Moral Condition of the Army.
A CHAPLAIN in an Ohio Regiment concludes a letter as follows: "As to the moral condition of the army I have but little to say. I could tell a story of depravity, dishonesty, and wickedness, which might be useless, as it would be slow to be believed by those not knowing the facts. And this is mostly connected with those in authority. The soldiers are ready to follow the example of their officers. Hence they care little or nothing for the preaching of the gospel by the chaplain. They do nothing only by military order. I do not know that they would go to heaven without an order. Of course they receive no order to attend preaching, and thus they go only as they desire. The most of the Sabbath is used in inspection and review, so that religion is crowded out. By this statement of facts, you can easily see that chaplains are only useful as postmasters, objects of suspicion, general topics of scorn and ridicule, and in a word, are believed by those whose morals do not wish correction, to be an unnecessary evil."