Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-10

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from regiment in any one day, and only
to enlisted 90 from company messy
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e-Bsgsoo c00Datdsse en- CONSTANTS.
ing officers Of detaoshments reporting 70
these Headquarters ore requested to have
provisions Of General Orders Ne. 8. dated
Headquarters Third Brigade, Reserve Corps.
Military Division Of West Mississippi, JAN
usry 9th, 1865, published and carried into
effect. in letter and spirit, in their respect
i've commands.
BY order Of Drevst Major General G. @.
Andrews.
BYson PoRrEH,
Capt. and 4. a. g.
(Omc:al) .JNo. B. MITCHELL,
1t 1t. and A. A. A. @.
In order 70 undesstand this Beautiful or
der it b necessary to know that the circular
mentioned in paragraph II requires every
regiment to have one axe or spade to every
| 10 men, which axes Or spades are - be car
ris1 by the men on march, lin addition TO
their knapsaclts and eshsr ispsdimsats) 80
that they may 30 always ready to forsify
any position where they may suddenly snd
Unexpectedly meet an ene0yl And they
tell W that the war ID over!
The orders ment6o0ed in Y. have refer.
snee 70 drilling much should b done
every day, and how the drills should be con
Quoted. They prescribe. among other things,
that the drill ground shall be staked Of in
steps Of 20 inches, and the men be drilled
in marching to the stakes until they shall
be able to march up and down the line blind
folded and set down the foot At stake
every time without missing. mo man can
be soldier until he can do It Y says the
order in question.
Heaven give us patiencel He tells mon
who, before they had been in service four
months could march oss hundred end hir-
teen miles in three days, in search Of an ene-
my who numbered thousands to their hun
dreds, fight and thoroughly beat him on his
own chosen ground, before night of the
fourth dsy, and who have, At lssst, been
equal to everything thss has been asked Of
them since; that "they can never be SOL
diers till they can march blindfolded up and
down BY row Of stakes and Get their feet
by the side Of . stake every time without
missing!" And he gravely advises men to
"engage in manly exercise who spend each
alternate day in pstrolling the city Of Mo.
bile, and in moving cannon weighing fifteen
tons, while the thermometer ranges ct %
degrees He guesses rightly. We shall
have need Of ali the discipline" We can gel
to carry Us through the ordeall
II Why are Ne not mustered out Because
The good q The country demands that Ne
!. | sheuId be retainsdi II 20, have not Z
wosd q ceap!aint to utter but what are
the factsi They say the war is over. No
where 10 there . rebel IN arms, and the
President don't intend 10 interfere in Next
CO, and there is no trouble to be spprehend-
ed with England. Then Why keep ~
heref There are 1t this time In and near
Mobile very nearly - many troops - il
took to take the place. What do they want
Of us heref To keep Alabama from rebel
.. ling againl But Alabama has no disposa
ton to rehel. She would keep herself II
!. the Union Il there were no Northern col
diers in her limits.
Her people are very likely not much in
love With the government they were lately
: fighting against but they are very tired o.
J. var, and that feeling il . better assuran e
Of their loyalty than ell the "osths" you
could pile up on her territory would be
We are not needed in Alabama
So We ore going to Texas! And there
can't be found on earth . more peaceably
inclined people than the Texans. Yet there
hes been sent there already more than twice
the number Of men that Banks took with
him when he went there to reconquer and
hold" the country. expecting . 6nd : regi.
ment at least, behind every clump Of chapar-
raj in the State. And more are being con.
stantly sent there, yet, unless We are to
have var With Mexico We are not needed
in Texas.
And If we were wanted there ever so much
We could only get there in time, to turn
1 right about aud start ,or home, that is, il
the gentlemen who are keeping us in service
are Ct al intending to send ~ home to ar.
rive in tune to be mustered out two monthu
from today ~ orders from the War De
partment directs them TO do.
/ No, the reason for keeping 10 in servic,
vas more than dsrkly limited At somstim,
! | nso. n . c1hvetuatlon between Gen. CANDY
and another General Quot Andrews) holding
command IN the 18th corps. Gen. Canby
had just arrived from New Orleans, and OF
! entering the headquarters Of the other Gen
exclaimed "Well General, have orders t.
! muster out all troops who have but 80 lonG
! 10 serve,-over half Of the 18th corps 70 EN-
braced in the number ~
d "But, General, 'exclaimcd the other, but,
| General, have you thought that that Wosld
leaes me witAout a c0wHGndf" This VA
, heard and reported by man who is Away,
, in the Office Of the latter General. Well
/ there has not been regiment Of the corpi
megtssed out 80 iAr - I know, and the Gen
81 eral cestainly has command lin TEXAS.
TaonAs.