Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-02-21
luus. Pity he hadn't needed the voice before,

1uug. Pity he hadn't needed the voice before,
BE sure your siu will fud you out"
am in luck again, Mr.. Eiitor, and must tell
you about it. We soldier correspondents who
ave but little else to write sbou', have TO pre-
ume largely upon the iorbearancs OF our readers
I'D write great deal about ourselves. The fact
= ws know but little OF what 10 going on 10
he world beyond our own range of vision. We
now what we do, and that is about all. sup
'ose ought 70 write remarkably good letter
his time, for have so remarkably good
Jlace TO write. am not sitting On knapsacE,
'or curled upon the ground, to write this lettsr,
1dt an sitting up toa genuine table, and
writing as dignihedIy for anything know as
anybody would sit up to a table and write let
ters. There is a coal stove not six feet from my
;lbow, which can make as warm as please
.nd then the room is eighteen or twenty feet
.qaare, has q COED hoard Hoor, and looks so peat
md oomtortabls that fellow can feel II clear
60 his fingers ends This is the quartermssters e
rent, and being his clerk have the privilege Of
occupying il. Ny business is chiefly with the
pen. They say tho pen is mightier than the
sword, and bsweea you and Mr. Editor, had
nj Shty sight rather use 1t. To be sure may
be sent to my regiment to morrow, and II ! am
shy will shoulder my gun and trudee along,
and make the best OF it, as have d)ne a thou
sand times before, when duty lay in that dirse-
ton.
My Immediately superior officer is from Co.
L. 5th Wisconsin regiment, lie is lieutenant Of
the guard, and quarsrmaster Of the 9th Oorps
hospital Lieut. p. B. Smith is young, ener.
getc officer, who was selected for this place by
Gen. Wright who command, eur corps. 1t is
double duty and a responsible position, and
Gen. Wright wanted man. hO said, who was
we'll posted. To be quartermaster OF hospital
requires that qualification in an eminent degree
We have to make out papers for every different
company and regiment that are represented by
the men drawing clothing. In our last issue
there were eighty namts, seVenty-siI different
companies, and tbrty-one different regiments,
to which the clothing accounts had to be sent.
Every article Of clothing issued must be account
ed for on paper, BY the proper authorities and
in the proper manner, or the quartermaster is
responsible, and will have to pay fer it himself.
The qusrternaster who issued the clothing to
Lieut. Snith, assured him that his were the only
paper, he had seen here at the hospitals made
out correctly in every respect This assurance
esmiDg from such q source is no mean compli-
ment. This, however, was mainly owing to bis
having good clerk, for anybody can see if
hadn't msds out the papers exactly as be told
me too, they wouldn't have been right
Lieut.. Smith was once private in the 7th
Wisconsin Battery Of the western army. Once
he had rope around bis necx by Gen. Forests
guerrilas, into whose hands he had fallen, and
was about to be hung, but was recognized and
saved by rebel surgeon who had once been a
guest at his fathers house. Yet the spirited
youth would not be frightened by the prospect
OF death from his contempt of rebel authority,
and for THE reason they intended he should feel
their power. This war is making many heroes
-saruest men with abiding faith In themselves.
Let them have laudablo ambition to acquit
themselves well, ans rise as high as possible in
the scale Of promotion, for the country will need
just such men, and need all she has.
ANTI RrBEL.