Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-03
From. Our 0wa Correspondent.
aan Of Dan Iowa EATERg,
LsaxIx llnkg AagASaAa,
@ssf Julg 10th. 1866

you. Yes still you bear from ms aaa
know that the Sd Iosa Is yet at Little
Roc, and, we thiak, from pzeSeat inaiea-
aoas ID iaksay 10 reaaain hsFa fes soana
dine yetto como,
Ia my las&, letter., I believe, told yoa
that az order Vas here preyiaiug for tue
immediate muster oat On alf lighs battes-
les ''not actually hseded fer tbs service"
At that time, although she order had aesa
here for some sine, no action bad beea
taken upon il. nor did appearances seem
TO iadisase any early notion. Bus for
sone reason, the mysteries OF which hare
not been revealed "a q II. p, (high pris
yAte1 the authorities Mt this place
became aroused TO q sense OF duty,
and an order was issued for the immedt-
ate rnuSsering ont Of aha seFziee all the
batteries except two. The Bird iowa With
Der usual good luck, found favor IN the
eyes Of ths General Commanding, and be
has permitted it to remain here. The
batteries which arc 10 50 to sheir re-
speesive States, | ara told, are Battery
"K,' LIST Aio. Light Artillery, ID Kansas
Battery, 5th Ohio Battery and the LIST
Indiana Battery, Heavy Artillery. Those
that remain hcro are the 18th Ohio, and
the 81 Iowa. The lst Indiana 10 station.
ed, / believe, at Dgyalis BlaF. Ths ID
Kansas has ne organization Of It's own,
the men belonging TO it are doing duty
with other batteries. The reason Why
the 3rd Iowa and 2jth Ohio batteries are
retained, il, | suppose, because they are
the most Efficient batteries in the De-
paFtment.
# is eurrently reported and generally
believed that an order l. here, from the
War Department, for the immediate mus
ter out Of all men '@wbose term Of SER
vice expires prior ta.ths LIST day Of May,
1865" This order ~ill, when it takes
effect, relieve 4 great many men from da.
ty 10 the army. But when will it take
eRsct? Thsre isa question whieh ID
hard to answer People at home Hho
hare friends in this Department, who
will be affected By this order, need build
no hopas of snoa seeing the absent ones,
upon this order as q foundation. From
the war business has been dispatched
heretofore, and shy the past We must
/ Judge Of the future" it is reasonable to
coneluis that bul very few Of the men
Ifor whose benef. the order vas issued,
will be mustered out before the expiFa-
ton of their full term.
A great many of the men wbo are nog
in the service were mustered in for three
wears or curing the u-ar,' that BE-,
lieye was the understanding Of every vol
unteer soldier. They gov think thai
they have fulfilled their part Of the cen
tract, and should be discharged. Foi
myselI | mast sag that | cannot sec why
a volunteer soldier who is enlisted FOL
"daniag The raf,2 IS rot as much cati,
lied to bis discharge now, ss a mau wht
has been convicted Of a crime AMI sen
tznecd to imprisonment during the sam;
Ter5ed, lhat is, "dursng the tcar."-
sob veil, he is,1 say a great many, "bu.
it is impossible for the Government Il
~diseha-ge them MI at once" That /.
very true. The "Govcrnpent' Is Goins
its beat, no doubt, 10 &c. the mcu tc
! their homes. But the "Gavernment'
has q great N sny parsons in It's employ
wao are at present d~isgracing shouldet
STRAPS who are doing all in thsir powat
to keep the solli~rs in the field. Man
Of these persons are drawing largo ssia
ries, sad kBaw that If the army IS dis
banded they will have to returt
homo and earn their bread b,
the sweat Of their brow. The,
prefer doing nothing for Uncle Sam an,
receiving large pay for tie same. The,
have th, POWER to keep so!jiers in th
fo.d and they are determined 10 do it.
Afsw ef the I3Sa troors have beef
mustered cut, aud there ars grea
many Others, whose terms Of service ar
nearly unt who have not. Tho 49h 10
/, IA Infantry, wbich has lately been sra
TONED at Fl. Gibson, | suppose is not
mustered out and on the march fer R0l
In, Missouri, where they Will find F~ailroal
communication, and from there they vii
proceed TO St. Louis, theme
to Davenport whsre they vii
, receive their pay AMI discharges papers
!. Why the 33rd ana 10Th Iowa Infnntr
: are not also mustered out, | will leay
some wiser person than myseIf to say.
have heard II stated that Cav. Ston
) has made repeated etf1rts TO have Sd
men from I,wa sent home. Does beno'
|. resile In Iowa? OR Is be still tEaye.lio
, throughout the United StatesP
By late papers | see THAI about eighty
thousand troops are already in Texas an
! sbat more ere being sent. Why are S
many lroops necessary 10 that State P
Everything from there seems 10 indicat
8 that the citizens are peaeeahle. The
!. why 10 il that 80 many t4oops ara bein
! concentrated ia that Statel Are We o
the eve Of another WARP Are not thss
demonstrations being made in favor q
: his Imperial Majesty ''1faxs" Thes
, questions must remain unanswered unit
d time mors faiiy develops all this waF-lik
preparation.
mn toll that The Eraaa xaakrankinn