Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-08-15
DISPAIEhES
FROM WASHINGTON.
FurlOughs for Ohio Soldiers--COl-
onel of the Ohio ColOred Beg
iment--Substitutes.
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A great reduction in the amount of
baggage Of officers has been made BY a
recent order from the War Department
Hereafter the headquarters Of an army
corps will be allowed but two wagons,
division or brigade one, field or staff Of
regiment every three one pack animal,
and every twelve company officers one
wagon. Every two staff officers not at
taehed, one pack animal, and every ten
such officers one wagon. Every sixteen
non-cOmmissiOned officers and privates one
pack animal, and every eighty non-cOm-
missioned officers and privates one wagon
or five animals.
All present excess Of baggage must be
brought to this schedule, and all excess of
transportation over and above will be i'm
mediately turned over to the ouartermas.
ter's Department.
No baggage whatsoever will be admit
ted upon commissary or supply trains.
Cavalry men will be prohibited from
carrying extra weight, and infantry will
be restricted to the amount Of baggage in
knspsaeks prescribed by the regulations.
In ordinary marches where supplies are
handy, the men will not be required to car
~ over two days rations, but where emer-
gencies require the amount may be in
creased to from eight to twelve days "a
tiOns, weighing nineteen pounds, and
twelve days ratiOns weighing twenty
three and half pounds.
By increasing ordinary meat rations
and lsvying contributions Of -four and
meat on country passed over; bread and
small ratiOns carried as above by soldiers
may be made to last twenty or twenty-five
days, and bread rations may be partially
dispensed with by substituting green corn.
It is recommended that all movable col
umns in the field should be furnished with
portable mills to grind grain procured in
in the country. These regulations 60 in
to effect at once, and are to be rigidly en-
forced by instructions from the Provost
Marshal General.
The names and descriptive lists of sll
substitutes who may have deserted, or
shall hereafter desert before being deliv-
cred to the commanding officer Of the camp
for drafted men, are to be forwarded To the
Office on the 18th, goth and last days Of
each month. aeTE
Boards of Enrolment, in forwarding
for the decision Of the State Department
claims for exemption from military serv-
ice on account Of sllenage, or to forward
also all the evidence that may be able to
secure to controvert the statement4f claim
ants.
Mr.. Perley, Medical Inspector General
U. s. A, has been allowed to resign, in the
face of the most serious charges that could
have been preferred against an officer Of
the Government. DR.. Joseph K. Barnes
has been appointed his successor, which
change occasions general rejoicing among
the medical profession in thearmy. Grea
Indignation is expressed that his many
direlictions, not to say rascslities, Wer'
not brought before the public through thi
hands of a military commission. Il VII
be remembered that one Of the charges
against DR.. Perley was that Of signing sol
diers' discharges in blank. There was am
| pie testimony to establish shat charge, q
least.
Professor Mccoy, whOFss besn in chsrg
of the cOlOred regiment forming at Della
ware, Ohio, has been appointed Colonel
that regiment.
Ohio officers who were sent hOmste brin
back cOnserips to the ar my have been Gao
granted twelve days leave Of absence I
visit their families at the solicitation q
Governor Tod, who is still here.
The application by General Rosecran
by letter and General Rousseau in persol
for raising cavalry and mounted infsn
Try force to operate against guerrillas i
favored in Government circles.
Senators Harris and COwan, Genera
MOrehsad, and Colonel FOrney, with 9th
ers, waited on the President, to urge it
immediate adoption. The President &C
knOwledged its paramount importance il
view Of the present situation Of affairs a
the Southwest and only hssitated on th
ground of its not being in the regula
routine Of the War Department
The Contraband Relief Association pre-
sented beautiful banner to the First Dis
trict Negro Regiment tonight. After Ii
presentation, Colonel FOrney, who hsI
pened to be present, was called out and II
spOnded briefly, but most happily ssyinl
he stood there tonight to take back muc
he had written and earnestly believed
few. years ago. Port Hudson and MOrri
Island had convinced him Of his mistak
and in the light Of the brilliant coursg
there displayed, no man could doubt no
large would be the share the enslsVed RAJ
would have in achieving our deliVersnt
, as we'll as their own.
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