Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-13

tIyIty II lis plrnIc WAS not ippIoNcu VIZ
er words, On that day May 23d, lsG3,) Lieut..
Col. Ludlow, wiki little or no comment, de-
livered to me General Order No. l0O, as the
rules adopted !0r the governmen. Of the Fed
craI army. ] never had any intiHiation that
MI tho provisions Of General Order No loo
did not continue in farce, until received, on
the Sth of July, 1868, the following letter
from Lieut.. Col. Ludlow
"FoR7 MONROE, July Ith 1868.
"ITon. Robcrt OEid, Agsat for EEchanys 81
Prisoners
"Sir-I herewith enclose to you 4 copy of
Genera! Order No. POI, which contains some
al!;iinnal provisions to aforementioned In my
communication to YOU Of the 22d May last
Ii is understood that officers Of the Unltcd
States and Confederate officers have at Varl-
Gus times and places paroled and released
prisoners of'war, not in accordance with the
Cartel. 49,,
The Government of The United States will
not recognize. and will not expect the Conicd-
crate authorities to recognize such unanthor-
lied par les. Prisoners released on pa
role not authorized by tho Cartel, after my
notice to you of the ODD May, will not be re-
cariad as prisoners Of war, and will not he
exchanged.
Where prisoners of war have been released
without the delivery specified in the cartel,
since thes22d Of May last, such release will
be regarded rs unconditional, and the prison
crs released as subject to orders without cx-
change, the same Us if they had never been
captured. lam, very respectfully, .
Your obedicnt servant,
'(Signcd,) WV. II. LUDLOW,
II. Col. and AIT for cxch' &C nf prisoners.
The "nat:ce" referred to in Lieut.. Colonel
LuAlow'I letter was the delivery Of general
order No. 100. with its l3lst paragraph
That paragraph was set aside by the provi-
sion. nf rc7crll order No: 207. which bears
,!atc July 3, 1863, three days after the sub
mis- ion Of the question of the paroles Of
Duane ard Michlcr to the Court Of Inquiry,
two days after its finding, and several days
after our captures in the Gettysburg cant
paign. On the 1th Of July, 1863, Lieut.. Col.
Ludlow substantially informs me that al'
though nc notiiicl me on the ODD If May
that paragraph l3l, of general order No. 100,
was to be- and continue in force: yet, under
the circumstances of the case. and in view OF
what had taken place in Maryland and Penn
svlvan;a, said paragraph vas not tr be con-
2i,Irrcd rs bcing in iurce at any time Gftcr the
:2l of May, AMI general order No 2Ol al-
though it was issued July ., 1863. should be
construed rs bearing date the o2d of May pre-.
cnding.
It will be observed that Lieut.. Colonel Lud-
low. in his letter to me of the 7th Of July, no.
where says had made any agreement
him. and vet it bears the same date rs his
letter to Col. Kclton. 1t is apparent on the
face of the paper that he is conveying to me
certain information for the first time, and
that this information is the additional pro-
visions" of general order No. 2o7, one of
which srt aside paragraph l3l Of general or
dcrs No. 100 The Court of Inquiry, in its
fnlins (see Army and Navy Official Gazette,
July II. lSG3. says | was ''Rotifed," De
Lieut. Col Ludlow, in his letter to Colonel
Kclton. says it was distinctly '''tnderstood"
hc.wcen Mr.. 0uld and himself, &c. You, in
vour letter of the 9th of Sept, say I made
an "agreemsm" with your predecessor. The
notification first rises to an understanding. and
is then elevated into an agreement. What
further promotion it will receive remains 10
be seen.
You have charged deliberate breach of
good faith upon the part of the Confederate
States. Let me bring>to your attention an
incident connected with this matter of relelse
from paroles. On March Q, 1863, General
Srhrnck Of immortal memory, issued a
General Order No. Is, requiring all officers
and men who had been captured and paroled
in his Department, and particularly in the
Shenandoah Valley, but who had not been
exchanged. to return to duty on penalty of
being considered deSerters. Your General
Order in force ut that timc-No 40, Feb. 2S,
lS6%-in section $, provided that If the en-
sarcment which prisoner made was not ap-
proved by his Government, he was bound to
return and surrender himself az a prisoner of
war. The same General Order-No. 49-in
the same section 8, uses these memorable
words, which now set up against your pres
ont extraordinary claims, to wit: Ills own
Government cannot at the same time, disown
his engagement and refuse his return as a pri-
soner." In spite Of those honest words, Gen.
Schenck issued his order, which to this day
has not been countcrmanded in effect direct
ing not only that such as were captured and
rarolcd after March 9th, 1863, should return
to duty, but also all who had been captured
and paroled under the circumstances named,
since the beginning of hostilitics, on penalty
Of being considered deserters At that very
time and Afterwards. even to as late as Stone
mans raid, the former agent Of exchange was
charging against me and receiving credit 'or
captures and paroles similar to those repudi-
a.rd by Schcnck's order. 1t is due to Lieut..
Col. Ludlow that should say that, when the
matter was brought to his attention, he de-
clared that Schenck's action was without pro-
per authority, and that would have credit
fnr such as renorted for duty under the order.
Still the order W not countermanded, but, on
the contrary, has been followed and sustained
by General Order No. 20I. | have received
no returns of such as have reported under
S"honck's order, and never will.
In your letter of the 9th of September,
ond others you refer, in connection with our
G1tysburg captures, to "paroles not in ac-
eeriance with the Cartel.". The phrase fig
ures not only in your correspondence, but in
the findings of your Courts and in some Of
y,ur General Orders. Let me here. in the
most formal manner, assure you that the
Confederate Government considers the Cartel
to he binding and imperative to the fullest ex-
tent of any and all of its provisions. | have
never asked you to respect parole which is
Inconsistent with thnt instrument. You say
the Gettysburg paroles are in contraventon of
the Cartel. Let me give you some of them
all or nearly all Of them belong to one or the
other class
81. the subscriber, prisoner Of war, cap
t,lred near Gettysburg, Pa, do give my parole
of honor not to take up arms against the Con-
Tolerate States, or to do any military duty
whatever. or to give any information that may
be preiudcal to the interests of the same, until
regularly exchanged. In the eventthis parole is
not recognized by the Federal authorities, |
give nv parole of honor to report to Rich
mond. Va, as prisoner of war within 80
days"
(Signed) "JoHN E. PARsoNs,
list 1t. and Adj't, l49;h P. Vols"
Il. the subscriber, prisoner of war, cap
turel near Gettysburg, Pa, do give my parole
Of honor not to take up arms against the Con-
Tolerate States, or to do any military duty
whatever. or to give any information that may
be preiudicial to the interests of the same, un-
til regularly exchanged. This parole is un-
conditional, and extended to wounded Off