The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-22
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
strict Discipline Among the Rebels
Their Marching Orders During the
Late Raid.


Their Marching Orders During the
Late Raid.
The following manuscript general orders issued
by the Rebel General Ransom to the officers and
soldiers of his command, when they commenced
their recent great raid into Maryland, have been
captured or picked up by some Of the Union
troops -
GENERAL ORDERS, No. l-HBADaUARrRR9
CAVALRY DIVISION, VALLEY DISTRICT, June %,
1864. The following directions for the march of
this command will hereafter be strictly OBJ
served -
b, fore the march begins on each morning, tn
rolls of each company viii be called after mount
ing, and the sdjutani OF each regiment val keeI
list Of the names Of all deserters.
Before OismOunting at camp In the evening th
rolls will again be called, aud the brigade com.
manders will report 70 these headquarters t1e
number Of men absent at each roll call.
The hahituul order,Of march will be IN column
OF "fours, but on narrow road by "tWos." The
distance between the head of one brigade and lh
rear Of anoher will be two hundred var Is.
When artillery and ambulances accompany the
brgades, those assigned 70 each brigade will fol-
! low Immediately In the rear of their brgades.
During the march the brigades In rear will regu-
! late their movements by those In front
Regular balts will be made during the march,
ard neither officers nor mrn will leave the column,
except at such halts, unless by the written con-
sent of the brigade commander, and such pernls-
sion will not b. granted unless for important
reasons.
Brigade, regimentsl, and company command.
ers will pass frequently from front to rear of
their respective commands 10 see that the column
is ut all times well closed up. Brgades will
alternate in the march daily. rearguard will
be placed behind each brigade, and no person,
except staff officers or conriers, will be permitted
90 fall behind such guard.
All the wagons OF this division will march TO-
gethcr, under direction Of the division quarter
master.
The quartermasters OF the command will con.
stnntly accompany their respective trains. One
man, dimounted when practicable, Will go With
each wagon TO assist the driver. He VIII remain
with the wagon. No other parties will be per-
mitted with the train, except when guard shall
he necessary. Tie quariCrmasters Wil he held
responsible that no Others accompany the wagons.
No oIhcr wagons or conyeyances tnan those al
lowed nom army headquarters will DO allowed.
Upon aching camp, officers aud men must
remain in thlir camps, and commanders will
establish proper camp guards.
Immediately ~ upon fixing the headquarters Of
ihe brigade, the commanders VIII report their
locality to division hea ailuarters.
The utmost order and perfect quiet will be
preserved upon the mlrch and IN camp. Tue
SHY wacticc OF whoopiog and haIloon8 is strictly
iOThiUdCn.
Destruction of the fences and crops Of the
immtTs is strictly prohibited, and suCh Ouirlges
VIII be pHid for tr IA the pay Of the officers If
the command nearest where such depredAEOns
may be COmmi ted.
Greatest care must De taken OF AnmunltlOls
! Mt a cartridge mu-t be fired unn0Ces ,arlly. An
important campaign is commenced, and upon iJs
! results depend more than We can estirn te.
lhc Major General commanding asks and Q <
! poets NOm every man Uf hls command hear.y
uid cheerful 20 mpli nee with orders, assuring al
that they shall itBp and eLjOJ he full fruits oi
whatever their hbOrs AMI pr.vHtions mty Obttil.
| BY command of MajOr-GenerAl RANSOM.
Waller X. Martin, Assistant Adjumnt- General.
Bng.-GcD, Ned MCCaHslsud, com 'dg brigade.
n fizhuPh, Assistant Atjutant General.
GENERAL oBDEgs, Eo.2.
HIApavARTrRs CAVALRY DIVISION, June 29,
! lSG4 The following act u Congress, approved
June /, 1864, is published for the Information OF
this command -
! America DO enact that the commanding genera
| rcany army In the field shall have the power
/ direct the diemOuntiDg of any nOn-CommlssiOned
officer or officers, soldier or soldiers IN the cav
any service of bis command, and 70 place him Ofs
| ihCm in The infantry who shalt misbehaYe Detor
! the Cncmy, or shall be guilty ofwastlng, spota
ing, or RppfOpTiatiug 10 his use any private pro-
| porly or Doing any violence 10 any citizen.
See. 2 That the horses belonging 70 persons 50
| dismounted, aud which they may have in the
| service, may be taken for the use Of the army,
and the appraised value thereof shall be paid to
! tie owner.
! This will be read at least three times at the
| head Of each company In the command.
BY command OR Major. General RANSOM.
Walter X. Martin, A. A. q.
n. Fitzhugh, A. A. G.
THE RESULT,
| Frop me Richmond Examiner.
1t must not be forgotten that In all the ac-
counts ofthe proceedings near Washington, there
| Is nothing from our side. We have not heard
| the whole story, perhaps. We do not even know
| whether the "inYasion" Is yet done, although
| ihe New Yoik papers so represent II. Most of
| what they do report appears TO have the mark
| Of truth, and il must be confessed that our 'in-
| yasion," Just at this moment, looks like one Of
| the most paltry affairs OF the war.
| Washington was not taken. Baltimore was not
| taken. The Yankeeized population Of Martins
burg has embraced their townsman, Hunter,
gain. Not bridge Of the road between Wash