Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-11
.UNoI.. ..E SAM VII. | PAY
Former Confederate Soldiers
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Losses.
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OPPOSITION Bill roR
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mont ea]z b Afs4e'H ss,d .a5sat have
boon paid Ions aga b. f@ p8eTast
hatien on trivial causes
sho soldieea Who aozasi after t6cs
had surrendered q re hands Of the
fedolaIs We're the 5zf.st= =Ttaae see cav.
airy and tho Ninth TeaDeese eaEalry
/ and The Ninth TcH9@sso 5atta'ton ol
cavalry. which fi# ea@taal protection
after theif eaptaaa. Saa g. 1865. ri
Chafle'te. \. G. enae# together hone
ward
II Strawberry Plain. a East Tea
=aessoa. 1 hey #vafa notify = large force
Of fe.ieral5 and aHle5ed e =ea into
camp. Theee tho halzes aaa other
property OF the Sou5har8efs wera tax
ea from them against tfeir protests.
The Confcdcrates wefe PIT IN freight
cars and sent % Nashville, and since
thai time have new. seeiFod any
pay or compensation for j1ofr losses
The Fourth Ten45e s4oo cavalry.
known as StearHes regiment, com.
manded by Col W. S. EieHemore, now
Of Mnlfreoshoro. at TIE time Of the
surrender Of Gen. Joseph E. Jolnston,s
army in North Carolina, were on de.
tached service in Georgia. end after
May S. wien they were paroled by Geq
James Wilson, they were sent with
horses and side arms 10 ChattanOoca.
Federal forces there made them
dlsmount and give Up their property.
and the COnfederates Of This regiment
Wcro sent to Nashville and DarolleE
May }, and, though allowed to retain
| thelr equipments, when they set oa
! for nome. they were stopped bv FEEDER
| al forces at Sweetwater, Tenn. ana
| compelled to give I'D their proDertv
atttF which they We're. as in the case
of their "ol0rRde*, nHt on cars and
shipped to Nashville
Gen. George H. Thomas. command.
ing the army of the Cumberland y few
days later issued an order directing tb4
return of the property which had been
Illegally taken. Acting upon that or.
der detail Of Confederates went TO
Knoxville and Chattanooga. but were
unable 10 do anything towards the
Identification Of ihnif horses. which
had been eorralled ana branded u. s.
Thus No compGneati0n was ever had
fer the peopaity.
l}oth houses Of coH& esi passed with
cat opposition the bill fer reimburse
mont Of tho Tcnue>seeans No claim
las vet been pa;I. but by the persist
ent energy Of Senator Bate. lightful
claimants may no% st the money duo
thcM-3ot a. much a. many OF theet
cXport~6;. but an average Of &l35. The
sum available is 500 0Gco. which is be.
]icved 10 be sufficient to pay aIf the
claims.
By oder of Secretary Root. vorch-
ers will be issued by the quartermas-
ter general in the name Of the claim
ant for the amount allowed in the set
tlement Of his claim. Something like