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Mr.. BENEFIT


You have doubtless, seen in the Spirit of the Times
during the last twelve months, a series OF sketches
signed &c. de L." purporting to be extracts from
the writer's journal, kept by him while on service IN
Florida. The writer, II can easily be seen, belongs
10 the Sd Regiment of Infantry from the continual
glorliicaton which he bestows upon that regiment,
and suppose few who know him have failed to re-
cognlze Lieut.. II. under his assumed de plume.
My object Is not 10 criticize these extracts but to
call attention to article in the Spirit of the Times
of August 23d, in which the writer claims for the
9th Regiment of Infantry the credit of having many
time and Off gone over the ground in the vicinity
of the " Ocklockonee" river, Tin Middle Florida)
before the Sd Regiment had entered Florida or even
suspected they would be ordered there That all
this is true is well known TO the Army at large, and
ought TO have been known to Lieut.. H.; but the
claimant OF justice to the gallant 6th (Which saw
more hard service than any other two regiments ever
in Florida) has omitted to state that Tin addition to
the scouts on the " Ocklockonee" he has enumera-
ted) five companies OF that regiment, IN conjunction
with several companies of the LIST Regiment of Infan-
try, (he whole under command OF Col. Davenport
OF the lsD secuted thoroughly, the country'both
east and west of the " Ocklockonee" in February,


1910 this last, also, before the Sd Infantry had en-
tered Florida The spirit which has led c. de l..
to gonty his own regiment good one, but he is
old enough both In years and rank, to know that he
should not be guilty OF injustice 10 other regiments,
while upholdlng the merits of his own which, by
the way, is too well known and gallant corps to
require any such proceeding, as its merits OF the
highest order and 1t will, doubt, add to the lau
reIs IL already possesses, others gathered in Texas
(where 1t now is) provided il has chance. These
remarks due, in Justice both to the 9th and lst
Regiments OF Infantry, the sketches, (which have
called them forth, have been so widely circulated,
and you WILL no doubt, give them place in your
widely disseminated journal. u. s. A.