The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-01
The Press on Deception,

CorTes pondence Of the Nashville Union,
The editor of the Press has an edi-
torial in relation to alleged etricks to
be played upon Indiana soldiers It
would seem that he is man OF far more
weighty influence then We ever dream
ed Of He cannot be Lieutenant-Gen-
eral, as that position is certainly filed
by Gen. Grant Yet, from the tenor of
his article, he certainly holds position
which is of such importance that Cen
eral Sherman becomes a mere tool in
his hands, whom he consults when he
has "early enough Information to do
so) in relation TO momentous events.
BAH
What are the facts in the matter
referred to in the article entitled
Soldiers going home to Vote" On
the personal request of. Gov. Morton
the Secretary Of War wrote an or
der to the Surgeon General to fur
Tough ali Indiana sick and wounded
soldiers able TO travel, that they might
90 TO their respective homes TO exercise
the elective franchise.
To carry out the above order and to
see that the wants of all such fur
loughed soldiers were attended to Gov.
Morton has sent to this city the Rev.
Isaac w Monfort, Special Sanitary
Agent of Indiana, and with him a
number of surgeons, as his aids and as
sistants These as ,nts are all men of
experience, all of them having been in
the service over three years. Mr.. Mon
fort has served as the Indiana State
Agent at Washington City for the last
year, and has been in the service of his
country since the opening of the Re
bellion, and Indiana does not contain
a more high-minded, or honorable,
christian gentleman. In the efforts of
these men no partnership has been al
lowed to enter They come here to aid
in carrying out the orders of the Secre-
tary of War and the Surgeon General
In doing this they have received every
facility from the Military authorities
and the Medical Department; of the
efforts of the latter they speak in the
highest terms of praise
The charge that these agents, or any
one Of them, has Systematically de-
ceived' single soldier, is totally false,
a lie worthy the source from which it
emanated. Not man on duty in the
field viii go home, even for the short
term of fifteen days No baser lie was
ever coined than is here covertly stated
that several thousand sound, healthy
Indiana Veterans have been fctitiously
transferred TO the hospitals to be fur
Laughed home" The entire number |
who will probably be sent from this
point will not exceed 1900 men. I'll
the editor of the Press, or any of his
Is traitor friends who 50 sympathize |
with the soldier viii be at the Louis.
vile Depot when the hospital train |
leaves, which is to convey these Sound |
and healthy men towards their homes,
he can give material aid in a good |
cause, by helping to carry them from
the ambulances TO their beds in the |
cars, for most Of them viii need assis-
lance
But this astute editor, this man of
power, who consults General Sherman,
(only in difficult cases) warns officials
who are, as he says, abusing their
trust and perpetrating fraud on Indi-
ana by aiding sick soldiers to go home
to exercise right they have doubly
won by sickness and wounds, will find,
we opine, some difficulty in making In
diana soldiers believe there has been
any systematic deception practiced
by any one except the editor of the
Press INDIANA.
PtTTIVOHE Sent % Richmond pa- |