The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-10-04
Tuesday, October 4, 1864.

MILITARY ORDERs.-The War Department at
Richmond has issued the following Orders, dated
Adintant and Inspector Generals Office, Sept %,
1864:
T The Generals of Reserves will hereafter control
.ba Enrolling Officers, and conduct the business of
oorscrintion and enrolment in their respective
States under the direction of the Secretary of War,
through the ConscriPt bureau
IT Commandants of Conscripts and of Camps of
Instructions will be under the direction of the Gene
rails of Reserves
III As soon as practicable all officers and men
now c,nplovcd in the enrolling service, whether as
enrolling officers conscript guards, clerks or other
WISE except such retired or assigned to light
duty by the Medical Boards, will be relieved by de-
+oi from the Reserve Forces and sent to the field.
~ All applications for exemption and detail will
he transmitted through the Generals of Reserves to
the Superintendent Of the bureau of Conscription
for decision. Tho Office OF Congressional District
Enrolling officer is abolished and communications
from local enrolling officers will be Transmitted
through the commandants of conscripts to the
Generals of Reserves. An officer may be assigned
TO duty in each Congressional District by the Gene
rails of Reserves as inspector of CONSUMPTION.
And it will be seen by an order in to days paper
from Mai. Pcircc, Chief Quarermaster, c. S. A,
for the District of North Carolina, that all conscripts
serving in the Quartermaster's Department in this
State by assignment of Examining Boards, must
present themselves to said Boards for re-examina-
ton But what is to be done with those serving in
the various Departments who have never been
signed there by Medical Examining Boards! We
have seen order on that point yet.
1t will also be seen that Lieut. G en-. Holmes pub
fishes an extract from the law of Congress on the
matter Of employing in the different Depart
mCntS.
All these publications might q reform if
some one would that the law and regulations
are enforced We hope Gen. Holmes will institute
"a thorough investigation. There is great deal of
fraud practised in the matter of details and in that
way useless men are kept at homo and the army
cheated out of recruits.
JOHNsTON's BEIGADE.-Many of our exchanges
in the early part of last week published report that
Brig. Gen. r. ID. Johnston killed in the battle
near Winchester on the 10Th of Sept. We
graftd to know that this report is not correct. He
went through all the battles in the Valley up to the
9th, unhurt. We make the following extract from
letter from soldier in Johnston's Brigade, dated
the 2Oth, the day after the first battle:
I'VE fought Sherman's army around Winchester
yesterday, and by immense weight of numbers
brought against US were defeated. Our brigade Or
ID ohnst"nS) fought from daylight till sundown end
lo.t probably $40 men. Gen. Johnston had two
horses shot under him. The brigade was highly
compIimcEtcd for its galanry, and in the retreat it
was charg' with the unpleasant but honorable duty
of covering the AT time. three regiments
of this brigade (scarce 400 men) were almost envcl
oped by Division of yankee cavalry, but the Gem
cral held them firmly together and saved the COM
mand and probably large part of the army.
Gen. Ranscur is safe and now commands Rodes'
Division"
J"hnson's Brigade is composed of the 5th 10Th.
Goth and 23d n. c. Regiments Lieut.. Jos F John
ston "a brother of the General and member of his
StafN cd in fbo
engagement.