Show CAMP FLOYD april 27 1859 MR MB EDITOR never having seen in your paper any correspondence professing or in reality emanating from the rank and file of the army the circumstances has been a matter of surprise to myself and others it has also aho been a subject of regret to me and many others that there has been no more interest taken in your paper by the soldiers at our camp than we believe has been done the object of the present communication is to make a feeble to change this want of interest or apparent neglect or carelessness of the rank and file of the army in utah into something like the proper feeling on this subject the press Is ie a powerful agent of instruction and can be made one ot of intellectual im prove mert and amusement there are hundreds dredson of private soldiers in our can appreciate this sentiment and mho R ho are capable of contributing to the moral and mental improvement of 0 the their ir comrades by the means of your paper yet et with ith hundreds who have leisure and intelligence to comprehend com the value and importance of the enjoyment to be so derived no attempt has yet been made that I 1 am aware or of to introduce a soldiers corner or column into the valley taw tait such an introduction would be a source of pleasure to myself to see weekly in the paper a part set aside and donated to the rank and file I 1 am certain that there are hundreds who rho will contribute to the idea and assist in Bup supporting porting our character for intelligence morality and love of progress so hoing that the general commanding comma riding the com columns coans ns of the valley tan will give the order in in ins his 1 ext dext for the corner to be appropriated columns forward guide A right ht march you no doubt are aware of the fact that a number of our officers have been indisposed disposed in colonel morrison of the ath has perfectly recovered and is is as vigorous as ever you of course have heard of the death of capt paige and potts the former a staff officer 0 and the latter a lieutenant in the ath re regiment I 1 I 1 in ent the captain was not much known 0 the rank and die fi lebut but potts was and it is no exaggeration to rear remark ark that he is sincerely regretted by every private soldier in the army that knew him he was wa both amiable and generous towards ins his inferiors with charity for their failings and sympathy sm path for their misfortunes and the man who has these principles is always brave I 1 have never seen a man mere truly lament lame 11 t in any community than the deceased is is here a more noble specimen of young america we vis have selom seen the private soldier lost a true friend when the was vas taken irom from us may he rest in in Pa paradis and be b aitt attached ached to 0 the odai guard of the captain of our salvation in in realms of pea ceis the fervent prayer of a SaL CIER PS P S the drum is is just beating for tor fatigue so I 1 must say bay adieu |