Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-03-19
FROM COL. ED. COOKS REGIMENT.
In CAMPS NEAR TULLAHoMA,
March IA, 1868. &
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shall not be able to interest you or
your readers, knowing as ! do that
you are familiar with what is going
on at this point and portion Of the
army. We have quite number Of
men on the sick list at this time,
more than / have ever seen al one
Tina since l have benin the service.
1t is general thing throughout the
entire army here, and l attribute the
most oft to living on bTeadiand meat
alone, which seems to be all that can
be procured, only as our friends send
to us from home. We get OCCASION
ly box of luxuyies from the friends
Of the soldiers which all highly ap-
preciate, but no one has as yet sent
US mess Of turnip greens, which is
nearly as much prayed for as the re.
cognition of our independence. Yes,
if the good ladies would spend one
half the time in preparing vegetables
to send the soldiers that they do in
preparing picknacks we would appre-
ciate them still more highly, though
| know what they will say 10 these
remarks. They will say at once that
there is no vegetables in the country.
So | will reply to that and say to
them that We mean turnip green's
when We speak ofvegetables. Know
| ing as We do that there IRE no pota-
toes, cabbage, Sc, We only ask for
roughness. We would not rtfuse
eggs, but be thankful of them. =
The soldiers would be glad to get
the above mentioned articles at any
price. We are aware that there is q
SET Of tria'ng loafers ranging through
almost every neighborhood who cou-
sumo great portion Of the citizens
supplies, and that, too, without pay
ing for it, and will here give my
opinion as to what conceive to be
the duty Of citizens in regard to the
punishment of such thieves as are
scouting through the county absent
from their commands, and great
portion Of them withoutleave or krosl-
edge Of their officers. 1 ,aes'a i
10 the first place it is the duty of
/ the citizen to find out whether the
scamps have authority to be absent
from their commands OF not; it is
your duty to report him to the com.
.
mander Of the nearest post. If he
has permission to visit your house IL
buy any thing and you have the ar
tticle to spare, sellit TO him; if he re-
fuses to pay for it report him. II
the very out set get his name, hi;
rank, the command be belongs TO-
and where the command is stationed
Then ifhe conducts himself uugentle-
manly you can have, recourse upon
him., Always. present your com
plants TO the commander, in Writing
with date and place. Some will ask
why the writer. is meddIine with these
matters, and as this may be the last
time | may wife on the subject,
will answer previous to The question
being asked. asIWelI what p? Because
am interested both directly and in
directly in horse thieving being stop
ped. Horse stealing issnot all !; Dot
week passes over but we hear Of
some william calling at some. house
and demanding white ladies to pre-
pare meal Of yictuals, then Insulting
them if they asked any pay for it,
Such treatment is loo intolerable to
be suffered, and / again say that it
lis the duty Of all citizens to, ar
rest such soldiers, or rather such
thieves. Bat says one, we have no
power; all the power is vested in the
military deparlment-bn.dhat is Lot
so. The citizens' rights are as much
shielded by the law as they ever was,
and his evidence 10 courtmartial
has the same weight as it ever did
in civil court of justice; and argue
that L the cilizsns do not puaiah or
have such men punished they should
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