The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-09-14
A bad Ruuor.

10 fumur CUChE'CC Nv Nd-'"tN'ii. NuA. wv"
eral FREMoNI has l-on p" drt 10 com
mand hy Ouartetmas e. MttD-. v.o has just
arrived In g.. Louis, AID Boz. VI BLAIt who
accompanied him, went .o"Np,. to 'b' Gcn-
eral the necessity for his D, n'.''l TIE rea-
sons, Il Is asserted, aic that G.utri FRENoNr
exceeded his authority in the rroclama'ion' he
has Issued, and has in other important matters
acted not only without consultation with the
Government, but in contray,nion ofi's orders
and policy.
Tho author Of the " sensation adds that he
has good authority for believing the rumor to
he founded in fact We believe Il to he, on the
ocntrury, as absurd as the order it imnutcs to the
Government. and only " founded in the fict,
End a very well known 4, that prodisiou'
exsrtions have lately been put form at wash
ington-some say by the contract iniere't-i'r
the removal Of FRENoNr, aud that Quartermas-
ter-General MEIos ard Mr. BLAIR have gone to
81. Louis ~ a commission Of inquiry into the
complaints made bv the "spoil-men against
FRE~oSr's Quarterm lster Department. The
operators would naturally think to help on their
enterprise BY setting atoat rumors like this.
But the report that MEIGs has gone out as
the successor Of Fremont g sets the stamp
Of ridiculc on the whole story. Gen. Mixes
pretends 70 no competency for high command in
the field but is, on the other hand Indispensable
where he l..
We consider the story impnssi0ly absurd. To
turn out a man who actually outweighs and
outdccs the whole war administration, and
centers more of the public confidence and hops
than the Presiden, and all hi. advisers together,
would be an extreme Of folly into which We
cannot think il possible iir the honest heart
Of "Old Abe" TO he brguiled. That It would
at once send chill Of di.,-u.t and ominous
foreboding through the whole nation, and in
stantly let up' in revived courage and fury,
the amos, pro-tri',d seccssionism Of Missouri,
is too plain to be doubted by the tcohlc't official
understanding. There was time when the
indecisive policy Of the Administration in the
disputed states occasioncd some fear that FHI.
MONT might fail Of support AZ Washington
But that must be virtually past ere this. Tn,
course Of events in Kentucky his swept tn
temporizing policy away and tho blows tina
fell so thick and strong in Baltimore yesterday
indicate that the change is complete. T. b, to-
bte to punish Fremont for a policy which i
now the only policy ltit alive.
P.S. A dispatch received late last night
from Washington, and Published in our tcle
graphic column, sets at rest the foolish story
Preservation of Soldier Graves.
The Secretary Of War has issued an oriC
which is deeply interesting 10 every one VII
has friend or relative in the armies Of III
Union. II relates to the burial, and idcntihc
ton Of the graves of those soldiers who ms
fall by battle or disease in the service Of the
country. On the eve Of great battle big wi
the destinies OF the nation, and, which, whl
eyer may be the result, must ding the shal 10
Of death on many peaceful home, Al
wiring the hearts Of parents Of wives and chill
rem all over tho country with anguish, it will
at least consolation TO know that the though
full foresight Of the government has provid
that the fallen shall not sleep in unLonorcd al
unknown graves. To the truc-hoar'ed sistc
who, after exhausting every other means,
last applied to BEAUREGARD 10 ascertain Il
resting place of her brother, the gallant Colon
CAMERON, there was certain consolation
gathering, even from the brutal reply of Il
rebel General, that Virginun lady had civ,
the soldier decent burial, and marked the sp
where he rests.
Secretary CAMERON has found in his own 50
row a source Of sympathy for the bcrcayed b
battle, and the order providing Tor the last solac
in such cases, does honor to the promptnrs {
his heart. He directs that blank forms shall b
placed In every hospital in the army, in whic
the deceased soldiers name, regiment, compan
and date Of death shall be registered, and re
cords are to be preserved by military and churc
sections, which shall be always accessible TO tn
friends Of deceased soldiers. Every grave is t
be marked BY post or tablet Of some endurin
wood, on which shall he branded ,he name
the deceased, his birthplace date of dealt
and regiment and company mark. ~ f.
as practicable deceased soldier are to
buried in separate Plats Of ground in Gem,
teries, but when otherwise, exact d
scrptiOns of the localities are to be preserved /
the sections and hospital authorities IL case
death on a march, or in an encampmcnt, II
N"'s VI liNN'h'B h'N'HH Nl''ll'lil' IA
making records and tablets, dcyolyc. on Il
regimental adjutants and surgeon, and, lin,
ly, when the hospitals are broken up the r
cords are to bs transferred 10 the Surgeon Gen
rails office, in Washington, where they will
preserved, aud open al all tiu,os to the in.p,
ton Of tho friends Of the deceased.
To FAcnIrArr NoLrNrrrUlSu .- IN Ia.
entiAl amba ssador 1t is said, ha- uocu ,,le,
to proceed Immediately to Washington To M
upon the Secretary OF War the eneg Of al p
sible inducements to facilitate recruiting.
regretted that Congress has given the Exc
tive no power to pay any part OF the 81
bounty in advance, as a facility OF thi, Ii
would enable thousand, 20 volunteer. "
would gladly do 80 II they could without lie.
ing their families in destl,u'ion A-auirt
measure, it il suggested that months =
might he advanced to the volunteer. un
proper conditions. But the allut'men, 4,
tenn, authorized at the late session, Is the /,
cial measure TO be urged at the pge.en, tin
Soldiers are TO I've allowed and encouraged
leave with their families tickets allotting
the holder certain part of their pay, which
drawn monthly on the presentation of
ticket, and this system should be- put in Ope
tion forthwith.
TIE FOoD or oUR ARMY.-No army
the world was ever 20 well paid, or so well f
As is the army Of Freedom now encamped up