The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-17

great grievance. Accordingly, when
the rebel bullets were no longer to be
encountered, the Orderlies and sculEons
and such as curry horses, trooped forth
innumersble, and forthwith there was
such a confseation of heads of wheat,
wheat pulled up by the roots, green
oats and swamp grass as is not before
recorded in these epistles. They then
pulled wheat who neer pulled wheat
before; and the streams of small mules
that poured into the fields. and the
small mules and large bundles that
poured out thersfrom till the supply
was exhausted, was a thing strange to
behold.
The orders Of General Sherman that
the army should be subsisted as far as
possible off the country, are very seri-
ously misunderstood by some soldiers,
whether accidentally or otherwise,
will not say, and there is a consider
able amount of indiscriminate appro-
priation of rebel property in conse-
quence. As the army moves through
new tract of country which is yet un-
touched, the popping of guns can be
heard in the roads and fields to such an
extent that it might be mistaken for
stray skirmishing, were it not for GER
tain sounds which betray unmistakably
a swinish origin, and at the same time,
bad shooting. The inhabitants of the
land have driven off great part of
their stock, including all the horses,
oxen and COWS, but there are still found
running at large considerable numbers
of sheep, and species of very elonga-
ted and shadowy hogs, fitted kindly by
nature for forcing their way through
the thick jungles of bushes. The
former are very tempting to stragglers,
especially when they have eaten only
hard salt pork for many days, and it is
very natural thing that many Of them
should be shot and carried on the
march till the time for the evening
halt @
The sharp eye Of the Provost Marshal
detected some Of these forbidden meats
pending from pols carried on the
shoulders oftwo men who IN vain sought
to avoid observation by making
troublesome march through the fields,
and, as a consequence, when the halt
was called for the night, certain men
were TO be seen tramping slowly around
a limited circle in the hot sunshine and
close by the roadside, carrying between
them the aforesaid mutton, and pre-
ceded and followed by certain others
who had been accomplices thereto, car
rying rails on their shoulders, and the
whole marching in solemn procession
to the music Of tremendous volleys of
cheers from the troops who were pass
ing and eomprehended the situation.
When all things were taken into con-
sideration, both the quality Of the meat
involved and the crest fallen faces Of
the men who carried it, the affair was
decidedly sheepish The conclusion of
the matter, was that the men carried off
their spoils in triumph, declaring they
had earned it, and would eat il accord.
iDgly.
General Sherman evidently meant by
his order, as every sensible man would
at once understand, that the supplies
from the country we're 10 be added to
the Government stores by the proper /
authorities, and issued regularly 70 com
panies and squads in the usual manner
Every corps has with it its own drove OF
beeves, which are kept IN good condi- /
tiOn by foragiDg, and which have a way
Of absorbing ali that are found BY the |
roadside, so that the men have little 10 /
complain Of in this particular All !
along the lines Of battle, when the /
armies were confronting each other, q
few rods IN the rear, we're little pens Of /
cattle from which the men in the /
trenches were well reinforced with /
smoking steaks, added 70 their coffee |
and pilot bread while two or three /
miles in the rear could be seen large 4
droyes, under guard, serenely grazing (
in the pastures-forming the best pos /
sible reserve forces upon which The
army could fall back
Still there is very little danger that
tins army viii suffer any serious de-
morslization by struggling and pilla- I
ging. There is very little Of it. The
men were thoroughly sorted over be- /
fore starting and the feeble and sick
were rejected had occasion in fol-
lowing at the rear of the whole army
for day, to observe the truth Of this
a dozen were oyertalsen in the
whole day, where q regiment might
have been expected A hundred and
.wenty-eight ambulances were proyid-
ed for the 4th Corps, and yet the fear Of
the disgrace of having been csrted in
the sick wagon and the general good
assurance of the men That they ars
going on no fools errand kept the men
square up 70 the regiment The same
good sense which ordered weak but
1lucky men % Be transferred from the
regiments TO the hospital, brought out
from the latter 70 the place where they
,ouid do some service host Of lusty
sowardA Captain Warnoek has but
ately returned from q visitation of
wholesale Parging 70 the hospitals Of
he Department. where he has been
'usting from their oozy cots manlinger. 7
,Fs and skin deep sick men without
mercy. From the hospitals Of the De
'artment be returned 70 duty about
welvs hundred msn, and from those I