The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-11-02

service, and was last Superintendent of the
Nautical Aln,anoc, and engaged in other
special duty at Washington. fie is counted
among the a5lcst and most skiful officers in
in HE service. The flag lieutenant, the
remaining officer Of the coninodorc's stan. IL
lieutenant s. W. Preston, Canadian by
birth, and citizen of Illinois, from which
State he entered the service In 1851.
Captain l.. NJ. Goldsborough, who is in
command ofthe northern half of the Atlantic
blockading squadron, will also take an active
part in aiding the expedition. lie was born
In the District of Columbia, and entered the
service from Maryland, Of which State he is
citizen, in 1872.
lie has been seventeen years at sea and
eleven years on shore duty, and was last in
command of the frigate Congress. His present
ship is the Minnesota.
LAND FORCES.
OF the army forces we can give no COM
plete account. A portion of the troops were
detailed from General McC llan's army, but
other regiments sailed directly from New
York, more from Boston, and few, we
understand, from other points between those
nes, The regiments, 50 far as we have
as as. able to ascertain, are given below, but
the u S.Swwhole expedition was prepared with
Kent in ~ r. secrecy. and many of the regiments
our list is nnt,,.srn camps to the last moment,
| TuIsariy incomplete.
The land forces H5MANDERs.
General Thomas W. SRnder command of
distinguished officer, who aan, an able and
in 1892, was second lieutcnahreed West Point
Artillery in 1886, assistant CD. the Third
of subsistence in 1887 first lieutcnassary of
and captain in May. 1916. He is' 1858,
gushcd as an artillery officer, Shcrnhil-
| l,.,t h,,,,; D
war. Captain Sherman was brevcted =" fo
gallant and nerltorious conduct in the battl
of Bucna VISTA" He is u native OF Rhod
Island.
General Sherman's headquarters are oil
board the steamer Atlantic, which carrie
200 troops besides her own crew.
Three brgades of the land forces ar,
commanded by Generals Viele, Steven.
and Wright.
Egbert l.. Viele was graduated from thu
West Point Military Academy in the yea
1912, and was u classmatc ofGen. Mcclellan
He served in the Mexican war, and in 1876
resigned his commission to accept the posi-
ton of chief engineer of the State of New
Jersey. Since then he has been engineer
inchief of the Central Parks in New Yorl
and Brooklyn. In the early part of thu
rebellion he organized battalion of tw,
| hundred men, ana followed the Seventh
Regiment to Washington. He is considcre,
an able and experienced officer, and at thirt
six years of age ranks as brigadier general
Isaac Ingalls, Stevens, who is general il
command of the second brigade, was gradu
ated at West Point in 1899, and entered tn
corps of engineers. He resigned in 1853, t.
accept the appointment Of Governor @
Washington Territory, and was elected a
Representative to Congress 1857.
General Stevens was in Mexico, and wa
brevcted captain for gallant and meritoriou
conduct at Churuhusco, and was brevctc
m;jo at Chepultcpec, Sept. IL, lS47. III
was severely wounded on the same day.
Horatio Gates Wright, commanding til
third brigade, was graduated at West Poin
in 1887, and appointed Il lieutenant in til
engieeers' corps in lS41. Since his gradu
alton he has been an assistant professor Il
the United States Military Academy, an
has the reputation of being superior engi
neer and thoroughly efficient officer.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
We are indebted to Mr.. &. W. Blunt 70
the following accurate table Of distances
in nautical miles, from Hampton Roads t.
different points, from some one of whicl
interesting intelligence may be expected il
the course of few days: