Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-29
fifth DIVISION,
MEMPHIS, Aug. IA. 1862,

lowing important order:
HEADQUARTERS, FIFTH DIVISION,
MEMPHIS, Aug. IA, 1862.
Major Fisher, 54th Ohio Volunteers, and
Captain Lttlefeld, Provost Marshal of Gen.
Hurlburts division, are announced as Assist
ant Provost Marshals Of Memphis and will
report to Col. Anthony. More attention will
be given 10 the quiet and good order ofsoEdiers
TN the streets. The Assistant Provost Mar
shals, and the patrols and guards sent out by
them, have the power and right to suppress all
riots and nuisances. Any house, where noise,
drunkenness and fighting are either going on,
or tskety to occur, is military nuisance, and
will be suppressed by the seizure of its con-
tents, and the delivery of the liquors to the
Hospital Department. If the nuisance cannot
thus be suppressed, the house will be burned
or palled down, according to its position. Any
Brigade Provost Marshal may suppress
nuisance in the vicinity of his brigade; bat no
house will be pulled nown or burned, without
the written order of the commanding General,
the Provost Marshal, or the commander of
brigade Riots on the streets will be promptly
| supp ressed by blows, the bayonet, or firing
when necessary. OF coarse, the military are
not bound by the licenses issued by the city
authorities as licenses are designed for rev
enue, and not to sanction or encourage crimes
and nuisances.
2. In consequence of the abuse of the priv
ilege, passes given to officers and soldiers are
hereby limited TO the time between guard
mounting IN the morning ard tattoo at night
When an officer or soldier wishes to remain
absent from his regiment, and stay in the city
! over night, he must obtain from his command
ing officer and bis Brigadier, special leave of
absence; specifying the reasons of his visit to
the city. 3st aae
All officers and soldiers found by the provost
guard in the city without passes, at any time,
or after 10 o'clock at night, without special
/ leave from their Brigadiers, will be arrested
and confined for tie night and sent in the
| morning to the guard of Col. McDowelps
brigade; soldiers, to work on the Notifications
one week, officers to be confined to their tents
in arrest. Written liets, with charges, should
accompany each batch Of prisoners thus ar
rested, and sent With them TO the fort. It Is
hereby made theduty of the brigade command
er Of the ID brigade 5th division, TO organize
his guard so as TO compel 81 prisoners confined
under this order, as we'll as such IS are, or
may be sentenced to work by regimental or
general courts MARTIAL to labor nine hours
each day on the Notifications; he will cause
! his guard house to be carefully repaired and
reconstructed, so rs to enable the officer of his
| guard to confne prisoners safely srd 10 con-
troll their food Prisoners who will not work
are not entitled to rations, and must be put on
| short diet. sarL
3 The regiment of infantry on duty 81
Provost Guard in the city, ard the cavalry
detailed for the same purpose, are hereby de-
clared TO be on guard duty during the time OF
/ their detail, and are subject to the conditions
| Of the 46th article of war. BY order of .E
| Major General W. I. SHERMAN.
b. HAMMOND, A. A. Gen.