Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-01-19
sub-dstrict the credit of all men enrolled
the Q who enter the military service;
PRososr MARSHALL GENERALS OfricE, L


the Q who enter the military service;
PRososr MARsHAL- GENERALS OrrIcE, L
NJ Jan. TO- !
The attention Of mastering d,ftsrs is called
to the fact that existing, regulations require
them to state upon the hustsf in roll, the sub
district or town, ccufty, district and State TO
which soldiers asc 70 be credited, This must
be done where man is mustered, and no
entry shall be made on musterai in rolls with a
view to o.credit nor shall any date be taken
from them for that purpose, other than that
which was officially entered on them at the
time Of muster, and all musters by whomso-
ever made, must be reported to Acting Asst.
Provost-Marshal General Of the State, or divi-
sion to which the credit is given, and Provost
Marshals, and other mastering officers, are in
structed that they will, in no case, report
credit directly to each other, nor, apply any
credits reported by other Provost Mafshals Or
mastering officers, or ffom other sources, un-
til the same have been reported to the Board
Of Esrellmest hy the Acting Assistant Prov
ost Marshal GeAeral, Of their State or dis,
trfct with his approval. e.
TSignedl JAS B. Fry, p NJ G.
sUB-DlswEICT CREDITS FOR SURPLUS MEN.
A correspondent inquiries Of us in reference
to the meaning Of Provost Marshal General
Fry, in his Circular No |, under the new
call for men, where he says sub-districts will
not be allowed credit for any surplus men on
previous calls We find this question ans
wered by Provost Marshal General Fry, under
date Of December 23i, as follows x. =
y lst, The excess on the call Of July 18th,
has been taken into account in determining
the quotas under the call of December 18th,
1864, and have not been used to fill prior de-
ticlencies.. =" t"s%
I'd, The district quotas furnished you, have
been apportioned properly, and are the result
after credlting the excesscs.
From the instructions above referred to,
our correspondent will perceive that although
the district quota will not be reduced by the
respective surpluses of the sub-districts yet
the latter will have the benefit of the surplu-
ses made by them Gin. Gaz.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac, JAN
ll.--Iht heavy rains which have fallen for
the past week. have swollen the James river
to several feet above its usual height, and the
low grounds laying along its banks are over
flowed, making travel in this vicinity anything
but pleasant. The river is full of floating de-
.brs, great deal of wAich comes from above
the canal learned last evening, that these
high tides had caused an opening in the bulk
head Of the canal and that stream of water
flows through it some eight or ten feet wide
and several deep-elements thus combining
to accomplish what engineering skill had fail
cd to do. There were no Richmond papers
obtained yesterday, the rebels refusing to cx-
change, owing it is believed to their contain
! ing news they did not relish
About thirty desertefs came in yesterday
They represent that rebel forces have been
sent from Richmond to 9euth Carolina to
meet Sherman.
MILITARY COMBINATIONS.
The following are among the confrmations
made to-day: Brig. General VIM. 4. Sher-
man to be Major General, August Il, 1854,
vice Wool relieved Capt Philip II. Sheridan,
18th Z. S Infantry, to be Brig Gen, Sept.
~, 1861 vice Sherman, promoted; Brigadicr
General P. H. Sheridan, to be Major General,
Nov Sth, 1854, vice. Mcclellan resigned
Brig. Gen G. H. Thomas to be Major Gen.
Dec 10th, 1864, vice Fremont, resigned; w.
S. Hancock, Quartermaster u. s Army, to be
B.i gadicr General, Aug. 18th 1864, vice Nc.
Phcrson, deceased
HOODS ESCAPE ACROSS THE rENSfssEE.
| New YORK, January i3.-aAdm.rll Lee,
commanding the Mississippi squadron, details
to the Navy Department, in an Official dis.
patch the facts regarding the escape across
the Tennessee river, at Dainbridse, six miles
above Florence, Ala, of the remnants oil
Hood 5 defeated and dcmoralized army The
Admiral says only the sudden falling of the
water on the shoals, and the prevalence Of Il
fog, enabled the rebels to elude the gunboats
All the pontoons and other means of cross
ing below Banbridge were destroyed, and
thousands of Hoods men were consequent,
scattered through the woods on the north
side of the rieer.
Adm raj Lee incloscs dispatch which he
had received from Gen Thomas, dated al
Pulaski, Tenn, on the 10Th of December, in
which the latter sums up rs far as then known
to him, Hoods losses in Men and ARTILLERY
from the time he crossed the Tennessee
northward. 1t puts them down at 70 genera
.icers, and about l4,00O men in killed
wounded and captured and II pieces of ar
tilery; rather s.nguarly enough, he does no
include in his account Hood's killed anc
wounded in the two days battle before Nash
vile, on the 18th and 10Th ult
NEWS FROM EUHOpE
! New York, January l3-The steame
CHM. from liverpool the 3lst has arrived
The Times of to-day, in its resuhe of the yer
allu,l ,nr to the present attitude Of the Nortl