Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-07-14

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! . M. y, H., of Richmond, Virginia.
:. q o'arence-terrace, Regents Park
l. London, June 1.
! GEN. LEES ORDERS
. part OF the history of the present t;mas
we publish the following orders of f.anora, -
6 "nicn renect as much credit upon him as a ma,
8 ana General as the brilliant victories ,rh;o,
I, crown his arms in the field
HEAD'oRs. ARMY NORTHERN ".
General Crders June 21st, 1868.
ej 10 ~ cno enemy>s country, the following
regulations for procuring supplies will he strcts
y observed, and any violation of them nromntIv
ana vigorously punished.
Il L. No private property shall be ipinred mr. de-
stroyed by any person belonging to or connac. 1s
Gu WIN tne army, or taken, except by the off.
GERS hereinafter designated.
II. Ine chiefs of the Commissary Onarter
master, Ordnance and Medical Departmenfs o,.
tlie army VIII make acquisitions upon the local
lu'norltles or inhabitants for the necessary sup
piies Ior ther respective departments, designa-
ting the places and time of delivery. All mar.
sons complying with such acquisitions shall be
pald the market price for the articles furnished
II they 80 desire, and the officer making such
payment shall take duplicate receipts for the
same, specifying the name of the persen paid.
@ nu sle qeantlty, klnd and price of the property,
one Oh winch receipts shall be at once forwarded
10 the Chief of the Department to which such Of
icer is attached.
ILL., Should the authorities or inhabitants
neglect or refuse to comply with such reouisi-
tlons, the supplies required will be taken from
the nearest inhabitants so refusing, by the order
and under the directions of the respective Chiefs
OF the Departments named
B 1f. When any command is detached from the
main body, the Chiefs Of the several depart
ments OF such command will procure supplies
TOT the same; and such other stores as they may
DC ordereo to provide in the manner and subject
70 the provisions herein prescribed, reporting
tnelr action to the heads Of the several depart
ments, to whom they Will forward duplicates of
all vouchers given received.
V. All persons who shall decline to receive
payment for property furnished on requisitions.
and all from whom 1t shall be necessary to take
stores or supplies, shall be furnished by the Off
Ger on taking the same with receipt specifying
the kind and quantity of the property received,
or taken as the case may be, the name of the
person from whom it was received or taken. the
command for the use of which it is intended
and the market price. duplicate of said re-
celpt shall be at once forwarded to the Chief of
the Department to which the officer by whom it
is executed is attached
VI. Ii any person shall remove or conceal
property necessary for the use of the army or
attempt to do so, the officers hereinbefore men,
toned will cause such property, and all other
property belonging to such person that be re-
qulred by the army, to be seized and the officer
seizing the same will forthwith report to the
Chief of this Department the kind, quantity and
market price of the property so seized, and the
name of the owner.
BY command of
GENERAL r. E. LEE.
&. ii. Chiffon, A. A. General
HEADo'Rs ARMY NORTHERN VA.,l
CHANBERsBURa, Pa, June n, 1863.
General Orders,
No. 73.
The Commanding General has observed with
marked satisfaction the conduct of the troops on
the march, and confidently anticipates results
commensurate with the high spirit they have
manifested.
No troops could have displayed greater forti-
tude or better perform the arduous marches of
the past ten days.
Their conduct in other respects has, with few
exceptions, been in keeping with their character
as soldiers, and entities them to appreciation and
praise.
There have, however, been instances of for
getfulness On the part of some that they have in
keeping the yet unsullied reputation of this Ar
my, and that the duties exacted of us by civil-
cation and Christianity, are not less obligatory
in the country of the enemy than in our own.
The Commanding General considers that no
greater disgrace could befall the Army, and
through it, our whole people. than the perpetra-
tion OF the barbarous outrages upon the unarnl-
ed and defenceless, and the wanton destruction
of private property, that have marked the course
OF the enemy in our own country.
Such proceedings not only degrade the perpe-
trators and all connected with them, but are sub
versve of the discipline and efficiency of the Ar
my, and destructive of the ends of our present
1t must be remembered that we make war on
ly upon armed men, and that we cannot take
vengeance for the wrongs our people have suf-
fered without lowering ourselves in the eyes of
all whose adherence has been excited by the
atrocities of our enemies, and offending against
Him to whom vengeance belongeth, without
whose favor and support our efforts must all
prove in vain.
The Commanding General therefore earnestly
exhorts the troops to abstain, with most scrupu-
lous care, from unnecessary or wanton injury to
private property, and he enjoius upon all officers
to arrest and bring to summary punishment all
who shall in any way offend against the orders
on this subject.
r. E. LEE,
General.