Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-31

tst Pola and three PAGES IN Of the fns The cap
tain q Aehof these companies wiz bali and stihs
time h leading guide vii incline theright Ieft
the eae may be- and maEeh paFaliely wlah fae new
line. Tia captain hea TIE last ia Of his company Il
up wR him VIII hAIs ths company face Is toths front,
and ddrsAa 1t ards the center ef the battalion.
IN case where one or mpanles are ia reserve,
they ell wheel with tie fronts to which they properly
bsIOns and when sufficiently wheeled viii be rnarchsa
By aank to their respective positions IN the same
manner IS the 4irst and tenth companies.
When the alignment Is completed the colonel viii
command, GHides Pest
Should The battalion be Earehing in line Of battle
ami Il be desirable TO form square rapidly the com
naua would be, l-Forn square; a-BastslIou, by
the Left and Right FIanks, s--Bgareh. Cor double
quick, march.} AID The movements viii be the sane
as frOn halt sxesps that companies viii not ehssss
theis direction uafa the command march l. given.
I've Extracts frsnI RevoEaisozaFy Eais-
GsrT.
1s1s wsF car1isd on by Great Bfiizin against
| the colonies during the revolution was Waged
| fof subj1sAticn. The present war, wagea by
the YAnkess against Independent States, Is for
| the same objset Ths original manuscript or
der hook cf1Lord CoraWslIis is in possession Of
| o gentleman near Fayetteville, n C., and the
following extracts from il are published 70 show
| the dfsrsnes between the e0EdGet Of the couI-
manding generals Of the British army in the
seventeenth and the YARkse army In the nine
teenth centuries:
HEADo's OGSTHAR's PLANTAFIox,
ID Febg, l7sl.
ORDERS: L I'd CoraWAlis Is highly dis
! pleased that several hoases were set on FIRE da-
! rig the march this days-e Disgrace TO the army
and that he will punish with the Utmost Sc
verify any person or persons who shall be found
| guilty Of committing so disgraeeful an outrage.
| His Iordship requests the commanding sficeFs
Of corps will sndeayor to fad out the persons
who sci FIRE to the houses this day
| HEADQUARTERS, Salisbury, Februsry 5sh,
| I7sl.-It is with great concern that Lord Corn
wallis seassiEts the army that he has lately re-
ceived the most shocking complaints Of tho ex-
csssss committed by the troops. He ealls in
! the most seriou5 manner on the officers con-
nanding brigsdes aud corps to put stop to
| this iieentioasnsss, which must inevitably bling
/ disgrace snd ruin oR his Msjssty's service. He
is convinced that il is il their power to prevent
\ it, and has ssen 30 many proofs of their zeal for
| the service of their country, that be cannot
| doubs Of their utmost exertioUs TO detect and
punish offenders, without which The blood Of
! the brave and deserving 5oldisTs will be shed in
vain, and it will not be even in the power Of
victory TO give success.
Great complaints having been made Of ne
eroes strsg2liBg from the line Of march, plum
| dering ard using violence to the inhabitants, It
/ is Lord CornWzllis' positive orders thai no ne
| gro shall bs suffered to carry arms en- any pre-
! tenes, and ali officeTs and other persons who
| employ negroes are desired to scqusint thsm
that The provost marshal has received crders TO
| seizs and punish on the spSt any negro follow
ing the amy who may oaend against this regu-
lation.
HEABQ RS DoBBH's HOUSE, Feb. Il, I75I
Lord 'CornwsHis is very sorry to be again
obliged to call tie attention Of the Ermy 10 the
| repegled orders against plandeFing. be desires
that the orders given on ihe %. January, Ash
| February and the IS b February, msy be Tead
/ az lie head of eaca troop snd company en- each
/ of the th5ss first hating days, sEd be assures
the efi5ers that, if their duty to their king and
| country, and their feelings Of bugAnitE, are
net snfi eioRi TO enforce their obedieDcs to Them,
he must, however reluctant, make use of such
power as the military laws have placed in his
hands.
1 BRIGADE hoRNING ORDERS, 81 March, T7Sl.
| a fofaging party, consisting Of oas oficer,
tive sergeantB, two coTpogals, and twenty ioar
| psfgsses, to assemble st the guns this morning,
! at o'clock, with tho battalion horses.
| Notwithstanding every order, every saiFeety,
that Lord C0Tnwsilis las given to thsarmy TO
prevent the shameful Practice of plu1deYiug
y
backed By every FIJI that caa have boen made
by Brig Gen O'HAIa, he is shocked to find this
evil still prevsils, and ashamed to observe that
The freq0elt complaints he recsives from head
ausrters of the iTregHlaIisy Of the guards par
| ticularly sfects the credit of this ceTps He
therefore calls upon the officers, non-coDmis-
sioned ofheeTs, and those men who are yet pcs.
sessed of the feelings OF humanity and sctaa-
ted by tEs best principles Of soldiers, the Iowa
/ Iof fhefr "a crnOn 0f 7n anrrr aud
the honor OF their own corps, 20 assist with the
same indefatgsble diligence the general him
| self is deter mined to perseTere in, in order to
detect and punish all men and women 80 Of
fsIding with the utmost severity and example
The general is convinced the exertions of the
officers alons viii not so Immediately bring
sbout this reformation as requisite, but he trusts
be may have the GREATEST dependence on ths as
sistapee Of the non-eomEissi0ned cfiiesIs s1d
every good soldier, many Of whom be knows
are above these practices. The general has
! wished not to trouble the msn with too many
frequent roll-calls, bat he is sorry to 6nd his
Intentions are frustrated by their iFregularify
and is therefore obliged to order the most iTe-
quent roll calls, and that all men absent there
from shall be deemed disObedient Of orders, iIied
| and punished before the Company On ths spot.
Women to attend all r0lleaIls in ths rear Of the
comp znies, Except such as are IN the service Of
oficsTs,) and every Que found absent to be i'm
mediately whipped and drGmmed cut Of the
brigsde.
The commandsnts are desirei to proesed to
the tIial of these men offending yesterday, aud
10 pat ths sentence Of the court martisl 10 exc
cuiion Immediately, in tie presence Of al the
| officers.
n. B.-Ths women to attend all punishments.
The following extracts from Tesleton's cam
psigns (p 200) relates 20 the last official duty
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ders, and is in keeping with ell We know Of ais
| previous course. Tarle.on gss always spoken
Of az the cruel" szd Ee9Gently " the bloody
TarIeton :" most upjustly, however, if the mild
eat modern Northern generals ia the depart
nnents Of Virginia and North Carolina be So
lse;sd as a standard of eomR mRarison- More prop
eEty, in point Of value, was destroyed by The
raiders between Washington and r eky Mount
| then by Lord CORVALLIS IL bis three months
cAmsaigu, travsrsiag the State in two different
directions, and marching up6aTds Of six hun
dred miles
On the arrival of some country people, Earl
CORVALLIS directed Is. Col. TaFlston to dis
mount his dragons aud mounted infantry, and
to form them into rank entire, for the conve-
Dient inspection Of the inhabitants, and to fsei-
lt2ts the discovery Of the villains Bho had
conRitted etroeious Oursges the preceding
evening. A sergeant and ons private dragocn
WIZ PStAsD- O0s 4AA @SSHncA "a Anfo 1A0 AOD-
beTy. They were conducted to Halifax, where
they were condemned to death BY martial law
The immediate infection Of .he sentence ezhib
tied to the army and manifested to the eoaniTy
he discipline and justice ef the British general
This example was rendered more imposing by
the fact, tia! Col T&Ileson's legion had advsnc
ed four miles beyon Hslifay, when the mis-
creams were detected, and the legion required
to retuTn. The whole army was delayed az
ensiEe dsy, il order 20 carry cut the sentence OF
the court nGT,isl
I've sEssassred Thszsazsi lzoro.
] Tao new PgesideHhal proeianaaoa for two
i hu1dlea Thousand c0nscEipls, il addition TO the
6se hundred Thousand volunteers which have