The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-22

winter campaign will be fought II will blooder
and farore important Its results than that fought there
ON the 2lst Of July The preparations both sides
vaser scale Then the rebel lines only extended few
miles on each side Of Centrevl'e now, with Manassas
Junction as the centre they extend from Lesbug on the
north to the mouth Of Aqua creek the south Then
they had only fifty thousand troops now they have fully
one hundred and fifty thousand tog ther with General
Smith IN add ton 10 the generals then In command But
ue Indications now are that General Mcclellan has made
9phs mind to attack them and that he will be su
The battle when IT does take place, will throw Waterloo
and Buena Vista into the shade.
very important addition will be made in a day or two
70 the cavary force now at Washington. II viii be re-
membered that IN July last the Hon. John f. farrsworth,
the last member of Congress from the Chicago Qnois)
district was authorized to raise regiment OF cavalry
In Northern Illinois, 900 strong, and bring them
the capital Mr. Farnsworth has been about this business
ever since II he had taken every plough horse
horse that was offered 10 him, and had exercised no
care IN the selection OF his he could have had his
regiment in Washington, with full ranks, month ago
But not only the men, but ao the hon have been ss
iccted with great In both respects II is picked
regiment, the being all good riers and robust and
regiment " now, am informed, on us way 10 the cap
tai, and is expected to pass through this city every day
twill constitute splendid addition TO General McCle
hans already tine body Of cavalry.
was fortunate be put into possession OF tho facts
relating to the division Of the grand Of the Potomac
into corps ddrmes before left Washing ton the whole
matter having being arranged before the end OF Septem
ber is Of the last steps which General Mcclellan
nnds necessary to take before feel that the great
task which h. has undertaken OF forming the army
E at last accomplished. Those successive slcs may as
well be enumerated here they will constitute the ma
teral the Of the future historian. On assuming
command OF the Department Of tbs otmac therefore,
before the Of July General Mcclellan devoted
pie weeks the task Of teaching duty soldiers
10 the men who constituted tho broken fragments of the
regiments defeated at Bull Ty the time he had done
this he had also cleared the streets and hotels OF Wash
ipgton of all struggling soldiers and officers and had
the politicians understand (but this the hard
est ask) that he would not have civilians appointed
important commands under HIN. During this tme too,
qualities q commander Of Colonel Benkcr and had
him raised to be Brigadcr General and he saw that he
Possessed In Colonel HentZeman Colonel Miles, Colonel
Andrew Porte, Colonel FraI in, Colonel Reyes Colonel
Sherman oone Richardson Colonel burnside, and many
Other colonies, the material for many brigader gene
rails BY he middle of August then, he had around him
the nucleus Of army but only the nucle He then
demonstrated to the President and Cabinet that his plans
Tor the conduct or the campaign required great
more troops tn then in the capital than would
be there before winter at the rate that regiments
coming in. He therefore prevailed upon the Pres-
dent To tho proclamation Of the 18th OF August
to be issued, calling Immediately to Washington all
gmens or parts Of regiments wherever they might be-
ana whether they were armed and equipped unarmed
and without equipments. He demonstrate that it would
he much easier and quicker to arm, equip and organize
the regiments at the capital than in their respective
States. Ihrn commenced that of troops to-
wards Washington, at tho rate of 600, 3,0CO 00O
sometimes 900 day which has been proceeding
SINCE and which 10 still going In tho meantime cava
~ and artillery were steadily accommodating a, the CAPT
taL As these troops came in they placed
camp organized into companies ard regiments and
work to learn the duties Of soldiers. While all this was
going the north side Of III Potomac work OF equal
magnitude bet Of another kind proceeding ON the
south side Fort after fort erected, commanding
every approach to the city from the south west until
every hill within twelve miles Of Washington was crown
cd with defensive works constructed with all the skin Of
modern military engineering. The defence Of these !
works entrusted to the soldiers who had abOred In
their construction and who by this time or.
gsnized not only into regiments, but also into br
gades usually Of four regiments each. The encampments
Of these bgades arranged that four Of them were
contiguous to each other, forming division Of about
5000 men, each division undo brigadcr general act
iag major general. Thus General Bcnkcr Ge2efa
franklin, General Hentzelman, General Andrew Porter
and General Mccall, General Smith and several others
have each had command OF divisions Of the army Now
that the latter has sweed 10 the gigantic proportions of
aqlarter Of million OF men IL IL necessary that IL be
arranged in five caps d0r~sx each corps consisting Of
three divisions Thus each Of the Eve Commanders OF
corps 4armee will have under him three major generals
aud twelve brgadier generals Each major general viii
have under him four brgader generals and sixteen colo
hels Each brigadier general will command four reg
<nents Of thousand In each. No correct Est OF the
five commanders Of coPsdarses has yet been published
1t may be stated, however, that Major General Mcdowell
and Major General Benker will certainly be them
and that General Helm zeman ard General Hapeck late
Of California, will probably be third and fourth Gene
raj franklin and General Andrew Porter also spoken
o. II had not been for the unfortunate martial
OF Colonel Dixon H. Miles, United States Army, and tine
singular manner in which 1t has been managed he would
havc been brgadier general by this time and in the
tne OF promotion. History will yet do justice him;
but he has yet many years Of usefulness before him.
thai justice ought TO DO done now.