Year: 1865

far as big bounlies 60, many OF them get none
at all. They were forced into the service, in
the first place against their will or at least
against a will strong enough to erlist, for we
all know it costs some men greater sacrifice Of
feeling to become soldiers than it does others
and 1t seems little hard now that the war is
over, to dlsappOint their expectations Of going
home. IL really seems as if there was no need
OF this. There will be a plenty Of soldiers by
and BY who will want to enlist in the regular
army and the Government can get oil the men
they will need without asking any one to stay
who does not choose TO do so. IL IS very likely
somo plan like this will be adopted. The regu-
lar army will be increased and tie volunteers
dispensed with. Good policy, as vel as justice,
would seem to require this, but we must be pa
tleot, the Government cannot do everything ut
once They have some $50 900 loose men to
dispose Of in the army Of the Potomac and Gen.
Sherman 3 army, and this will require no small
amount of work. Meantime some troops must
be kept, and somebody must be those troops
But before the summer is out, it IS the opinion
oi many competent persons, that all except the
regulars, colored solIers and those who wish to
remain, will be at liberty to 90 and come as
their hearts lncine, unrestrained by military
discipline.


We have sent to the regiment from this hos
pital nearly 200 men to-day. The 2nd Corps
Hospital and the / fifth broke up week ago
and the men were sent to their regiments The
men had all been expecting to be discharged,
direct from the hospital, which 10 justice ought
to have been done. This would have been
much more convenient for the men and saved
the most Of them great deal of trouble but
the mems wishes in such matters are never taken
into account. 1t has leaked out that our sur
geOns had orders some time ago empowering
them to discharge every man thai did not be-
long to the Veteran Reserve Corps without dis
tnctlon as to veterans, drafted men or any
others, and this order has beed wholly ignored
II saves time and trouble to send the men to
their regiments, and the surgeons plead that it
will make no difference about their being dis
charged. We will get home just as soon, they
say, if we 60 to the regiment as if we stayed
here, but it is not so. Very many who might
have been discharged weeks ago, will now have
to wait for days and perhaps months. The only
excuse for this is that the records of the hospital
and other business that has to be done in the
office On paper, was behindhand and it would
take some days to get them made up to date
All along it has been contrary to the rules to
send any one to his regiment, let him be ever 80
well but now by some red tape maneuyre
which we know nothing about they have found
a way to send the men to .heir regiments, and
thus spare themselves vast amount Of labor.
We have to commend the surgeons for theil
shrewdness, for we we'll know that to make up
each soldiers account with the Government in
discharging SO many is no light Jlb but at the
SINE time we are exceedingly 10th to remain in
the service weeks or months and perhaps longer
still, just to save these headqusrter gentlemen
little extra writing. Ii the War Department
has opened way for US to get out Of the ser.
yece, we cannot see our surgeons close II again
without indignation and concern.


The remainder of the hospital left back at
City Point came along last Monday Nothing
now is left at the Point except few guards
and these will be along by tomorrow. All
have been sent away from here too, now, except
such as were needed to the last 10 few days
We expect the hospital to be broken up entirely.
All the hospital stores are being turned in and
tomorrow morning there will be forty wagons
here to take them to Alexandria aud Washing
ton to government store house Tents, bed.
sieads, blankets sheets, pillows, and every thing
that belongs to the hospital has been picked up
and are now ready to load on to the v Vagons,
which are ordered to be here in the morning.
By the next day, or the day after, we expect the
approaching hour Of dissolution, and then we
that are left will be semitic our regiments if they
are near 30 that we can, otherwise we may be
NuluOu oNoI W hht AuNodk AlaIaHa4 ONhtEhlt VI
Adjutant General, to be disposed olaccordipg to
his will aud pleasure.


The Corps itself lays up here near Bliloys
Cross Roads about four miles from tim place.
They came in last Friday. They expect to be rc-
viewed next Thursily, and then those regiments
whose term OF service expires before the 6rst Of
October will be sent home Immediately. The
boys are in excellent spirits, although they had
been doing some pretty hard marching They
we're short Of rations and out Of tobacco.
They marched ia the rain and had Two day's
rations spoiled, and as for tobacco they had no
money to buy it. They were to late at Rich.
mond TO get any without buying but they c1
pect to be able to triumph over thes difficulties
soon. Anti RknEL.
For the freeman.


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