The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-09-21
sETTER THINGS ron THE ARMY.

BETTER THINGS ron THE ARMY.
There is much upon which good citizens
may congratulate themselves in the rapid
improvement perceptible in the condition of
the army. a great deal of the most valu-
able experiences has been acquired in the
Cabinet and in the field. We are at the
end OF the temporary and temporizing ar
engagements that have caused our chief en-
barrassments and disasters. The troops
now IN band are for the war. The gener-
ais IN command are men in whom full con-
hdence 10 placed. Congress has granted
all neediul authority to the Executive. The
millions. the "sinews of war;" are al the
command OF the Treasury Department.
We have learned the strength of the enemy
in numbers and in animosity. and the sys-
tenn with which they make war We know
she work before US. and the means by which
il can and mus, be performed.
At Fortress Monroe we have the veteran
Wool, famous for bis skill in bringing raw
troops into an efficient condition: and eve
~ dispatch and every mail from his depart-
meBt will tell of the growing efficiency of
the troops under his command. who have
been soIely tried by the incompetence of
their officers and the negligence of the War
Department.. Wool will put a new face on
the Yorktown Peninsula, and the rebels will
have no more troops from that quarter for
their army of the Potomac
The whole country is already grateful for
and hopeful in the work of Gen. NJ Clellan
with the army of the Potomac. He has
brought order out of confusion, and for dis.
may has substituted confidence. His labors
are incessant, determined, and well directed
The vast mass of crude materials at his
disposal are every day being shaped into
the weapons of war, and he will speedily
have grand army indeed, European in its
proportions and capacity. He is ably Sec
onded by Gen. Dix at Baltimore, and Gen.
Banks at Harper's Ferry-the former a
man of regular military education, of great
energy and integrity of character, and the
author of the famous order, elf any man
hauls down the American flag, shoot him
on the spot"-the latter, a man of acknowl-
edged genius and remarkably gifted in the
qualities and characteristics Of ''great
captain"
In Western Virginia we have Gen. Ro-
sencrans, one of the most accomplished
military men in the country-a man of keen
perceptions and comprehensive views, and
whose exacting. laborious habits lead him
to supervise the details of business in his
department.
In Missouri we have Gen. Fremont, whose
movements have been distinguished by as
tonishing celebrity, and who has shown the
Jackson spirit and discretion in taking the
responsibility. He is doing a work second
only to that of Mcclellan, and the country
knows it may rely that every hour in his
department is fully occupied The fall of
the gallant and famous Lyon is an irrepara-
bic loss, but the country is fortunate in the
recognition of the great abilities of Gen.
Sigel.
The men who now enter the service may
do 80 with reasonable assurances that the
hardships which have heretofore been so
disheartening will be mitigated in the flu
ture. The worst, as to equipment, subsis-
tence, and transportation service of the ar
my, is over. The troops will soon receive
their Winter clothing. All regiments will
be uniformed alike. and special attention
will be given to the durability of the cloth
ing material, and the style in which it is
made up. There will very soon be plenty
of the best rifles for all the troops, and ev-
cry mans confidence in himself will be in
creased and confirmed by the knowledge
that he yields the terrible MIME or the
deadly Enfield. Our columns will not here
after move without adequate forces of cav
airy to reconnoiter the surrounding country
and prevent surprises. The murderous
masked batteries will henceforth be un-
masked by our own batteries, of which un-
paralleled numbers are being organized.
A great many of the incompetent officers
are already weeded out, and the process will
be continued without fear or favor. The
experience already acquired in camp cook
cry will enable men hereafter. not only to
assert their rights to all the food to which
they are entitled, but to manage their ra-
tions to advantage. II commissaries and
suffers will exhibit thievish propensities,
there must be remedies that will prove spe-
cifc in their cases. Whatever these are
they must be discovered aud applied.
The country has just taken its first bitter
lessons in the art of war. The school was
the dear one of experience. The people
have already manifested their aptitude for
soldering. and as they acquire the chang
of the thing" the army. which Is the ne
cessity of the times, and the representative
of national character and power, will i'm
prove in all respects, and do its work quick
" and WE'LL Cincinnati Commercial, Au-
gust 21st.
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search establishes the fact that acids pro-
rnots senaration of the bile from the blood,