The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-03


God to whom alone venEennce belongetl,,.
ma commands His troops TO Rbstnin with
scrubuluus care from UNNECESSARY or van !,
ton destruction Of private property. Grant
oiuers the indeliherntc murder OF prlson.
orr and the destruction Of all private prop
erty tprovisions and stoclt) tint cnnhot
be used. is
we ask that the reprint Of these Or
ders be cut from our columns ana pre- =.
served by every child OF soldier who
fu..owed General Lee.--the incoinpar RAY
MAI, and gentle, knlghtly Christian hero.
The faithful followers OF such a leader.
have a glory Of which nothing In all this
realm OF time Gun deprive them. III. S56
'.rhe orders which follow can be relied
upon us absolutely authentic. Those OF
General Grant and his officers arS to be
found in the official records liz the War
Department ut washing ton, ana Gei,eralt
Lees IN eoset, Or tnore histories Of ui, !.
iinpenchable standing and also within
the memories Of thousands Of mon YET
living. ava
"Heaipuarters Army OF Northern VT
ises. N s,7I1 /,
General Order No. ". .
'',rhe Commanding General hhs observed
with marked satisfaction the conduct .
tho troops on the&maroh. and c0nildchtl,
anticipates results comm ettsurntc With the
high spirit they hays manifested. No
troops could have displayed greater fortl.
tude or better performed the nrduous
marches Of the past ten days. rheir con-,
duct In Other Respects has, with few OK
captions, been In keeping With their char
actor as ooidiersi and entities them to
appreciation and praise.
u |, honr inptnntoe
OF forgetfulness on the part OF some tina
they hava In keeping the yet unsullled
reputa ton OF tho army, and that the dur6
ties exacted Of us by civilization and
Christianity are not less obligatory III; the
country OF the enemy than In our own,
The Commanding General considers thai
no greater disgrace could befall the army.
ana through II ot,r8 whole people. thar
the preparation Of arbarous outrages
upon the Innocent and defenseless and
tho wanton destruction of private proper
~ that have marked tile course Of the
cnemy In our own country. Such proceed
irigs not only disgrace the perpetrators
yersive OF the discipline and efficiency OF
the army and destructive OF the view OF
our present movements It must be re
mef,bercd that no make war only OF
armed men, and that we cannot take ven
scance Tor the wrongs our people hays
suffered without lowering ourselves IT.
the eyes Of ali whose abhorrence has beer
excited by the atrocities OF our enemy
and offending against Him to whcm'Ven-
geance belongeth. without. whose favo,
and support our efforts must I'LL prove
In vain. 81.
THE Commanding General, therefore,
earnestly exhorts the troops to abstain
with most scrupulous care. from unneces-
sury or wantor injury to private prop
so IN int c n
arrest and bring to summary punishment
all who shall In any way offend against
the orders on this subject. 3
(signe0 E. # "R. f. LEE.
PSI tn General"
GRANT.
Getty Point July "A. 1854.
mia jor- General rIals,ck,-lf the enem.
has loft Maryland US suppose the
have we should have upon his heels
veterans nlilitiamen, men on. horseback.
and everything chat can car / he. got to follow
Is eat out 1t Virginia. clear and clear
IS far as they so, so that crows flyinf
over It for the balance OF this seaso b.
viii have to carry their provisions Will
them.
N. 8, GRANT Lt.-Gen."
''Clty poiut. july IL, 1864
ma lor- GeneralE Hnlleck.-If Hunter
cannot ..ge. to Gordonsvillee and Char
lsHte6Nllle W Tic IdlIlotlu, llS oiiotiLS
uiu:as ali the Valley soiith Or thesBai.l
,aore and Ohio road desert as high, VI
as poSsible.
~. S. GRANT. Lt,-Gen."
HEADQUARTERS In the Field. Monocacv
Bridge, Md. Aug. 8. 1884,. ;;re
MA or- General D. Hunter.-Tn PUSHING
up the Shenandoah Valley It is dssrablt
that nothing should be left to lnvtn the
enemy to return. Take all provisions ahG
stock wanted for the use Of your com.
mand; such as cannot be consumed de
stroy.
II ~. s. GRANT. It.-Gen''
"City Point Aug. 10, 1861
'Major-Genera; Sheridan Haltown
Va..--If the war Is to last another year
we want the Shenandoah Valley to re-
main barren waste.
Headquarters. Middle Military Divf-
sion. Harrisonburg, Sept. % 1864.
~, S.. GRANT, Lt.-Gen.'
'tBrigadier-Gener W. Merritt, Com
manding FIRST Cavalry Division,-pes
all mills. all grain and forage. You can
carry out the Instructions Of Lieutenant:
General Grant, an extract OF which Is
sent you. and which means leave the
Valley barren waste
JAMES w. sFoRsYTHE.,
Lt.-Col. and Chief OF Staff to
Mnl,-Gen. Sheridan"
"Harrisonburg, Sept. 90 1864. Al
Genera, Grant, City Point
-Tcrhett retired by way of staunton
destroying according to your origna;in-
structions to me.
Up. Fl. SHERIDAN, Mai. Cen
CITY, Point. Nov. 8, 1854.
Major General Sheridan. Cedar Creek.
Ya.-So long as the war lasts they must
be prevented from raising another crop
both there and as high up the Valley as
NO control
III. S. CRANE. Lt.-Gen.'
Wiping Ones Eve.