Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-11

Gen. Bragg has addr ssed the following stir
ring ad lress to his troops, inviting their enlist
ment for The war. A letter from Pensacola, da.
ted December Sd, says he viii retain the greater
portion of ms well drilled troops in the service
that his appeal will be e]Hectual:
Headquarters AIuET OF rEN-1C0La.{
Near Pensacola, Florida, NuyemJer2I. 1851.
With a view of preserving to our cause the
invaluable services of those soldiers he has so
long commanded with pride, the general is de
s.rous of Teorganizing his old regiments for
The war The advantages 20 be obtained b.
the officers and men themselves are SO apparent
as 90 give the strongest hope Of @ large success.
But few of us ii any, can contemplate retiring
from the field to the inglorious occupation Of idly
Witnessing tine labors of our mothers, wives and
daughters nobly working for their defenders in
the field.
To receive a discharge and 60 home Temporal
rily, with the view Of again e]uiistiug in some
other command, viii subject the soldier to many
aunOyances he has probably not contemplated.
lie viii never again be as well satisfied, mixed
up, as he viii be, with strangers and raw men,
where he viii have TO 20 through all the drUdgeTy
Of elementary instruction, so essential to them,
but iksome to him. All his former acqUaintan-
ces and esprit de corps viii be lost, and be VIII
he looked on as a raw recruit, instead Of a vetg-
IAN OF one campaign.
Above all, ho viii lose his arms, for the army
Is now fuIl Of men eager to see him depart, that
they may secure bis gun with which to win a
name. To return with an old shot gun, or, per
haps, with no gun al all, and await @ chance
opportunity to secure what has been thrown
away, will be the fate of those who thus
depart.
Those who remain may confidently rely ON
soon being employed actively; if not here, at
some other point to which they can now be sent,
heir places being supplied with new troops.
And as far as lac can do so, consistently with his
sense Of duty, the General viii allow those who
r~e-enlist, and require it. an opportunity 20 visit
home and arrange their business affairs. This
indulgence will he granted TO re-eulisted men
in preference 10 all others.
/. Companies of not less than sixty-tour pri-
Yates, "a larger number would be preterred) with
their proper officers, viii be received and mus
tered for the war, retaining their present arms
and equipments, when they win be discharged
from their old engagements and paid off 60 that
date.
,. Such companies viii De attached to their
old regiments, until a sufficient number is OBJ
tanned 70 constitute @ new regiment, when they
viii be aggregated, and field officers viii be APP
pointed by the President
In making the appointments, he viii, no
doubt, be influenced by a known desire of a
large majority of regiment, sscertained through
the proper military channel. But no elections
viii be held, and no electioneeriug viii be toll
Grated. Merit, not popularity, viii CONTROL the
selections.
Such OF his veterans as are willing to joiu "tor
the war, the general viii be proud 10 receive, as
oviucing a confidence he has labored to deserve.
1t may not be his good fortune to lead them
against the enemy but on any field, and against
any foe, he viii answer for their conduct, and
predict for them a brilliant victory or "a glorious
death.
BY command of Maj Gen. Bragg
GEO. @. GARNER,
Assistlnt AdimLnnt-G nunuL-