New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-04

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Turn nov io The headquarters a he Ats.rans. Our
ecrrespcr den, there vr'e- from he ss. coastry
esY be s.re date, and after q msrch oval he very
same rosds; aDd vba, 5oes ~ say He eaa scarcely
drserih. the safrrng- the tnpa,e.ce or the disgust
prevailing around bun. Tue pas, Feek-ths' very
psTiod 20 agreeable % - PreDo1-hss been dread
fal ors The writer bnasef, thoash strong and hale,
and With the sdysntsZ- ef horse - ca-ry him. foood
the sun ard duS. "a,mce. in.uycousol-." The
vrrtced soders gust have rntLef IN tor-1re s. the
H&tIsoie prnchsss oxesrts VI the county bpre then
s.0viy along nearly twelve hoQls Day. The rosds
we're neariy icpssseble. mounted Officer could
hardly get .rug at the rate Of mile hour. To-
stead o Universal juoiaton there Is universal rage.
LxpCtls tear away the aags from their lancesi
rfemen pluck from their caps the flowers which
they sssys carry in war time and officer Ell her give
vent TO tatn fury in e1ecraSons more dis,ree,ly
eontne themselves TO angry gestures end fro~ning
uoss- That makee al tbs difference WIS, Is It
that invests al nature with smiles in the eyss OF one
amy, while everything appears gloomy and hateful 20
the eyes OF the other One condition outy works al
th. marvel The French victorious, the Ans,rsns
have been defeated and the conras viyidy though
uDJesign depicted IN the correspondence before
may convey Instructive idea Of the exien 20 which
moral in pressiOns affect the efficiency Of soldier.
As the var proceeds and our information becomes
noIe e1ten,ive We shaI probably obtain more secu-
rate Insight into the causes by which the relative IN
eriority of the Autnan- hss been determined. About
the f4cts themselves there DE longer any doubt
We published Monday the Official statistics of the
Aasiran losses at Magenta compat.d and sokbowl-
edged in General Gyulais own rrturns, and can
hardly give the public more Impressive conception
Of the case than BY saying that force a. large
a. that encamped al Coobbam was placed AOTs
de oCmtdt II that battle only. That one
cay demolished On the Austrian side alone a.
many sol1iers were spread ever the whole
OF Cbobham-hea;h when the Camp fullest and
sueh a retreat a. cur correspondent describes must
have ooet many IL does seem that ne Aus
TRANS have been pressed by their pur-uers; nieed
the march Of the French isIepreseLted les1rey IN
TIE e1treue, nor has there been much hgbiing
the combat Oi Maegnabo aid IT. sequel morning
ioosirg but the positOL Of the Austrian army makes
lie ~oik weary one. The labor Is doabled by r-cJ
leions Of the pss and perhaps by Dissiyings OF the
future Offcers and men have fougot veil and brave
ly, but they have certainly not been well led and
their .treIglh and couIase have been useessy
pended.
01r correspondent touches incidentally upon point
which nay bear perhaps, in small degree upon futlre
codes Of military science. He intiDaies that II any
Stale any comusLder uId mature . system by
which every soldier in an army could be always nam
TAXED in otoition Of efficiency, such system would
nsDTe advantages equivalent 10 absolute ascentency.
The reflection sted doubt by the present
spectacle OF the Austrian hoet, and by compa son of
the power obtained with the msg1tu ie Of the machine
tor supplying II. IL most armies indeed II takes vast
numbers OF men to furnish few thousand available
soldiers. The margin ie Tor casualties VI all kinds u
sou eihing really t.nibe. |. Is rot merely the sword
Of the enemy by which the force is rduced-the real
ly fatal agents exhaustion and disease. What can
becoUe OF folders VINO, like the Austrans before
the, Battle Of Magenta, for 10 hours did not get
"eteu so much as a piece Of breadl" IL is ouly
Q reeidue fraction Ui force under such crcnm.
sarc.s, which be relied upon for fighting and ls
evident that such conditions likely 10 be created by
the very which taken 10 coGnterbslsnce
them. When IL IL known assumed that 30 per cent
mnst be deducted for invai1I from the strength Of
army il becomes ssary 20 provide tFo uien in
the place Of one and toese very crowds render sup
plee difficult and sabitary precsutioGs les prsc
tcable One third OF the soldiers brOug up IN such
hss,e by Gen. Clam 10 the field of Magenta would If
they bad been fresh and vigorous instead Of tamined
aud faintiDg have been wOr h the whole of his
bausted corps. Nor is it only q campaign that the
fytteIn is perncious Tor the necessity OF maintaining
eD soldiers in order that $50 may be forthcoming
doubles the weight Of standing taxes and the rgor Of
be steLdng conscrpton II ~ not quite fair, perhaps,
ito polL the efficiency of the French for victory
and col fdence, We have already remarked, form |
military elixir; but not be doubted that the
excellence Of their organization gave them great
tscsdent advantage. They are better managed and |
better fed than their antagonists, and good man.
sgenent, becomes daily evident, is hall battle
not that which most powerful IN numbers, but |
that which Ut critical period most powerfu at
critical point. We may give the maxim q new turn,
and say that the best army ~ not necessarily the
largest aro J, but the army which produce al any
"a OneIt the maximum Of efficient eouIb stan;s To in
sure this resut must 10 the doctrines of |
sanitary science and We hope new Minister of
War viii Lot overlook the moral.