The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-14
. .rvv SCALE OF PRICES.
~ the Army Of the Potomac
"a m0e taken Richmond.
$50 po1Sr Va Dec. 2S. 1864.

CRY POINT, VA, Dec. .: ANof.
rvery few days, o. late, the country mas
.pn shccked by the intelligence 81 ln'ee or
~. ~ NON M time dying the death OF dogs,
n,esence OF their comrades IN the army,
u. ptsa crime et descrticn but good and
raon,e. everywhere, would be beEe- |
"a hnvnnl all measure II they only /
4 sssw through what n hideous mass OF
s...ula,ion and corruption among officials !
: nostion OF trust, the fate OF these mise
.bla " wretches has eliminated AZ the gal |
nSs. Thousands OF those who are cheer
] ally pouring out their money iike "aser
1 ~ ;he vigorous prosecution Of the war,
4 .na fcndlv imagining that all is going on
~r-ac,y. will scarcely be inducedto credit
1 AZ enorr,i.y Of the evil that has, at this
'.ta hour. reluctantly compelled the Lieu
..rart General Commanding to commence
i .hs. -ic;d course OF punishment which It's
n he hoped be will rot now relax. antiithe
amy Is thoroughly purged OF the villain
us t,istemper with which II has been 50
i r;nkeily and williuily inoculatec.
\ grf impressive as these horrible execu-
4 inns nav be, i. is 20 be feared that a COM
1 r,e;e cnre Ii US. te sough, deeper vet, and
] thst no remedy can possibly he found Ell
Actual which does not strike at the utter
rproo;:ng Of the ridiculous system OF SUB
i citu,es and large bounties which has be-
Nme 80 prevalent OF late, or. at any ,ate,
4 o 70 modify aud guard the working OF the
i ,vs,em tina. it shall no longer prove the
1 source OF disgrace, paralysis and cennosaii-
uton TO orr armies, which 1t uEQues iiCN-
4 ,bv has been ever since II began.
1 We hear ot the President calling tor
nrce OF several hundred thousand men,
l The papers tell Us gleefully OF the rapidlty
| With which enrollments are taking place /
mesen.ly we hear every town and village
5ossting that it has "hlled up its quota;'
i but where are the soldiers? The bounty
/ money has been paid, the men enrolled,
Mwill suppose, lat where are they! ma.
A sthe ouestion--a question, too, lraught
! nth such molnentous interest to the Na-
| ton, that it is 70 be hoped every loyal voice
viii keep shouting il at Congress until our
] Avg; vers feel the necessity OF looking INTO
i hmore narrowly. lie. people SO and in-
/ uuire Of the noble fellows lighting IN the
4 teld. and they will soon learn what has be-
come of many OF these dearly purchased
men in buckram, costing something ike
/ $1,000 each, before tney have lifted finger
in return.
Asan Illustration OF how some OF them
disappear. here is the record OF one sirgle
regiment. among those that have come 20
my notice:
OF three de.achments Of substitutes sent
from Concord, New Hampshire, 10 join the
Nh New Hampshire Volunteers, amount
inc to 6oo5 men, l37 deserted on the passage,
leaving only ASS 10 arrive q. the regiment
OF the 4sS who got to the regiment, s. de
serted TO The enemy from picket line; -
deserted to the rear; have been discEarg-
cd as utterly worthless, their physical III
capacity being so glaring, and OF such Ions
standing, that they must have been known
At the tine OF enlistne have been sen
back to Concord to have their cases OF en-
listment investigated, by order OF the wa
Department, and have been discharged
BY order Of the War Department. Thus
out of 62sl of these bounty-tempted warrior
sent to one regiment, only since Angus
last, there are only $50 lett ana, as these
have cometo army through the same venal
influences, and probably gone through th'
same loose or fraudulent examination, it il
impossible TO tell how many more ma,
follow suit, in spite Of the death penait,
before them. use the term fraudulent sd
visedly; for, out Of the four discharged a
utterly worthless, one man had one LEI
several inches shorter than the other; On
had hernia, tcat had made him c-ippl
for many years past, and the two other
we're such impracticabie imbeci les, that an
imbecile, without one particle of medics
knowledge, must have seen at a glance tha
they were utterly incapable Of any dut.
whatever, mental or physical. These ar
shameful revelations, but the sooner ID
public are made acquainted with the exis
tence of such monstrcus abuses, the soons
do we stand chance Of seeing them rect
fed.
And what painful but unjust stigma
cast upon the fair name Of many Il nobl
veteran regiment, by having these vags
bonds foisted upon them, like rotten shee
turned in to pollute goodly flock. l ore
sumo that ali OF our fine regiments, mo,
Dr less, have received portion Of the tair
but have heard of none which have su
fered more by it than .ha. famous CID Iris
regiment, the Goth New York; the no les
famous and gallant 6lst New York, fro.
whom thirty deserted in one night; an
the 9th New Ham pshire, to which heion ge
the three men executed on Friday last.
the latter l must say few words; #
while no regiment has suffered more-pe
haps so muci,-py the abuses inevitabl
attending the substitute and bounty sy
tenn, there is no. one which, from the coil
mencement of the war to the present ii N
had Justly earned a more brilliant and n
ole record. write ieelingly and knoy
ingly on this subject, for had the pleasu
OF being well acquainted with the COZ
mander o. this regiment, Colonel Edwa
Il. Cross, who met a glorious deatc at Gs
tysburg, and braver heart than his new
throbbed under the uniform Of an ofiic
Of the United States.
The 5th New Hampshire was organic
z. Concord, New Hampshire, on the ZSd
October, 1861, under the command OF r.
cross, and became part of Howard's brl
ade, Richardson's 1st Division OF "a Arr
Corps, under Gen. +. v. Sumner, IN
csm5er, 1861. They were first under fire
ehe Halpahannock, and subsequently 10
part IN the battles OF Yorktown. Fair "a
!wnere Colocel Cross was first wounce
Peach Orchard Sayava Station Char
@,ty, Malvern Hills, Antietam. Fred
eksonrg,, Charlottesville, Gettysbn
ooid Harbor. the engagements before
ssssburg or the 18th, 18th and ed of Jul
1871, the two fights at Deep Bottom. a
-iaaly ct Reams Station, in all of viii
they acquitted themselves well, often b,
'iantly.
On the 5th OF September, 1862, it was I
a,a New Hampshire which led the adval
q Inc army from South Mountain 10 A
a9iam Creek, Developing the enemy's !