The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-04

treatment lind incurred the positive contempt anu haeu
Of men who took little care to conceal tner ieennss.
II is bard to teach Americans discipline Iher regua
army has for the most part composed OF Gerihahs
ana Irish The people are averse to obedience On PRIV
cipei and oven Children as have observed Patoahry
in the North, less blddaple as mothers
say than in tho old fashioned eoups, where the NTH
commandment is held in respect Master PICKLE and Miss
Pert fond enough of saying 81 wont' oil over the
world but the breed is unusually large in America and
dsobedlence seems TO pass current for independence
And as the child is the father of the man, 30 sovereign
sovereign Brown kicks in his inner man. recacitrates
morally, and even physically and only succeeds by the
pressure Of n self applied duress.
DEMOCRACY CONFIRMED IN WASHINGTON
"sergeant, will you come and look at this mans pass
called out sentry at the Long Bridge the other day. do
you think Pm going TO shout my sell hoarse for youy'
And when the sergeant did arrive the sentry who mad
been sitting down when up, used bad language
aud threatened TO report him
Yesterday evening as was riding through Georgetown
saw an officer fa in" his men to go on some patrol or
relief They We're drawn up by the side Of the street
"What have you got in that boteY" said the officer 70
one of his men,
"Wbskcy."
"fets have n drain, +" quoth the affabic subatern,
"Dont take il ait them, responded the proprietor pro-
ducing from his havcrsack the black hottie, which had
| been detected by the eagle eye OF his superior
The officer held it up to the light gagged the contents
sme the mouth, and then took long pull, which was
followed BY sounding smack of the lips, and "Fust
The bottle restored, and hen tShoulder armsty
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. march, and away went botte,
officer and men.
wcud be very unfair assert that such officers
common, and such practices usual but that there is
questions Of discipline an extraordinary deviation in pr
cplc, sentiment and practice in the American people
FROM those Of any other military people requires proof
when We SCI Colonel Richardson in Official document
respecting the conduct OF his troops at Manassas,
cnsDg his senior officer, Colonel tiiles, who was in
command Of n brigade, Of being drunk and incapable
On the field, and Colonel Miles In reply publishing
a statement which appears in all the newspapers,
in which hcays hewas not drunk and prays God To for
give his accuser They viii be taught by experience and
the sweet uses of adversity-bter TO themwill force
them to bad TO discipline in order that they may
quer and Il they desire TO- carry on the campagn and
escape the Caudne Forks, tty stoop people FREQ,
intelligent aud brave they are have DONE the thra
Of order and obedience.
WHAT GENERAL MCCLELLAN HAS ALREADY EFFECTED.
That much can be done by the judcous exercise Of
authority in enforcing military rules and regulations
among them as among the rest Of mankind conclusive
~ shown by tho great changes and improvements effected
in the army Of Washington, and above all in the city it.
self by young General Mcclellan, ioho bids fair 10 be the
enormotsprdse and fdsy ,uhich, much against his p
| are forced do,ca his throat
Before his minaton the streets Of the capital pre-
scented aspcctace the like OF which probably
seen in any civilized city. routed lemoralized army
with Just sufficient equipment to enable them be
ror to vians and to jnnct death and wounds their
drunken uares crowded the thoroug hfarcs formidable
only to those whom they intended protect The
hotels and bars were flied with officers whose regiments
were in state of complete disorgan cation Tho small
traies oie trembed for their little stores. Suddenly
said the words have used exaggerate tho condition Of
| affairs at the period in question.
Here Mr. Rus sell publishes general ordersr (No. p
OF Assistant Adutant General Williams dated in Wash
ington, July 20 and drcctngt is therefore directed
that hereafter no officer soidr be allowed absent
himself fran bis camp and visit Washington, except for
the performance of public duty for the
ton Of important private business for which purposes
written PERMITS VIII be given by the commanders Of bri
gades, ~ &c.-ED. HERAiD.
The citizen soldery as,onistcd and were indg-
nani but they nevertheless arrested and "biack
hoed' and conf SIS 1t gave infinite satisfaction to
observe the very salaary results of the process The
Sanitary Commission, with considerable bolncss publish
CERTAIN recommendations for the Improvement Of the
discipline Of the army which is indeed need of change
for the better. They ascrbe tho difficulties which they
carrying ont reforms to lack of discipline which
thus Injuries the health of the army.
TIE ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENT hEEys SPANISH GENERAL
NcnEF FROM cUBA-THEy HOLD COUNCIL MILITARY
CRITICISM,
General Lana, who commands the Spanish troops In
Cuba has been over here on tour, and he expressed
his profound Gfoishnen at the state Of things tlse in the
camps al the other side Of the Potomac He was here how
ever at bad timeust after the fight from Manassas
HIS criticisms however, on lazy senrics soveny and
Ill equipped troops dirty and cnenis
were just. Above all he amazed that in army Of
recruits thorc was no drill exercise to be seen.
Company drill Is not much attended to- the battalion drill
Is OF the most elementary character aud, indeed with
theexcepton of the skrmshng Cairo have
anything but ordinary advance in line or m pas, at
slow time at the double in columns of companies or Of
subdivisions and such common movemcl ts This gene
rally results from the ignorance Of the officers as ,ouh as
from the mcompctcncy Of the rank and lie General
Mcclellan is talking shout brigade drills and field days
and there s some nonsense attributed to him about drill
ing by trumpet which means presume that he is about
to have more attention paid to buge giving or
ders than is at present the case.
TIE NEW LEvEs FOR TIE ARMY-rnER APPEARANCE
COMMANDERS AND STATE DISCIPLINE.
The new levcs, as far as judge, are equal TO
the departed three months men, and the camps are Ger.
tanly not as well filed.
There are about twenty four battaons of infantry of
all Sorts and eight squadrons of cavalry in the capital
and around it on the left bank of the Potomac, up to
the Chain Bridge. There thirty batta-
lions the river and 700 sab the whole force
being probably under As 600 men, not including Parks
foIh AZ haper Ferry or h1 commands Of General
nine guns which General McDowes army took into the
&c twenty-five remain in the hands Of tn, enemy
there is some deficiency i'll artillery, which government
is dong its best to supply General Mcdowell am glad
to say, remains IN command Of the troops Arlington
although serious accusations have been made against him
in the papers, most, II not all of which were quite un.
founded What couid he do with the materials he had,
except. as the Pre- dent said, "drve the locomotive
he found ?' Granted bravery, heoism, devotion ami
all that Kind Of thing what could be expected OF reg
ment this described in New York paper
In one ~ regiments while the Colonel trial
drunkenness the lay drunk in his tent the Lieu
had 10 sagger up to the Aduan and request him to give
The PRESIDENT is now vested with the most extraordi
nary powers such heard Of before except
under virtual desposm, because by recent bin he is
enabled TO dismiss officers at pleasure without giving
court Of inquiry. But the evil enormous. Every
where is the story. at Newport tho troops have
been IN state of mutiny officers have shot soldiers in
sehdeence Decentralization prevailed largely in Buffers
force and the men had burned down part Of the pretty
village of Hampton.
Thc day before yesterday soldier shot ccmrade in
the street. close TO the spot where sandngone of
many similar The officers may be responsible
for ali this but they are to be blamed for good deal of
the sorder.
FRINGE NAPOLEON WHITE ITALIAN MINISTER
MOI INVITED.
AS treat to Prince Napoleon, who is passing his time
here very quietly the Washington pap propose that
should be invited to review the army by General McCe
Ian, but do not think he will be asked to do ANYTHING Of
the kind. few months hence tho suggestion would be
less dstasteiul fos of the Prince 1t may be worth
mentioning that when the President entertained him the
other evening at the White House the band treated him
no less than twice to the 'Marselaiser Lord Iyous NJ
MERCER and all the Ministers present but owing to
unexplained reason, the Chevalier Ber,aat Minis
ter Of the King Of Italy, not invited which all the
curious account Of the Princes connection with
the house Of Savoy On Sund y The trench Minister NJ
Mercer dinner ii his where the Prince Is
residing, 10 the Cibnc Ministers, at Which Lord Lyons
and the ,abnei representatives Present we'll as
Mr.. Sumner ana othor distinguished persons The yapd
air Of the capital scarcely ruled by the Princes pre-
sence
GENERAL ExAGGERAT1oN UNION RtNote.
IA proof OF the grand nbs which are manufactured
here and OF the way in which they succeed, it may be
mentioned that Gen. Scot, deceived by the statement
that Confederate ooIs had desccatcd Mount Vernon so
fer that he issued order remarkable for excellence
o composition though full Of feeling. calling on the
Uned states troops TO respect the place in they
should be called on to occupy tho grounds The Conede
rates never there at all and Lady Goorgna Zane
and lacy who is travelling with her rad 10 difficulty IN
going an returning recently, under the Brush
SUBJ Ct The tend ncy, or rather the habit, ef saying
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