The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-10-23

"Detachments when necessary, may be made to
points in the vicinity Of each post; but in no case,
nor on any preteXt whatever, will detachments be
sent without commissioned officer, who Will be tul-
ly instructed by his post commander
f"The troops will be considered in the field, and
supplied with the necessary camp equlppage; the
men to be furnished with common tents If practicable
and if not practicable, with shelter tents. Com
maudng officers permitted to hire quarters, tenn
porary when it can be done for reasonable rates !;
but this will not preclude the necessity OF carrying
ing tents as the commands, in all cases, must be IN
readiness at the shortest notice. with all sup
plies required for their efficiency.
District commanders will instruct Post Com
manders i'll their duties, and the relative position OF
the civil and military powers. They Will impress on
Post Commanders that they to act In aid and CO.
operation and in subordnation to the civil authori-
ties that they are to exercise discretion and Judg-
ment unbiased by political or other prelndices; that
their object should be exclusively to preserve the
peace and uphold law and order, and they must De
satisfied such is the object of the civil officer calling
on them for aid that they must in all cases where
time will permit apply for instruction to superior all-
thority. but hev must at all hazards preserve the
peace and not be restrained by technical points,
when, in their conscientious Judgment under the
rules above set forth it is their duty to act Post
Commanders on being notified of the proposed hold
ing of political meetings, may send an ofhcer ana II
necessary detachment, to watch the proceedings
and see that the peace is preserved.
ITO the people of the several states composing
the Department the Major General Commanding APP
peals that they will cooperate with him and the civil
authorities in sustaining law and order, inpreservlng
the peace and in avoiding those scenes of riot and
bloodshed, and the wanton destruction OF properly
and life which has already, III some Instances been
enacted in the Department. He urges abstinence
from all infammatory and incendary appeals to the
passions; dscountenancing the keeping open OF
liquor shops on days of political meetings and OF
election the abstaining from carrying arms, and
asserting the individual right of constituting laws by
force of arms No Just cause is ever advanced by
resort to violence Let there be charity and torbear
ance among political opponents whatever may be
the result let each good citizen determine that all
who under the law have the right to the ballot shall
exercise it undisurbed If there disputed points
of law let them be referred the Courts and let not
mobs or political clubs other irresponsible bodies
construe and undertake to execute the law. This
appeal is made in the earnest hope that the Mayor
General Commanding re Y on the good sense
and correct Judgment of the mass of the people, and
that he will not be compelled to resort to the exer-
else of the power with which he is intrusted, and
which he will most reluctantly employ. But he
thinks is his duty to make it known, that so tar as
the power under his command will admit, he Will not
hermit the peace tobe broken and that he will not be
restrained in the conscientious discharge of his duty
by teehnicalities of laws made when the present
anomalous condition of affairs were neither antlcipa-
ted or provided for"
BY Order of Major General MEADE:
r. c. DRUM,
A. A. G.