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sss sl1as - re 6s prsssaf e war; AZ
5coSseGuepftx:s e fast an Is exciting, within
~ WeeKs 3ncreased notice, and We hear IN
every direction Of, regiments 6eaoe taplaly
raised to supply the manifest aene1ency.
few remarks npon ne uss 1 o.s. re rsaaers tn
attsin @ n 10 proper understanding Of the sub
Tn n the Wass Of The arst Napoleon, cavalry
became most brilliant arm, ana g. gsemeo 70
monopolize the roMsnee, roMee,f = areesed % ao T IKE
nopintay as to present . conspicuous mark II
every cbarre. and yet bearing q charmed
lifs. TIE fifteen thousand no1se O MeGon-.
aids celebrated column at Wagfan, oeaf1nge
down upon the Anstr1'eaas ~ su1 II
which 15ut fifteen hundred returned Mhen vic
tn1T was aefieyed. The gal,antIy Of U1brldge,
vivian and Ponsouby at Watef1aoCsac9 ree
ordR stir the young blood and 1eaVe no cnoice
smoag a11nsi cavalry .al9ne i@ T. LIZ @ 59am aMoa
tn recent. romance power and PRESTIGE
which sober. mathematical Judgment pro
nounces too great-uDlustly estimated.
Under the Napoleonie system, designed for
continental warfare, On fields well known aud
used for such purposes for centuries, the pro-
quarter to sfzza Of the Hnfantry; E., with an
army Of 100000 infantry, there should bs from
80 eco to 80, 600 horse, according to the nature
/ OF thewar. Compared with this limit, q glance
will show our present deficiency, and some his
Il cur PRECAUTIONARY war, and IN that of
1872, so difficult and expensive was it tomain-
tain horses, and 30 few, comparatively, were
the actions IN the open field, that the arm Was
comparatively neglected After the latter
Wal, for many years we had scarcely the ske1~
eton Of an army.
During the Mexican war, the dragons
grumb1ed much, and not without cause, that
they 1ad small opportunity Of distinction
where mcBt Of the actions consisted Of attacks
on eutrenchmente, as, after th5 first battles Of
Pa1o Alto and Rssaca, the Mexicans met our
! army in the open deld but onee-at Buena
| Vista-where they hoped to crush us by the
ove1poWefiug preponderance Of four Or five to
| one. Our aragpcnB WERE employed, after the
conquest of the capital, in conveying WAGON
trains and eo7adActds from Vera Cruz to Mexi-
60, Or i II iorasi1S Rarie91 1 to points at dis
The experience Of the Mexican var was
improperly pFetudiciM to the cavalry. It's
t=ndency Was to depreciate their yn1ne In the
| future.
As early As June, 1886, two regiments ot
dragoQns (tWo thousand in al, had been added
to onr little army, and constituted its entire
l
third was added, which Was dIsbanded at the
In May, 1876, regiment OF mounted rifle
men was created, but. it. served through the
" II M Msres, @ 1855, two regiments Of cavalg
were formed for service in our widely extend
ing Western country. These then constituted
the entire cavalry force at the opening Of ths
present war-taoo regiments Of dragons, taco O.
cavalry, and o7e Of mounted rifles. At the re
cent sudden and immense increase OF the army
to tHo hundred thousa2d men, the due pro
portion Of cavalry Was not observed in its re
lation to the infantry; and thus, acting upo1
our old experience, especially the Mexican, IT,
find we have rndefrated It's value. The fau1
is being speedily repaired; We shall soon hav'
splendid body Of horse ready tor the field.
the pss Ee5s s x t ees esy e out fss
in mind that infantry is the arm by pre-. emi
neuee-the very bone and sinew Of army OF
ganlzation. Theiafsntry soldier, st all af0ot,
l. q little host in himself wherever he stands
HoEsyer a1ayed II ranks, be never lsses hi
lerity and machinery, 1 E., his horse, he lose
iu individual power.
The principal value Of cavalry consists in it
rapidity Of movement. 1t reaches q give
spot while infantry Is not more than forme
important at g given moment-the critics
) one-t0 gain a decisive point that cayalr
we're apfy termed by Marahal SAKE parne d
! 7ai1ass1. It's use after battle cannot be to
/ highly estimated To pursue the retreatin
enemy-to rout and disperse-to cut dow
before the enemy can rally to hold them
. such are the duties Of cavalry after an actor
as they were demonstrated after the battle
! Ce11o Gordo, In accordance with Gan. Scott
, prophetic order Of the day.
The common distinction in the French al
Eel. rS$ Z 1{rnt,+.
E not altogether arbitrary. It arose, at frs
from the great inequality In the eize OF horse
. Then, upon large horses were placed 1arg
men, heavily armed and caparisoned-. Sac
f are the culrassiers and ca1abiniers, used Il
i covering retreats BY successive shoeks Of sho
q batteries. The Light troops are vchasae,s7
corresponding to light infantry, and light
l. equipped, and mounted On feet rather ths
q stout horses =: I
In al cases ekya11y charge should be su
= Thae eaSalry Storm but 4ot hold. d po'''''
81 Il has been ftaB1ished that well formed
/ faEtry squares aye imperVious to tayal
charges; but infantry once broken is ao'
Is disintegrated by them The proper u,
It timely use Of cavalry often tests the fudgme
l. Of coumander; and we recur to the blu
der Of the Light Brigade " at Balak1ava, AZ
id + notable instance OF their improper use, mer
u ing the rebuke Of great commander, appU
L. to similar movement pnanOther occasion
,e "Megnifque mais ce nest pas IA guerr,
e, Indirectly and pndesignedly, however, Il
u charge WIS useful, IN impresslng upon t
RUSSIANS the great daring Of British ca7al
which Lord Lucan had been, and was ait
wards, very slow in displaying. =.
Alexander and Ua1oR Counties,
F. Fton the Jonesboro Gazette.J
The Cairo correspondent Of the Chica
TRIBUNE, in speaking Of the movements
the secession troops In Southeastern Miss
I'd ri, says it is doubtless their intention to
le, tack Cape GirarGeau, annihilate the 20th
10 nois regiment stationed at that place, and 2
s. pare for rear movement upon Cairo.
u this, says the TnIBUNE correspondent, the
es' hels "expect, and not sostao,H reason to b;
q. the sympathy and assistance Of goodly ?