The Placer herald., 1863-09-05
.v,. PROCLAMATION TO HIS TROOPS

- ,rr,s PROCLAMATION TO HIS TROOPS
HEADQUARTERS ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
June 2l, 1868.
GENERAL ORDER No. u.
Willie in the enemy country the following regu
,,,;on for procuring supplies will he strict tly OBJ
aurod n.o and any violation of them promptly and
No |. No private property shall he injured or
destroyed by any person belonging to or connect
sd with the army, or taken, except by the officers
hereinafter designated.
No. 2. The Chiefs Of the Commissary. Quarter.
master Ordnance and Medical Departments of the
army will make rcquisitons upon the local au-
thortes inhabitants for the necessary supplies
for their respective departments, designating the
places and times Of delivery. All persons COM
plying with such requsitiOns shall he paid the
market price tor the articles furnished. if they so
desire an. the officer making such payment shall
take duplicate receipts for the same, specifying
the name of the person paid, and quantity, kind
AMI price OF the property one of which receipts
shall be at once forwarded TO the chief of the de-
partment 10 VIII ch the said officer is attached
No. 3. Should the authorities or inhabitants
neglect or refuse to comply with such requisitions,
the supplies required will be taken from the near
est inhabitants refusing, by the order and under
the directions of the respective Chiefs OF the De-
partments named.
No. 4. When any command is detached from
the WtIU uOuy. tue CuleIS Oh tne several DPDarJ-
mcnts of such command will procure supplies for
the same and such other stores as they may be
ordered to provide, in the manner and ulject to
the provisions herein prescribed, reporting their
notion to the Heads of their respective Depart
ments, to which they will forward duplicates of
all vouchers given or received.
No. S. All persons who shall decline to receive
payment for property furnished on requsitons
and all from whom it shall lie necessary to take
stores supplies, shall be furnished by the officer
receiving or taking the same with II receipt speci-
flying the kind and quantity of the property re.
ceived 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 was intended
and the market price. \ duplicate OF said re.
ceipt shall be at once forwarded 10 the chief Of
the department to which the officer by whom it is
executed is attached.
No. 6. If amy person shall remove or conceal
property necessary for the of the army or at
tempt to do 90, the officers hereinhelOre mention
ed will cause such property, and all other proper
ty belonging 10 such person that may be required
by the army to be seized and the officer se;zng
the same shall forthwith report to the chiel 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. ii. Chiffon, A. A, aud C.
Lieut. Gen. r. S. EwELL, commanding Second
Army Corps.
CARLISLE, Pa. July l. 3 NJ.
The following speaks lor itself 1t was address
ed 10 the troops:
Head Quarters .Army of Northern Pirginia,
Chambefs6urg, Pa. June 27, 1863.
GENERAL ORDER No. 73.
The Commanding General has observed with
marked satisfaction the conduct of the troops on
the march. and confidently anticipates results com
mensurae with the high spirit they have mani
toI No frOOns cOull hIvn 6iSnll we'd prp for
foritude or better performed the arduous marches
of the past ten days. Their conduct in other re-
epects has with few exceptions been in keeping
with their character rs soldiers, and entities them
to appreciation and praise
There have however, been instances Of forget
fulness, Oh the part Of some, that they have in
keeping the yet unsullie' reputation Of the army,
and that the duties exacted Of us by civilization
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 bcfill the army. and
through it our whole people. than the perpera-
ton OF the btrbarous outragcs upon the innocent
and dcfenceless, and the wanton destruction of
private property, that have marked the course OF
the enemy in our own country. Such proceed
ings not only disgrace the perpetrators and all
connected with them, but are subversve Of the
discipline and efficiency CT the army and destruc-
tive of the ends of our present movement. 1t
must be remembered that we make war only upon
armed men and that we cannot take vengeance
for the wrongs our people have suffered without
lowering ourselves in the eyes Of all whose ABB
horence has been excited by the atrocities of our
enemy. and offending against Him to whom ven
geance belongeth. without whose favor and sup
port onr efforts must all prove in vain.
The commanding general therefore earnestly
exhorts the troops to abstain with most scrupu-
lous care from unnecessary or want0n injury to
private property; and he enjOins upon all officers
to arrest and bring 10 summary punishment all
who shall in amy way offend against the orders on
this subject. K. Il. LEE, General.