The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-28
Grovvj from the Rebel Army.
We take the following from the jackson
Grenade, Memphis Appeal Of the Sd inst:
IN CAMP, NEAR GRESADA,l

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PUBLIC ABUSES.
In CAMP, NEAR GRESADAl
5'N 'sa Jan. 20, 1868.
Editors appeal: fdesire, for one, to iudcs.s
the article that appeared in your Issue of yester'
day, on the abuses that are growing out of the
army. do not know the writer, but he eI'
presses the sentiments of soldier and patriot
he tells the truth, too. There is vast army Of
Provost Marshals, and clerks and assistance,
and sinecures. say, like your correspondent,
let convalescent wounded officers and privates
fill their places. The intention of the laws is to
secure the services of the able-bodied men IN
the Confederacy, with the exception of certain
necessary exemptions right and proper, tas the
odious twenty negro exemption law has doubt
less been repealed ere this.) In most cases, the
Government has been swindled by tbs practice
Of substituting. can not regard substitute
as anything but a hireling-not freeman fight
ing for bis rights. We are constantly losing the
services Of some of our best soldiers by il, eaus-
ing discomfort among the remainder.
There lie multitude Of Quartermasters. What
there is about the position so desirable, I can't
imagine. l know our regiment went Tor months
with only five wagons, and the men are no. paid
yet. There is no end to Quartermasters. and
yet every time the army moves, vast quantities
Of stores, tents, blankets, clothing, &C., are lost
for want of transportation. I am plain man,
and will tell you my explanation of this scramble
for commissaries, quartermasters, comnandan.s
ofposts, provost marshals, ct id onni genus. II
means pay, and the fear of being in battle.
While am writing let me, say one word
about those sneaks that are at home, who belong
to the army or ought to. Ispeak BY the book
when telt you there is an army of them.
have been through the country after them. Tte
ahariq hay hoop L. l.
them and send them to camp They don't do
it, ana won't, if they can help IL. Cavalry is
Intellectual to run out these fellows Cavalry
have been sent all over the State, but they nave
not captured half Of them. Some reliable man
stationed in each county, whose exclusive duty
il would be to look after them, hunt them up,
give them no peace, day or night, will do mere
good than all the cavalry. am not alone IN
this opinion; intelligent men all over the cour-
try think with me. Cavalry may 70 to one
mans house-the fellow is not at home, Of cours
and, being strangers, they don't know .be
swamps and thickets, and have to 60 on.
hope the attention of the authorities WILDE
called to this matter. There are too many At
home. We want them out, and out they must
come. A vigorous enforcement of the conscrip'
law will wondrously help the feelings Of the
boys in camp. know it, for am with them,
and hear them talk. They know the state Of
things at home much better than you or /, oroaf
Generals, either. They know every individual;
they know the particulars of every defaulseI;
they talk about it and complain.
have exceeded my intended limits. Ny OBJ
ject was to indorse the article of your CORES.
pondent on Public Abuses. FILE.CL0SER.
A correspondent Of the Boston Transcript
states that an American gentleman, resident ID
Paris, having received copy of General Buffers
translated it and carried it to the editors OF the
Steele for publication. They expressed great
pleasure at receiving it, and promised thath
should appear in the next days paper. But the
next morning they notified this gentleman tha'
they had received an official iptimation not 70
publish anything favorable to Gep. Bntler,