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quickly responded and the two gen.
erals appeared among them mounted
and said: If you will march under
our leadership to and cross the Rio
Grande into Old Mexico, taking with
you your arms,artillery, ordnance, bag
gage and wagons ahd gather up all OF
the cotton found along the march
which belongs to the Confederate
States Government, we will sell it all
when we cross into Old Mexico and
divide the proceeds equally among the
men and officers which proposition
was eagerly assented to at the time
and all agreed to move early the next
morning in the direction OF the Rio
Grande.
$50 soon as the men and Others re-
turned TO their camp discussion was
opened and freely INDUCED In as to
the advisability Of carrying into effect
as well as the feasibility Of the propo-
sition recently made by Generals
Price and Buckner.
"By bedtime 1t had beed decided to
reconsider the matter at another mass
meeting to be held the next morning,
and at an early hour the second meet
| ing was held by the officers and SOL
diers and a resolution was adopted
respectfully declining the Old Mexico
proposition. Also further resolu-
tion was adopted asking General
Price, in whom the rank and file had
unbounded confidence, togo as soon as
he could to New Orleans, where Gen.
eral Candy, the department comman-
der, had headquarters, and surrender
the Missouri remnant on the best
terms he could secure. General Price,
in company with General Buckner,
Immediately left the Shreveport camp
for New Orleans to carry out the re-
quest set forth in the resolution
adopted. / have the evidence of Gen.
eral Taylor that Generals Price and
Buckner did go to New Orleans and
carry out the request Of their men.
MEN WE'RE RESTLESS.
"Fair order had prevailed in our
camp up to the time General Price
left, for his presence had always been
a guarantee of perfect discipline. But
after he had left to surrender it
seemed that all hades had broken
loose and disorder prevailed In the
camp from the time he left until his
return with the Federal troops,
period Of two weeks. The Confede-
rate Government had completely col
laped and the authority of its officers
was as though 1t had never existed.
There was no organized force present
to check In the least the moving, rest
less mass OF unrestrained men who
had so recently been faithful true,
gallant and obedient soldiers. The
tents were taken down from over the
heads OF those who occupied them,
not even sparing the tents OF the
brigade and regimental commanders
and their staff officers.
"Those high In rank who had horses
were compelled to constantly keep an
eye on their stock, and II they chose to
take a ride any distance outside of
the camp they must needs go armed,
lest some struggling soldier with load
ed musket change places with them.
The ordnance storehouse, where great
quantities OF powder, shot, shell, cart
ridges and gun caps were stored, re-
mained unguarded, and the soldiers
lentered at their pleasure and carried
laway what suited their fancy. Much
of these stores were wantonly wasted
! by shooting and igniting them in and
ar0und the camp.
"These noisy and dangerous prac-
; tices were kept up until far into the
might, and the lives of those In camp
were 10 great danger. AS now re
member, only one soldier lost his life
thereby. The condition was humili
ating in the extreme, and the only
safe place about camp was behind
some log, or in some depression In the
ground, or behind an embankment
"But for the amount of the store!
the soldiers could not have subsistet
as long as they did without great suf
ferlng. The stores were taken anC
! traded by the soldiers to the citizen
for the products Of their gardens ant
plantations. The soldiers also founC
a quantity Of rope belonging to thu
defunct Confederate Government
This they sold to some Jews in th'