Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-10
Washiuon Correspondence of y. Herald, Aug -
Review OF the Troops by the PrcSidan
and Gen. Mcclellan.

At nal! past ten A. N. courier arrived an
nouuciug To Gen. Mccall ;hat Gen. Mcclellan
was approaching the review ground, With tn,
mode-t message from The latIer to the former
having the customary salute due his rauk
In a few minutos after General Mcclellan
and staff, escorted bv Cunpuu,c. + aud 3 ui
tine Second United States Dragons, under
command of Capt Low and Lieut. lomp-
hius gIlluped across the field and proceeded
80 an eligible spot Indicated bN a large reg
mental field color, and directly facing the
center ofthe mass of troops The General 5
stall formed on each side OF him. and the es-
cort formed a line directly in the rear All
things being in readiness Gen Mccall gave
lhe Command TO prepare for review. Ranks
were opened, arm. presented, and the line
officers took post few PAGES in advance of
their companies General Mcclellan then TO
the right aud front of the First Division aud
commenced to review the troops As he
reached the right uf the line the regimen,al
colors were dropped, and each regimeutai
band, as the reviewing officer passed, played
some soul-stirring and patriotic air. The
General reviewed each regiment with scru-
pulous care Not man in the ranks ap-
peared to escape his notice. just as the first
part OF the review was completed, President
Lincoln, in an open carriage, accompanied
10y Secretary Chase, drove into the review
field, followed hy other chrlTnges containing
| Secretaries Seward, Cameron aud " ellis, auu
Postmaster General Blair senator wilson
| CoL Hunter and family and others The
President was unrtteuded hy any military
escort Gen. Mcclellan, when he was ap-
prised that the President was on the ground
Immediately rode up to his carriage and paid
his respects at the same time inviting the
President to review the troops. The Presi
dent accepted the invitation, and with his
accompanying guests, Gen. McClclnn and
staff passed down the front aud up the rear
of the dense column of troops
The distinguished guests then proceeded to
an eligible position on the field when the
troops were formed in column hy the compa-
nies, and in this order were marched in r.
view in the following order: Cavniry, artiI
lery and infantry As the head of each reg
iment would arrive opposite the reviewers
its band would fail out of the line and face
toward them while the troops matched di
rcctly on. The d y was beautiful, the sun
was bright, the sky was clear, and ii gentle
breeze stirring. which made the atmosphere
quite genial during the ceremonies. At the
close of the review the seven thousand troops
in the line gave nine honrty cheers to the
1 ltNlbtUl, W men Iltlt iIit tlItR lItlu bic.
The sight was truly grand. The troops ap
peared to good advantage. and everybody
present felt they hvd edioyed recherche oc
casion. After the review Mcclellan called
all the officers of the troops to the centre OF
the line, and in u few remarks complimented
them on their martial appearance, but still
requested them to stimulate themselves to
greater eXeriOn in order to attain the highest
state OF military efficiency The President
and Cabinet, with Gen Mcclellan and staff
tn en- proceeded to the residence Of Frank p
Blair, Senior-lather of Postmaster General
Blalr-where they were entertained o a
princely collation.. The party arrived there
at haIf past three o'clock in the afternoon,
and were received by the customary salutes-
one for the President and the other in honor
of Gen. Mcclellan Similar ceremonies here
took place as at the review at Gen McClel-
lan,s camp The troops were in high pirits,
and the visit of the President and Cabinet
and General Mcclellan seemed to inspire
them to go forward in the work for which
they are enlisted. Among others who ac
companied Gen Mcclellan during the day.
were Brigadier Generals Porter, Lander and
StOnphar1