The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16


dent Of the United States, the military com
mandsrs OF the Governments within the State.
of Virsinla, South Car0iina, Georgia, Florida
Alabama Mississippi Louisiana, Texas, and Ar
kaasss, Are directed to seize and use any prop
erty, real OF personal, belonging to The inhabit
ants Of this 0onfedefacy, which may BE- nsceses
~ or convenient for their several commando
md no provision ID made for any compensation
70 Tie owners Of such private property seized
and appropriated BY the military commander
I'd. whereas, ~ General Order No. IL, l.
sued on the Esd of July, 1862, BY Major. Gener
IL Pope, commanding the forces Of the enemy ID
Northern Virginia, Il ID ordered that oil com
nandess Of any army corps, division, brigade
and brigade commander, viii proceed imme
diatsly e arrest al dialoyd male citizens with
in their limits Or within reach Of their respec
live commando Such % are willing 20 take thl
oath of allegiance to the United States and vii
furnish sufficient evidsnce of its observance
shall be permitted 10 remain at their homes and
pursue, IN god faith, their accustomed avoca
iieuab Thoss Who refuse shall b conducted
South beyond the extreme pickets Of this arrny
and bs notified that if found again in the real
they will b considered % spies and subjected q
The extreme .rigor Of military Law. Any person
having taken the oath % specified and found "a
have violated II, be shall Be shot andhis proper
y seized and appropriated - the public use.
:. Whereas, BY en- order Issued onsthe 18th 81
July, 1859, b. Brigadier General A. Starkwea'
ther, ]. VIM. Stsadman, : cavalry Officer Of bid
bfigade, he's been ordered 70 arrest I've Of The
most prominent citizens Of Page county, Wiz
ginia, to be held q hostages, and to suffer
death in the event Of any Of The soldiers Of said
la ahn h. L.
which term 10 meant the citizens Of the Confed.
eracy Who have TAKEN up arms to defend their
homes and families. a78 sz7o90 bas'v,a,
81 4. Whereas, it results fsom the above orders,
that some Of the military authorities, of ths
United States, not content with the unjust a.
gressive warfare hitherto waged with savige
cruelty against an unodensiye people, and ems.
perated BY the failure Of their efforts 10 subju-
gate them, have now determined 20 violate al
the rules and usages Of war, and to convert hos
tility hitherto waged against armed forces into
. campaign of robbery and murder against IN.
armed citizens and peaceful tillers Of the soil.
8. Whereas, this government, bound by the
high obligations of duty to its citizens, is thus
driven to the necessity of adopting just measures
Of retribution and retaliation as shall seem sd
equate to repress and punish these barbariti.s
6. Whereas the orders above recited have
only been published and made known to this G.v:
eminent since the signature of . cartel for he
exchange of prisoners of war, which cartel, in
so far as it provides for an exchange Of prison.
ers hereafter captured, would never have been
signed or agreed 70 BY the Government If tie
intention to change into system of indiscrimi.
nate murder and robbery had been made known
g I. Whereas, 1 just regard to humanity for.
bids that the repression Of crime which this
Government 10 thus compelled 70 enforce should
b. ever, extended to retaliation, on the enlist.
ed men in the Army Of the United States who
may be unwilling instruments of the savage
cruelty of their commanders 20 long as there il
hope that the excess of the army may be checked
or prevented and by retribution on the commits.
stoned officers who have the power to avoid gull.
" action by refusing service under government
which sells their aid in the Preparation Of such
infamous barbaritiea "a - yysslttp g'IsTs .
9th, Therefore, it is ordered that Major Gen.
Pope, Brig. Gen. Starkweather, and all commits.
stoned officers, serving under their respective
commands, be, and they are hereby expressly
and specially declared to be not entitled to be
considered as soldiers, aud therefore not entitled
to the benefit Of the cartel for the parole Of fu.
ture prisoners of war. 4 ~ sf9-le .ast1 2
Ordered, Further, that in the event of the cap.
ture of nsj. Gen. Pope or Brig. General Stark
weather, or any commissioned officer, serving
under them, the captive tsken shall be held in
close confinement so long as the orders Aforesaid
shall continue in force and unrepealed by the
competent military authorities of, the United
States, and that in the event Of the murder of
any uparmed citizen or inhabitant of this Con-
fedefacy, BY virtue, or under pretsxt Of one Of
the orders hersiLbsfore recited, it shall be the
duty Of commanding general Of the forces Of this
Confederacy to cause Immediately to be hung,
ont Of the commissioned officers, prisoners ii
number, equal to the number of our own citi--
sens bssh.whacksd BY the enemy 9s2loJa :,
,ou [signedl az s7sveS. CooPER, A.A q.