
the following sketch Of our trip TO Erie
City.
On the llih Of this month Col. Burton
and CAT DO Id, OF Gen. Brooks staff,
arrived in town. with orders for us to report
forthwith for duty, provided with one and a
half days rstions. ...... ,r
Messengers were Immediately sent to
Capts. Arick and Beard, aud m the morning
Of the 18th our battalion was in line ready
to take the cars But they, as matter OF
course, Oh tbs Central, were NOT on hand
until halt-pnst 8 in the evening. Aud on
shades Of decency, what do yon think they
| were? blush to write it, but AZ homes,
historian must speak the truth. They were
stock cars--rouph, filthy stock cars-rough
ly seated with hard plank over downy Jed
Of manure.
\ At o'clock We were al embarked, and
softly seated. The whistle sounded We
were of to Bcllaire, where we arrived at
o'clock Sent for, and beautifully scentod
At 10 We embarked on train for Cleveland
-e, cd 6rst and second-csss passenger cars
, and AN accommodating conductor. We ar
\ rived at Cleveland at . A. NJ on the lslh
{ and changed cars for E,ic City, which plac,
E we triumphanily entered at a fright should
{ er shift" at haIf-past 2P Found ex
& cellent quarters provided for us, with plent,
Of good ratiOns, overcoats aud blankets. =
Can you beat all that, in less than fnrty
$ eight hours? | guess not.
!. We remained 10 Erie until the mornin,
y Of the 18th, when, having fulfilled our mi.
J. sion, tanl am afraid some Of rhe goo,
It folks OF Erie will say more than our mission
We started for home. Here, il justics t,
!. Capt, Deems and his company, must d
gress long enough to say TO your reader
l. that, should report Of (indue,l dislike :
say it, but actions as we'll ~ things sllonl
l. have their proper nnmes,) stealing (thero
!. I've said itD having been done by the so
= diers while in Erie got ont. do not hlan,
n Capt. Deems company. For, in the frs
place. they were too well raised aud, j
. the second place. they are able to get a
r they want without stealing | am plair
\ but no more so than the nature Of the cas-
b demands.
We arrived all right on the l0th, thr
It ending one Of the most bloudlcss campaign
J. Of the war.
x Before closing must say few words
reference to onr service We are mustere
}. into the service of the United States, I
: serve in our Department onlye IA part {
Pennsylvania and Ohio, during the pleasul
n Of tho President or the continuance of til
's war. We arc clothed, equipped, and pai
u for our services. Wo win have u battalio
formed in the county in few weeks, an
o want few NOR. companies to complete III
u organization. We call especially on tn
. Townships along the G. u. r. II. to respon
and give w men enough for Rsgi 'nent.
N GRANT.