Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-10-02


fifth of November. which opened the ter
rible conflict of that day, and came so neal
destroying the British army. While ad
mitting that it is comparing small thug;
with great, he nevertheless ventures t.
contrast the CELEBRITY with which we land
ed our troops and siege train at Vera Cruz
and the early day at which we opened fire,
with the long delay that followed the land,
ing in the Crimea ere the Allies invested
Sevastopol and discharged their first gun.
At Vera Cruz We completed a difficult line
of investment on the second day of the
landing. and in spite of delays in forward
ing our siege train, We opened fire on the
thirteenth day. Whereas. with their siege
train on board their feet, it was thirty
four days after they landed ere the Allies
opened feeble canDonade ON town only
thirty miles distant from the point of dis
embarkation. In answer to the sterco-
typcd excuse for all the bunders of the
Allies, viz: deficiency of men and means,
he makes the significant remark that, by
undertaking an important operation with
out full and reliable information as to the
details to be overcome. and the means of
resistance in the hands of the enemy. they
neglected one of the clearest rules of war.
His comparison of the French. English
and Russian modes IF constructing their
several works, and their varied Offer sive
operations during the siege, are instruct
i've, and, just now. peculiarly interesting,
as Indicating his own cast OF mind He
praises the French engineers. and special-
ly applauds '.the technical skill and pa
tient courage eyinced by their officers and
men in pushing forward such excellent ap-
prOaches under L most deadly fire.
At great expense Uf labor and life
they pushed their works to within the in-
crcdibly short distance of thirty-two PAGES
of the eOunterscarp of the terrible Mala-
kotf ere the final assault of the Sth of
September. He does not think as highly
Of the English engineers, and says that in
constructing their trenches "they system
atically abandoned tie excellent system
taught and perfected with 90 much care at
Caa ham" Down TO the period of the
last bJin hardrent, thy had carried their
approaches oriY to within % PAGES Of
the Gr~at Redan. He eulugizrs IN warm
terms the skill, courage aud endurance
with which the husslal Engineers, and the
officers and men of III ar.us, resisted the
prUtracted and ottentiInes iun, - onSloulht
OF the Allied forces His dcscI lptiOn Of
the horrible afray Of the storIning Of the
Russian works Is graphic, but displays |. .
cool hand of the scientific soldier. rather,
than the glowing pencll Of the artistic /
rhetoriciau. McClellan's reports upon the
cavalry Of Russia, Prussia, Austria. France /
nglaud and oaruinia. cover l43 pages. |
and embrace large numbcr Of plates. di-
agrams and figures. The report upon the |
Cavalry Of the United States, and its con-
pariSGn with that of other countries named, /
and his regulations aud instructions for |
our cavalry l.. time of war, covering so
pages, aud Including many plates and dia-
grams, is of the highest importance to all /
now connected with. or who think of en-
tering that arm Of the service.
Horses, he says, should be selected for
their activity, hardness and endurance
Men, for their lightnces, ABILITY and intel
-igence. He gives the most minute in
structions as to riding, fcedirg. stabling,
in the field, swimming rivers.
charging in line and in column, welding
the saber, the pistol and the carbine, and
in fact everything else necessary to make a
splendid cavalry officer and soldier. He
dull horse, 4 dull man, and a
dull saber, as utterly valueless;'' lays
special stress upon the necessity of the in
1ividual instruction of men and horses;
pronounces the Cossacks the most effective
cavalry in the world; thinks such
Indians as the Delewares, Kickapoos. and
some other " estern tribes, might be disci-
plined into partisan cavalry equal to the
Cossacks of the Don; dcfues the term
dragon to mean III its original signifi
cation, troops who could act at the same
time both as cavalry and infantry; believes
in mounted rifemen who can fight both on
horseback and on foot when it is necessa-
ry to combine rapidity of movement with
defensive strength; seems to lock with CON-
T,lacency upon that feature of the Russian
system which increases the pay Of the SOL
der with the enhanced psrils of the spe-
cial service, enthusiastically recommends
that there be inscribed on the colorS of
each regiment the names of the actions in
which it has borne an honorable part, as
tending to inspire officers and men to deeds
Of courage and daring.
Many other points might be proftably
noted; suffice it to say, these reports on
the cavalry service of European nations
and the United States are invaluable to
al who are connected with or take an in
terest in this corps of the army. They
fOntain the outlines and most of the de-
tails form complete system Of cavalry
tactics The style of Mcclellan is terse,
,lear and vigorous As literary compost
lions these reports reflect great credit upon
his S ill and taste as a mere writer. 1t is
/ singular instance of the freaks of for
tune and the mutability of human affairs
hat the cavalry Captain who compiled the
work we have been contemplating has re-
,ently risen to the command of the larg-
st and most powerful army ever marshal
ID on this continent, whose object i: to
an armed rebellion of powerful
States against the supremacy of the Fed
.ral Government. the inspiring genius aud
guiding mind of which is the man who, as
of War, detailed him to this
special service in Europe. and to whom he
made his report on his return to this coun-
Post.
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from Cheat Mountain tells the following: !
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