, 1866-04-25
THE FREEDnEN'S BUREAU.
A New Policy Inaugurated.
CornnslssfoncrHf.ip TO BE Transferred
to the Military Organization.
From Our Special Correspondent
WAs1Exayox, April q, 1866


AN EXPERIMENT..
ccn Uowora 1,os ,noro7,,atci, n nc9v no1,cr
.t..,,os LII ,-s..,,.a. ~ k.
upon p1ooa''on' "ate' pfom'ses ~ euAnEe
the character oI MS administration funda-
mcntatly. Gen. Grant has been somewhat
disturbed by the expressed jealousy on the
,,art ~ aoror,mt,t co,nn,.n;1ors o,,,1 ot,,a~
pa't W oel0' .nS eoH ~" e'.et .'
army ouee1s u tne el'ecati IAhetlons OF tne
assistant commissioners, who are responsible
directly TO the Chief of the Bureau at WASH
ipetou. and not, like other members Of tue
military ~ o'sa1izattouf ~ tu' oueo. VIZ 'auAs 1'
them, anu Is IN nearest command. Lie (thP
Lieutenant Gencra1) went SO far as to iati-
mate to Gen. Howard, sone months since,
that II wcot,1a in his Judgment, be q decided
snn.nxc,ncrt In tbe cbo.nc,or - t,c Rnrc,n
improvement. y ~ tne cnafactef M lug o"scau'
as paft OF Tic military organization, It's
distinctive features were rendered less PROM
iueat. The commissioner. as it Is generally
known. Is yery sensitive to criticism. md has
n.ofn,,z,5 ras,,aot fo- his s,,Y,er;or H., ,,os
Nooun4 'esisst ~. - aNpsitu w nun
therefore oeen desishs remedy iof tne evil
eno1Ish nra@,on ~ tha "o enfre corns
asststn,+ co,nn,,ss3nnera subs+,tnt,nn
ao- csc, comm;ssioner = denorf ;ment n5
~. .,ct c,,nn,nndcr .vho viii ,a Eanao-,i-sao ~
~, ass,stnnt cn,nmss1o"er hnt n3,r1o,,sis
Will rIxe nnir Incidental oftcntion - tIe -,
Vas 6f suhnrilinnie oiTce an1 ,ri,1 rcro@-.i.r
IN fla Chief al tie Bureau an ,essociate r7ti,er
thnn a sunerIor. II VIII then nn1r n.aTs, II,
attach lie Chier Cammissioner to the staW of
the Lieutenant General, and the Bureau will
obnoxfnns eycu 10 It's enemies, I do moi
know that this change, even ii It shall prove
account Of either OF the parties win contri-
lutte to its dcyelopmcut-the course OF events
Is so natural; The Bureau Is foreign to the
simple and single idea Of military oEganIza-
tion; md the purcr tho ottlccr's soldierly
taste, the more obnoxious to criticism M IT.
regularity must seem, And when these we'll
taken exceptions are brought to the attention
Of the head OF the nrmJ, there is but one pro-
isssional opinion poss'nle 10 him, however
liberal construction be might be willing to
use as citizen. And. finally, there seems to
be but one alternative for the commits
s'6ner. VINO, althonsh a. inc head OF his de-
parsMcnt, Is NOT at tne mead OF The army ,and
must FOL forget tAat hts profession Is The pro-
lersion o. mSh "1o are uIst 10 ooey, and only
a1teTward, Il ~ al, 10 ask questions.
II seems equally clear, however, that The
change must work tQ tle sanid .retzssaf.hs,a-.a
en ssS stl.e1tnc5 " .ao .' nMsau' Ior tsaso1s
100 OBVIOUS 70 1eea slatement. me depart
men1 c0mM1nnoers pave nHea1y enough 70
40, "nle tne assslaht co4mlss'onets COT s: r. s. nave
even !io1c . s suan ennnen ;; anu ssIn lug ue-
laltneAt cVn4uutuel ~ oispuseu 70 uo "uat
may ~ ~ ''s po"s,-a r. ,o conJes.on 10 ;i} nI1 ~.
think It Just to -glree The dntics Of a spscinl
lrnst pl1orily oFer the duties o1 ~ position
as Mn1of denefaa commanding. nof can II
be expected that be Will matntain q list o.
carefully selected speclal AGENCIES, hut OIL
GERS ana prtVates VIII DC detaIled al random,
were beiore tie bureau vas o5rnnixed.
said that the change had been inaugnrated,
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