New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-17
DAILY CRESCENT
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or more br1gades, as a" Brigade Is forred ~,
severed regiments. which :. Eegimentsa consi:,
OF certain number Of companies. "A pronoss
.ion ~. OF artillery is usually attached 10 each
division, with one or more batteries AZ +bat sasa
division can act as a small army. somnIete i,
itself IL 10 Lieutenant General l's command
ana each brigade is under o Maior General
me staff consists of the Generals and their
a,as.ae. Camp, Brigade Majors, Assis.ant. Ad
W. w.. Aha onartermaster Generals
49, sians "nen c1sihans read that division, brigade
~ ses'ment moved in &c ciose column ssoper
coiumn,' or !" column At J. Suarts, d;...,d ;,
ehe Term, perhaps conveys mo dof,ita ;5so h
the un1hfhated- But if thew nndeTs,a,,a 49,.
close column Of regiment Il sraJ ~, III.
companies Of which il is coapose,, ba;~. a.,
up IN the rear or close behind esah a,ter AZ
tDat SOLID square can be formed, in a FEW
seconds, or line formed on any named com.
Pany, by the remaining companies aeoloyino ON
.ne company indicated, which company stands
last during the movement of the others. the
meaning is at once obvious y{5tsst
"a Column at Quarter J1istdaee has an open
space between the divisions and companies of
uuicn @ ~ ls composed Of fourth of the ground
oso1plsu ~ Sy each. 20 that by closing the first
aou Secoho 70 tne front, and moving up the two
rear companies, while the remainder wheel ont
Ward by sections, q square, four deep, is formed.
An Open Column is when the comma n;ea ~ a
regiment are placed behind each nther WITH
intervening spaces sufficient to allow each corn-
pany to wheel on its flank or pivot, and TINS
form into line, ETC.
An dschelon Movement ia term &pplied tn
an obiique line Of march, which movement ia
accomplished by wheeling the companies q
gwen number of PAGES before marching. accord
ing to the degree of obliquity required
Guns, term generally applied TO field artil-
lery, which mostly consists of six, nine and
twelve FOUNDERS, with few howitzers, which
latter are something~petw a mortar and
gan--haH brother to the former and cousin
german TO the latter. The howitzer can throw
sperieal case shot, small shells, etc.
Shells are hollow cast-iron globes, nlted with
gunpowders etc., in which a fuse is inserted. 80
that when it burns down to the powder an ex-
piosion takes place, and the shell bursts, scat
terng the shattered fragments in every direc-
tion.
Guns Of Position are larger than field guns.
and are mostly used in places where an enemy
occupies defensive position. Being more cum
nersoms than field guns, they cannot be moved
win WIT the same celerity as the smaller cannon,
anu are, therefore, not so generally used
Stege Guns are of heaTier metal and larger
calibre than either field guns or guns Of posi-
ton, and consequently throw larger proiectiles.
a fieid-baftery generally consists Of six
guns with ammunition wagons, and tbs reaui-
site number of horses to draw them, and the
proper number OF officers and men to work them,
Hing of regiment implies one half; thus
every regiment has D right and left wing, The
same term may be applid also to an army. So
outlying Picqnet. or Picket, is o small body
of men, commanded by an officer Its place fs
in front of an army, to prevent surprise Pic
auets are constantly on the alert, and sleep not.
This duty generally commences at sunset, and
terminates after full daylight
intytng Pscquet is similar force, which
remains in camp, ready accoutred to turn out
on the slightest alarm -
Corering Party generally consists Of an
othcer and forty or fifty men, who take up po-
sItfon In front OF the principal trenches, and
protect the workmen employed therein from mo-
lestation. 1 E9f
Trenches are long nasrow excavations, some
feet In depth, the earth from which is thrown up
towards the enemy, so as to afford shelter to
the troops who guard them during the night
against surprise, etc. Duty in the trenches is
always unpleasant, and ingeold weather partic-
ularly SO, as the men have to remain quiet, or
they would bring a-heavy fire on them, and thus
increase the danger to which, in french duty,
they are more or less exposed
Although trench and piauSk duties are the
most arduous that fall to the lot Of soldier,
yet, in the BRUSH army, the officers and men
so employed, even for months, seldom obtain
credit or promotion for their service. But the
French act very difereptfy b their troops when
engaged in such dangerous and n tigning du-
ties, for we generally hear thai General Can
robert has promoted and rewarded with the
Legion of Honor many brave .msa for their GAL
liant conduct in the trenches
1Gabions are baskets Of cylinArical form,
filled with earth, and which are placed opposite
the enemy's batteries as protection 10 the
men when they first break ground and eonl-
mence to entrench themselves 9
The term Fortress sis applied sto fortIfad
place on an extensivesseale, that Of Fort to q
smaller forti6cation.
A Bastion has two or more faces, of such a
form that, when several nf them are Joined
ogether, a complete Pentagon is tho result. 1t
iscalled the system Of g reciprocal defeuse,o as
one protecting hastion in the pentagou defends
another. a ditch, either vet or dry adds to
the difficulty of approach, y==.t.s -.
Luhettes are small works usually raised in
front of sally ports, etc.; and, when filed with
men, are capable of offering considerable resist
ance. #if z" =F 4=
A Redan is . triangular work, generally
constructed in front of more extensive fortifi--
cation, which it partially protects, and renders
an attack on it more difficult. .5ys
Embrasures are openings in q work, through
which the guns are pointed. Ia e
Loophotes are Small apertures in a work,
through which muskets may be fired
RedouJt is a general name for nearly every
kind of work in field fortifcatiops. Redoubts
are sometimes triangular, with fanks; some
times in the form of star, called Star Fort.
Redoubts for the defense of positions are in
general intended to contain only about so men,
with three guns; but works in, the torn of
irregular polygons are sometimes constructed to
contain from 1000 to 1860 men, and from twenty
to twenty five pieces of artillery, if intended for
the protection Of any place.
8 REFRESHMENTS 1--WE perceive with emotions
of pride and qualification, that our little town
is beginning to arouse from its midsummer in
activity. Among the cheering evidences of this
revival, we have been pleased to notice several
slight quarrels and street lights, which were
quite stimulating, from certain charm of nov
city, to the spectators as well as the participa-
tors, We confess that they (the fghts) did not
fully realize our 6eau ideal of a regular s.knock
down and drag OUT" but etih, IS a beginning,
they do no small credit to the taste and energy
of the belligerents We trust that others of
our fellow -parishioners will emulate the lauda-
BILE example, and that the noble art of pugil-
ism will gradually assume a certain prominence
among our other pursuits. The police reporters
of New Orleans must not accuse us of vain boast
ing, in thus recording the first feeble symptoms
of bellicose ebullition in our hitherto peaceful
neighbornood, Still, we fatter ourselves that
at no distant day our local items will be en-