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 General orders, 
 Conf Pam #716 
 
itcad Qurii'tcrs, 2d Gr.ini OsviiJorl. 
 
 iAVith a degree of mortification and liumiliation he has never before folt, tlir 
 Major-G-eneral Commanding has to denounce acts of jiillage, plunder, r.n i 
 •destruction of the private property of our own citizens, by a portion of the troops 
 of this comtnand, which bring disgrace upon our own arm-;, and, if nut checked, 
 will assuredly entiil disar-ter upon our causcv' Jlon capable of such acr.s m iv 
 swell our numbers, but will never add strength to our armies. They would il . 
 us less harm by serving in the nnlcs of the enemy, and, if not prcpare.l t.- 
 abandon the vicious habits thoy have unfortunately contracted, had bolter lay 
 down their arras and retire. Gallant men, not thus demoralized, st^nid ready ■ 
 use them, and will do so with that firm reliance on an overralinij Providoncf 
 which a consciousness o*f right can alone give. The first step towards auhieviii-r 
 success is to deserve it. 
 
 Commandar.s of all grades will be hald rospouiible for the siippres.^ion of 
 this great crime. Full compensation will, in all ins-ance^, be m;iJc from t!iL- 
 pay of the offenders; and whore this fails in its object, summary punishment will 
 be inflicted. The General will not hesitate to order the death-penalty where it 
 may be necessary, and will approve its execution by subordinates where mlUkr 
 Measures fail. 
 
 By command of 
 
 .VAJOlliiKX. EIIAGG. 
 
 Glo. G. Gauner, 
 -Ass't Adj't General, 
 
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