The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-28

FIRST Iowa CAvALRY.-We are permitted
to make an extract from letter received by
friend from the First Iowa Cavalry, dat ted
Austin. sTexas, Dec. 2. The statements of
the writer are entitled TO implicit belief, and
they fully confirm the worst reports heretofore
prevalent in regard to the ill-treatment suffer
ed by our troops in Texas:
"There are, however. many things trans
piring daily that is of interest to us, but they
are of the same kind that we have been &C
customed to for the past FIVE months. Changes
are being made in our military organization
every few days; but we care but little what
effect they will have, ae we are satisfied they
cannot effect US for the worse very much and
we have lost all hopes of any improvement.
We have seen Governor Stones letters to the
Secretary of War; also the comments made
by some of the Northern journals. The only
fault we find is, that they do not tell ole half
of what might in truth be told. You may
have seen letter published in the State Reg
lister, written by an officer from this Regi-
ment 1t has reached here. and the author
name obtained and forwarded to the War De-
partment by the Commanding General, what
recommendations accompanying has not vet
been promulgated. 1t would not be surpris-
ing if they were for a summary dismissal
from the service. If such is the case, it will
not end there, as this Regiment will never let
the matter rest there. This officer did not
tell the whole truth it is true, but am ready
to swear that what he told in that letter is
true, without being too highly colored. lam
not cognizant of all the facts stated in WM
SCHYLE's letter, published in the GATE CRY,
but some of them l know to be true, and have
every reason to believe them all to be true
The fact is, would not remain in the service
one day longer than | could get out of it, for
any pecuniary consideration and if thought
the Government knew of and sanctioned such
conduct on the part of its agents, as ] have
seen during the past summer, would not re-
main under it one day longer than it would
necessarily require me to get out of it; but
know very we'll that it is not the intention OF
the Government to countenance such conduct
on the part of any person, but will correct
the evil in time. You must not think from
these remarks that have suffered any great
wrong personally, as | have not, but on the
other hand, have universally been treated
with a reasonable amount of respect indiyidu-
ally. Why it was so, | am unable to saw.
Our Regiment has not been treated any worse
than other regiments in this command but it
SO happens that we are made of that kind of
material, that we will not let any set of pu
silanimous scamps trample upon us with
IMMUNITY. would write more plainly, but /
do not want to throw myself ameanable to an
arbitrary law.
II think we will be mustered out sometime
in February, but we do not expect to get out
before that time, as the General has sent
one hundred men of the Regiment up to the
extreme Northern line of the State, probably
for the purpose. OF having reason for keep
ing us longer should he get peremptory
order to muster US out, as it will require two
months to get that detachment back