anionship of a camp; and when discovered, the
treatment of them is merciless just in proportion to the care with which
they had been hidden. All pretensions will be penetrated, all disguises
unmasked. Every man finds himself placed according to his exact status,
no matter how well contrived his arrangements for passing himself off
for more than his par value. Many an officer, whom the newspapers
delight to praise, because he is over courteous to correspondents, and
takes precautions to have all his achievements published, has a camp
reputation far different from that by which he is known to the public.

Opinions of all kinds flourish in the army as vigorously as in the outer
world. There are ardent theorists of the progressive order, full of
schemes for radical reforms, and old fogies believing in nothing except
what they lament to see is fast becoming obsolete. There are students
and practical men, authors and mechanics, editors, lawyers, doctors,
clergymen, school teachers, actors, artists, singers, and
representatives of all kinds of trades and avocations. All are now on
the same platform, and, for a time, class distinctions disappear beneath
the assimilating conditions of the new profession. Political strifes
occur, but are rarely virulent. Generally the association together of
men holding different political views, in a common cause, and subject to
the same dangers, is tacitly accepted as the occasion for an armistice.
But politics of all kinds are represented. There are of course
Abolitionists, Republicans, Unionists, and War Democrats; but, strangely
enough, there are also Copperheads, Peace Democrats, peace-at-any-price
men, and even secession sympathizers. Why extremists of the latter
classes should have joined the army voluntarily cannot be surmised; but
there they are, and, moreover, they do their duty. There are some traits
of original manhood so strong that even the poison of treasonable
politics cannot overcome them.

The daily routine of camp life in a regiment can be told in a few words.
The plan of a regimental camp as laid down in the army regulations is
generally conformed to, with some variations recommended by the
character of the camping ground. The following diagram exhibits the
plan:

[Illustration]

REFERENCE.

N.C.S. Non-commissioned staff.
AST. SURG. Assistant surgeon.
M. Major.
Q.M. Quartermaster.
LT. CL. Lieutenant-colonel.
CL. Colonel.
ADJT. Adjutant.
SURG. Surgeo