Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-06
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territory, the Chief may.
proclaim the state of seige; conformablye
With the law of June, 1851, which will con-
tin1e in force for the Confederation until
2. Federal law shall be passed, regulating
the form and condition of such proclama-
tiOhs. Thus the whole executive power of
North Germany, as regards military mat
teFs, ts placed infthc hands Of the King of
Prussias and the people Of the States form
Ing the new Confederation have 7abdicated
all control over this branch ofatheo public
administration for period of five years,
making themselves tor that period the
mere instruments of the militaty spirit of
Prussia, - > =, :.
"A general commission, now assembled
by order of the Government at Berlin, has
just laid down a set of principles for the
0rganizationoft the medical service in the
RF0sStan army The light hospital anlbu=
lances are to be replaced by medical de-
tachuaents closely following the army in
Its march. Each corps d'drnseeis TO have u,
with 100 beds each. During a battle the
medical adetachInents will establish hospi-
tails in the rear of the army, and infcase
there should ben0l scenters of population
structed. These detachments are likewise
to be providedswith tents Tor the recep-
ton OF the lwouqdeds iwhoIwhen, the army
is,obliged to advance, are to be forwarded
to the reserve depots while the medical de-
tachments follow the army. The wounded
are to remain in these depots until their
condition allows of their being removed to
the regular military hospitals. aT3T's So T5a2
ts-4ggTE b / III "a
aGemerals Grant and Sherman. li
The following correspondence, which oc-
CURED over three years ago, though it now
comes to light through recently publish
ed volume of the Report of the committee
on the Conduetaofh the War, is interesting
as an illustration of the relations of Gems.
Grant and Sherman f1seusd s.s; - ra;s.asl
,sTAaoogsd ~ tPrivatel eaad'
/ fo n7GaNAsEyILLE, Tenn, March A, 1884,
DEAR SHERMAN: The bill reViving the
grade of lieutenant General In the arm y
has become a law and my name has been
sent to the Senate for the place.. Il now
receive orders TO report to Washington i'm
mediately y, in person, which indicates either
a aconfirmation or .alikelihood of eonfirma-
ton. / start in the morning. to comply
with the order, but / shall say very dis
tinctly on my arrival there that accept
no appointment which will require me to
make that city my headquarters. This,
however, is not what sta rted out to write
about. While have been eminently sue
cessful in this war in at least the confidence
of.the public, mo one feels more than me
how much of this success is due to the en-
ergy, skill, and harmonious putting forth
of that energy and skill, of those whom it
has been my good fortune to have occupy
a subordinate position under me. There
are many officers to whom these remarks
are applicable to greater or less degree,
sproportiohate to their ability as soldiers.
But what1 want is to express my thanks
to you and Mcpherson, as the men to
whom, above all others, feel indebted for
whatever l have had of success. How far
your advice and suggestions have been, of
assistance, you know. How far your eXe-
icutiOn OF whatever has been given you to
do entities you to the reward L am receiy-
ing, you, cannot know as we'll as me.
feel all the gratitude this letter would ex-
press, giving it the most fiattering con
struction. The word ayou" I use in the
plural, intending it for Mcpherson also. /
should write to him, and will somed day
but starting in the morning, / do not know
that IwilI find time just nOw.1 is,s4az .srits
/ Your friend, UsS.GRANT, Maj Gen. IA
.s-i aao1rsI TTlW -
! ,sH37d atPfivGte and ConfidentiaIl7as essslF
-esFe4 NEAR MEMPHIS, March 10, 1864.
DEAR GE&ERAL:. q I have your more than
kind and Characteristic letter of the 4th
viii send a copy to Gen. Mcpherson at
once. You do yourself Injustice, and ds
too much honor, in assigning to us so large
ashare of the merits which have led to your
high advancement / know you approve
the friendship i haveeYer confessed to you,
and will permit me TO eontinpe, as hereto
fore, TO manifest it on all proper occasions
You are. now Washin gton's s egitimate sue
cessor, and occupy 6 II PLACE Of almost dan
heretofore, to be yourself-simple, honest
and pretending you will enjoy through
life the respect and love of friends and the
homage ofrnilli0ns of human beings thai
will award you a largerIshafe ino securing
TO them and their descendants Govern.
ment OF law aud stability. 1grepeat, you
do General Mcpherson and myself toe
much honor AT Belmontl you manifested
YOUR traits, neither of, usgbeiBg near. Al
Fort Donelson, also. you illustrated your
whole character. j was not near and Gen
Nc Pherson in too subordinate capacity
to influence you. Until you had won Don.
elsoh Eaeonfess was almost cOWed by the
terrible afrayi0f aanarehial elements thai
presented themselves az every point :; but
that admitted the ray of light which Lhave
followed since. believe You are as brave
patriotic and jnsEAas the great prototype
Washington ;oaas snnseltish. kind hearted
and honest as "a, man should be; hut your
chief characteristic is the, simple faith In
success you have always manifested, which
i can itken GtoFnOthing else than the faith
3; Christian has in q Saviour. This faith
gave y on victory. at Shiloh and lVicksbarg
Also, when you have completed your best
preparations you go into battle without
hesitation, as at Chattanooga-no Doubts
no reserves; and tell you it was this that
made us act with condolences. knew
wherever Twas that you thought of me
and if Igotin alright place, you would
come if aliveI&rMy only points ofedoubt
were in your knoWledgelof grand strategy
and OF books of science and history; but
confess your common sense seems to have
supplied all these. Now. as to the futnre
Don't stay in Washington, Halleck is bet.
ter qualifed than you to stand the buffets
of intrigue and policy. Come West. Take
TO yourself the whole Mississippi valley
Let as make it dead sure and tell you the
Atlantis slopes and the Pacific shores will
follow its destinyas sure as the limbs of q
tree lixe'O Ordie with the main trunk Z We
have done mnch,l but still much remains.
Time and; ;Time'slintluence are with u.s.
Ne could almost afford to sic still and lei
these Influences work. Even in the lseeed-
ed States your word now would go further
than a Presidents proclamation or an act OF
Congress. For Gods sake and your coun-
try's sake, come out of Washington. ]
foretold to General Halleck, before he 1efi
Corintb, the inevitable result : and L now
exhortJyou to come out West. Here lies
the seat taoff the coming empire and from
the West, when our task is done, we will
make short work of Charleston aud Rich
mond and the impoverished coast OF the
Atlantic, Tess.ssT ~. -. e..s;,.. ~, -
II, 20 Your sincere friend, @ ,,,.sssa sss. '.e's
/ Gen. Grant. sH
Speech of Ex-GOvernOr Brown al
( --..t--.--. Augusta. (SeOrSisa.