, 1860-10-02


The correspondent OF the Toronto Gzo1e &C.
oompanying Lord Renfew in his ; progress
through the Uaited States, gives bis iupressi. n
Of the Chicago Zsuayes, after witnessing their
drill at the WigTam, on the evening of the
ed ult:
This evening, i; company of other members
Of tue Press, / attended drill Of the Chicago
Zouaye1- had been accustomed. A!opg with
many others, to think the reportB ltad heard
Of the doinRs Of this celt brased body Of men to
bts'ery much e1aEgera'ed- The exhibition of
their skill has totally d. elled any sueh Illusion
l do not pretend to much kroB;edge If military
tactics, but having seen soule of the very best
regiments in the Htisiah service drilled, may
perhaps be allowed to express al opi1ion upon
their relative ms r1ts, as they pear to a civil.
ian. The English soldiers pc. .orm all tha ma.
neurEes required Of them with great ez ac:i;ude
and precision. So far no body Of Men in The
world excel them. But ef the ChicaEo Zcuaves
much mnre is required than in the regular eer.
vice. They 20 through their movements at
most rapid pace win Il speed that Is perfectly
bexildering, Col Ellsworth, the ol6cef in COM
mand, and 10 whom ks1oDgs the greatest share
OF the merit which atsaches 10 tne corVs fre-
auentiv issues his orders as fast as he could
SPEAK, and the men changed their positions
SO quickly that none could see how they &C.
compiishrd it. there WAS not the shghts.t
hesitation smong them; they bad conndence
in oue another; they worked with ons &C.
cord. The word WAS given tor Them to form
into two lines. TWAS done. Then they were
told to Lie down ,and down they wea!; When com:
manded, they tnfasd oyer upon their backs, and
while in horizontal position, loaded their ri IS.
The first line fired No sooner done than the
second line ieaped to the front and also fred:
those benlnd loading at the same time. hey
formed in sq9ares 10 receive cavalry. separated
aud appeared With levellrd rifles back 10 back.
They performed The musktt e1erc,se-au e1er-
cise specially adap.ed to enable them to guard
against sabre strokes should their Tanks be
brokeu-with mos: admirable akI. ] hey fired
40 well together, first in tWos, then in threes,
then in fours, that the hammers were brought
down upon The nipples with such exactisade
that no difference ia tins was psrceptihie 10 the
ear. In snort, l supPose therr can be no doubt
of this as they are the most perfectly drilled
company of men in the world. OF couTse much
that they kaye learned would be useless in actiTe
warfare but still the strength OF muscle aud
power Of endurance their performance requires
alone renders it particularly valuable. In the
present state Of public opinion at home, If Col.
Ellsworth would vist Eae1and, hs would, /
think, create quite q fuToFe. lswould strengthen
the confidence Of the people in the voluntary
system, and create spirit Of rivalry which
would be attended With the most beneficial ef.
fects. take it that the create i enemies Of
John Bull will not deny this, that he app1opri-
ates very largely to himself Of those things
which he conslders good. lie has done 80 In
latez tmes with empires. be has always done 20
With inventions no matter from what part Of the
world they may come. 1t is rery likely that
should he see Col Ellsworth's corps, he would
dispense With ninety nine per cent. of the fancy
work; but Of this feel sure be would appru-
priate the really useful part. And, 80 lar a.
Canada il concerned, if Jour military men would
do anything hall 80 we'll Is the Chicago Zouaves,
they would cease to be laughed at-tor al would
then acknowledge that they arc no longer holi-
day soldiers, but men ds to compare with any