Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-22
From the Detroit Advertiser.
The Abuses at headquarters IN the
District al UhiO.


The INITIATED citizen little knows the hagrant
abuses that prevail at Headquarters" 50 caliei.
throughout the army. At Nashville, Tennessee
these much marked. Col John +. Nil
Ter, of the 9th Oao volunteers, Is Comm Ier
oil the post at that place, and is dl>lne he'd
much more Tor his battles with the bottle than
with the enemy. A. ala instance CT the manner
in which things aie there done, rather not
done, take the follow ing:
The attack OF the Confederate forces at Muir
freesboro opened about O'Clock a. VI on the
llth of july. and the fung was heard At ash
vile thirty miles distant. The railroad between
these points was IA the hands of the de Jartment
and no bridge broken and reniorcements could
ard ou.ht To have been thrown INTO MurieeSiIuru
by O'Clock A. NJ. at the latest. Had this been
done. the enemy would have been repuse,. and
the detachment OF the Michigan 9th, as we'll as
the Minnesota 81. with Hewitt'S battery, would
not now have been III captivity. A II WAS the OF
hcia!~ did not get re'ni"rc.ng troops down to the
depot 1T Nashville ready To start until the next
Monday mOinlnsl BY this lime il VAS found
too laie to SEND them forward, ami the, did not
move
The part of his statement i, that mes
senserS Who lett Murreesb"IO OH tram depart
ing during the e.ry part OF the h-ht. on
Teichin. Nashville could bud no one at he ,d-
quarter to whom the straits OF the post At Muir
iree>burp could be communicated, or who WAS
authOtIzed To Orier troO : forward. until about
hale past nine clock at night. Had officers been
AT ihe.r posts (as IL seems To Us IN time of war
thel GU. ht always To be- tbs disaster would
never ha,e neialien this portion OF our ARMY
tot heHS theIe they should be court mirtia,e
A. il J.. however. these servants of the public
te ewing lar,e sti ,ries from the public tie t>ury,
cuI,de>ceud To give the Unltei States about tour
hours of their valuable time each day, anu alter
thel clO>e their Office doors aud disappear Into
bir rooin> and lOunSIng halls, and many INTO
even worse places thin these. out OF whicn they
can not be drigse Ell until ID O'Clock the next div
no matter hos urgent may be the Government
necessity.
Sick aud wounded soldiers returning home
unless arriving at Nashville beiw een the houss OF
ten III the morning ami -four Ia the afternoon must
wait until the next day. ana generally lose
twenty four hours bv the delay. as these high
b Ell official ari~tocr.ts will curse the sooier and
even inferior Ulcers, from their doors, it they
venture 10 intrude upon them IN their private
dwellings
An officer of the army bearing important dis
patches requiring immsaiate delivery, recently
reached Nashville about 10 o'clock IN the even
ing, but not until next morning at 10 o'clock
could they be delivered, although the bearer did
not GO 10 ted or celSe his efforts in endeavorng
Ia discover the representative OF Headquarters
during these tSel,e hours. This general alb
sence from office and deliberately cheating the
Go, eminent out of the time which is IL due. 30
far ms IL appears characterize nearly all the diff
Ient branches OF this department II there are
any exceptions to these charges. il will require
profound searching TO find them.
Tte~e facts. we'll known 10 all who have had
business with The army IN this district, who
have been otser, merely o. its daily eut of
affairs are a. We view them. not only disgrace
ful. but almost treaSoLably dis-raeelul To thnse
who stand the responsible head of the different
departments.
Justice 10 the Government requires. nay de
mands especially in the present disturbed and
distracted condition OF tins entire regloli.) that
some general order be issued at once. com cling
thOse cfficer. especially post headquarters. To ne
like the Court OF ChanreIy. cunt.nuaiiy open.
The superior officer should tie requrei 10 be IN
his office at least from : 4. NJ Ia b L NJ. allow
ing hour tor dinner, and to have representa-
tive constantly present during the rem 'nder of
the twenty four hours. and who can reach hls SUI
peror at any hour of the day night. II business
requires IL