Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-08-31
GENERAL ORDER, NO 65.

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The followiig order from re Adjutan'
Generals Office, at Richmoud, isshe soufee
Of much comment, 10 the press, at this
time: - . ..... =.
1t having been represented to the War
Department that there are numbers of for
.,gnlsis sntrapped BY artidce aud fraud int
I tgis military aud naval service oftbs Uniteu
States, sbo would gladly Withdraw fsod
further participation In the inbpWsu war
fare aaged against people Who have ueve'
given them a pfetext Tor hostility aud tba'
there are many inhabitants Of the Unitec
Srates now retained in that serVice'agsin-
their will, who aresaVerse to aiding iu ,ti,
unjust Wsr now being prosecuted asaiu,
the CoDfedsrats States and il being ais.
known thar these men are prevented froiD
abandoning sach compulsory service,by the
difficulty they expsrispcein Escaping there
from; it is ordered that all spch persons,
coming within the lines of the CoDfederat,
armies, shall be received, protected ano
supplied with means of Subsistence, until
snch of them as desire it can be forwardeu
to the most convenient points on the bor
der, where all facilities will be afforded
them to return TO their homes. -
By order. -
(signsD p s. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
We mite in4the-ooudemnasiou of any
such policy, ifso it can.bs csllsd;,and sa
dotse the following from the Richmond
Raiy, as more apt than anything We can
say: ..s.-= -. :
It is we'll, doubtless, to encourage deser
iiou from the enemy and to facilitate thei'
return to the United States.a But a:thei'
em mployueut Us artisans aud soldiers IN ou :
aruy is auother natter We haEe drea"
Of such cattle Past experience ttaches u
that, they are unreliable as soldiers, and the
war itself is simply terrible struggle I.
get lid of them as citizeus. As an aluos'
invariable rule, they join our ranks merel,
to get chance'of ieserring again at th'
earliest opportunity, carrying With then
valuable Information Since, the evacua-
,iun uf Nurfulk Was uiarred BY the treacherj
Of the Yankee csprsio of tug boat, the iu
stances Of their in6delity have been uutn
berless The damage thus done TO our
cause is ibcaculable.
We have already more than enough Yan
KEGS in the South Any Increase Of this
class, encouraged by the Government aud
people, is out Of the question. Our p'Pu
Iation mos. be kept pure, if necessary BY
penal laws, sgaiust Immigrants. A land
Glled with Yankee deserters would be worse
than Botany Bay. Our farmers should o.
on their guard againsrdeserters Of any kind
and hand them over at once to the nearest
officer, who will expedite their exodus un
der guard. EIse the country will be over
run with thieves aud marauders.
1t would be pretty business IT. on the
disbsodipg Of our armies, the thousands Of
native born mechanics 10 our ranks should
return home to 6ud their shops Fl led ~1't
Yankee artisans, who. Quilted the trade o1
numbering Southern men aud violating
t.Suu,bern women only when it ceased to pay
Yankees are not desirable in any earthly
capsci ,. Deserters,should be treated vel
by, the military authorities, upder who"e
cuntroI they should remain u"'il they al.
safely beyond the border Citizens should
have noihing to do with them. If they
will remain, they should be sent to th'
Psuiteutiary, pu, to work, fed we'll and Psl'
well uual the var is cVer, when they shen'e
be packed off home as quickly as possible
Its equally sOwiss and unsafe 70 PsF~'