The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-25

lrRox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

FR0M CHATrAaOOcA.
FROM OUR OWN CoRREspoNDEvr.l
ARNY OF TENNESSEE,
Missionary Ridge, Nov. 10Th.
Nothing has occurred here since the date Of M
last communication deserving Of notice. II Is no
considered improbable, however, In official circles
that the enemy will make a movement Of SOM
Kind In the next few days. There can be no doub
that Sherman viii have arrived with his entir,
force .t Stevenson Bridgeport by the end of tn,
week, and Il Is not TO be supposed that Gen. Grant
!: he Intends to RESUME offensive operations vii
iail TO put his army In motion at as early day @,
possible after allowing his reinforcements time ts
rest and prepare for the work before them. Wha
that work is--whether an attack upon Lookout OF
a movement npon our left In the direction O,
Rome-we shall probably know by the end Of The
mon,h-possiLy by the end Of the week. II mel
thef the one nor the other, then the only aiterma
tive left him will be To 20 intO winter quarters
In my letters of the 9th and llth inst attention
was called TO the condition of the horses in this
army, the limited supply Of animals, the cOnse-
quent necessity Of taking proper care Of those en-
exempiine brood mares from impressment II was
stated also thar the matter Of the supply of horse
was then engaging the attention Of Gen. Bragg I
have since learned that ne has issued most ex-
celient order upon the subject the object Of which
Is to correct some Of the abuses now existing in
the army In regard 10 horses and forage. The or
der announces that officers and soldiers will be al
lowed to keep the number Of horses for which
they allowed forage, and no more; aud no Der
son not allowed forage. will be permitted to keep
Il horse or mule, without special order from
army headquarters. The following Is the allow
ancc Of mounted men to different headquarters and
staff officers:
Cops headquarters, one company Of cavalry
Division headquarters, one company of cavalry
Brigade headquarters, three cOuriers, to be fur
nsled from the company at division headuuarters
Corps and division quartermasters and commits
sarics, two mounted messengers each; brigade
q,arterma sters aud cnmlaissaries, one messenger
each; and regimental headquarters, one mounted
orderly.
No Others are allowed, and all public horses
aud mules now in possession OF forage masters
and all, whether public or private in possession Of
quartermastcr, conimissaiy, and ordnance ser
geants, and clerks and other persons not allowed
hy the order, are TO be turned into the Quarter
masters Department., under penalty of impress
of the animal and charges against the often
der.
There are many officers In the army who keen
more horses than the regulations allow, and many
persOns who KEEP horses at the public expense
who are not entitled TO have any. Indeed, the ne
cessty oi the order will be apparent upon the
statement Of u single fact within my own know
ledge, viz That detailed man In one of the de-
partments mentioned above keeps three horses
and yet is not entitled TO keep one. IL the order
had gone further, and cut down the allowance of
mounted men at division headquarters to half
dozen co,,rers, II would have been all the better
Since the subject has been alluded TO in the pub
lie prints there can be no imprOpriety In stating
that Major Generals Chratham and Buckner and
f3rioaliev General Forrest, have been relieved of
their commands in this army at their own request
II Is said that Gen. Bragg had recommended an
extension of the command Of Gen. Buckner al !,
tisna the latter DrOlnOiinQ a ven
to have him removed from the cOmman and of this
army. Ii Il not improbable that Gen. Buckner will
reconsider his application aud return to his former
command. In the meantime Biigadier- Generals
Wharton and Martin, who were content to remain
at their posts and discharge their duty in the posi
tons In which the President and Comma ad@r- In
Chief thought they could De most useful, have
been promoted and made Major Generals OF cay
AIRY. Gen. u. II. Hill, I understand, was ordered
report Richmond at the instance of the Presi-
dent.
These are all merirorious officers; and yet
must be permitted to express the hope, without
reference to particular Individuals however, that
all our officers will yet discover that they will best
subserve their own interest, and the good OF the
country, the less they think about themselves and
the more faithfully they labor, In whatsoever posi-
tton they may De placed to carry forward the great
cause which engages all our efnrts and affections.
1t may not be improper TO add here, 10 correction
Of prevalent error, that only twO Major Generals
out Of eleven in this army united In the written
application for a change in the command of the
Army Of Tennessee, aud that one Of these, upon
fuller Information, expressed his regret that he
had done SO. The application was never pre-
sented TO the President, but was suppressed as
soon as II was discovered that only few officers
regarded It with favor.
had not thought 1t necessary to contradict the
official and newspaper reports In the United States
Of the capture Of forage train In Lookout Valley
belonging 10 LOngstreets corps; but, lest some Of
our own people be deceived by the constant reite
ration of the reports, | would now state that the
,lolo In n uyfi hrlG If
wagons were captured they were only one or two
that had been disabled and left behind.
The following important order In regard to the
by Gen. bragg. While he does not propose to re-
sort 10 extreme measures, 1t will be seen that he
places the question fairly before the minds of the
officers and men Of his command, whether II Is
wise on the one hand to incnalber ourselves with
prisoners who Will eaI up our substance and re-
0uire large detachments to guard them; and on the
other, whether II were not better for the COnfede-
rate soldier 70 perish ON the field OF battle In de-
fence Of all that ls dear TO man, than 10 iaugulsh
In Federal dungeons until the end Of the war, and
perhaps die Of cruel treatment at last. Tais last
question the soldier must decide for himself, the
commanding General having done his duty In pIac-
Ing il before him. SALLCsT.
Exchange Of Prisoners Oorder Of Gen. Bragg.
HRADQ'Rs Army OF TENNESSEE,
Missionary Ridge, Nov. l6, 1863.
General Order, No. 9OS.-,
That the enemy do NOT intend 10 carry out In
good faith the cartel agreed on between his Gov
erament and ahe Confederate states for the ex-
change Of prisoners of war, has long been demon
strates by his acts, and Is now officially recog-
nized.
Such q cruel proceeding, SO opposed to the laws
Of hum.anitS aud enlightened civilization, Is vtr-
tiial aeknowie dgMent by the enemy Of his interi-
ority, and II shows q craft and cunning worthy Of
the Yankee In imposing upon Us the maintenance
Of thousands Of his prisoners, that they consume
the subsistence which should 60 to the support "f
our gallant men and their families
THIS should be known 10 our Ofieers and men.
They sisOuld know that if taken prisoners, those
who survive their cruel treatment will be forced
to languisin In Northern dungeons until the close
Of the war; subject 10 the iaunis and babarity Of
merciless foe. Ii their liberty aud their lives
must be lost, the alternative at honorable death on
the feid of hattie. nObiy fighting for the cause OF
freedom, will he accepted by brave and patriotic
Southern soldiers.
The General Commanding deems II his duty to
announce these tacts 70 the troops Of bis COLI
mand. The desigas Of the enemy are transparent,
and our Ofiicels and soldiers forced TO accept
the policy imposed by him.
By command Of General Bragg.
GEO. NJ. BRRNT, A. A. G.
MESSAGE or The GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA.-The
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