The Arkansas advocate., 1836-09-30
ORDERNO44

HEAD aeARTERs ARKANSAS BATTALION MOUNTED GoNaEs,
 Camp Leforc, September f2 l83g
 Comrades and Soldiers ef t6e arkaasas Batta9oa.
 You have now passed the boundary of your State the ne which separates the fires of the white and the req men. lou hayeztorn yourselves from the endear- nents o home, and with zea which has ever charac- tersed the reemen of the West, assumed the chnrac- ter ot soldiers in the of your country Yon have been informed o the rules which govern he soldiers lie, and from your known character as rnen--tnen whom IS the chief pride of your battalion officer 10 eommand-- is confidently believed that you will sa. crediy observe them. our attitudes in addition to the mgh obligation t ncurs to your country Is one of thflllns interest te tic reputation fc1Y 5taie and to yourselves soldiers and as men, Being the first military body organized for service in our Stae 1t should be the first consideration with every officer and soldier to sustain the honor of Arkansas and he chi yairy of her To effect this requires only the will 10 do t. When every officer makes hinself an officer, and every makes himself soldier the de- sred result IS obtained, and you once become the pride and the boast of your State The first attributes ol solder are subordnaton, frmgess and punetuai- y Without these no body of men can be effective or respectable In military view. The man of moral courage or of physical power when acting alone in Inc midst ot peril, may fight hs way through without sys- tenn; but bodies of men rust by discipline sci ence and order, they cannot move with effect Sab ordination IS :a life Of army and 1t applies to off, eers as well as men for lie who would command must hTst learn to obey Hitherto your march has been confined to your own borders among your fellow eft zens--iis now changed You are in the midst Of the sons o the forest whose sires proudly trod the soil when the name of America was unknown to our fa- thefs. They az well as you are men, and their rights muS be respected, The same regard to personal rights and the rights of property which influenced you among your own people, should here be adhered to- even more tenaciously than before you crossed the Ilne lhe Indian tribes, particularly those who retr- ing before the onward march of civilizations have left iIah hxNr ( 4. C-4lsz |
 Mississippi tosthe West entitled to every protec- ton from our Government. Let every one of you ob- serve that guaranty in his own person. Let il ao e sad that the person of friendly Indian was insulted his property respassed upon his domestic relations violated by soldier from Arkansas. You are now in the land of people rapidly approaching state of re- hnenen and destined at distant day to be admitted as constituent portion of our great republica tribe
 which in its udest state never broke the pipe peace or tore from the earth the deadly tomahaW splll the blood of the white man. The Cheetaws have always been friends. 'Fis then industriously to eu- hyate this broihcry feeng-and not be the first 10 give offence. Let not the humblest individual of the tribe have just of complaint against one of you Should our march be directed through any other rend- y trbe ihe order will be observed, and the same decofous regard for the feelings of others strictly pur- sued. Among yourselves every warm and brotherly feeling should be cherished. Thrown together from different parts Of the Stae-mostly unknown 10 each oher--you should sufler no prejudice 10 exist i'll company against another. You all alike--haye equal rights-and are entitled to equal justice. The only rivalry among you shoul. be generous emulation to excel. The company which proves itself first in subordnation, first in discipline, ard first in the field, will carry off the palm. Until then, let none assume superiority. Each stands now upon equal ground. It becomes you then to harmonze and, engaged in d common cause, to move body directed by one spirit. This is the road-and the only one-to dis iinction and honor.
 By order of Absalom Fowler, It. Col. Command'g
 ROBERTSON CHfLDRESS, .qdjutaat
 For the Advocate