, 1864-01-24
ABsENTEEIsN In TIE ARMY-ATTACE on TIE
ADJuTAAr AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. -,
[Frou the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 15.1

-ADJurAar AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. -; :;
Ftom the Richmond D1spatch, Jan. 151 :.
,T1,a nuh,,c for 1our fine o,aVe fonna II.
d,f1,as,'f to account foF one OF fhe most cx-
t,oo1i1Iuorr nhcnnmcno. and we NAV saY. the
strangss. snnt,adlcton IN ths Wy the nc GH
S!anfsdnrafe army Rnt tha sshiact was en-.
fishtnued resterd3y in Congress. Ry the INTRO
ilhctfon Of cerfain cn,respondcnee. whicI, is
the most mouetrous. curiosity sre havo vet
seen Of iuefEciency in HE Eichmond Be
Paa,nqssst qss II Il sppsa:s fom this sosrsspond
the subject has be.Exbro roluteiy thrown nway.
and that The Adiutant and Inspector t:anrrn}
of the Conf.derate army. whosc dI,fy It Il t..
nut Ibis lecfelution In ef;ect. llas thr astounil
fnG lardihood Is come befpre Contrcss Wit',
ths' declaration thst he knows nothing about
ter.
:.What.I the Sour Ad;utant and INSPECTOR
General in the army, q has to tsrccret,!
that' ha Is. ignorant whether 7-rs against
aeserton hare been put into pracalc.sa affect
in the Acid: in TACT, Knows nothing Of IL
IN ths corfespondenee, stirling eSnmp!e ol
the way }Con1edelates afe manage; ~ IN.
staIce OF. o1aeia! ignorance , nna nstiessness
th9L Inc Wofio, some GAy, Nltl l1uen Y ~.
lne aeel1ug Is WeAsreuuuea so 4ons -
a1se Gasses q ncn, ploiessI,s ~ " " " tae tt's
nInyr aha consuming the saestange a;9s o. .ne tI,
E2!elGfs, Is atoWea, q me lmneeaitx ,,2a 81 nae
. uia't "s u9sssnnea. 5sta ~, ea'.1S Ssat no,Hea
tnsau ., pt's o,r 49, ;,1tar
oa4s 'yn r." tnnsS - v;i1aoc ' NJ twelve Inn.
,GTc5 inhabitants. in. which there are
ore captaiu, and two mnior quarter
rnatcrs rrsiding. beeides two scsidcnt COM
uiszayies, each Of the five with his gang Of
clc1xs, .ofdcrlies, messengers, tciins7ers,
All. ,,eting, probably. to two OF three hun-
III. I'm. Besides these, there arc one or.
tvs e:stiona1J OF floating depressing otaccrs,
cpchwith complement or assistanta,s Each
Of these gangs OF Government agents .,roiEi
over the country, surrounding the village to
distance Of ten or twenty miles,. riEmg the
fastest borses to be seen; wearing new md
bright Government clothes using the best
Government cavalry caparIsons; eei<inG
everything they can lay hnnds on; and, hv
their want Of business habits; want of t-ust
and frugalitJ /; and, very often, their san= Of
mcnuers also. tlling the people with dlsgast
and resentment toward the government
Not many weeks ago, we sa" as many as
seventeen stout men in charge Of tTos hun
see these men thus enjoying the .tat Of the
land and dong little service tsons Of them,
II ie conceaed, are yaluablc pupuc agents)
natafall{ communicate their ies hnG,s to the
p Dinte setole9s endnf1ns harasmp ana pf1Va-
ttoa ~ ta4 p9s9 q, ouIg.t, 4As " on1: ~ Z; EA-
an,paG " nuat ~ "1Lnessaa at over Tue
eouatit1., e nno asseefnaas. -. y
TIE MEANS of ofsuB7udA11oS.1. - :, {.
7 From the Richmond Examiner. Jan. III - -
There is but one mode by; which five mil
lions Of people, with arms IN their hands and
SUPERIOR courage can be 6ubdued; and that
is, By the failure Of of"subsistence. Th, essen
taal question IN all military operations is that
OF the comnliesariat. Without bread aud meat
no trmy can be kept in, the field. = Upon
supply Of rations depends, not
merely the question Of: en army's e3ist-
ence, but also the equally important ques-
tion Of discipline. = The best !. order
and discipline Of the most perfectly organ
lied army are lost in q fortnight under the
failure Of rntions; from lnVincible veterans
the best soldiers degenerate into hoWling
wolycs. So long as the South can; Eaep, an
army ot one hundred and fifty or two, hun,
dred thousand efecttye men actually IN the
nela1 over anu eooTe gne stck a9a me shRiA.
ere, 1esertere and licensed strollers over the
country, there GU be no: danger Of subjuga-
tiop, :: We never could pretend to match the
enemy in numbers. But we hive lonn7 ago
established this fact, that where the enemy
knows we are well commanded, they do not
dare to attack with less than three OF Jour ia
one fItat:.was true of :, Mcclellan
tHe .rafice1 f;enera,a --Fn1 This hss
.eiw,vs hSe1, ne .e.se TbeIa t - A. Joha:
ston, or Beauregdfd were known to Be-
IN t Is At dns
sr11r - s-,; +b SHOWS n MA :.
fgb3inF every dav, always With success, s.
ana anae WiiIis ;ng aii .e' loves ~ T1ohem -
sn. sna 1l1a1a doan e. o. iarr o pIopsi ID
sonthefn mdepenqenee aas long asp resoitca