Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-12-10

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ten and sent to Maj or General Thomas
We copy from the New York T,mes:
NdshriNe, Tenn, Oct. 1864
Major General T'omas.- Dear SIR
When company boards at half dozen
different places, ranging from one hun
dred yards to qunrter Of mile from
headquarters, is the Orderly Seargean,
bound to take our regular and irregular
details, notify the men, and have them
ready to start on scout or other doty at
a moments noticee
| Where there is no roll call in a comra-
ny that "boards OUT is the Orderly Ser
gcant OF such company boand to make out
correct morning report and sick report,
and take it to the Adjutants headquarters
by eight o'clock A. NJ
IT the Orderly Sergeant tries to get the
privates to fall into roll.call, and privates
tell him to 60 to helI--is the Orderly Ser.
geant bound to 80 there?
All the parties present, who is respon.
sible for the conduct Of the men, the Cap
tain or the Orderly Sergeant? II the
Orderly Sergeant is responsible for the
conduct Of privates, oug ght the Captain to
interfere, and turn privates loose who
have been pu. under arrest for disobeying
orders?
Where company Of men "ooard out"
and the Captain knows it. and boards with
some of them, a quarter Of mile off
from company headquarters, ought the
Captain to complain if the Orderly Ser,
geant fails 10 come to time TWO or three
times week or ottener?
In cavalry service, how often mus, the
Orderly Sergeant notify a private to go on
duty before he is clear Of any wrong him.
self? Aud after notifyinn private soldiers
the proper number Of times to 90 on duty
Is the Sergeant bound to catch and sad
die all their horses; and after putting on
"a" Their equipments, and furnishing those
who, by car, lcssuess or otherwise. have no
arms. with the necessary weapons to take
said private soldiers by the napes Of their
neeks and the seats Of their breeches and
put them in their saddles? Where there
are one Captain aud two Lieutenants
present, seeing how things 60, and they
being stout, able bodied men, don't yol
.hirk they ought to put some Of the men
in the saddles ?-say half or quarter Of
them, especially if it is a damp day?
When the Colonel commanding IA regi.
ment sees and knows that the men under
his command are unru'y, how often ought
the Orderly Sergeant to report to the Colo,
mel men who fail to 90 on duty at their
regular time aad how often ought the
Orderly Sergeant to report the same thing
to their Captains the Captain being pre-
present and seeing and knowing that they
refuse to 60 on duty, he frequently excus
ing them from such performance of duty
JUS. 1t The time when it is impossible to
notify another to fill the vacancy-I say,
how. often ought the Sergean, complain to
such Captain?
After serving as orderly sergeant in a
company over thirteen months-the com.
pany being disorderly, unruly, contentious,
"boarding OUT at as many different points
of the compass from company headquar
ters as they sosld find places to board ut,
and being troublesome generally, aud u.s.
ing every exertion to get the orderly ser.
seant 70 "tsign and retire to pirate life,
in order that some one of them might get
the high position Of orderly sergeant OF
the company, is !. treating said orderly
sergeant with justice 10 take n private
from he ranks-one OF the most contrary
men too, (and lkno~ who is contrary
and ,pu. him over said sergeant as second
lieutenant, just because the colonel Of his
regiment is afraid Of bis men, and is afraid
to take control and govern them 81
II the Colonel OF regiment tells the
commissioned officers of his CON mand that
hs is afraid Of his men, and that is tho
cause Of hi, no. trying 10 govern them,