, 1863-12-04
Qbifo9o Qribnue.


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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1888.
The Police Service OF tic army OF the
/ Cumberland.
cHc1HsAT1, Ohio, Nov. 81. 1863.
| Editors Chicago Tribune:
Ihe prominent newspapers Of the country
having published charges against the police
service of the Army Of the Cumberland, and
! defarnatory to myself, all Of which appear to
have originated in the Washington ID. C.)
CA'onioe, request you to publish the follow
ing reply. :
Very respectfully, wM. TauEsoA1L-
| CINCINNATI, Ohio, nov IS, 1853.
To the Editor Of the Washington Chronicle:
SIR: Upon my arrival in this city from
| Chattanooga, few days since, my attention
Wcs called to an article In your paper con-.
] ceTning myself and the Detective Police of tho
[ Army Of the Cumberland. a temporary but
| severe Illness LAS delayed my reply until this
| time; four article appeared on the 9th Of
october, three days after the public announce
mcnt OF the removal Of Maj. Gen. Rosecruns.
In Jour paper Of October 30tt, now before
me, you remark, In reply to the indignant ar-
ticles of the Cincinnati Gazesxe, the Louisyilie
"Our account Of the secret police arrange
mcnts Of the army has been copied all over
the country, and, although the Chronicle Is
called BY many harsh adjectives for publish
ing it, none Of Gen. Rosccrans' friends have
been bold enough to deny Its truth" I,
it1h f1 h's earliest moment proceed to deny its
To come to the points raised in -FOUR arti,
Gle: fou first give an imaginative account Of
my acts In Mississippi, under Gems. Pope,
Rosecrans and Grant Your charges Viii
not repeat, put win proceed briefly to their
PERIOD was for short time connected with
urn OF cotton purchasers which firm ope-
rafed openly md honorably, upon precisely
the sumo terms rs Others
Your statement that used the ssArny Po-
sny VIC aa d ii 1e eGton Or to taae
take; and your charge that Il enjoyed or used !
any exclusive privilege to purchase or to
bring in cotton at the expense Of the Govern
If Imsnt, III: Is an utter fabrication. Your intima
and fostering brigade Of cotton thieyes,H
leave You to reconcile with the public ap-
probation Of the honesty, the wisdom and
shrcwdnefs Of that officer. And your state
mcnt, in concluding your Imaginative epi-
ssole, that .so satisfied was Gen. Grant that
thc "hoio M affair was great abuse, that he
turned the whole OF the operators out Of the
army" leads to most false impression; for
It Was not until some time after my leaving
his department that his restrictions wers
plaeed upon trade.
Having thus introduced myself Won pro-
ccrd in tho following animated style: ~
Truesdan would probably hare found bis ':occif.
patton :one' Ind not General Rosccrans abons this
The .chler' no sooner hesrd Of this than be hIci
stated of e ars ns pai P'enRy %fycn rs1 ie
army or me Cn:nber9and arrived nt Nashville.
.coon: + Trgesdail took ho9se at the c:rler of
suspect. profitable business fora few weeIss IL
that TING LIS force w3s fully Organized and Ills nm-
sSn oass o%nsd S 2o ms sssSa ~ @ se
his own headquarters be took The elegant msnsIon
q Dr Jennings located at the corner OF High md
nd the ehef
These several errors will very briefly cor. /
rect. was Invited by General Rosccr1us to |
join linn upon his assuming the command Of |
the Arpy Of the .!Cumhsrland. I s.took'' no |
general furnished quarters In the then empty
Zollicofcr house. For private room In the
Dr.. Jcunings' house, hired Of its inmates for
aperiod Of three weeks, and. by them freely
offered to me whcu was quite i'll, paid i
liberal price. You continue:
His derives had found their way Into maur nr;.
loyal and lis1oyA citizens, was often insni,in~ in
in manner perions to lie and im6 .na esIgss5
themselves oiensIvcly that earnest re,onst1ancss
were addressed to Gov. johnson, who himself ap-
checked. The General replied that the Gove9nor
mast apply directly to Gen. Truesdaf1 for redress;
nn, az n had lGn ss9 sese to
that neither his ncts nor those Of his agents were
to be questioned.
answer, the policemen, scouts, cte., rode
fast when they had business. They thus rode |
through the darkness Of night, and amidst |
storm and danger, while their detractors
were costly in bed no doubt. The employees
were Instructed to be courteous to NIL. Tnat |
complaints against the policemen were not
listened TO, is: charge that Governor. John
zen Of Nashville, conyersant with police af-
fairs, believe You continue: eEEaT=
Ere long, and }sithont the issuing Of any order,
the chief demanded and s1ezed all the Confederate
vile. The right Of thc Chief Of polieo 10 do this
was questioned by Gov johnson, who addressed |
Mr.; TFuesdail upon the subject, but received no
ncu contemplated a seizure Of the banks them
sclrcs and containing them under his own snper-
vision. his JUDGE ad To:ae' counssltns him there
his purpose to the Secretary Of State, Mr. East
WHO gave him piece Of his mind Of suca
abandoned that speculation. However, be eonsol- @
cd himself soon afterwards by inausaratins eys-
ten OF conaseation, which hc successfully carried
on Tor noaths.
der from the Genernl Commanding, and his
:'ction was subsequently sustained by the au-
tEoriNcs at Washington. Gov. johnson never
addressed me upon that subject. The seizing
tAc Nashville banks was never contemplated,
but inquiries were made, by military dircc-
tion, rs to their issuing new money, in such |
unquct times, and when it was notorious that
they lsad no deposits IN their vaults Timthas
since justified that precautionary step-the |
bank Issues Of Nashville, then five per cent.
above grecnbacks, is now at forty cents dis
Subject TIC % police % made no % con1iscatonsm ss ia m
they seized goods upon orders of their
eul'crior-ihc Provost Marshal General
in all cases ordered con1scation after exam
ing..the parties or evidence.
To continue:
He was also invested with authority to sirepas-
ses, which power was withheld from Ill legitimate
commanders. He seized goods, arrested whom
he would, on charge q treason tried them IN
prison, ard condscated their property.
issncd passes only TO the policemen, and
to the scouts. To enable nc to do SO ut all
hours the Provost Marshal General furnished
me with passes signed in blink; I was re-
sponsiblc to him for them. Where knew
good men, and worthy objects, recommend
ed the giving Of pusscs, Is did Gov. johnson
and other Union men. The widest charge Of |
all your article, Mr. Editor, is involved ii the
last sentence Of the above quotation. That
llISu AuA BELL ~ pI1spu C4llLc41S |
son 4 charge Of trcason,'' Of my own au-
thority and direction, is utterly false. In
most cases the traitors of Tennessee were ar
rested upon charges made By Union citizens.
They were examined, the evidence submitted
to the General commanding, and upon hfs
express order were they imprisoned, their
conflseated, &c.
Your multitude Of assertions, that now
became "Geacral Trnesdai1,' In q bluster Of
and that "some officers openly
charged Trnesdail with dishonesty, and Rose
Grams with participating in it, Sc, &c.' may
pass for their current value. They are not
worth denial Nor will pause to explain
your 1nisstatencn1s concerning Capt. Temple
Clark. Ton complain Of tsfavoritfsm and
partiality being shown in the police records
of the army book in question. For tho first
time, yon arc here correct. The author Of
that work has shown f,art;elity In passing By
cases offrauds and corruption detected In our
army, from a generous impulse to save the
patriotic heart Of fond friends at home. You
say:
But what VIC complain Of In .' Tho Annals'' is
that fnyoritisln and partiafi!y In the selections
from the police rccosds- It becomes orr duty, as
it happens to be In our power, to describe other |
dofnEs Of this great organization. Soon 1iter !
Chiet TIuesdal tr-t moved into Zoliicofer's house
negro appeared At the Office Of Governor John |
eon, representing that he had run Ayay from his |
master, and had brought with him horse va1ned !
at LOO. The Governor ordered him to hand the !
horse ovcr 10 the Quatte:nlastef, who would re-