The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-20

giving them reasonable wages for their
labor
Third That, as to both property and
persons Of African descent, accounts
shall be kept sufficiently accurate and in
detail TO show quantities and amounts,
and from whom both property and such
persons shall have come, as a basis upon
which compensation can be made In pro-
per cases; and the several departments
OF this Government shall attend 10 and
perform their appropriate parts towards
the execution OF these orders.
BY order Of the President
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
No official copy Of this order has been
received at these headquarters, and the
General commanding has for this reason
delayed the issuing Of general order TO
carry into effect the views and directions
Of the President Some recent occur
rences in this army have, however, shown
that It has become necessary TO do so, to
prevent this executive order being made
protext for military license
The order Of the President accords so
substantially with the course so uniform
~ pursued by this army on this peninsula,
under the orders and instructions of the
General commanding, that no material
change in any respect is required thereby
in its conduct and government
Personal property necessary or conve-
nient for supplies or other military pur-
poses of this army will be, as heretofore,
seized and used by the proper quarter
masters or subsistence officers, upon the
orders Of commanders of army corps; or.
in case of troops employed on detached
service, where army corps commanders
are not accessible, by order of the officer
in command of such detached force.
Ia all cases he officers thus making
the seizures shall take an account show
ing the kind and qualities of propertv
seized, and by whose command; the
amounts of its estimated value, and the
names Of the persons from whom the
same shall have come. Whenever cir
cumstances admit of so doing, receipts
will he given to the owners or their
agents, specifying simply the particulars
above mentioned, Copies Of all such ac-
counts and receipts will be transmitted
in the usual manner, by the officers maxi
ing them, 10 these headquarters
All officers and soldiers of this army
are enjoined and ordered to abstain from
all seizures Of private property except in
the mode above prescribed; all other
appropriations will be regarded and pun
ished as pillage. The idea that private
property may be plundered with impuni-
ty is, perhaps, the very worst that can
can pervade an army. Maraudipo
degradss as men and demoralizes as
soldiers all who engage in il, and returns
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the pursuits
OF honest industry. This army is com
posed mostly of young men; and the
General Commanding, 20 whose care thew
are entrusted, owes it to the parents who
have sent their sons and TO the communi.
ties that have sent the flower of their
youth into the military service Of their
country, TO warn and restrain them from
an evil so pernicious.
The order Of the President requires tbe
application Of a similar rule ia The use of
real property. This, however, does NOT
apply to such uses as are inseparable
from military operatiOns-tO wit march
es, camps, pasturage, hospitals, depots
quarters and damages occasioned bV ac-
tive hosiilities; but no use should be
made or injury done to real property be-
yond what is actually necessary or con-
ycnient for military purposes.
The destruction Of any species of pro-
perty in wantonness or malice is EXPRESS.
iy prohibited by the Presidents order
as well as by the Articles Of War and tbe
usages OF civilized nations. An COM
handing officers arc earnestly enioined
10 exercise the utmost vigilance on tbis
subject Struggling and trespassinp are
the invariable indications Of a tendencv
TO this description Of crime.
Inhabitants especially women and
children, remaining peaceably at their
homes, must not be molesled; and wber-
ever commanding officers find families
peculiarly exposed in their persons or
property TO marauding from this army
they WILL as heretofore, so far as tbev
can do so with safety and without detri-
ment to the service, post guards for their
protection.
In protecting private property. no
reference is intended 20 persons held
in service or labor by reason Of AL.
rican descent Such persons will be
regarded by this army as they here.
toiore have been, as occupying sim.
ply peculiar legal status under
State laws, which condition the military
authorities Of the United States are nj
required TO regard at all in districts
where military operations are made me-
cessary by the rebelliOus action of tbe
State Governments.
Persons subject to suspicion Of hostile
purposes, residing or being near our
forces viii be, as heretofore, subject 10
arrest and detention until the cause or
necessity is removed. An such arrested
parties will be sent as usual, to the Pro-
vost Marshal General, with a statement
OF The facts in such case
The General Commanding takes this
occasion 10 remind the officers and sol-
diers Of this army that we are engaged
in supporting the Constitution aud laws
Of The United States, and in supprossing
rebellion against their authority that we
are not engaged In war Of raaina, re-
yenge on subiugatlon; that this Is not a
contest against populations, but against
armed forces and political organizations:
that IL Is struggle carried on within The
United States, aud should be conducted
by as upon the highest principles known