The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-07-03

Extracts Il, ,OIn the Army CORES.
pOndence of the Cincinnati Com
meTcjaI, Gov. Chase's private
OTg3n,) written by MuTat Hal
SteHO, Esq, the IeiIdiIg editor o
that paper.
The news OF the slaughter of the Fedora
troops at Fortress Monroe makes the tone 0
the people about the city, this morning, very
lSloomy. The troops seemed TO have been lec
/ .up or ordered up By incompetent officers Il
stand helplessly before the fire of battery 0
rifled cannon. This bloody lesson should be
sufficient to teach our enthusiastic Generals
that war is something different from poliu-
cal campaign.
There is growing dissatisfaction with Simon
Cameron. have very good reason for believ-
ing that this dissatisfaction exists in the Cabinet
as well as out of it. He is not doing his duty
} II it were not for the assistance Of Gen. Scott
and Secretary Chase Scott debating peremp'
torily, and Chase suggesting in "by authority"
sort of way-the War Department would long
before this have been an nextricable humble.
Even as it is, Cameron don't know what he is
about. He talks economy, and gets contracts
at which his sons can make fortunes at dash.
| He seems to desire to economiSe by keeping
soldiers out Of the field, and BY spelling those
that are in the field. There will be storm
raised, directly that will drive him out Of the
| Cabinet is disgrace, or he will make FlOyd'S
management OF the War Department respecta-
/ bic
saw the President, yesterday He looks
care worn and weary.
The prevailing feeling here respecting the
bloody and laundering affair at Big Bethel, is
one ofcxasp ration. 1t is to be hoped ths less
on given will be profitable. The lesson is that
1t is murder and ruin to attempt to make Gen.
erals out Of mere politicians 1t turns out,
from the exposure of the Federal forces to the
batteries at Big Bethel, that the troops w-re
! brave and steady as could be wished, while the
officers were wanting in all the qualifications
that should have distinguished them.
War becomes more OF an art and science every
year. and yet nearly everybody who has ever
made stump speech thinks he has been a
great captain in disguise as a civilian.
The Administration has made some very
good and some very bad appointments. The
appointment of Gen. Mcclellan was a moddel
lie was known as mertori0uS officer, of
proved courage, high personal character, varied
and great attainments. But there are others
in the regular army as deserving as he, who
have been passed over without notice, and ia.
vorite politicians given high commands
We have, OF course, high respect for the char
acter and ability of Mr. Schenck, Of Dayton -
He has been known as good lawyer an able
stump speaker and an influential citizen. No
body ever heard Of him in a military capacity
until the other day he turned up bran new
Brigader General. Now the first thing that
ought to be done with such a Brgadier is TO
put him in charge ofa drill sergeant, and have
him drilled like the devil for a month InS cad
Of that be takes his first lessons as commander
Of four regiments. and the men under his order
having no special confidence in him, can have
none in themselves. The chances are that Mr.
SChenck will make an able officer Bur the e
are men already known, tried and proved in
the service, who could have been had if the,e
had been no such thing as pol teal lavoriteism
N. P. Banks is a Major General. He is en-
titled to great credit for his labors as Governor
Of Massachusetts, in organizing her militia, and I
placing the State in such condition that her
regiments poured forth most promptly at the
recent call. But the place where he vas want
e !, was that OF Quarlermaster Gene, ala place !
requiring the very highest order ofadministra-
tive ability, and where he might have been Of
the greatest service to his Countrywide pres
ent Quartermaster General being n very ancient |
and insufficient individual. But Banks wolld
not 90 where lie was wanted He must rush |
to the field and become a "great Captain" and |
the administration had to assume to humor
him--gave hIm Major Generals commission
and chncked him into Baltimore, where he can
study the art OF war at leisure
The States that are being the most dsgrac-
ed by incapabes at home, are those Of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The troops Of those States that
are here. are at last toerably weell provided
bu it has been alter process OF imhecilo dick
erng, and petty meanness and scandalous THEFT,
that makes up fearful record.
The TACT is there isa gang Of thieves in Penn
Sylyana, stealing everything they can lay their
hands upon, and displaying an internal impu.
nifty in getting their hands upon things. The
head and front OF the PENNSYLVANIA thieves is
Simon Cameron, Secretary of War And Gov
Curtin has thus iar been spared only by the
unjlstifable clemen'y Of the Fool Killer
Gov. Reeder, OF Penn,alvania, is here to day
lie is Brigadjer General, believe He 10
ports twenty SIX Companies in Camp Of Easton
Two hundred men on the last dress parade had |
not shoes. They have but enc muskel in the |
Camp. There was a raw the other day, and |
they sent to town and borrowed few shot
guns Tor the guard. These Companies have been |
in Camp since the End of May. They should, |
by this time, have been thoroughly armed and |
EQUIPPED and in Virginia.
The friends ol Gen. Schenck who worked for
his appointment did so with one pr0viSo, as
they have told me; they said to the Presden,
and Secretary of War, ave would rather you
would appoint military men only to lead our ar
mics in this war; put il you propose to appoint
anv civilians to generalship, you could find no
civilian who has better stuff in him ofwhich to
make general, than in Mr.. Schenck." This.
to be sure, was proper enough, and truthful
SO Mr.. Schenck (as the Administration insist.
ed upon making generals out Of men who did
not know anything about military affairs be
came General Sehenck. And he was undoubt
edv put at once into severe school. He was
given as the p ace to take his first lesson, the
most exposed and dangerous line Of ofoperaion
in the enemyS's country.
The list Of appointments Of regular officers
was published yesterday, and | shall not un-
dertake to express The general feeling of oath
ing that affects those who know what should
have been done and what has been done. /
know several instances in which perfect boobies
have been given commissions while most mer.
itorious applications are UNDECIDED. A wordstrefr
silly Congressman has often gone farther than
the highest grade of merit in securing appoint
ments. The sons and relatives Of politicians
are selected instead of young men of brains4and
the heroic souls OF soldiers
Our ussy little Darlington, who has done his
part in disgracing Ohio and rendering her State
Government contemplate abroad, and humili-
ating at home, is a Colonel--a and Lieut. Slem
mer, who saved Fort Pickens and displayed
great qualities as a Sa@lpander, is Major. And
Luther B. Bruen, ofsCayton, is Major, too
Yeat. Bickham, who don't know anything at
all about military matters, is commissioned
Lieutenant, and Sergeant Whitney, OF the same
cnmnanv. a very competent officer nspla,Led -.