The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 26
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KY., TENN., N. MISS., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. [ciA xxIL.
General Pope has turned Island No. 10 at Point Pleasant, but enemy
shows no disposition to evacuate. General Curtis is asking for re-en-
forcements in Arkansas. I must send him some troops intended for
the Tennessee. You do not say whether we are to expect any re-en-
forcements from Nashville.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General.
CAIRO, March 10, 1862.
Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Fort Henry:
Send back steamers as soon as they can be spared. No transports
here and very few in Saint Louis.
G. W. CULLUM,
Brigadier-General, &c.
FORT HENRY, March 10, 1862.
Brig. Gen. G. W. CULLUM, Cairo, Ill.:
No steamers will be detained here. As fast as they return from
above I will send them to report to you.
U. S. GR ANT,
Major-General.
SAINT Louis, March 10, 1862.
Hon. M. S. LATHAM,
U. S. Senate, Washington:
MY DEAR SIR: My attention has often been called to the injustice
of the distinction in our laws in regard to captures made by the Army
and Navy. The law of April 23, 1800, and subsequent laws direct the
manner of distributing the proceeds of prizes on condemnation among
the naval captors "as a reward for bravery and a stimulus." But the
act of April 10, 1806, article 58, governing the Army, requires that
" all public stores taken in the enemy's camp, towns, forts, or maga-
zines, whether artillery, ammunition, clothing forage, or provisions,
shall be secured for the service of the United States;" but no provis-
ion is made, as in the case of capture by naval forces, for any prize
distribution among the army captors. This works a great injustice,
and there is no reason for the distinction. For example: Land bat-
teries cut off and capture a valuable vessel and cargo in a bay or river,
no reward is given; but if the Navy does the same, they get the prize-
money. Again, such vessel is captured by joint operation of land and
naval forces; the latter get the prize-money and the former get nothing.
This is certainly unjust and wrong. Moreover, it has a most injurious
influence upon the discipline of our troops. Knowing when they make a
capture that they are to receive nothing for the captured property,
each one goes to pillaging, and concealing whatever he can for his own
use. If, as in all other countries, our military captors shared in the
prize, each individual would be interested in protecting and preserving
all captured property.
As an example of the effects of the present system I will refer to the
capture of Fort Donelson. As no one was interested in the property
captured or caused to be accountable for it, large quantities were
destroyed or carried away. This army was for some days almost as28
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154614/m1/26/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.