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Memorial From Rebel Officers

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
February
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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in, íoiiwing memorial, 6gned . Genewe üardee, Stovenson, Cheat ham, Breckiuridge, and nearly all th others in eoniuiaad of the Armv of Tennesaeo, was read. i the Confëderato House of Kepïese.ntativea on thó 30th uit. "To tk ongr8, of tha Confedérate States : "In the existing conditie o{ affaír it is hoped your honorable bodis wi'í pardon the varlanoe from custagi { addressing you from the ariny. Jt done in no spirit ol dictation, but in the country demund the voice and labor of al!, and that delay, even lor thirty day8 in enacting proper measures, ma make present disorders incurable and the dangers of the moment omEipoten1" fcr oür destruction. In our opinión it is esseütial to retain, for the term of during the war, without reorganization 1 the troops now in service ; to place in' ■arviee inimediutely for the same term all othcr white males between eighteea and fiity years oí age, able to perfora any military duty ; to provide for plac. ing in service, at the discretion of the President, for the Bame term, all wbitj males between fifteen and eighteen, aos between tííty and sixty years of age' to prohibit substitutes ; to prohibit ex' ernpüoD, except for the necessary cítíí officers and employments of the Con. fedérate States and the several Statesto prohibit details, except for limite times, aud for carrying on works essen, tial to the army ; to prohibit discharges, except in cases ot permanent disabilily, from all duty ; to prohibitief and furloughs, except uncfer ïijot rules pf, universal application, based as for as practicable, ou length of ser.' vico and rneri;torous conduct ; to pro, hibit to the greatesti e5.te.nt,, t,he details of able-bodied offioer and men to posts, hospital or other inferior duty, and to place in service as oijks, teamster labo-Fers, and hospital attcodants, with. the army and elsewhere, able-bodied uegroes, mulatloesbond and free. Theae meiihiiresj.we think., if promptly enacted as luws, so as to give liiioe for organiz. ing and. disciplining the new materia!, vvould make our armies invineible tl the openrng of the. caeapaign of nesi year, and enable us to win back on lost territory and cocquer a peacetn.. fore that carapaign sball be ended. Ws ' beg furttier to suggest that, 'm ow opinión, the dissatislaction appreheniieá or existí ng from short r.ations, depre-. ciated currency apd, the retention o' old sol,di,ers. ip service, might be obw ted by allowkig bouoties, wi.th discrir. ination in favor, of retained troops;n increase of pay ; the conimutation I enlisted men of rations not issud, anc rationa, of the value th.ereof, to officerj.'

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Michigan Argus