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regiments were acknowledged by their own men to be inferior to ours? Military men from captains up to Generals have pronounced this the best regiment in the western department , disinterested citizens have all called this 2nd to no regiment in the west. Under circumstances like these is it surprising that some of the regiment should so lose their pride as to get tipsy & sometimes commit little wrongs which tend to injure the regiment? But this is not the reason why some people speak disrespectfully of the regiment. These are two causes which tend to ruin the reputation of the regiment. One is the fact that our head-officers have disregarded the interests of the regiment and plundered from citizens & the government until public opinion justly condemns them for it; but not contended with casting shame upon those who merit it; they confused the men in the regiment with the officers and thus rail at both. Another reason is because the regiment has some of the best young men in the different counties where it was raised and certain other young men who remain at home hating themselves because public opinion scorns them for their cowardice or want of patriotism desire to run down its regiment as much as possible and show that we are all an immoral set of rascals. It would be a nice thing for these young men to prove that we