The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-14
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lpDrsss or O. sERAL LEE TO HIS TROOPS IN Pc
GARD TO T"EIe BtVAyIoRI IN The ENEMYs
q CoUSTES.
Tl5 Q icwirg address Of General Lee to hs
troops i gard TO 'heir conduct on he eDo-
my's soil deserves 70 bo recorded as part of
the history 0f the Zines
HD'QRs Army NORTHERN Y1aG MA,
Chamborsburg Pa, Ju1e 27, 1853. X
General 9, 1crs, No. 73:
The coll qaudng general has observed with
marked be sFaci;on the conduct of I've .oops
on he march, and confidently an icipa es re-
sr,ts commepsurate wrh the high spilit hey
have mar; ct ed. No ,iOops could payo dis
pla,ed er 3ter foriilude or better performed
the duOus marches of ne past ten daVs.--
Thor con,,uct 10 other respec,s has, with few
executions, been ia keepiog with their charac
Ter as soidisrs, aud en- tiles them 10 approba.
ton ard pTa'se.
There nay9, however, been instances of foT,
getrrlncue 90 tho part Of some that they have
10 keeping the yet ulsuJhed reputation Of the
AMY. and hat tito duties -actel OF lis by civ
jizaticn snd cbristianity are not less obligato-
fy ~ tho cOd1igy Of On enemy than ~ our own.
The commanding general considers that 30
greater q sgrlce codm befall ne army, and
Through it, cur whole people, than The pc. Pc
.tTaton Of the barbarous outGges upon the in
nocent aud de(euceless, aud The wa1ion dee
siruciiOn OF private properly, that have mark.
ed the course OF the emery N our own country.
Such proceed IT'S not ooly disgrlce the perpe~
traitors. and al connected w;ll hen put are
subgorsiye Of Ina discipline s1d efficiency of
the army, and destructive Of 70 Gods of our
present movements, 1t muse be rGme1.be"e ed
that we make war 0Gv upon AIRED men, and
that we caunot take Vengeance ior tbe wrongs
Our people lava suffered without lowering
ourselvea in the eyes of all whose abborre1ce
has boen exe.ed by ibe aro1it'es of orr eneA
ny, and offending against Hin 20 whom yer,
geeucs belopgctb, without whose favor aud
support our eiorts must all prove in vain
The commanding General, therefore, earUest-
" eAhoi Is he irOops TO abstain with most sc"r-
puOus care from uuoo e5sayy or wAaioo 0Jp.
~ to private p ope y ald 10 con
all officers to .liesta aud bring 10 sud mary run.
ishments " who shall in any way offend against
tho orders on This subject.
re. LEE, Gene,al.
EXCHANGE OF PRsokEEs-- cGrCJGAR From THIS
eovEsNMLST AT WASHINGTON.
Tho War DepsrhoenG at Vast 'ogio1 bQs ic
sued tue following circular, rela,ye 90 tne ex
change Of prilOhnrS
WAs DEc'T ADJ'T CENL's oFpIoE,
WAshlNGToN, July 3, 1868.
General Orders Nc. 2O9.
/. The attention of all personsin the military
service of the United States is called to article
of the cartel agreed upon July 22d, 1862, and
published in General Orders No. l42, Septem
ber 25, 1862. According to the terms of this
cartelaIl captures must be reduced to actual
possession, and all prisoners Of war must be
delivered at the place designated, there TO be
I exchanged or paroled until exchange can be
, effected. The only exception allowed 10 in The
case of commanders of two opposing armies
who we're authorized to exchange prisoners, or
to release them on parole at osher points
mutually agreed upon by said commanders.
IL. IL is understood that captured officers and
men have been paroled and released in the
field by others than commanders OF opposing
armies, and that the sick and wounded in hos
pitfalls have been so paroed and released in
order to avoid guarding and removing them,
which, in many cases. would have been inpos
sible. Such paroles are in violation OF general
orders and the stipulations of the cartel, and
are null aud void. They ace not regarded by
fho enemy and will not be respected by the
armies Of the United States. Any officer or
soldier who gives such parole will be return d
10 duty without exchange, and moreover, will
DO punished for disobedenoe Of orders. tits
the duty Of the captor to guard hia prisoners,
pld II, through necessity OF onoice, he fails 10
dp this, IL is the duty OF tie prisoner TO return
4 ID The service of his government. lie cannot
avoid this duty by giving an unauthorized mil
itagy parole.
. ~. military parole not to serve till ex.
changed must not be confoundod with parole
ofhobor to do or not TO DO a particular thing
not inoonsistant with the duty OF soldier
thusa prisoner OF war actually held by the
enemy may, in order to obtain exemption from
cobeguad or confinement pledge his parole OF
honor that he will make no attempt to escape |
Such pledges are binding upon the individuals
giving them; but they should seldom be given
Sr received, fer itis the duty Of a prisoner to
escape, il able 10 do 80. Any pledge or parole
OF honor extorted from prisoner by i'll usage
or cruelty ia not binding.
Il ~. Tho obligations imposed by the general
laws and usages Of war upon the combatani
luhabi,anis Of section Of country passed over
invading army closes when the military occu.
patton ceases, and any pledge or parole given
iy such persons. in regard TO future service |
Il null and Of no effect,
BY oSder Of the Secretary Of War
ED TOWNSEND, A. A. A.G.