St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-01-15

home e .9lSa for the sick And invalid soldiers.-
X Xer'ly q saeh ard s.bsE e.siassalssrsaaiaa
o coltsctANoni g ~ ri ,3sr sas g9t ~
'l i may not be nninterestipg 70. you 70
know eN the; present r condition 1of qars seompa-
ny. We have present for dpty;iifapr CON-
missionsd ef6ee1R. eiehtaen aon.eomuis.
e |si9ped officers e aNa seEeatyrfEr Pfi4.tes.-
We have number of our men in North
ern hosp;tals xhoses condition II have no
means of; knoxing. teOf thejc wounded It
Chaplin Hills, three a,e' ooavalesosbt. We
have in General Hospital .&t Nashville
Tristram ridd y g. AnthoaS1y,, qso,nry.leseeat. s,r
~ James AekIenne1sy 81 e Asof, .asr.l debi,-
David Jarvis ef ,s..s Cloud IS chroxie Dy.,a.
'eeIy: much reduced: :r.aoonsd issoi~'
q Miles 4. Brown, Cold Springs. eonval,seens
David W., Coulthard. !. st. Cloud, wy fsehle.
but not dangerously ILL: j.. sre y =
John Kennedy, convalescent. ~ bnx
b Aohn N. Arnold. Of Melloss,s sonvalesoeat.
Besides the above, xe' hive fifteen dft.slaG:o on tho
sick list in camp, I've Of this number .re
in the, company hospitelt<among whom Is
William H. Staples, Of Anok.. Flint
Lieut. Woodbury. il :Briigesad1e Inspector On
AttiBg Brig. Gel: Csr1ia's5 Z 5iassd sassa, $ae
|"2 21st 1--WE had Biigesde s,d1ill ga stos:dd.y 81
our Brigade commander, Cafliiino.,' ;illiiio,' Th.
troops naneuiv'.esrred we'll: Gen. JET: Davis
tonr4 = Division lzaa CQPpaqpdes x.+ q present
with bis staff: b, Tue III 9 Way you may not
tpor g Il that, a,sp.tas this i the Da who 6z.
81 a tRa 4flg 6is aR 8se; 81 ssf Ia aa1 Battery
[go 1nrodgh NFlQthI ss5els1 eompGoated
moves, nov be- giving the, tbs, sonmeeds . in per-
sen. 30 >.a:busfs ,:*G9~. ozaa etottad
The song now so popular in this army,
called "Here's your :Mqlke,"'s qlke,'s and 4 which
has found its way. to St. Cloud, "a. COM
posed near Nashville and hsd ii e9Iiigen in
this way; It is very common for citizens
IL pass through! camp By permit j9S, 70 look
aftef Stay and sometimes stolen animals.
The soleiers are full Of fun and On one oe.
casiou funny old gentleman xent from
camp to camp in graat DISTRESS after "his
1mule'-the. boys; first one aod then an
other, calling after H"him's '.Hgtaiee'ss. your
mu]e*' The song has been carried BY
our soldiers, and "Hcre's your Mule" il
known in both armies You must not sup
pose that We have no merrrriment in camp;
indeed braits are constantly rascKed to in
vent '"sells'' and play pranks IF every
kind. The older troops like nothing bet
ter than TO "poke' fun" at new regiments
when they first come into the field with.
out any previous drill, as is frequently the
case. The green Ones have to sitter in
more ways than one, and none IRE regard
ed as belonging to the brotherhood proper
until they have been in at least one, battle.
It reminds one Of the social distinctions
frequently practised where one ''set'' fan
cy themselves much better than another.
Thus, there are two old regiments ii this
Brigade, the members Of which look with
disdain upon q newly arrived regiment
without drill or battle field experience.-
I believe, so grea: is their pride, that if
any member Of either the 2lst OF .38th H.
linois Regiment should turn his back on
the enemy, such an one would Be shot
down by his comrades. The latst fun
these boys have had at the expes.e of the
aforesaid green regiment, occurred 1 day
or two since while the different regiments
we're drilling by companies. The officer
Of one company had his men stia line" f.
cling to the '"flo ont" He wished to make
a fright. f4ce"p and move of in the new
direction ). forgetting the command, <ssaid
he q D---n It boys, tur,s aroxnda.d ssarcA
! frem. one end a. you did ye.terday." This
is good enough for the veterans 9 70, talk
,, about for one week at least. 80 .,,-r
i The rebels are in front Of us, but in
what force l know not; t torr Il forage trains
are attacked almost daily and % our camps
are nov and then .'shelled." The. pick
cts Of the Division on our left was shelled
last night BY rebel battery. How How soon
the forward movement will commence I
cannot say. Gen. Rosecraus ;'doabtless
knows what he is about. When .we d
move It will be to 6ght.
Yours, WILL R1NKKA0.