, 1864-01-10
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4br fn,mer nesr1v nh,c fnr 6n+v md onyinn.
+or Il :. 4ho lstter ,tte,nntinr ~ recover f,orn
The rran1ts of his donccrons vound' received
At the hatt1e at Corinth. Miss. Of October.
7sso Eay,nv nsrt,n,}v recovered from tbn
cdefa Of tbnf Eonnd he In his @eaeerncss to
=. he at tis .oost. ventured too early mon the
field md was compelled to submit his case to
the War Dcpartment, which extended aleayc
Of absence for SIX months.
I: =, The absence from the field of sIafor Gen.
e,nls Thomas l. Crittenden and Alexander
aicD.- Cotok. is. 1pst1rhaps q necessity. It were
unvisc: with such graye doubts existing as
to thefr eonnetcncF IL nanapc 1arrc massea ~
men. az nrc iup13ed in the charpis nf Gen. Ro.
scr1an;a. In venture the chances of war tn their
direction. Int their rcn;n1tano and the want
ri nTocer ofNcers tefnre tie enemv renr,re
4toT t1,e irvcstIo,tIon eb,,I hc had EncafIflv
,n1 he m,ae tbornnrh
A. ,nr.st,oatfon ;,to .ot+o, ,,acr,ot,or.
a,d ut neoa Sfo,or r:e,e-,,s Irr3n 1fcno1re11
mn, SINS Casey. nor was3t ahso1nte1T neces.
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.re not needed 1ct tiern retire t. the nes cefnl
ahodea nj nrIvntc 1,fr: :Ncnnwc1,. hovinc
nrc, re,,crca from snsii,cfon tbror,cb. ths
10 trv the ield aeain-: but IL lie record rnaae
in his case prohibited this, then vacancy
might conveniently occur. Casey II now
suitable for a Major Generals command in
The field might ns well dispose Of his Late,
days compelling him to work on tactics BY
disposing Of the suspended paragraphs and
inserting modthed Instructions 1or the edu'
cation Of me Sons OF Uncle sam
"hat Is MAJOR General Le"is wallace 40
ing! eince ms fade In Inc van 10 memphis
Tenn, but little has been heard from hin
save the frequent publication OF notices thai
he '1s abont to be assigned to an important
commando II no department commando,
seeks Ills aid, let them be sustained By the 40
pointment Of some competent man, Whose
services are desired- ..-.
Frank 2. Blair, too, Is at Nberty-be h'
Congressman or General. nc is absent-ab
scnt from both duties. We believe he would
Ills political ambition Is even as great as hi!
tanonple oeslte 10 sec nus division o. Inc LOU
a,ns co1ps SUCCESSFUL ne nas napPy M me
nlty o. obtaining leaves OF absence 700. ai
daSlsAon "ent to Vteksbusg without him, al
though he is known to have made commend
able efforts to rejoin his command with haste
He may be nsefnl In either Or both capacities
but 1t Is fully time he acceped one or the 9th
er trust and performed it's duties.
Gen. David Hunter is having anite alelsur
bpeA, OF at most 1s employed at "ork a Jun
1or otacer could as wen perform. Gen Hun
ter was removed from the department 0