Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-28
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Gen. Sherman writes with the direc!ne"
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20" =. IT, N.ssacA usetts, Nashritte,
! S.s..yours from Chattanooga, July "
\ 1891. rotif, ing me Of your appoint
l'e. ss'So,,,i Sii.c 4 Lieut. Colonel aud
nra.,s; W.rshsl Of Georgia, Alabama, and
Mss;ssippi. under the Act of Congress ap
.,,o,cd July 4. 1864 to recruit volunteers
10 be credited to the STATES respectively.
.uuaoplyisest Webster ct Nash
vide. he win giant you pass through our
lines to those States, and, as | have had
considerable experience in those States.
wonld suggest recruiting depots TO be es-
lishcd az 1App am O0,mbv 1li4iseipns
Selma, Mont ssa,s]y Sssd &fc1i&,:E Aaabssn&1
and Columbus, Miledgevilie. and Savannah,
Georgia.
tdanot sec that the iav restricts VOC to
black fecriits, but yoa arr At Liberty to col
lect white recruits also. 1t is waste Of time
any money to epen oreMjeEvdtis IN North
western Georgia. for | assure you have not
seen an able bodied man, black OF white,
there, fit for soldier, who was not in this
army dr the ont opposed to il,
You spesk !vf Ne Impression going abroad
that Avn Opposed 70 the organization Of col
ored fcgimcnts.
Ny opiaions are usually very positive,
and there is no reaeon Why you should not
know them. =
Though entertainipa prof ppd ssverencs
for our Congress, ! do doubt their wisdom
In the pas4agc n this NV s4s ''- '-.'4 ~
L. Because civilian agents about an army
are usance.
g. The duty of citizens to fight for their
country is too sacred acre b bee pesldled Of
by buying up the refuse Of other States.
8. Ii is unjust to the brave soldiers and
volunteers who are fighting as those who
compose this army do, to place them on
pr with ths class Of eesuitsyou - sitsr.
4. The,negrV u ia tfanslsson stats, end
| Is not - ea1al n the white uaan
lie Is libsntod from his bondage BY
AZ Of stdr md me ARRIVES n tn Aesd ere
! entitled to all his assistance in labor and
| lighting, IN addition to the proper quotas of
| the States.
| 8. This bidding and bantcring for re.
cruits, white and black, has DELAYED the re-
enforcement Of our armies at the times when
| such rcinlorcements would have enabled US
| ~ make our successes permanent.
| Z The law is an experiment which, pend
ing war, is unwise and unsafe and has de
layed shs universal draft which ItiEWly be-
lieve WI hscons Necessary to Uvercd6ne the
| wide spsead resist1nee Offered y and 81.
! 90 believe the uuiyersal draft will 10 wise
and beneficial Y6f under the Providence n
God it will separate the sheep rom the
| goats, and demonstrate what citizens will
fight for their country, and what will only
talk.
| No one will infer from this that am not
friend Of the negro as well as the white
race. | contend that the treason and rebel
lion Of the master freed the slave, and the
armies | have commanded have conducted
to safe points more n. groes than those OF
any general officer in the army but pre-
fer negroes for pioneers, tcamsters, cook :
and servants, others gradually to expert
rnent in the art of the soldier, beginning
With the duties Of local garrisons. such a. we
had al Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez Nash
vilts and Chattanooga. but | would not
draw On the poor race for too large pro
portion Of its active. athletic young men.
for some must remain to seek for new homes
and provide for the old and young, the feeble
and helpless.
These are some of my peculiar notions.
but assure you they are shared by large
proportion Of our fighting men.
You may show this to the agents Of the
other States in the same business as your
self ain, etc.
ISigned w. I. SuERy.S, Ma
Major General
Official copy
Il J. II. DAYTON, Aid dc Camp.