The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1865-06-21
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.


The Government has dispatched five hun
dred men, with intrenchmentt. tools and cofhns,
to the battle fields of the Wilderness, for the
purpose of Gecently interring the remains OF all
soldiers exposed to view, of which there are
number.
The President has issued a proclamation
still further opening the South to commerce, de-
claring that armed rebellion has ceased to exist
in Tennessee, and annulling previous disqualify-
ing proclamations which appledd to aState in
Instruction against the Government.
General Orders No. 1O1, from the War De-
partment gives all honorably- discharged SOL
diers the privilege of retaining their arms, on
condition that they purchase them at the follow
Muskets, all kinds, with OR without accoutre-
ments, six (6Jdollars.
Spencer carbines, with or without accoutre-
All other carbines and revolvers eigl1 dol
Sabres, swords, with or without belts, three
(3) dollars.
AS there have been some complaints of de-
tnquencies in the Second Auditors office the
Hon. e. B. French, announced that during the
month of May there received at this office
&c, 2S7 claims and officers property returns.-
There have been 29, Alb claims and returns ex-
amned settled and adjusted: 1854 claims reg
fstered and preferred; IA ,6O4 letters written
corded and mailed; 3, 457 examinations of army
rolls and certificates issued to the Paymaster-
General and Commissions of Pensions upon
their request and 700 acquisitions registered and
posted. It is asserted that the work 10 cOntln
uing with all reasonable dispatch.
Miss Clara Barton has hit upon an excel
lent device for bringing to the knowledge of
friends the fate or whereabouts of missing sol
diers. Some weeks ago she published an inv-
tatiOn to the public to send to her address, in
this city, description OF missing soldiers, CIV
ing the name, regiment, company, and the State
to which they respectively belong. In response,
she has already received such descriptions of
some thousands. Roll No. iss large sheet,
containing we believe, about fifteen hundred
names of missing prisoners of war. Twenty
thousand copies of this roll have been printed
and circulated all through the loyal States, and
among the camps; and she now calls upon SOL
diers and others who can give information con-
corning the missing men to write to her imme-
diately. Great care should be taken to write
the name and address in every instance plainly.
Her plan is highly appreciated and approved by
the War Department and by the President. All
letters must be directed to Miss Clara Barton,
Washington, ID. @.
The cavalry formerly attached to the Army
of the Potomac, and that which has heretofore
camped on the Orange and Alexandria Rail-
road, and is being reorganlzed and consolidated
in consequence of the mastering out OF those
whose terms of service expire prior to October l.
About 1000 have already been mustered out,
and but e. 900 of the same class remain to be dis
charged as rapidly as circumstances permit 1t
is believed that coming order from the War
Department will direct the immediate discharge
of all whose term of service expires before Jam
nary l, 1866. A board of officers is in session
daily for an examination into the merits of ev-
cry officer of the entire Cavalry Corps, and the
result of the investigation is forwarded to the
War Department. Meritorious officers making
application to remain in the service receive an
appointment in the new consolidation, upon the
Recommendation of tho Examining Board. The
entire strength of the Cavalry Corps command
cd by Gen. Davies is about IL, 000. The LIST YER
mont Cavalry has been ordered to- report toGen
Dix, in New York, and the 9th United States has
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