The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-29


Removal OF Gen. Rosecrans A.rhe
Army Police Department.
The following is among the special
Washington dispatches TO the New York
Times:
WARRINGTON, Thursday, Oct. %.
Among the causes Of dissatisfa faction
nos alleged against Gen. RosScrans was
his connection with, and persistent adj
herence TO, and support of his so-called
Chief Of Army Police, a person expelled
from Gen. Grants army for using the
cavalry and the wagons Of Government
10 obtain cotton, instead of bringing in
subsistence or guerrillas, as it was bis
official duty and profsssed anxiety TO do
Firmly established under Rosecrans, he,
among other things, demanded all the
Confederate money in the banks and ex-
change Offices at Nashville, and then in
stituted and carried on an extended and
remorseless system Of conliscation, do
structive often to UniOnists, and proiita-
BILE never TO the public Treasury. Ho
obtained and exercised for his personal
profit the exclusive right TO grant passes
TO 60 through our lines, seized goods and
arrested their owners on charges of trea-
son, tried them in a court OF his own,
convicted them and sent them to the AL
ton Penitentiary, and finally arrogated
to himself the business and got the prOlts
Of carrying the mails and transpoI ting
soldiers.
Gov JOhnson's pressing And repeated
onstrances against this man did not
move Gen. Rosecrans. Complaints of
army officers were Of no avail. 1t be-
came by-word that this person was
Commander in-chief Gov ohnson come
TO Washington to procure relief by effect
ing his expulsion from the army. But,
supported aud protected by Rosecrans,
tim Chief of Police kept his place and
detied the world. His connection with
this man subjected Rosecrans TO most
damaging suspicious, weakened his influ.
cnce, and finally became the element of
the misfortune which has oyertaken him.
How far the N. Y, Times may be cor
rect in its statement that General Rose
crans's "persistent adherence to, and
support Of his so-called Chief Of Army
POLICE had much to do with his removal
we know not but tho universal detesta-
ton Of Che Army Police organization,
which is reproduction of the Spanish
Inquisition in many of its features, is a
fact not to be disputed. We have the
highest authority for saying that not only
the loyal citizens and soldiers, almost
without exception, but nearly all the
leading officers in the Army of the Cum
berland, have for long time been anxious
to have that misohiovous organization
abolished. The main statements of the
Times are strong but not exaggerated.
Even after the appointment Of regular
Custom House officer at this Port we are
officially informed that agents of the
Army Police attempted to collect revenue
and grant permits. This insOlent at
tempt was promptly stopped in several
instances which came 10 the knowledge
of the Surveyor The interference Of
this secret organization extended into
every branch of business, and its favor
ties became the monopolists of every
species of merchandise, from sending
immense quantities of groceries and
merchandise beyond our trade lines, TO
selling newspapers in the army. Many
crippled soldiers who had for months
been earning an honest piltance in the
camp by buying few newspapers in this
city, and retailing them in the army, had
their bundles seized and destroyed by
this Army Police, which arrogated to
itself the exclusive right to vend news
papers TO some sixty thousand or seventy
thousand soldiers. That this newspaper
monopoly was good thing may be in
terred when we state on the authority Of
a gentleman who was sending newspapers
to the front that the profits of the mo-
nOpolist ranged from one hundred TO
one hundred and fifty dollars per
day Thus a few dozen Of disabled
soldiers were denied the privilege of
employing their leisure hours in
selling newspapers, in order that two or
three mOnopolists might pocket about
one thousand dollars month clear pro-
fit. The United States Marshal had an
incessant fight for months with the Army
Police which claimed the right to seize,
libel, adjudicAte, and confscate whatever
property their secret inquisiliOn might
decide TO be "rebel property The
Louisville Journal, whose senior editor
was largely engaged in shipping and sell
ling goods at the front, as we'll as inter-
osted in corn contracts, as might ma
turAlly have been expected, took up the
case of the sO-called Colonel Truesdail
and pronounced it al right but with
this exception the "Chief of the Army
Police +" Jared no better than he did at
the hands Of General Grant in whose
department he formerly figured tits deep
ly to be regretted that such an organiza-
tiOn ever was established in the Army
of the Cumberland, and We doubt not
that General Grant willpromply abolish
it, We doubt not that some good men
were employed in Il to give it an appear
anee OF fairness, but they were never
suffered to go "behind the scenes" AS
an organization it was utterly odiOus
and detestable, aud loyal men in this
department win rejoice to hear of its