New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-14
A Letter from Gen. Sigcl.
70 the Edi,o, Of The n. y. Tribuas.

| To the Editor Of The N y. Tribaa@
SIR: In an article of your valuable paper of
the Goth inst inserted by member Of tie New.York
Turner Association, and which reached OILY ycster
day the following pafsaGe occurs:
| Franz Sirel, having recruited several German
res iments offered the same To- Capt Lyon: but Blair.
ambitions of being the lrsi who should do tie country
this service prevailed on Lyon To defer Il e swearing
III Of Sicrs giments for few DAYS. til the oganiz
ton Of bis own. which, thr ugh the lukewarmness Of
the America population of ST. Louis did not HI Up
rapidly. Should be complete The mmnence oi the
danger End the earnest representations Of Sigel aud
he disastrous results in case st. Lonis should pass
INFO Rebel possession. Induced Lyon not to wait fr
Blair and IN quencc Siees name IL justly en-
titled Ia lie placed beside that VI Lyon-instead OF
| Blaii's.'
Although have. for mary reasoni. not found It con-
venient 10 enter to rcfu:ation Of number OF attack
and defamatiors pIopagaed against ne by certain pa
per-, l. however, cannot he silent when statements
made which give mole credit to ne than should con
scientionsly accept. and which. at the time If
true would throw DIRK shadow Of my fellow
cisers therefore take leave to make the following
remarks:
l. At the beginning Of this war md Immediately after
the first cnli for troops raised and organized one ree
ment Of infantry. Che 81 Missouri and one battalion
Of artillery and not moic; tie other regiments were
raised AID organized by F. p. Blair O-D II. Boernstcr.
mcns consisted exclusively of German American cii
gems; the greater part Of tie LIST composed Of
hers OF tie ST. Lous lurnverpin which organized
~ drilled COMPANIES irng before the cal WIS made
the iest Of The regiment consisted, as think oi French
ahd AIMEE lean bern 81 .zrns.
1T IL tue ibit II WIS with some difficulty ob1ined
authority from General Lyon, wh,fe memory viii for.
ever be- dear 10 me g. etor tie Arsenal Win ms regi'
mcnt OF bit alien: hut cennot Suppose, ana did never
say near u sid a. the del Ms cc"slonrd by
crrt interference q Gen. Blair; | raitcr supposed
that Gen. L,on. al that time captain Of inhntr, was
no; quitc Sue vletlcr tie spinHcc Of such al
~ my Of intn wOnd not ucrclsc his responsibilities or
crowd the Arsenal In IN iuoOntcni'nt way. IL fct.
ttsIe VS. haidy any dh"frncc al inc ia regard IT, TIE
swearing In 81 the Computes nld bdta.hUhs Nhloh
,u;.!e, 4 tsenal. lLry rushed In md were sworn
almost s,nl',c MY. and as lat n L"ufellnt S'ho'
lcld con m he tue round. Tie orsuullluon 81 Tie
"a Ml,,uuil Reg nett which undertook was hcglH
aud mole thin half oi completed - his hoe day
frnn Ftdiy evening the i9fh to Monday. TIE I'd Of
AIri. is1I wtcn ~" cni'rrd the A'rrna'' turing ms
J Tie cont uits Of q q ~ Irlis IlrhvcleiD were
the bcs, prepared u BE- mustered n they were TIE hrt
in the aIrsual AID theicorr the regiment Of Which
they 81 med pHt vas Wen entitled 4" he called The
hfs athosg h &c Be- Missouri may have been Il 1 com.
plr.s1 rs regiment oud slsonIer III companies and
4 As,o NV name being entitled to be placed beside
that ol Lvoi .u,,cad # BAR, would rather we.
q Sc nh tnaf 81 Bflr horiuse ink thc name oi
Nathaniel Ign can vel aigie. without losinr oil is
spenduf, ." -nc.ltd vita even mere than one or
two @. those AIT I'll citzcgs aud soldiers uf tie Rrpuh
lie who In tuni terrible dTam, o. doghtfulurss ard
danger op,uiy gsoVrl and declared Tat they would
not blow tie Cy AL Comfy IL II. Louis or tie state
nf Missouri g. b'CtWc pfcy n scccssiJnism In ihc'
neither tie "gI,a; cap'aa" nor t. T. Bor. nor TIE
u, use 4 I,cy. wo.h We peilrmcd TIER fofs ar
suce c-sulI, tley have doe II not projected ana
pu ed nnd carried word by the patriotism, foresight
nL rcsoln. cncfC, Of tie loyal ycOpe OF Si.LvuS. And
~ coruect Win hs fact u cannot b. denied That
by fir the gIeer majory 81 hose loyal men were t"c
ndopCI cit!7,us Of tie state Of Missouri, someilu's
called my tieruan frcuds bn; very oien 'lsO " TIE
d,mt Il Dutch" Tals cp'thei. with the addition o
dutch houn r." has been T. l0r tGe 'he wltchw0d
OF the sheinrr 81 tie Republic In the STATE ~ Missouri
and th- prosecutions "thctc dan n-d Dutch" had 10
ufer-the nnd contempt healcd upon them--ihe
foul igc Igao,iccd UPON tlcn even whrn cippcd
by wugnd, or tlccping IN the arms of dentl-would
ave Gwen them lu tie eyes 81 any impartial nan
tirLi tn 20 at least hOLnruhy men Toned. even In
mere historical sketch But IL Is sometimes d,acreallc
10 be inst especially II brains hratcd by mo-
m,itiry suc, - and g,i iou triumph In such moments
mem ~ becomes Der pro OI ION 70 TIE eKutng
news icce we'd II IS 20 principally IN ihls Country
whern Zone nail dives the other Hnd people have no
long ago, perhaps somewhere "o,cr the Arkansas
lire" although they may owe to such obscure ficis
their lives and liberties We must therefore not be too
harsh In regard TO flying article" the history Of
toby especially II we consider that HE TRIBUNE has
never Ioned The SANDERS and concentrations OF some
" its colleague. IOr erUed every misfortune
y hich la, bcl0.!cn German troops or German com.
mandcrs.
A,;s...se rcs, Of the irer published on the 10th,
do not hesitate 10 ind0.sr T.
lam sir very respectfully yonrs,
'' +. SiGrI, Mnj. Gen. OF Vols.
BefaleLef,, Pa. Jan. %, lrt3