New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-07
RROz wAsmENGTON.
ghe Ksusinoss Of War.
From Our Own Correspondent.

of progress If any unsOphisticated indlvlouaI De-
heyes that the ordinary aud usual condihOn Vi
military hero is q flashing eye and rearing n0,'''
with a glittering sword which is constantly ues-
eribipg most astonishing cuts and thrusts' nc Is
bot very we'll advised of actual situations
Even genius, with It's fire and OutOreaA' 10
natural like everything else. BeelEah was 10
necessary to the production OF the lhAd, aS 'no
sue frenzy OF inspiration. Virgil undoubtedly tooA
q mu.ton-chOp for his breakfast, ana l h"'o
strong suspicion that even Dante was not aoo'oyp"
and cabbage, while. he froze with horror o'0i
hno and the ct, rnal ice. 9,
Iyr.en. si,teeutbs of war is the baldest ana
aost prosaic of business arrangements LOOK
Mt it as it is here aud has been. IL Is 'ne cum
ronest. most simple, and easiest business. FIRST
enlisting the men; second, furnishing tnen WIFI
clothing; third supplying with arms and aceOu-
terments; fourth camp eqmPage and transPor'a-
hon: and fifth, daily food. All this any system
atic business man is just as competent TO arrange
as Marshal Berthier. 1 venture to go 1ur-
ther and say, reasonable if it be, that can 60
TO New-York and New-EDgland and find i've
hundred men who can do this better than any
officer in the Army, beginning with the Lieuten-
apt-General and ending with the orderly at his
portcullis And now as returning were as te-
dous as 90 DER, l will volunteer another
bold declaration, that there are one nun
dred border partisans Injured to DANGER
and full of resource, who would do the lighting
after the fashion in which it will be done as well
as the Duke of Wellington or Marshal Souit'
they were living. What now detains the columns
of our center in camp! The want of wagons.
We have brass instruments, drums silken pen
mems. and an infinitude of epaulets, with mass
meeting of sword-knOts, and all Of the gaud and
glitter Of gala day. But the army transporta-
zion is deficient. Glorious war waits for ash and
hickory timber, spoke-shaves and felloe-saws,
kre-setting, aud blue paint. Yet it is prolane
tongue which attempts to make any comment
upon the campaign, and a very impertinent and
unmannerly pen that traces a word other than
hattery of military renOwn.
am no believer 10 infalbility or universally.
TIE weak agencies are just as indispensable to
ACCOMPLISHMENT as the strong The driver of the
four.horse team, who is just now rafting by my
window, making q great deal more noise than is
pleasant, in his walk, or rather ride is indispep-
sable TO the fortunes Of the army as well as is the
General-in-C Chief. The powder-mOnkey who served
cartridges at Rosbach had his full share Of dan
scr and glory with the Great Frederick; and the
gunner at Trafalgar, who was cut in two by
nhain-shot and went to feed the sharks, deserved
his share of the laurels of the victory with the
hero struck by rifle shot, and buried with un-
wonted pomp at st. Paurs. The loitiest
of men have not been above the most fatal of
errors. The poorest and most objectionable of
sycophancy is that which assumes the elevation
of any finite being above the infrmities Of his
nature.
In this as in all other gatherings to arms, we
need, first of all organizing capacity. The highest
order of executive ability is near of kin to
military genius undoubtedly. With all this, we
should have quick energy and an inhexible
purpose When the matrOss applied his lint
stock to the first gun at Fort MOultrie, the ar
bitraton became that of battle. The dreamer
of a peaceful solution, after that, Rugged
fantasy. Restored order was to come only with
the exhaustion Of sanguinary meeting Of oppOs-
ing systems Still, in despite Of this most certain
necessity of fighting, the idea that it might be
adjusted without war mas never until within
short time been dismissed. This may be denied
but it cannot be proved. l am pleased TO bear
testimony DOW 10 the truth that this is of the
past. The Administration noto, each aud all,
accept the necessity which is placed upon them
to carry with the forces Of war and destruction
the power which has been too long loosely exer.
cised
Can ], then, be permitted to make sugges-
tiOn or two Not in the full regaia of Major
or Brigader-General but as 8 plain man of
business, looking, upon war as he would upon
ootton-spinning commercial venture.
There is most lamentable deficiency of cavalry.
One squadron of horse would have captured ff-
teen hundred Rebels at Grafton, but they were
not there. Twenty mounted men at Vienna
would have saved the lives of the killed, and held
harmless the wounded reputation Of the General
in command. Ii your enemy fight with bows
arrows and jayehns, you use the same wea-
pODs; but do not trust to arquebuss and quarter.
ttaf when the antagonist has Mimic rifles and
James projectiles. Nor would it be very wise
or prudent act of skill to send heavy infantry to
contest doubtful battle fields with well.trained
dragons We need, and must have, more horse;
and when tie Commander tells us he does not
want them, am quite sure he speaks hastily and
will change his mind l grant that artillery,
with the Improvements in piece and rapidity in
exercise, makes cavalry less important than ia
some other periods Of war. Unfortunately we