Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-06-19

ALL And as to his base remark about want
ing "to 90 home," ] will nct answer Il for
myself II my actions nave not spoken for
me heretofore, my words shall not now, But
as to a remark in another place in his letter,
where ho asks II the petition ia not coward
ly,' | will answer, No. Is it cowsrdly for
men to ask for what they regard their rights
Is it cownrdly for nine months iroop5 20 ask
to 20 home in time 90 arrange and come out
for three years Which Is The most cow
ardly--to meet an unwecome fact aud ask to
have IL corrected, or to write for the press
scaudal--no IA venOmous stan that docs not
rise to the dignity Of scandal--to which the
author does not append his nnmes And
when he talks about contracted term Of
service, and blamcs the men, have only TO
say "Out Of thine own mouth, will ! con-
denim thee"
The men made no contract except when
they signed the enlistment papers Those
papers were issued by Governor Holbrook, or
bis Adiutant General. They read as follows:
STATE or VERMONT
We ihc undersigned residents Of the several town AN
the State OF Vermont ser against our names respectively
do hereby voluntarily enlist and offer ourselves
In this contrary II militia 10 the service Of me state and
Of the United States f1 the term of Htn months unless
sooner Discharged in lien NJ fed militia Tor the STATE
NJ vermont and seyrray agrce that will accept me
pay. ratons and allowances TO which militia entitled
un9, 'n' aou ,,' ~, e,l o. ,9e ,or,
ths drafted men are subiec, 20
When ought the men then to be discharged,
according to their contract :" All they
ask. and all that petition asked, was 10 have
the contract lived up to. The men think that,
inasmuch as the mastering in is the act that
decides their service, they should have been
mustered in much sooner than they were
considering the enlistment contract. They
think they should have been mustered in by
company as The militia from every other State
was, and that il should have been done as
soon as the several companies organized Il
this had been done then applying the rule
ecenty communicated from the War Depart
ment 20 Adji Gen Schouler, Of Mass. 49, that
is, that the nine months expires nine months
from the date Of mastering in the last com
pany--thc time Of our regiment would be ont
on the | lth day Of this month and that Of the
her regiments pruportionately But this
was not done; our companies being kept from
one to two months before they we're muster
ed in, and that time counting them nothing.
"T A. H." enquiries If VIC should be al-
lowed TO gn home. why should not the six
teen regiments of nine months men from Mas
sachusctts They will be. while we shall
not They were mustered in when they
should have been. and a regiment from Mas.
.achusotts. that aid no, come ou, for acme
time after we did. will vet be allowed To go
homo nearly "a month before wt do. rhc 25th
Maine. that was about EIGHT DAYS beh,ud MS
in Gaming ont. will vet 90 home about fifteen
DAYS before we shall
Such. Mr. Editor are briefly tho facts
And no man can Law his hand npon hi. heart
and say there has not been mistake some
where Whose mistake that was. il is NOT
for me to saw. We only know. TINT Major
Austine was in Vermontready to muster ne in.
whenever il was signiGed 10 him that we we're
.J.. o., h. ,. I
i''"l 'o "' W"N''I'"'
All that petition asked was 20 have this
mistake corrected. All the men ASK is that
II should be. ct. II. may say what Ia
pleases But the men feel like asking that
right should be done though the Heavens fall.
Fim Jnsiitia rfnt C@t"iH The result would
be clorlouf. Vermont would never have
drafted man IN the field but home in lime
for the new levies' these men would spring
again TO their arms and never quit them so
long az the country HE'D from single vein.
! would that This might be- but fear 1t can
not. The men believe TO a great extent that
they are going TO start for home in a few days.
Somo of the officers have represented to
them that It would he so aud even now, a.
write, hear them thAinE about it, and
laying plans for coming back again. But
they are mistaken.
The title OF "I. a II is couched IN spe-
cious terms, but IN the hght OF all the facts
can but believe that he 10 one OF those 'hol-
hday ON er'' VINO loves nine months cam
'alsH IN the deienceS OF Washington and
never means to try longer one IN the held
But / am saying too mnch cot him. look at
ms letter ems ho'''l once more and Will quit
him with Shakespeare:
Honest honet lsso
.na1 ,nI pa re- &C.,, ~. "e'"
A correspondent from Co. - A" in this reg
iment A vain lettot rr,o, Cant T.orerc,r M
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