Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-28

The following order, which. has hitherto es-
capped our attention, should be put ein force in
every military department. Of fhs country

The following order, which. has hitherto es-
capped our attention, should be put in forcs in
every military department. Of ths country
SPECIAL oRDER-No. II5.
HEADQuARTERs DFPARrMESr OF HEsRIco,
RIcHMoSD, FA.s August !, ls62. 5
III The obtaining of substitutes through the
medium Of agents is strictly forbidden. When
such agents are employed, the principal, the sub
stitute and the ageRt viii DO impressed into the
military service, aud the money paid for the sub
stitute, and IS 8 reward to the agsnt, viii be
! conhscsted 10 the government. The offender
viii also be subjected to such other punishment
as may De imposed by a court martial
BY order Of B.igadier General John H. Win
der, commanding department, etc.
J. r. PAGE,
Assistant Adjutant General
The abuses into which this brokerage system
has run, are succinctly set forth and illustrated
by a correspondent Of the Savannah Republican,
writing from Calhoun, Georgia, where an en-
campment Of conscnpts is located. The writer
says:
The good people Of this town. lacking diver
sity Of material 20 speculate upon, have eonceu-
trased their wits upon new mode Of 'raising
the wind " far ahead Of anything which the low
country man of shifts and turns has conceived.
This is nothing more nor less than a traffic in
white human hesh-a biood-mouey speculation.
Ia other words. there is sn organized system Of
buying and selling substitutes here a system
which excludes all outside competition, because
none but substitutes furnished by the cOmbina-
ton here, stand any chance Of reception by the
examining surgeon. as | understand If, the
heodRs operaRd5 OF this delectsble tffiac is; to
send out agents who search the surrounding
country tor men whose necessities or inclnatons
lead them TO choose service in the army, though
over the aga Of thigty-tiY and persuade them
10 accept substitutes place ct from FIVE hum
6Ten to one thousand dollars as circumstances
may determine. The men arc engaged by these
parIies-somatlmes paid part ct the money II
advance, probably, and bound TO respond to
such calls as may be made upon them. Mean
tims, the blood-speculstors watch closely every
train that arrives al Calhoun frsfghted with con-
scripts, and are careful to worm themselves into
the confidence Of any anxious devil who either
has with him, or hopes to get, substitute. II
the substitute has been brought along, and is not
- be made subsidiary to the prods Of theso par
Nes they sTe content TO await his rejection By
the examining surge0n-aS they know he viii
he-when they kindly step forward and prefer
their services 50 the disappointed and embaTgass-
ed principal, to ges him q man who Will be re-
csived Their pToteststious Of disinterestednsss
Lttty y L-1A - - uL-AtA0bo-4 AAAt
the poor man whose family necessities impel
him 10 offer fer 2 substitute, receives sometimes
third, sometimes half Of the amount they
demand for him-whieh IS rarely Under $500,
aud frequently over s. 000i
Such Is 8 brief outline OF the system Of spec
ulstiou in substitutes which prevails at this time
in the town Of Calhoun. Major Danwoody and
some Of his gentl@msaly assistants ere not un-
conscious Of this dsgraceful traffic, but they are
powerless to prevent it. Oaght not Congress TO
act in the matter