New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-16


ernment and actually gsrisoned in the Senate Chamber
of the Union. Gen. Butler, gallanty following "
rapidly pOesible IL company WIN the ~ ~
Muuroe to assume command III LIS capacity oi 10 iia
der over the Massachusetts men, had reacneu u,ia %
deIoha where be beard of the attack upon the on,
while il was vet 10 progress. lh'erruPteu III u i
march by this new turn OF andifs, ana lhe a 90
the modes of travel and communication, ~ p3'aiHt p3t
necessary for the moment that our troops shouu see
another route 10 Washington; and also to endesVor
preyent the important port and pOslQS 0f AnhalO"'
from seizure and It's inhabitants fr6m demor.l''"'
These new pecessiies crea ed demand Tor oihet ss
TO accompany the infantry which a'pne l n" nS rges
ordered from NashngtOr-and a battangh - % '-t
under the command of Major DeYens OF NVI'e''oI
lreenforced by the Iihe corps CT cap, DIES no m
Pitsfeldi and the Boston battalion oi I-eht hr''eiS
under Major Cook, were put in,o nd.
tion and accompanied the infantry eoinilaud nhuef
Col. Lawrence. of which the Filth Regiment oi our
line is the nucleus. The urgency "I We oCesloh ana
The telegram Of Gen. Butler from fllladelphid re-
cuestnp artillery aud the military reasons palpabN
fobibino be necessity Of aiming at the substantial
rh 10 the poetponement Of ceremonies or forms,
WINGED me that ought TO take the responsibility of put
ting these additional arms In notion and OF providing
tbe requisite means for their equipment and trgnspor
taton This force arrived at New.lork on Sunday
night and sailed in two steamers on Monday, the I'd,
for Annapolis, whittier they had been preceded by
Butler with Munroe's command from Philadelphia.
On the preceding Saturday, the Old Colony command,
made up in part of Col Packa and in part of Col
Wardrop's regiments had arrived al Fortress Monroe
Packard in the " State of Maine" steamer, by way Of
Fall River, and Wardrop in the steamer Spaulding,
directly from Boston. On the very day of their arrival
Wardrops command had been pat on board the United
States steamer, the "Pswnee," and had left the
Fortress to assist in brilliant movement, both OF dan
ger and success in the destruction of United States
vessels and military stores at Gosport Nayy-fard,
then menaced and In immediate danger Of falling into
the hands of the public enemies. The saving of the
venerable ship-of.war Constitution-the " Od FoF-
sites ofour familiar speech and aiectionate memories
is one Of the happy omens and one OF the hrst IL
lnsrs of that series of actions and events winch
characterized the conduct aud enterprte OF our sol
diers after the landing at Annapos holding the post
saving another ship-of-war endangered IRON bail-
more, rebuilding railroad, reconstrucung iocoipo
tives, opening up the communication between WASH
ington and Philadelphia, at the same time that they
were enduring the hitherto untried depuvatlons Oi
camp and the hardsips incident 10 soldiers career
for which the snddenness Of their call had permitted
no adequate preparation.
The contracts and expenditures incidental TO this
movement of troops to obtaining aud arranging their
final equipment whether OF arms or clothing 10
their subsistence and general comfort and protection
have been unhesitatingy incurred, IN firm reliance
upon the support and sympathy OF the people ana the
approval of the Legislature Norm view OF The
known inadeQuacy Of the national stores-haye the
Governor and Council hesitated 10 anticipate coi1-
ing wants and to provide for military stOres, clo,ns
and equipments as rapidly as possible, not only 10
supply current needs and 10 repair exis'ing del
ciendas but to meet Inc certain demands 0i the ap-
proa ching Summer. .,-,,.o..
| cannot doubt that TO some extent the suddennets
of our necessary action the novelty of our situation
aud the fact of the nexperence of our whole people
in the arts of wal and the wants OF camp life have
exposed us all TO some mistakes, 10 some loes OF ma
teral, TO some misadsptati0n OF means to endh ano
some oversight of economies possible to better oppor-
tunilies or to greater experience But am confident
that the service has been conducted by all Its agents
and departments with Jealous care and honest eort 10
command success in the work Of sonomy not ess than
in the more brilliant and attractive spheres OF gallant
enterprise The disbursements in the military service,
which had been made up the close of business scr