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ter to the Mobile Tribune we insert for the inspec.
ton Of those having charge Of matters:

Ter 70 the Mobile Tribune We t1sertt Tor The inspecs
ton Of those having charge Of matters;
But beg your leave now to attract attention to
the eolouefo Of & cayslrF regiment who turns them
al down. ! allude to Col S. George GrOghan, who
leommapds q eovalry regiment under Gen Floyd
In NorthTestrn Virginia He IL shout thifty-dye
years OF age, has tie eyeo of an eSgs aSd the Wei
ngton nose Is about ak feet high fsulsss in form
graceful in carriage, and the best rider in America
lie is the son of the celebrated Col Croghan of san
dusky memory, was born . soldier sd1catei a soI.
der, and is in every hair on his head md dre5 of
blood in his body thorough, eompless and perfecs
soldier. He has no thoughts that not military.
no ambition that Is not the ambition of q soldier
Withal, he is endowed with pre>eminently practi-
cal and powerful intellect. He has introduced in
nOvations upon the established usages Of camp Efe
the result of which must if properly embraced,
save the Confederate States millions Of dollars and
thousands of lives, and insure comfort where suf,
fering else might have to be endured -
The innovation to which alluee is in the size and
character Of the camp tent. He has reduced Il 10
size which viii accommodate but four men, One
end Of it he leaves entirely open. Before the opea
end he builds camp fire, and that makes q small
tent more comfortable in the coolest winter than
the larger tents are in autumn or spring One
mule can carry thirty Of these tents, (euouVh for
two companies Baggage wagons in hIs regiment
are therefore an obsolete idea or to use his nervoua
expression an "exploded humbug" This ipsureg
expedition without q sacrifice of comfort and such
has been the force with which the utility Of this
style of tent has impressed the military minds
that have investigated its merits, that General
Floyd, among others, has thrown aside his huge
amphithester and adopted the modest and com
Portable little tabernacle, for wkch the srmy are
indebted to Col Croghan. In order therefore 70 ens
bic any regimentin the Confederate service thatnz
feel an inclination to render Themselves as comfort
able as possible, by adopting the CroQhan tent
will describe It. In the Arst place il is ran0ulsr
shaped, four feet high, eight feet case and seven
feet Deep The tent poles are two feet long fitting
into each, fitted together, having nail in the ton
is passed through eyeet hole At the top Of each
end Of the tent, and cord fastened Ia the groand
at the rear Of the tent is passed through the back
Of the tent at the top There It is twisted around
the nail on the rear pole and then it is passed 70
the front pole and twisted around the nail on this
pole, FROM whence it is passed to the ground and
fastened to peg. This cord IS the ridge pole Col
Ransom hiss attached to his regiment forty baggage
wagons, attached to each one Of which are four
horses making one hundred and sixty horses in
his3 transportation service, whereas fire mules
are altogether sufficient for the Transportation of
Croghan tents enough for the came regiment;
and the soliers are bound to enjoy more comfort
and suffer less in the CFOghan tent than they do in
the tent now in use in our army and the traaspor-
tstIOn Of which is so very expensive- Col CroghAn
has also by an alteration of the ordinary cart sad
die into pack saddle made il feasible for one mule
to transport 300 pounds Of provisions. Thus you
perceive this regiment is costing the Governments
less than perhaps any one company In any other
cavalry regiment IN the service, and for forced
marches and surprise expeditions the most zYaila-
bic arm Of the Confederate service. When they
move their baggage males can move. They do not
have to wait as other cavalry regiments do, for
baggage wagons, They do not have to take, as
other cavalry regiments often do the pitiless pelt-
ing Of the midnight storm, for they Caa always have
their nts with them -s.
Col. Croghan has attached 70 his regiment two
rihed cannon, each weighing about two hundred
pounds. Four mules transport the guns and their
carriages. have been thus minute in NY details,
because conceive that there Is vital interest in
the simple facts which have related. They IN
EOlVe questions of life and death. Of comfort ard
suffering to our beloved army. Millions of people
have living and lasting interest in them. do not
Know a man in Col. CrOghan's regiment He has
me company who went into the service only about
lalf equipped and armed. Now they are superbly
quipped and armed, and they have not an arm in
heir raRks that they did not take from the enemy.
strangers though they are, it is with pEide record
Uch facts, facts so indubtably bound 70 draw upon
hem the admiration and praises Of grateful
ountry. EG-c