Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-13
eSae6en aahbsrtist.
The omeers' Programme.

me followingiat!. communication al trrsa
Ell to Congress b. tie office q the ARR,
OF tennessee. Some OF the Suggestions an
very good, but as u whole, We carnot conceive
Ola aetter p%ianfor destroying TIE army a!
together, urless it has the attribute of sub
si,ting within it,. Gc,:c.4.s maybe very
good Il hlers, but they are pcc- STATESMEN
II is not a bad rule Tor tie shoemaker u
"stick to his last"
Amy OF TENNrss.E, Dec II. 1863.
To the Conqsess Of tie C~ontsds'ate Safes:
In the Existing conditioned affairs it is
hop.d your honorable bodies will pardon the
variance froru custom of addressing you from
the army. 1t is done in no spigtof dictation,
lint under the conscientious conviction that
the necessities of the country demand the
voices and labnrs of all, and that delay, even
for thirty DAYS, in eracting proper measures
may make present disorders incurao!e, and
the dangers of the moment omnipotent ior
our destruction.
In our opinion, it is essep'ial to retain, for
The term of during the war, without reorgan-
~ization. the troops now IN service to place IL,
service immediately, for The same term, all
other white males between eighteen and fifty
yearsof age. able to perform any military
duty to provide for placing in service, at the
discretion of the President, for the same
term, all white males between fifteen and
eighteen aud between fifty and sixty Years
of age 10 prohibit substitution to prohibit
exemptions, except for the necessary crvi!
offices and e~mpleymepts of the Confederate
States and the several States to prohibit de-
tails, except for limited times and for carry
ing on work essential TO the army; to prohibi.
discharges, except in cases Of permanent dis.
ability from all duty; to prohibit leaves aud
furloughs, except under uniform rules, OF uni
versal application, based, as far as practical.
on length Of service and neritorious conduct
to prohibit, to the greatest possible ext, mt,
the detail of able bodied officers aud men TO
post, hospital, or other duty; and to p!sce in
service, as cooks, laborers, tcamsters. an hos
rital attendants, with the army anu elsewhere,
able bodiedsnesroes and mulattoes, bond anu
free.
these, measures, VIC think, If promptly en-.
acted as laws, SO as to give time for organr
zirg and discipliningthe new. material, would
make our armies invincible at the opening Of
the campaign of next year, and,enable us to
win back our lost territory and conquer 2
peace before that campaign shall be ended.
We be- further To suggest tuat, Ill ourcp'n-
ions, tha Neutrality-suspicious. rex
;stinc-from short r%ations, deprecated cur
rency, and the retention OF old soldiers in scr.
wee, m chs be obv;ated by allowing boulities,
with Determinations ia favor Of, the retained
troops. an increase Of pay, the columu'ation
TO enlisted men of ra'ions not issired, and ra
tions, or the v.lae thereof, to officers.
We nave the honor 10 be, very respectfully;
yoar vbedient servants,
W. L. HARpEE. Lieut.. General.
C. L. STEVENSON, Majo- Sen,
3. Z. CH~EATHAM, NJ jor Gen.
JIG. B~RxcKisRlpcE, taslor Gen.
JOHN G. BRowH, Br.g. Gen.
EpM'D'W. PErrUs. Brig. Gen.
A. W. REYNOLDS Br:g. Gen.
4. c. HiNDaAs. Major Gen.
Jos. H. LEwIs<Brig. Gen.
john X. JACKSON, Brig. Gen.
] sign this with the reservation that ! ap-
!rov- the Presidents proposed system of per
Il. aux ntcJnsplld ! tion.
P. r. CLEBuRxE, Major Gen.
lin addition to the above naruos, there are
suue dozen Others attached " the paper,
some OF them with reservations and eXplana-
tiul,s.