Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-27

D.4a Bsss.
For two long weeks | bare been waiting,
pasisaslJ wailiag, far sonasshiag % hap
pen chat woala aaard ass material for
manufacturing q letter For yeas WIFI
net yais any goageF, I'LL ge it blind and
write 10 yon aayways
Tna ssh Or JAY M hsss ! fsw days
sinae, and ths psapla tried ges Up >
celebration la honsr u hfs ~arrivai, but
The Thing wpull not york very wc,i.
ThEy, however, snccesded ii making q
fsias, aud LsGppuse taas sas Did fellow
vent away perfectly satisfied With the
overtases N sds ID bis honor. The
ssgrana display Of fireworks" which took
place in the evening on the ponsoon
bridge WIS "tremendaons.n II looked
as il several msn wess dawn there sur
roundiug q dirty lantern, each one of
whom would occasionally light . tallpw
candle and throw II Into the river. Ii
was a spectacle which truly fifed the be-
holder xith wonder and amazf ment.
IN happy to state that "nobody was
hurt" during the dag. 8
During the paat Eask soldiers from
Shsrman's army have been coming 10 ev-
cry day. The men belong 20 shs 3 esond
Division Of the Fiftsensh Array Corps, they
are stout, rugged looking feifo ws, and
are mad as blazss because they were not
sent home instead Of here. What their
object is IN sending these men here, I car
not say. tits reported that they are to
relieve the 7th corps, but madam runner
does rot tell Us where The 7sh is to be
sent.
The mastering ont Of troops in this
Department still goes on. The 18th and
l3sa regiments Of Kansas Infantry aud
S5lh Missouri infantry have been muster.
ed out anl seat heaas, The 18th and
40th Iowa Infantry are to be mustered
out in q few days. Il i sFeported that the
9th Missouri Cavalry is ordered TO re-
port here and be mastered out. These
men are being mustered out IN esnse-
quence Of tAeir term Of service expiring
pTi3r to the LIST Of October. A detacA-
meat Of the 43i Illinois Infantry vas
mustered ont . dag OF tao ago for che
same reason. ii is reported that order an
has been received here from the War
Department, to muster out Of service all
men whose term Of service expires prior
to January list, 1865 RI such IN order
has been received and is acted upon i'm
msdiassly, it will take about fifty men oat
Of this battery, your hdrhbIs serT ant in
eladed.
There is an ordar here from the War
Department, for de mastering oat Of all
volunteer light batteries which can be
dispensed With, Without "manifczt injury
to the seryice.ss This leaves the thing 81
the discretion Of the General Command
ing. Our boys think that light lat
teries are not reeded any longer, and
cannot see why they da not muster Us
out. Gen. Reynolds, suppose thinks II
accessory to keep them. supgasa be
knows best. "Such small minds as ours
cannot grasp taese weighsy matters
therefore We are not competent to ja3ge
whether light batteries are needed or not.
have asea an item IN an Iowa paper,
stating that Adiutaot General Baker ha'
received notice from The War Depart
ment that an order has hees Issued pro-
riding for the immediate muster ont Of
all Iowa Batteries. II it be true tha.
such an order has been Issued, vhy is 4
that soma steps hare not been taken ii
carry inso exeeutiong Could n9g tn,
Governor Of Iowa press this thing . little
aud hove the troops at h3ma to vote foi
him this Falf? Tam rather Inclined To
doubt the truth Of the statement 10 re
gard to said order. ] guess it is not is
sued yet.
Wen, / bzvs aboa. run ont Of snuni
tioa, 50 I viii 'sesasa arlag,'' ssiimber 4
tbs rear" ana bold myself in rea lines
to write to you again Whenever ab op
p~ortuaity presents itself.
i Hoping that I may 5000 ba able d
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write you that 81 ana coming home" am
bidding you for q sime, Farewell, I re
main
Yours, &C.,
c. II. B.