Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-31
WAR BUDGET.
pROMOTIONq


PROMOTIONS.
Under the present administration Of the
War Department, there is a chance for men
of merit 10 rise from the ranks. The ability
that created the Marshals Of France under
Napoleon win have full opportunity under
Cameron. On Friday last he searched the
regular army for Sergeants who had brains,
experience, and virtue, and conferred upon
twenty-five of them commissions as Second
Lieutenants. Their future is in their own
hands.
THE NAVAL EXPEDITION.
People who are wasting their time in con.
trover ial discussion concerning the destina-
ton of the great naval expedition, which
probably left Fortress Monroe Wednesday
morning, may rest assured that m IRE than
one guess will prove true. General Sher-
man will not confine his attention to one
port or one State, but will strike at several
points, and with such rspdity that the rebels
will be at loss to know for the benefit of
what rebel Governor to deplete the Manassas
army. One reason that the secret of the ex-
pedition is so we'll kept is, that much is left
to the discretion of the commander, who is
at liberty to be governed by circumstances
in his operations.
PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.
The workmen in the Portsmouth Navy
yard have determined to give the amount of
one days work for each man to the Maine
and New Hampshire soldiers now at the seat
of war; the money to be appropriated to the
purchase of blankets, stockings, &c. The
sum thus appropriated will amount to about
three thousand five hundred dollars. Cap
Pearson, commandant ia the Yard, has in-
formed the foreman that all the officers will
also contribute toward the fund. A Wheel
ing (Virginia) paper states that the ope-
ratives at the Belmont Iron Mill have sub
scribed nine hundred and eighteen dollars
for the relief of volunteers families.
NARROW ESCAPE OF COLONEL BBTJE.
On Saturday Colonel Bette, of the Came
ron Rifles, accompanied by his Adjutant and
Lieutenant of Engineers, passed beyond
his lines at Anandale to within halfa mile of
Fairfax Court house, and, without being
aware of the fact, they got within the rebel
line of pickets. They were hailed by the
rebels under the supposition that they be-
longed to their own force, and they only dis.
covered their mistake when Colonel Bette
and his companions dashed passt them.
They exchanged shots with the rebels, and
succeeded in getting to our lines uninjured.
The same day private Denjer, of Col. Betje's
Regiment, who was near the rebel lines
scouting, was shot through the leg by
rebel picket.
PENNsYLvANIA's SHARE.
The Philadelphia Inquirer states that the
aggregate number of Pennsylvania troop5
now in the Government service is 699SO.
The StateIis now preparing to enter the serV-
ice, twenty-four regiments of infantry, num-
berinR %, l29 men, five regiments aud four
companies of cavalry, numbering $780, and
two companies of artillery, numbering 3l2-
making an aggregate of 1000. Of the regi-
ments preparing for service and now in camp
ready, the State has nine regiments of in
faptry, numbering 9,423; three regiments of
cavalry, numbering 34l4; making an addi-
| ton of 837 to the 50 $50 now in service,
| and showing Pennsylvanians actually in the
| field to the number of S2,8l7. When the re-
naming seventeen regiments and six CON-
panies, numbering Is 253, now preparing,
shall be ready for service, which will be
within six weeks, Pennsylvania contriou-
| ton to the war, exclusive of the 20, l75
three-months men, mustered out of service
in July last will be l0l,070.
EXPERIMENTS TO TEST THE QUALITIES OF IRON
A series of experiments are in progress at
the Washington Navy-yard, to test the rela-
tive qualities of different kinds of iron. On
Saturday a fifty-pounder Dahlgren gun
made of Pennsylvania iron, was burst at the
two hundred and fourth discharge. The next
| experiment is to be made with Lake Supe-
rior iron.
IMPORTANCE OF KEY WEST.
Paymaster G. T. Pierce has been ordered
to Key West Immediately, to assume the
duties of United States Naval Storekeeper q
that port. The business at that port has be
come so muuh increased, in consequence o
the naval movements in the Gulf that grea
energy is necessary to it's proper execution
GENERAL EVANS REINFORCED.
| Since the fight near Harrison's Island, the
rebels have reinforced General Evans with
ten or fifteen thousand troops from Manassas
BEAUREGARD's REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF BULL
RUN.
General Beauregard, it appears by intelli
gence just received, has made his long ex
pected official report to the Secretary of Wa
of the battle of the 2lst of July at Bull Run
It is said TO be very voluminous covering
about a hundred pages of foOlscap. JET
Davis withholds its publication for the pres
ent from prudential reasons.
INSUFFICIENT PICKETs.
Complaint is made of our insufficient sys
TEN of pickets, and that the force sent OF
picket duty is not large enough.
THE CONTEMPORARIES OF NAPOLEON AND WELL
IEGToN-ENCoURAGING TO VOLUNTEERS.
1t is interesting in our present struggle II
recur to the beginning of the military caree
and the preparatory education received b,
the most renowned captains and commanders
during the wars of the first quarter of thi
century. Every one is familiar with the earl,
history of Napoleon and of Wellington. Tn
following information concerning thei
contemporaries shows how few of them re
ceiVed any scientific military education, thei
talents and genius being revealed in action
on the fields of battle:
Augereau: scarcely educated; he enlistet
as volunteer in the rank and file.
Blucher: No military education.
Berthier: Military engineer; he was al
ways in the staff, never commanding troops
Besseres: Hair-dresser; enlisted as a vol
unteer in the rank and file.
Clauzel: No preparatory education; ranl
and file.
Davoust: From military school at Brienne
he entered the cavalry; he was considered
with Massens, next to Napoleon.
Bernadotte: No military education; he be
gan as a volunteer in the rank and file.
Gouvion St. CyT: Drawing teacher g vol
unteer in the rank and file.
Gerard: No military education; voluntee
in the rank and file.
Gneisenau: No military education; he ros
from the ranks.
Hoche: No military education; voluntee
in the rank and file.
Kleiber: Architect; slender military educa
ton; he began in the regular infantry.
Kleist: No special military education.
Macdonald; No special military education
Marmont: Educated for the military.