The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-14
HEAT QUARTERS DISTRICT OFTE .NESsEE,(
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 18Th, 1884. !
General esrdt rs

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 18Th, 1854.
| General ssrd, rs
1T IS 81 - CGMMoN FOR GUERRlLLAs To
! / commit murders and steal and desjro, proper
| ) within this dstr t. in neighboThoods in winch
their friends and SYM SthseTs reside, ana by whom
they are concealed. and, as it s believed. sided in
the comm sson OF these crimes, tkat extraordinary
measures are ndspcnS5tiy necessa = 10 protect tire
! aw-sbiding ana inofensiTs citizens from piage
and murder.
Its, therefore, ordered, that in every instance
| IN which uerrllas shall rou or murder loyal cit
zen, an assessment viii be made upon and cclec-
led from the rebel synpathsers in the neigh
toIEOOC Of the offence IN tHo case Of robbery Of
the amount taken; ami in case OF murteF Of such
oil amount, for The u-e Of the murdered mRa's
family, rs may be thought just and right. And
when g reighboghood shall become notorious iCT
such robbeiios and murder, the rebel sympaths-
er5 tn ron, whose friends md relatives commit
these crimes, will be sent South beyond the FEEDER
allines, to remain during the war This order VIII
he gdly sua prompt enforced To that end 81
the.ts, r.bberlcs and murders VII b st once re
ported 20 these HeSdg quarters, by the military Al
thodt OF the district Ia gli The facts IN Owed
wheTeup0n The necessary orders v Il be issued
ir n these p headquarters
By command Of Major General Rousseau.
Juns lE-lw g. Il. POLE, Maj. and A. q.
HEApQ'RS DEPT OF THE UMRERLAND,l
OFFICE CT CH-T FNcISEER
Chattanooga, Tenn June 10, 1874.
u present and 70 MGR 5mGerS Of the Pioneer Brigade
Afmy Of DC Ca2lJajgrd:
TEHE UNDERSIGNED II IS BEEN AUTH0BIz-
i ed - The Major-G7nerd commanding 10 raise
an Engineer HegiIlsnt from the Iiou5eT Brigade,
IL accordance with tho following act Of Congress-,
approved May 20, 1861:
An ACT 10 organize a regiment Of Veteran Yolun-
teeT LDg.u ers
Be Z TC50lcsi b. TIC Senate and House 81 PeDrseCs
tat.ges d he United States Of America IN CoEgfs As
s6a5lc5, That the Secretary Of War be, and he is
hereby, authorized 90 enlist, out of any volunteer
forces 10 be army Of ths Cumberland that have
served, or are noE er7ing as pioneers, pontCnors
or engineers, TO serve Wherever required fer three
years, during the war, 20 consist of N cOmpa-
mes, and 10 have the S.ms CrE7uiZalun, pay and
ehOiumeGts IRE allowed o. engineer soldiers un-
der the provisions OF the fourth section Of an act
ton Of the military establishment" approved Au-
gJsJ third eighteen hundred and siXty-One.
rec. 2 IND be Il further enacted That the officers
Of the engineers authorized 70 be raised under the
provisions Of the foregoing section shall be appoin
TED and commissioned by the President Of the Uni
der oi the Army Of inc Cumberland, AMI shall re-
ceiye the same pay and Sowau"es = engineer Off
GERS Of similar grade in the regular army.
al present aud former members Of the Piouoer
Brigade Of the aTny Of the Cumberland ere invited
70 enter the engineer service il this regiment They
can procure suca additional information 20 they !
may need from me, or from any officer now serving
IN the Pioneer bdgade, the majority OF whom will
enter { c engineer regiment.
Lieutenant NiIi5tr, Engineer DsTHltment Nash
vile, Is ths recruiting officer for Nashville and Vi
c.nity. W. L, MERRILL,
Capt. L. s. Engineers,
Chief Engineer army Cumberland.
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