Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-03-27
ARMY PI\ISIIHE\TS.
Penalties Imposed for Violation
oi Military Law.
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.....,- lu iitr-- .' W.ir o." " j. silent:
aud ia q great mt.>tt!" ihl- :,dag. i
,inf go f4r - ~. operations Of the
cAil Laws arr 90 l."rurd. ~ Was we'll
r>cmpl h,"l "n r",h do If the fence.
90 To- >,".,t. ~ our i.t' evil war. But
A. ihrr. j. !,W 100 cAil life. - i there
~ the MILITARY "ul thn, the latter i
mof, h .;,-h bound. H. 'r,lc l"in" the
ntnN rr.ulit "u-. supplemented hy tn"
nr.n. III, -liunar, power ui The com
mardin. officer Ia ,hr earlier part OF
iht t'Nh rs,li">t. Wi..u the volunteer
troops go. i r.'d Themselves IL good
- 'h"ir officer. III" prNai'> III Yer,
mann Instance h'in. superior To thu-t
/, ao''d in fortune over them. both III
"iuri'l"u a Il >"' Al position. were
t.rN r.-t II, und ih" -aiutar, restraint
II military di,r plin". and ii the Supc-
ron uilicrr> had not been wi-e enough
"a maxi" ALLOW anrr- fnr this state OF
f,,lin. aud rp r"la\ the >trictne>> of
thr r,ilr- with discretion al the outset
II J. PROV wv lldt ~tiio lIlltilIlt>
would has" hAmprr,i tl," efforts of the
..utum lniing generals on both side.
But even al that period punshmrni>
for ih, refractory were, put in practice
confinement II the "uari-hou>e. the
ball and chain. ,\tra police duty. riding
the wuoivn horse. carry ing rail. etc.
ctc. u - not. however. ot this" 'inor
puni- hu"ut> ! wish 10 wr t. IN this
sketch Ih,N Mere the common i'll
cid"nt- ui camp life. and conveyed no
special warning Ia the offenders Or
! th,irc e mradr~. II i Of those scIcrrr
| ,uii-hinrnt>. cruel doubtless. in them
,,.k--. hui absolutely necessary for
4 -ciplin,. which carried to the hearts
al All who wi,nr,>,d them. the nccr--
>iiN ui prompt aud strict ohedirncc Ia
| Tia" rule governing the vast mach NJ -
The arnN ui VIII ch they Were an in
trgral part The lesson was thoroughly
learned hy the volunteer, later on in
the war.
" hen General Johnston army fell
back from before III" lines of General
Met lrllan in front of Washington. in
| th" fall of lSGl. IT, 20 .nto " ntcr quar-
ter al t"ni..r> lie. his army had beer
brought into "a very IA + state of dis
vipl NJ tor thu-, dal-. A. weeks wen
by aud di~ciplin" WAS relaxed, the
fnunuionV ui life and the wees en-
gender Il u, "A long sta, in the idlcne>'
oi wintrr quarters began to tell upon
the moral "f the army. ln>ubordina
tiun wa, + IT,. and ihr Generals deter
mined I" put the ~crrwS down. so Il
,,,i.ri,t h., -,
stored A,c ,rd ugl, dali, drills We're r.
-uinrd whenever the weather woult
permit. and Iuartcr-" guards and camp
guard, Mere vigorously maintained
About this time two of the men o
the >l>th Louisiana Regiment Of In
fanir, Il formct now which) attacke.
ono of their officers on account of som
order he had given them which Wa
di-tatrful Ia them. and beat him with
In an inch If his lie. They were
rough ,ci, those Loui>ianans. BY tn
WAY, The offender. were tried b.
conrt-martial and ordered to he sho
ON "A dav stated. Now, up to thi
time. n far ~ my memory serves me
there had been no IN litary executio
in the army If Northern Virginia
and i, was not generally believed tina
the sentence would be- carried into el
feet II was thought TO be- too sever
II punishment for merely putting
h.ad On n subordinate officer. Bu'
con .idering the lax state of di>ciplin
rNi~ting General B-auregard. in who's
section If the joint command of JOhr
s,on and himself the condemned me
were enrolled. drlrrm ned to make a
cyampl,. that would prove to the entir
! army that the Cnuimandrr-in-C hi,
was in dead rn,st 10 INA ntain disc
7 | pine. Strenuous efforts were made
save these m.'u. and icieTrams cam
pouring into .adJuar;ers as th ok :
r iiic> in August. blt TO no avail. r.
/ Governors. tnnTr">>mrn anu other il
l flu"ntial men hes ."g,d the headqua
ter.. bat the General was obdurate. Il
| the la, >rt for execution tn" briga,
r to whch tn. Regiment Of the cOl
dcnin,d M u wa- attached was draw
up in lar.r open field IN three sid
of square. The prisoners. seated {
the collins in an open wagon, fC
lowed b, -iroIg guard. Were the
driven mo the c.ntrr Of the >q,lar
where two g'av:.s had been dug. Tho
sands from the other hriga,l,'s Of Il
arrN had iokrd To " tnr,S the spect
= Gle. The coffin, were placed beside &
= OMEN Graves and III" doomed men we
hlndfoldcd and forced To knrcl up,
ih,.u To rrnd Il the scene more il
. prr--i,r. While the Hrng platoon we
a m king ready tn. bard oi the briga
q pl,,rd u funeral Il rye. \ flash. a T.,
/ al .mnkr. and the m"u fell forward!
a., + ia -. and all wa- over \ faiiI
pait, huriri them VIII .r,.Ihr, II. VIII
n troop, wrr" ma c'iri of io tn,
. car,r.. .lr-pl, mi r,.>-rd with ,h.. i'll
. that ~ ia 4. rul. ~ -. Ron. 1t E,,
!, NO T." br - Il that the dreadful see
!. had 4 hpl,.-nnr .'a.,l.
An",h-r .u, d,'n, that rrroli.ct h:
:. prn"h II i'lr wr ter r'gIiu"nr ,Sev,
. irrrth VIRGINIA Infantry in iS'
:, whnh 80 tool, more Of the nature o
:. comei than tragedy. AM; YET t
=" puni.hm-nt wa more di-gr;.cful
The mrn i.,nl'ri than in Ia. r.>
4 those -hot 10 death as above state
" tf.r tn retreat from Yorktown I
\. r..,mrni wa rnramped below H!t
"i tlnnd Frequent complaint wa, ma
" ln men IL the different companies
" thci> committed on their effects.
20 ,hr men We're we'll acquainted W
"a -n,h other and had fought and hl
IT, t,. .rtI'r II was nara tn Iav the mn!
4 "i -u-p ,.,nn on an, one. y strict wat
H. W, k'rl. and Al last the the
~ w"rc liked upon two recruits who l
lairll ln nri one of the Al'xand
companies Sow. wish Ia say ris
" her, that IN three wears OF >erv &C
'h th- regiment | do not remember
81 single instance. bat the one aho
'P wh"rr a man wa- caught steal ng ir
v" HI comrades. E,cn when aim
starving. the men would not >urr
"a titlohsl, take even 4 crust from
Is havcr-ack Of comrade. On the G.
~, trary. in my company. at least, II
ici share all around in times OF scarcl
slthoush Il must De acknowledged 6