The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-13

marching and ocuntermarching; falling baek.
retiring, retreating and making retrosrade
movements. Some were looking for their Teri
ments, which had become mixed with other
regiments; some were looking for their officers.
- though they did not know that the latter
have residedin W-shingtoa ever since The var
commenced; some were making calls on others
and here and there might be seen squads Of
Confederacies picking up any little thing they
might happen to fnd. pi
Finding the general Of the Mackerel Brissds
upon bottle and tumbler near me-, I
saluted him, and says l: .ss a s..ssG
Tell me, my veteran, how is it that you per.
NIT the Southern Confederscy to meander thus
within your lines!" a
The general looked telsrstiosly 1t ne and
says he: ,r ~. ras 81 + ~
II have plan to entrap the Confederacy,
and end this doomed rebellion at one stroke
Do you mark that long train Of army wagons
down there near my quarters?" s5a3 i'f
Eyes" says /, nervously. Il
SWELL then, my nice little boy" says the
general cautiously, 81 will tell you what my
plants. These wagons contain the rations Of
our troops. II 10 my purpose toinduce the eel.
ebrated ConfedeIacy to capture those wagons
and attempt to eat those rstions. II the Con-
fedracy will only do that" says the general,
fsrily, sit will be taken sick on the spot and
W shall capture it alive" t9"s 40
: I could not but feel shocked ct this inhuusn
artifce, mJ boy. The Southerners hsys In
deed acted In way to forfeit all ordinary
mercy, but still, We should abstain from any
retaliatory act savering Of demonisc malignity.
Our foes are at least human beings. a',a'-b
.6 SURPRISING my horror, however, assumed
q practical ASPECT. and saws I: -
"But how are the Mackerel warriors to sub.
sist, my Napoleon, if you allow the rations to
got" ssiss - go iE
! "Thunder!' says the general, handing me q
paper from his pocket "They are to subsist
exclusively on the enemy. Just peruse this
document, which hav just illuminated
ri Taking the paper, l found it to be the fol-
lowing e6 5 f' a.d
r,s a7s PROCLAMATION. rssasm ...
Whereas, The matter of provisions is . great
expense to the United States of America, be-
sides Offering inducements for unexpected raids
on the part of thefamishing foemaD; the Mack
Brigade is hereby directed to live entirely up
on the Southern Confederacy, eating him alive
wherever found, and partaking of no other
food. .e.rrss @ a
The Brigade will not be permitted to take
any clothing with it on the march, being re-
quired henceforth to dress exclusively in the
hsbilments of captured Confederacies.
We have done with retrograde movements.
No more lines of retreat will be kept open, and
henceforth the Mackerel Brigade is to make
nothing but great captures. By order Of Il
The GEN'L OF THE MAcKEREL BRIGADE.
IGreen Seal. a5laa5 -.s a1t
This able document, my boy, pleased me
greatly as an evidence that the war has indeed
commenced in earnest; and although at that
beheld some half dozen Confeder-
acies ransacking the tent where the general
kept his mortgages, his bank accounts, and
other Government property, I felt that our foes
were about to be summarily dealt with at last.
An orderly having finally given notice to the
Confederacies rummaging within our lines to
get to their proper places order that the battle
might begin, the Anatomical Cavalry, under Cap
tain Samyule Ss- NTH, made . hesdlong charge
upon xbody foes Who were destroying bridge
near the middle Of the field, and succeeded in
obliging them to remain there. This brilliant
Was the signal for q general engage
ment and regiment Of Confederacies At once
advanced within our lines and inquired the
way to Washington.
Having given them the desired information,
and allowed number of other similar regi
ments to take position between the Mackerels
and the capital, the general gave orders for the
Comic Section and the Orange County howit-
GERS to fall cautiously back, in order that the
remaining Confederacies might get between us
and Richmond.
Yon will perceive that BY this movement, my
boy, We cut the enemy's force completely in
two, thus compelling him to attack US either
in the front or in the rear, and giving him no
Ia - has $snno AMI
ments. Our plans being thus perfected, Capt
William Brown, with Company 8 Regiment
was ordered to charge into wood near 1t hand
with view to induce SONS recently. arrived
reserve Confederates to take position in our
centre, while still others would be likely to
flank US on the right and left. - r.
You may remember, my boy, that it has
heretofore been our misfortuns to fight on the
Of . circle, while the Confeders.
cy had the inside, and this great strategic
scheme Was intended to produce result vice
versa. ae
It was great success, my boy-s great sue
cess; and our troops presently found them
selves inside the most complete circle on re-
cord. Villiam Browp not only charged into
the wood, but staid there; and when one Of the
Orange County Hovitsers Was dichsrgsd with
great precision Ut reporter who WAS caught
81 eaking into our lines, the report WAS heard
by the Venerable Cannon ct Washington,
causing that reverend man to telegraph 70 oil
the papers that NO one need feel alarmed, -
he was perfectly safe, and that our victery Was
very complete.
Z What particular danger the Venerable Gam
mon had incurred, l can't say, my boy, nor
what he knew about the battle; but his dis
patch caused renewed confidence oil over the
country, and was . great comfort to his
friends. fa,g a1'f- rez !
Having got the Confederacies just where he
wanted them, the General Of the Mackerel
Brigade now dispatched ten vstrans under Ser
sesnt O'Paks to attack . few hundred foes
Who had intrenchsd themselves iu ~ unsesm'
insly manner right among our wagons. The
Msckerels were well Jsceived as prisoners Of
war and paroled on thsspot, proceeding that
10 greatly pleased the idolised general that he
st once issued this second go atj d.
80, .-.z PROCLAMATION. .5s a
Il must b understood, that in his recent
proclamation directing the Msckerel Brigade
to dine exclusively upon Southern Confeders.
oies, the general commanding did not intend
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