Daily national Republican., 1863-10-06
LOCAL NEWS


orders ba'r Of aisGes Patrick htsks an a6Ioer o.
a march cannot psck . ferce Of Asss on ~ hsek-A
proposed ieaimontai 10 Gen. PsfrieA sSd CSpf bSek
trih-A Sufers' AssorSsiioa yoy1s,S-A eon~aise sp
Toinied-Ihe sUfsrs pledge Meseitss 10 aofss ~ ~
acts Of the cemmiHee-A bsska Of eAs~psg~e, snd a
hreiy time gcstrs1y :. An .d,euisea mesIns o.
Army sutIers was held last night, o. the Metro.
rolitan Hotel. w. A. Jones, OF the eth Artillery,
was called 10 ths chair, and @. $. kilton, OF the
sist Pennsylvania, was requested to act as seere
tary. o.
\. Mr.. Jones, a. chairman Of committee Of three
appointed by former meeting 10 walt on General
Meade and ascertain what arrangements could be
madc TO dispense with cavalry escorts (as all the
cavalry was needed At the front) by granting the
light Of way yer the Orange Alexandria railroad
10 suffers for transportation, made q report. The
committee had waited on Gen. hlcade with papers
setting forth the desires oi the suffers Gen. Meade
made the following Endorsement on those papers
Respectfully returned TO the Provost Marsh !
yisemcnt the furnishing, IL prsctieable, railroad
transportation to resimsaial .utlsrs. The neees:
The road are obstacles VIII eh can only Be overcome
by dcRuipe what articles aud amounts can reason
ably be brought over the road 20 soon as any
will he advised Though the usual oiclal channels
"By command Of Mai. Gen. mc.de.
as WILLIAMS, Asst Adj't Gen."
On the 2sth Of September, Gen. Meade made the
following nddcnda TO the above indorsemcnt;
"slnce the foregoing was written II has been as.
certaincd that train Of fourteen cars, having
capacity OF about ii2 tpi.s. can weekly b applo-
and Will bc 80 set aside 1.-THE Provost Marshal Gen.
eral, upon consultation with the sut,trs, Gan de-
versy sn tie pss s od ne sstier ssd secure ,se
prompt loading and unloading q !he trains. The
Commanding General desires that the suffers b. be
required to Bring out the stores most needed for
as WiLLIAas, assistant Adjutant General"
MIR. Jones reported further that the committee
had had various conve sations with Gen. Patrick
and Capt. Bcckwith, and also with Col. Dcvereaux,
military supciintendsnt Of the Oranss and Alex.
andria railroad, and the committee had been as
suted 40 Gen. Meadss order implies, that the sut-
ieis can get everything they need II they will only
agree smopg themselves and aot fair and square.
Col. Deveseaux says no 10 furnishing six cars .
day. or forty.two cars per week, for tho transpor.
tation by agents OF supplies ordered by ofhcefs,
and that he has cars sufhcient to transport any
amount NJ goods, except In such tlaes ~ wo had
acoupie OF weeks ago. Then nothing can be fur
nished. Now we have 10 o"me to some conclusion.
II 10 with ourselves.
During the making Of this verbal report by Mr..
Jones, a continual cross questioning was kept up,
and sort OF conversational debate with regard to
the amount Of goods each could carry, how long 10
would be before each suffers turn would come,
whether agents would bc recognized, and how
much room each would have In oar. All these
questions were At last ssisfactorly answered, and
Mr.. Oscar King, Of the ist Minnesota, moved that
Gen. nIeade's proposition be accepted, and that
four su,lers he ALLOW ed to car, and committee
OF three be appointed 10 make the necessary ar
rangements.
Mr.. French, Of the Ath hlaine. was opposed to
the resolution, and entered into explanstion OF
the time It would take for each to get something
into the army.
Mr.. skiitop, otthe sist Pennsy yianis would rather
. car assigned 70 eight or ten men. Col. Dcve-
Ieaux now furnishes six cars per day. II he can
put four more on, making ten cars per day, or 60
eommodAtion for eighty suthrs day, st that rate
we can all get our goods out there, and get some
Of the money before II WAS all spent. g ,a fr.f +
Mr.. Jones remembered that General Patrick said
there were two hundred and foity resinentsl cut
iers in the army. Mr. Jones continued: We will
have to be restricted BY General Patrick otherwise
we will sct moan. He was at General Pstrick's
headquarters the other day, and he saw where one
mans papers were several inches, and Included
only such goods ~ had bern ordered by oficers.
General Patrick declined 10 sisn II, remsrkips that
he did not Think oicer could In case Of march,
pack more than tierce Of hams on his back. Mr..
Jones said he te id II these men got through such
quantities II the sutlcrs would .ct together.
A Sutler-I saw several car loads OF liquor going
10 Corcoran's brigade the other day. These men
wanted, a. man who would sign ior one barrel
would sign for hundred. For bimsclf he was de-
lighted to get the privilege Of carrying two half
cases. He bclongc to the fifth corps r
Another sutier-Tho other day s"me suffers
agent applied, with papers, 10 Gen. Patrick, and
had orders for barrel Of ale for each oicer In the
regiment, including secopd licutenants. Laugh.
teri
After a lengthy deba G, Mr.. French, 1.-THE Fourth
Maine, moved that = committee Of three be ap-
pointed to make all ncedful n gulations, and that
each sutlcr present he bound by the action Of the
committee, 0hsieprr may be.
The motion was adopted and the following suit
lers were appointed said committee W. A. Joues,
Fourth artillery; George French, Fourth Maine,
and oscar King, First Minnesota.
j. II. Cushasn, Of the Fourth Vermont, thcn
offered the following preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Whrreas, Ia the estimation Of this meeting the
Suffers Department Of the Army has come to be
an in,titution Of settled Importance 70 the army
service and Of an importance demanding well
regulated, Just and thorough appreciation of the
iishts and Obligations due fron Us 70 our Govern
we'll Tor The protsoton Of the service as to protect
ourselves from unjust abuses and iupositions.
AND shervas, Also, the suslers' Dspsr,msa' squals
izei, fully-protected and fostertd departments
connected with the army; and inasmuoh - the
he Potomso has greatly retarded their obtaining
the privileges and protection which we believe our
meat would willingly grant to US II our de-
mAnds were made through . reliable and Iespon-
,sibie o, gNnizAtion Therefore,
Resolved, 4. That the suffers Of the Army OF the
Potomac will form themselves into an association
ior carrying out the objects SGT forth In tho fore
going preamble and for our mutual prote otion and
.. Thai In order to form such an association the
chairman of this meeting is hereby instructed to
appoint committee Of three, who shAll select and
report to this meeting Immediately, oonmittee
of live regularly constituted sutlers, whose duty It
shall be TO draft plan Of organization, with such
rules aud regulations they deem proper, and re-
mort the same to meeting Of suffers AZ such time
and place a. this meeting shall deiermine.
The following were appointed the committee oi
thee Mai. Widen, ID infantry; Oscar King, ist
Minnesota; and tharies Stevens, 9TH Ohio; who
appointed the following committee Of five: j. II.
Cushman, Ath Vermont; G. T. French, Ath Maine
=. Hoas land, Ath Michigan; W. H. Brown, ist New
Jersey; and @ D. Skiiton, 8ist Pennsylvania.
paper was drawn up setting forth that, inas,
much AZ Gen. Patrick and Capt. Beckwith were
about to rcsign, II was proper that tho suffers
present them with htting testimonial OF their
esteem. A large amount was at once subscribed,
but a. some sutier suggeated that a. II was not
certain that Gen. PAtrick's rcsignation would be
accepted, It could not be proper for the tessimo,