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

Parkersburg, 7l5 10
Philadelphia, 1888 II Barton,
Potomac, 44S billiard.
S,ahoke, 1911 10 Couch,
Saar, de Cuba, 1850 Is
Star OF X !, South. $50 Kcarnley,
winfield Scot 1850 20 La Fevre,
sAlLl-G VESSELS.
c,o,t po,,h,i, " ao.s Tonnage.
G Gssan T Eanr,ss g 5SsS nas Coffin $ss
Courier - GEM 49,. Is i~o
All oft transports are fully >m.d anil
have crew on board to work tTeeu, anu
Several transports were added to the III.
Fortress Monroe, and the entire Atla...a'
squadron will Cooperate with the cxpeditiNn.
The expedition consists in all, of eight,
vessels or these, three are steam frigates
six others are sailing mcn-of.war, twenty-sS
are gun boats, twelve ferry boats, and thirty
steam and six sailing transports.
TROOPS.
These vessels carry, besides their full
crews, a force of between $4,000 and 10000
picked soldiers, half ofthcm the best trained
troops of General McClcllan's command. -
They cry that the army of Mcclellan needed
more men, which has for 80 many weeks
vexcd impatient souls, is now explained. Ii
was not our land forces, but our naval expe.
dition, that needed more men. When troops
went on to Washington, it was only that
others. better drilled and more experienced
might be sent to Annapolis in readiness to
embark in the ships of the expedition
Thus, from time to time, by the patriotic
readiness OF the people to respond to call
the precise pllrport of which they did moi
quite comprehend, our gallant general was
enabled to detacll from his vast army large
force of the best soldiers he had.
We need not say that these troops are wei
armed and ably differed. Neither care moi
expense have been spared to make their out.
fit complete, in arms of all kinds. in great
guns, shot, Shell, ammunition, and all the
paraphernalia of war.
BOATS FOR LANDING.
Several months ago the Government bcgar
to provide itself with surf boats. We ma,
say that the expedition carries with it moi
less than five hundred of these needed helps
for landing troops-s sufficient to effect
simultaneous landing of great number O
men. Besides these Surf-bOats tn. Govern
ment purchased several rrry-boats, thci
peculiar build making it much easier to lane
troops from them than from steamboats, of III,
usual form.
SUPPLIES.
First, and most necessary, comes food
Besides the rations provided for the tr oop.
while they shall remain on board, the trans
ports bear at least three and a half months
supplies of food of every kind for the grca
army which is to be landed.
The Ocean Queen and other steamers take
ont, besides troops, such articles as shovcls
,;,I, h.. 4 i..:.
grindstones, lumber, prepared frames o
houses and barracks. ready to be Set up
cr~ss-cut saws immense quantities of sand
bags, beams, &C.. &c.
AMMUNITION.
An immense store of shot and shell is OF
board as also many huge c"lumbiadS
mostly the vast ten-inch guns which do sucl
fearful execution. The .Hianiic and BATH
carry the most OF these, but more are under
stood to be placed on other vessel Is as well.
There are also quantities Of gun carriages
and light guns for field operations. or thcs,
many are Parrot guns and all are completed,
fitted, ready for the artllerists' hands whcl
they are landed cassons, FORCES, and larg,
quantities OF grape, canister, shot and shcl
being with each battery sufficient, on,
would think, for campaign in the interior.
WAGONS.
A great number of army Transportation
wagons provided, over and above those whicl
belong to each regiment, and which the troop
took away with them. Extra camp cgupag
| OF every description is also provided, and
great number of extra arms and infantr,
equipments.
PILOTS.
We may add here that all the best pilot
| belonging to New York have gone down wit
| the expedition. They wrro chosen becaus
they are familiar with every point on tn
Southern coast from the Chesapeake to TIL
| Texas shore. Besides, these pilots. numbe
Of skiltul and trusty coasting captains wcr
engaged from Cape Cod. These men kno,
every inch of the coast have sailed int
every harhor and inlet with their craft, an
will be able to carry the ships into any port
| great or small, on the Atlantic or in the Gull
where the expedition may be ordered t
land.
The infantry equipments put on hoard ar
sufficient for at least ten thousand men,
They include everything necessary to pre-
pare the soldier.
HORSES.
Ofhorscs the expedition has nearly nftcc
huncrcd. They are mostly on board til
Greni Republic, Vanderbih. Ocean Queen, Bal
tic and Ericsson. One ship takes. rs supple
for these animals. eight Thousand bags of oat.
and besides this other vessels carry furthe
supplies of oats and corn, while many tons q
hay are divided among the transports.
HOT SHOT.
Colonel Scott in his able military, dicton
AIRY gives an account of the manner of usin
hot Shot, and the peculiar destructivencss c
this missile. The reader will remember tina
it was hot shot which made Fort Sume
untcnable for our gallant garrison; and
would he a curious rctribntion if, aftc
Charleston is destroyed, the insurgents wer
in turn driven ont of the forts in the bay
hot shot fired from the shore.
or artillery ammunition there are rcall
immense quantities. Several of the large.
transport are nearly laden with these material.
and thousands Of shells were sent off froI
this, as we'll as shot, canister, and every var
city OF deadly missiles. ... ..
r . ARTIFlCERS.
A number of carpenters, masons, and othe
artificers form part OF the material of til
| pyueditiOn so that in setting mn ba tracks an