, 1861-08-14
FKOM CAIRO.

T::.SstEt. .tl@N1-sEDhA*A I
Especial Correspondents Of tha Chicago Tribune,]
! ..::s.:5I oAmo, Arg. 10, 1851.
Let no man naspsre:to shon1der straps, who
deems that ali that is necessary to his success
il ul.lilaky 1ifs is to reproduce in himself ths
snowy pe1soDege whose horse is always stands !:
'rgpni bis hint legs in the pictures, or thai
other ferce foot warrior In the fullest poesiM6sE
Dgure Of 1aced: d:unuornr mud decorations, who
lB ever Represented as sabreipg gunners and
spIttirg The entmy with his sword as coolly AZ
a cook would impale snipe. This - ouly.a:
small share Of the duties OF war. True, an |
officer, q Brigadier for instance, OF even Col
one, 1,-eeeuld know how to ride to}efahly well, u
and will best use euch accomplishment by /
keeping himself perfectly sober And gallantr5 |
in action is always commendable. The more |
you ca1 Kill Of the enemy the better. To that
end are swords sharpened, and such coaeIu-
eiona flashed across the mind Of Birdoffedum
saw5n when he first found out why q bagnets
WIZ pesked.,n The more destructive an army
becomes to the oppeeing force the better 1t
suswefs. the functions established Tor all |
waEs. .. - ..--
But this ornamental killing the pet study Of
young artists, sufficiently horrid to be aure,
yet invariably awakening IN the human bosom
quite another feeling; and this highly ornate
getting Ieady to kill which Is principally the
creation Of the tailor. and constitutes the
grand staple attraction for many asptrants for
Commissions, is not ill there is to War. We
are inst beginning to learn It, A"Quarters7
schooljug" In this science has left us wiser at
the end Of the three months. ..., :.
If there is one impression made ~ an ID
rf the at. ftaiTD. B.TdH f4lAE&
aad their outposts, just now the centre OF: 80
much interest, and the seat Of Important war
movements, that impression IL, there is, apart
from aetuh conflict, 9 vast amount OF work n
oil this, hard Zone and muscle labor, much
toll Of brain, aud wear Of spirit, and tax On
LOYALTY. and 1t furnishes the nobicst and most
Satisfactory Of tests Of true patriotism thatso
much is endured. -. - - F.-r-.
[ The battle field to be sure ls fearful scsne,
| with 1ts flowing blood end reeking slaughters,
| vet men rush 70 iteeagerly, aud though many
| 1a1l, few leave the field In safety who would
| not on eny like call return again- But the
! work Of preparation for i campaign, the
| mountains Of lahor that lie between the
estate Of raw volunteers arc the period when
| they are an effective army, the weariness~ and
lriVations of the. lie in camp, the
cIuui, the hard fare, all serve to strip war Of
| ills ornamental aspects. And it Is in this
view snd With such appreciation Of their sac
rifces that one is moved to admiration Of the
spirit that pervades on: troops, seen in their
| camps here. - -.
| That mu1titudes Of our citizen oalcers did
not understand this steep and heavy approach
to the steiner work Of war, is due much by
which our troops have been the sufTsrers
And the wrecks OF fine regiments, and crack
companies Gem0ra1lzed, ore the monuments
Of such 1nisapprehension. In these camps to-
day are the remains OF regiments whose oil
| GERS, even to the present time, have discov-
cred that the great fault lies in their entire
lack Of the greatest Of qualifications in a COM
mander-caTe jor his nae7a.-
To mention names to illustrate either ex.
/ treme of the case, would be invidious. If any
Colonel has made it first point to secure for
himself good lodgings out Of camp, has known
little OF nothing Of the condition Of his 1nen,
has not visited their tents, nor seen to the
sanitary condition of the encampment, neither
the appointed way, their full need Of rights
from the Quartermaster and the Commfssary,
that officer, if such there be, has at the end Of
their term Of service, found his command de-
. moraGzed.
@Howkver much responsibility may be lock
ted iu higher quarters of either or any depart
| ment, tcr the comfort and care Of troops, thi:
does not tell 1he whole story, for lower down
, 1ests much blame On company and Fegimeuta
officers who have had no care or sympathy fol
their men, less indeed than for their own sleeA
| arG we'll grocmed horEes. We are doing much
better row, for We are all she wiser by expe
hence, aEd if We have paid our tuition fee ir
: he lives Of our troops, the brave fellows hs7t
not dj-d in vain Only, in future, let more
care be exercised to hold the officers OF oul
} f;r the men they lead, not simply in the battls
kld, Wit re it i certainly better that they d.
net 1Cn aWay, but In the camps, where. /
a Trey do run atcdy to some a55aeent first cas
t fotel, and follow the practice, the severe con
!. | thfs bitter lerc low, and the 81. Charles see
! fever shoulder STRIPS than formerly.
7 How do the soldiers live? Much depend
|. upon their fticers. Thsrs must be q Mayo
t cf Il city, some kind Of h: ad authority to
|. ters should BIZ the source whenes the reg
q mert should derive the benefits of a care 1nii
: ts1y dietetic, sanitary, and hygienic. Many {
= Cur ttccps here lire well, and all may do se
< 1t is in olet q question Of cooks, for the n
+ items furnished are liberal. The bread is ger
II orally excellent, and each man get8 his poun
I and half day. His meat, Trash and salt, b
1t may render eatab1e or detestab1e, fer eithe
| reeu1t lies in the cooking. Many Of the con
Is panies have aEgnad detailed from their on
d lumber to coosE and this is psobab!
j the most satisfactory in its results, and som
- ct these camp Soye,s are q treasure to the
!, Tltss.
D. All through the camps at Cairo and Bird
,r Point at Ibis season, the tables are rude boa1
= cor strrctiors, sheltered overhead By board
IL or the best cf pewter. Just nor Is the gres
ID corn seasou. Green com is neither recognize
N / ncr cGmmuted for in Uncle Sans List, and =
= the boys draw" this 1avorite summer edibl
" The Missouri corn fields are immense in the
IT, growth. haye seen one il which many Of ii
to | Eta1ks me easured from twelve to fifteen fe
r. high. They tell a;etory not credited howeye
- generally, that Eeye1al Of the soldiers have I
o. ce.yed severe injury By falling from cor
OF stalks they had climbed to get the corn- SUI
49, TIE best cfacess here are most strict, a
ae yet have often occasion to punish the unlaw1
he zttempts of their men to add to their allow
sc bill OF fare. II Col. LaTler's regiment th1
0! Col. Birds: beehives were 'j6fke1-" C
l., aeEeE6ed thtir Saiuc on the company, a
had it rot been paid would hare stopped
of cut Of tfeir ,atieIs
" A gentry in Col McArthut's regiment =
sa Pzcirg his lonely round, after pightfall, swh
in. mitch COW et1aEed near lin. He gray
a wes sfgn!he cou,a not resist, and,that =
mix. aMadzm,". 6Aid the Highlgndn1
lie, g1ayeIy, I take it as a. special 1ay0r that ,
ht. hsye ca'lec upon me, and assure you the
mn llgt ton le 40 .lna1l one Any sign Of K
no my csnteer." Ec did 60, but his cauteen m
in h&ye teer EbeIpl one, fer shortly sfter
art eeGer}5 CtNlc female came over to Col. Nc
av. Thug with complaints long ard loud that
cow had hEen mliked CRY. The sentry owl
ANA~ ~ tAe AH1AaISs HGk. atetEtA A4AE aI11SsaoId
1nrgen ent made betreen lin AID the c.
inn with such irankncss that Even the cid Woma
tha | wrath was dried ur, quito entirely SO ut
sue ns Gel. McA1thn1 paid her and looked to
pa sen:ry himself for the sun.
aea Col Bird, who hiss su1dGnly found his IA
hat hictcric. and the Point called from him 90
9de in history, little imagiGed in these prosper'
ms | yeb1s past Nheu he has Eat in his bread DO
"a co snd looked out upon his acres and niggt
,,as NV that such mutstions we're in store for b
hes HE mansion house, an elderly, Ioomy str
PIC ture, is now Col Wallace's headquarters,
t Of in tie yery centre Of the extensive entEen
not msnt in pIogress. A noble orchard in fri
ner- ct the rea1, drops Its peaches md ap{
his upon the encampmelts and bivou
,ao Of the troops, perhaps the . Fruit
~. wces'' intestine to the boys themselves,
aao go aveBgfng messursbly, land colo may
en- much, the wrongs Of Col Bird, who, howe.
he'd Is not to be entirely pitied, for If he rem
and i true to the Union he will be 1be1ally paid
Il at al As it 1s; farm houee, out buildings, O.
,ond srds, garten and all, ar8 efectual1y take
snd cone fo1'' In the p1ans Of this large
HeEched camp. Embankment, trench: L
LEI and deep, have brought q new, feature q
a1nd grounds where long since the tread Of
tack ard hctseE, wagons and artillery, have bio
out the signs Of tiIlsges Col. Bird hHs ren
,o.a ed to another place he owns three miles
we the river. As to his loyalty he will prob
aay. exercise much caution. When they first
1iog + riytd the troops we're assured By Col
snc- aud his neighbo1s, that the FederM 70
would be shortly and speedily dispossesse
We B:rd's Point. Riding out ii any direc
! from Birds Point through the magtiaee
f5mbe1ed country adjacent, the earliest