Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-11-16

force OF about thirty thousand soldiers halt o them
the best trained troops Of General hecienn's COM
mand The cry that thearmy Of General Mcclellan
needed more men, which has for 50 many weeks
yexed impatient souls, is now explained It wasnot
our land forces, but naval expedition that need
ed more men. When troops went on to Washing
ton it was only that Others better drilled and
experienced, might be sent to ARa6polis in readi
ness TO embark in the ships Of the expsditoa.--
Thus, from time to time by the patriotic readiness
Of the people to respond 10 CALI the precise pur-
port of which they did not quite comprehend our
gallant General was enabled to detach from his army
q large force of the best soldiers he had We need
not say that these troops are well armed and ably
oficered. Neither care nor expense have been
spared to make their outfit complete, in arms of all
kinds in great guns, shot shell, ammunition. a;sd
all the paraphernalia Of war. u -. ssss 80
MEN, HORSES. MATERIAL. TIC = =
The infantry equipments put on board are suf6-
cient for at least ten thousand men. They include
everything necessary to prepare the soldier. .s
Ofartillery ammunition there are really immense
quantities. Several OF. the largest transports are
nearly laden with these materials and thousands of
shells were sent OF from this port as well as shot,
canister, and every variety of deathy missiles.
Of horses the expedition has nearly fifteen hun.
dred They are mostly on board the Great Republic,
Vanderbilt, OCEAN Queen, Baltic and Ericsson One
ship takes, supplies for these animals eight thou
sand bags of oats and besides this other vessels
ry further supplies Of oats and corn, while many
tons of hay are divided among the transports
Two thousand bushels Of Cumberland coal have
been taken along. This coal Of the finely broken
kind used by smiths in their forges because itgyes
quick and very intense heat
Besides the two wheeled dumping carts already
q mentioned, there are also great number of hand
carts and barrows, especially latter 0fcourse
every tool needed in constructing earthwerks is
found, in this immense osnaiuna gdtherxm.
Three or four transports are partially laden with
hrfol Nlrr I..ol.
used in conjunction with the Cumberland coal for
heating shot Camp stoves are cheaper, handler
and more quickly set up for cooking purposes, and
the brick most probably to be used IN construct
ing furnaces to heat red-hot shot, with which the
great columbiads will do good execution.
LAND FORCES
Of the army forces We can give no complete ac-
count A portion of the troops were detailed from
General McClean's army but other regiments sail
ed directly from New York more from Boston, and
few, We understand, from other points between
these cities. The regiments, far as We have been
able to ascertain, are given below. Our list is
sarily incomplete.
The land forces are under command Of General
Thomas w. Sherman, an able and distinguished
officer, who entered West Point in 1892 He is dis
tnguished as artillery officer, and was breyetted
for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle
of Buena VISTA" He is a native of Rhode Island.
General Sherman's headquarters are on board the
steamer Atlantic, which carries over 1,200 troops
besides her own crew.
Three brigades of the land force are commanded
by General Viele, Stevens and Wright
Egbert L. Fiele was graduated from the West
| Point Military Academy in the year 1892, and was
| classmate of Gen. Mcclellan. He served in the
Mexican war, and in 1853 resigned his commission
accept the position of Chief Engineer of the State
of New Jersey. He is considered an able and ex-
| perlenced officer, and at thirtysix years of age,
ranks Brigadier- General
Isaac Ingalls, Stevens, who is General in command
of the Second Brigade, was graduated at West Point
in 1883 and entered the corps Of engineers. He re-
signed IN 1858 to accept the appointment of Cover
nor OF Washington Territory, and was elected as
| representative TO Congress in 1857. He was in
Mexico, and was breyetted Captain for gallant and
meritoriOus conduct at Cherubusco and was brevet-
ted Major at Chaputepec. September l8, l847. He
was severely wounded on the same day.
hotatiu Gates Wright commanding the Third
Brigade, was graduated at West Point in 1887, and
appointed Lieutenant in the engineer corps in
lS4l. Since his graduation he has been an Assist.
ant-Professor and Professor at the United States
Military Academy, and has the reputation of being
superior engineer and thoroughly efficient officer.
.-r THE TROOPS. e
General Viele's Brigade consists of the New
Hampshire Third, Col. E. d. Fellows; the New
York Forty sixth, Col. Rosa the New York Forty
seventh, Col Moore; the New York Forty-eighth,
Col. Perry; and the Maine Eighth, Col Lee Striek.
| land. ~. a -
The Brigade of Col Stevens consists Of the Penn.
sylvapia Fiftieth, Col Benz Christy; the Michigan
Eighth, Col. W. N. Fenton; the New York Seventy
ninth, Capt. Morrison in command; and the Round
head Pennsylvania. Col Dan. Leasure {rites)
General Wrights Brigade consists Of the New
Hampshire Fourth, Col. Thos. Whipple; Connecti-
cut Sixth, COL John L. Chatfied; Connecticut
Seventh, Col. A. H. Ferry; and the Name Ninth,
Col. Rutherford Rich ~ aS-s- 49,
Besides these regiments, are the Seventh and
Eighth Wisconsin, an engineer battalion, five hun.
dred strong, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
Serrell the Massachusetts, Twenty first. Colonel
Augustus Morse, and the famous light battery
known as Sherman's, in command of which General
Sherman won bis laurels in Mexico. This IS now
commanded by Captain Hamilton, and consists oi
six guns one hundred and forty nien, and one hun
dred and twenty horses. Besides these and other
regiments of whom we have not been able to keep
count the expedition takes one thousand stout ne.
groes as laborers on the forcations which will be
thrown up soon as the troops laid These ara
contrabands who have come in FROM Virginia II
different times and their powerful muscle and will
ing hearts will probably be 3 great relief to ouI
soldiers. f f sfssa
1t is supposed that only about half the troops ar,
mentioned above. ..-,7rg = - -
We are indebted to Mr. g. W. Blunt for the fol
lowing accurate table Of distances IN nautical miles
from Hampton Roads to different points, from some
one OIL WHICH interesting iBVeScnCo may Oe cApccS
ed in the course of a Few days: s4gy;f Il
From Hampton Rhodes to Hatteras ls9 miles
do Hatteras to Beaufort, N. c., SO Go
do - do to Charleston, ssSa 260 do
i do do to Port Royal - 3S 800 do
do do to Savannah, 800 do
do do to Brnnswick, ~ $40 do
4 The feet, when under steam, with transports Il
tow. viii make seven knots per hour, If the wind i
not adverse. Under sail. with fair wind and goo,
weather, the progress will be more rapid. Tee DC
tober gales are now over and continuous fair wealth
er may be reasonably expected, 30 that eneithe
collision separation Of the feet need be appre
hended s,1E ss ssa-s-%
largest scale with supplies of every kind boats 70
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