Washington telegraph., 1865-05-24

/Johnston's army has just ended. Every
officer and man has taken an obligation
not to take up arms against the United
States government until properly released.
Officers have been allowed to retain their
side-arrus, private horses and personal
baggage. All the horses and mu es have
been returned, including cavalry and ar
Iiliery horses This has been done both
40 facilitate the homewsrd march and
aid in replacing the stock of the coun-
try. .....a I'D ...T e
o The entire arrangements of the sur
render have been conducted by General
Schofeld. He appointed from the Army
of the Ohio nine officers as special com
missioners on our part to sign the rolls
and receive the public stores. Brig. Gen.
Wm. Haltufi was in charge of the party
He left Raleigh on "a special train on
Sunday morning, and reached Greens
boro at p. IN. on Monday. The num-
ber paroled is about $4,000. including
many sick and wounded form many rebel
armies, large number of stragglcrs
from Lees army, and the naval brigade
commanded by the pirate Srmmcs -
The reg ments were all greatly depleted
in Lees corps, averaging where eonsoli-
dated about 500 men, present and absent
Three corps were urrendered-llar-
dee's, !. ID. Lees and Stewards. with
about thousand cavalry, under Gen
Butler, Hampton and Whites BY spe-
cal agreement ) per cent. sf The small
arms were retained by the rebels. The
government will receive about fifteen
thousand stand of argus, one hundred
and fifty cannon, Ia g supply of am
lnunition and nearly a'fth rolling stock
oi the Confcderacy, east Of the Chatta-
hootchit river. This. however, is much
worn
Each officer, 10 the commander of n
company ar detachment, made out rolls
iii duplicate oi all officers and men who
appeared on the same muster rolls with
themselves, and to Ties. the following
obi CATION was attached, and dated al
G.ccusboro. in accordance with ihs Mill
tary Convention. entered into cn he 26ih
day pf April, lSGj. between Gen JOS
l. Johnston, commanding e. : armies.
and cen W. I sherman. commanding
army of Ihe |. = in North Carolina
We, thr officers and men whose
usIuta-;ir. borne ou these rolls, have given
vtrr solrnn obligation not To take mp
anus caiu~t tu,. Guvcrnnrlt Of the
tn.tcd States until properly released
tium tins "hh"t.iuIi, ami wr Ar. permit
sd 60 rriuul tu yur homes. and not tu lie.
disturbed by the United States 4uthuIi-
'ies =" long as Nr observe 1his ublig.-
ffom and obey thr laws d.. forr- wL,a.
ur inay rrs'.-."
1l. auh 'olilv-r becomes responsible
cor Biz staff, and each officer m succrs-
-ios' ior jhu-r under him Individual
paroles corresponding ia number 10 th-.
nmnes on iln- rolls properly signed on
h"tll sides, vr.e then driiycr"d 10 these
o.fcrrS t,r distribution.
The fotlowing officers surrendered
with their >taiis;-Gcn, j. T.. Johnston.
Et-Gens = ID. Lee, W j. Hmdre.
Stewart and Beauresard. with a portion
of Bragg's staff, Maj. Gems. ID II Hill.
y. G. Stevenson. OF Va VIM b Bale,
of Tenn, Brig. Generals Chcaiham, Of
Tenn II. T. l.okc, Of " c., J. G Brown,
Of Tenn, Loring, WaIthal, Andrews and
I.omax, of Lees army; Brig.-Gen. VIM
+. Brnntley, of Miss; j \ Sharp, of
Miss; l.. w Pettus. OF Ala; j. ii Hem
dcrson. of Ga; o. l. l.. Bingham, j. b.
Palmer, of Tenn; Caparsy, of :. c;
Govan, of Ark; j Smith, of Tenn;
Col. Quilt of Ga; II r. jackson. II
Warren, II. B Smih, f. Y. Warren, r.
u Tyler, OF Tenn J. J. Fimdley, of
Eta; Shelley, Frathcrstone, Lowry aud
Davidson, ot Lees army; Commodores
Forrest and Lynch, and the pirate
Sclnmcs, OF the confederate navy.
New York, March The steamer
America, from southampton, 26th ar
rived to-day
The Times of Thursday says: with