New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-19

t,,u,'... The sabi.a Is cvsrse basket : fect ani
ibrseq quarters tao feat AL iarseis A.tsss e'sh
weighing when f,l.d, forty pvla6s. Alsn; ~itn
.Nrsd ssocbays these are used 10 imnsnes qlsnt-
ties 10 huiid up the e,'emccre walls az n,cries,
mace the same principle a. TIE field works. V's
the Doper business OF the sappcrs and miners Of ;9s
.npTtsr d- psItmeat 20 consruci such batteries, Ani
!, i usually performed nigh, time, that the
m.y b. -. exposed 20 the eosny's FIRE Wcrkisg
parties g: Tho rate Of eleven - taueeu per gap,
...s,.; bv volunteers from the res' of the army. 10
TIE siects If the PeDinsulr war next to hs sseoers
ne rrsrds We are told, were fcrnd TO be tbs best
hmsr; and this ia the character they boar At Se-
vssnno Such is the zeal OF their Off ,ecs tha, ,hey
10 rot 5sdlir 10 sci the psr' OF Ia enen over Their
men rrGer TIE direction % The ensinee1s
The management of hsite10g & ans requires great
energy. ps,epce snd s;;enriin from tho artillery
cSctr. First Re hss 20 co,siSer tee qainusy ., ord
uapee-s;x guns being usej ~ every foar aosits-rs
Or L ortsr. besides allowing for spare guns fnen,
the ammunition; sDd next, the means " trsospcrs.
With ressri 10 the emmunii On. u 10 stated thai ~
the siege Of Cuidad Rodrigo, n SIX days, eighteen
hundred and twenty five lrrels Of powder were az
r.rdsd. 81 Bslaior 10 eight days, tso thousand two
hrutreS aid ssycnty.,ue baros; and al tao 10
si.ges vi Saint >eb sfisn I'VE thousand ana twenty
one bsrels As 20 sfot, The lvrrsso per gun may he
'hs Is spe skirs roughly, a50u: I've increci aud 81
shell. one hundred and t.snty but the general cSn'
cIusior from former segts is that a breach, oce hun
bred feet wide, can be msde be the expenfrdre OF
ten thousand six hundred 2ipounder shot, at ave
hundred ards distance. With sconn.uding position,
much less will suffice.
Iron inguuifirg into the execution done Ne dnd,
fl N eabora;e experiments tried IN 1884 at the great
artillery sckco a. Metz, ltpounder, with only one
tiri charge at one thonsnd yards psner ued twelve
II ches TITO coed rubole masonry, thirty ono inches
into sound osk and nearly ia feet into = mass Of
earth sand and clay. An eight rch she'll peaesrs'es
twentyhree feet into into compact earth Oae thir-
teu.i CD 0m ,ItsT angle OF iosiy tise degrees,
with charge of twenty 1--WE pounds, ranged $50
,mds Weak powders sensihly Improved by hestnx
It. with proper care Exposure TO the sun L useful.
Double shooting which is chiefly prsc.ised in thd
rsyy may he saftly tried at short distances with
heavy guns II would seen, easy to sink ship by
bitriDg Ter beos water but the fact is the resistance
OF the alter Is great that shot can hardly Peno-
i-ate IL and the only way to damage tho ship, you'd
he /, catch her AZ she heels over. S;eam5rs with
their machinery below the water line are ~ ale ~
sailing vessels many hoes ia the funnes are Of
slight cons quence.
The smooth bored percussion musket viii hrs sixty
rounds in thrty minutes, ana carry two hundred
Yards The caTbiDos used by the artillery aud cav
airy carry one hundred and hfty yards. These, how
ever, are nothing to the new ride mu.kets and car
bines, with Mimic balls which good at eight hun
bred to one thousand yards. Actillery do not need
carbines carrying beyond three hundred yards, Is
their heavy ordnance efieetuay keeps the enemy ct
a Tespt lfui distance.
few hints for the transporltio Of troops by rail
are Drawn from the Instructions issusd by the Minister
of Nsr in France. One IS 10 the effect that horses
sbould be embarked in The train before feeding and
f,d on the journey, which keeps them qaleier bat,
faniiy travel by rail the expense 10 double tb oi
march, tia OF cavalry, six timos; aud that Of arti-
l,ry Fife. times for which reasons, as well ~ on
account of the importance Of keeping the habit OF
long marches the railway is rescrtei TO only Oh par
ticular emergencies.
Skill in asurisg distances is an important branch
in military education. Tho use Of nsiransnts, and
cert In nl.h matte rules NUT OF course, DO pnt
but without them distance can be accurately reck-
tned by sound The hash OF Gun Ia seen before the
report Is heard multiply every second OF that inter
val by three hundred and eighty yards every beat OF
the ulse in beslth by three hundred and four yards
and Won get the exact distance Of yourself from ths
gun. There is "the peak OF scap' method; which
il said to be good for distances under hundred yards
on level sround. Suppose you want to measure tho
distance Of inaccessible point say on the opposite
side of the river draw your cap your eyes, till
the peak ius meets the point then turn smoothly ON
your hees keep yoar he I'd stiff, aud notice when me
peak covers some other point which 10 accessible.
You can then measure the ground 6etSeea yourself
And TIA, aoe,fsible point, b. pacing. The disi
viii OF course be the same - that 10 tho accessible
point But tho b., at, or rather tue most useful OF al
oslcuatofs IL the ey sef shicb, neutrality-suspicious.,
will register distances with great accuracy Tho vaue
Of usk eiry ard artillery 10 action dee,ds on sn OF
6c.s Judgment in tbis respect Hs sketch u the
G, ID for the use OF the general executed with the
eve tho pcch e'-compa.s, and by psciog. An oticer
on service had better be with out hs watch than with
out a compass Yet mother wit is all in al When
Mariho GU. vas sent . mission 10 Charles the
Tv, 18th he noticed p-ir II compasses jung On the
nap with the legs poi9tag .oIard -. re ,h
tpusi that way, which was the case MAJOR oen.
Arthur Wellesley, coming to river when ns guioos
in.stad was impsssable was rather puzzled DIS rear
being exposed 10 On ovtI"neI@ns Iofco ., .ne que
cavalry; but seeing few cottages on i's banks
he took what seemed the desperate resolution o. max
log for the river discovered ford and WOO the DAT
lie AZ A.sa,e and all from guessing that msn did not
build vilse" on opposite side s .. s', ,s "'o0a'
/ No soldier should be without useful hints IN the
case Of wounded .ick men, when the doctor not
! Of hand Fever, sgue, and dysentery, are the as
eeses soldiers are most liable to- For aguo there are
several common vegetable substituted la tho aossaos
/ of cupibe the king Of all such ss willow Dark,
orspg .lesf water, the ooto he sweet scentsi nag
oak bark genilaI-to which add catecha ana Differs
ia general for dyrenisry OF darrhes and holly bark
for sgue The last r. msdy tho list !, truly mill
tsry one-pamely q charge Of powder, swallowed In
water is prompt and ss'e emetic.
/ Popularity, areeimsnt - sid 70 consss OF q .noa
n fan,ry REGIMENT IL a battalion Of thirteen hundred
ard thiity seven mea Of all ranks. One third Of thn
number, or four companies leaoh company being
con posed Of captain t~0 suoatrrns nve ssryesan,
Ave corporas, ninety five priyaes form tho depot or
reserve at home while the other eight, amounting 70
/ eight hundred and nnety-hvs meo, are tns sHyice
| companies or duty abroad. regiment OF cavalry
/ numbers two hundred and seveuty-one horses, OF
three hundred and sixty horses in the orasoons,
and al many "a seven hundred and three In the vt
Iadie. What is called division Of an army
! is q force Of from Eve 10 ten thousand men, IN
command Of General, and msde up Of two or three
! Rrigades of three or four Regiments, ea,h,
Of Infantry. two three guu- batteries Of six
pieces each, and proportion Of cavalry. In reckon
ing their number II is customary TO deduct ten per
c.nt sick or disabled; that five regiments Of ssy
eight hundred each would represent thres thjusand
six hundred sighting men actually in the field. d.
vision in line Of battle Is posted in Two lines one in
rear Of the other, with the cavalry behiad, aud re-
serve Of guns ard two regiments behind these,
TO be kept fresh in case Of need. Some idea Of ae
tent Of a line Day be gathered from these numbers
regiment 81 eight hundred stretches two hundred aad