New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-02
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ing, which was read at Regfmental Parade on the
day of which it bears date.
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ing, which was read at Regimental Parade on Til
day of which it bears date.
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Colonel The General-C Commanding desires fe
express through yOn to the officers and your com
mand his qualification at the energy and zeal dis
played. by Capt; steedman, Of the lst Regiment
of Alabama twelve months volunteers in the exc
cution Of his order for the capture Of the schooner
Garry. on the night 0f the 10th inst
an s1 yetT respectful = yeqr e2ediens II
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twelve months Volunteers BaTsnras Barracks.
The officers of this company are wIloie-souIed
set of fellows, and are winning golden opinions
among their comrades. The rank and file, also,
are made r1p Of the very flower Of the section from
brought to " cross steel with the foe'' that the
above Incident will prove but an earnest Of the
laurel5 which await them.
Barancas, McRae, and the other Notifications are
garrisoned now exclusively by Alabama troops,
except one company from Milton, Florida, sta
toned at the Navy Yard. The volunteers have
done vast deal of work, and are still actively
gagged in strengthening their various positions bY
the erection of sand batteries, mounting guns etc.
One excellent feature deserving the highest com
mendaflon is, the establishment of sort of mill
tary school, under the auspices Of that able and in
defatigahle officer Col Forney Ii is intended for
the instruction of the officers of the Volunteer
Companies in their various duties, embracing all
the minute details Of camp police, forms Of respees
etc. Its meetings are held nightly. from TO 8
o'c|ock, and under the management of its ex.
perienccd head, will tell most favorahly upon the
efficiency Of the service.
| met, for the first time, Col. Clayton, command
ing Alabama Volunteers. He is chivalrous. high
toned gentleman, and has the confidence and good
will Of the boys. ! also made the acquaintance Of
a number Of other officers and men of anr first
regiment. They are made Of the very best ma
teral, and with him Of ga little more grapen
memory to lead them, too, be to Old Abe's fanati
cal crew, should they ever dare to polute with
their footprints our Southern soil.
Another noted "Insttution' connected with the
military arrangements below, is a very diminutiFe
steamer used for patrolling the Bay, to prevent
supplies from reaching the enemy. Some of the
boys have dubbed her the "WilT Cat, and manned
with detachment of Volunteers, it is interesting
to watch her as bird Ike she scuds o'er The dark
blue waters /; now stopping end dalyng about the
Wyandotte as if coaxing her for tight now ec-
centric breaking away and running close to the
walls of Fort Pickens, seeming to say to her,
"take pop If you want to y and then, apparently
emboldened with her success, dashng out beyond
Pickens and with q sort of daredevil efIrontefy
making the circuit of the feet and may be over
hauling some suspected craft under guns q single
broad-side of which would blow her to atoms. She
is the terror Of the few bad that part of the
coast whose cupi1ity or treachery lead them to
carry Illicit traffic with our enemies. AS the
germ of the Navy of the New Republic-''long may
she wave ~ @