Posted on 08/27/2021 5:06:32 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. 26.
The Engineer Corps of the New-York Fourteenth Militia has been discharged from the service by the War Department, on application of Senator SPINOLA. Their discharge had been granted previous to the battle of Bull Run, but at the request of Col. WOOD they remained and participated in the fight, and their discharge was in possession of Col. WOOD when he was taken prisoner. They had enlisted as an Engineer Corps, and as no such arm of service attached to a regiment is recognized by the General Government, they were discharged.
Large amounts of clothing are arriving in the Quartermaster's Department, and are being distributed among the regiments. Aside from that furnished by the State of New-York, the clothing conforms to the Government regulation in style and color, and now many of our volunteer regiments present the appearance of regulars.
A batch of Postmasters for Western Virginia were appointed to-day. They were taken from the ranks of the Union men, without reference to political antecedents.
The steamer Philadelphia, Lieut. PARKER commanding, left the Navy-yard last night for Fortress Monroe, having on board the mutineers of the New-York Thirteenth, Twenty-first and Seventy-ninth, and Maine Second Regiments. The order of the Department is that they be conveyed to Fortress Monroe, to await transportation to the Dry Tortugas, where they are to be employed upon the public works, until such time as they again show themselves worthy to bear arms. They were guarded by seventy marines, thirty of the Thirteenth New-York, and sixty of the Sturges Rifles. The following is a full list of the mutineers sent off by the Philadelphia:
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