The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-09-06

July, weary and worn, famished and Ma
ked, almost the Goth passed through the
familiar gates Of their old quarters, and
after battle which lasted for eight hours
and more, and a march of five and thirty
miles, laid themselves down to sleep.
"Old Men for Counsel Young Men for
War"
This adage is as old as modern govern
ment, and as true as it is old. A half an
eye can see that such war in which we
are engaged ought to have as its leading
''stars" or headquarters managers, young
men of energy and activlty-Dot above
the age of As or SO at the limit. Of the
eleven officers that now stand at the head
of the war bureau, the Youngest is &c
years old-with the exception that the
active duties of Gen. Scott have been trust
ed 20 Gen. Mcclellan, whose age is given
below. The list is as follows, together
with their respective ages:
Lieutenant General of the whole army,
Gen. Scott, aged 76, or as some authori-
ties assert 10; but who has relinquished
the performance of the duties of his high
office to Gen. Mcclellan, who is at the
prime, working, acting age of 36.
Adiutant General, Lorenzo Thomas, &c
years.
Inspector General, Sylvester Churchill
rs years.
Commissary General, Geo. Gibson, Sc
years-long confirmed invalid, holding
the most important post in the army.
Assistant Commisssry General, Colonel
Taylor, II years, feeble and sickly, and
therefore incapable.
Surgeon General, c. A. Finley, IS years
frail and infirm.
Paymaster General, Benjamin t. Larn-
ed, 20 years.
Chief of Engineer Corps, Joseph G. Tot
ten, so years. The fatal deficiency of ar
tillery in battle is easily accounted for.
Chief of Typographical Engineers, Syl-
vanus Thayer, IS years. Efficiency and
activity can hardly be expected in that De
partment.
Ordnance Department, Henry X. Craig,
76 years. A very important Office it is,
and one requiring hale, active man to
fill it.
Chief of Ordnance (cannon,) James w.
Ripley, 70 years.
Now, perhaps, in times of piece and
quiet, when there is comparatively moth
ing to do, and the above Offices are mere
sinecures, these men may answer, but to
provide food and clothing, means of trans.
portation, and all the paraphernalia o.
wars equipage, for an army of half mil
lion, no man can say the best men in the
world, at such advanced ages, are capable
Only think of Commissary General, tt
whom the whole army looks for The means
of transit and sustenance, being sc years
old The thing is preposterous, and th'
whole list ought at once to be retired, ant
Younger men selected to fill their places.
The Chicago Tribune, edited by Mr.
Lincoln's Post Master, thus winds up
long article on the subject, which is no
far from the right kind of talk:
Most Of the head clerks and assistant
in the various bureaus, belong to the car
buncle tribe, and have little else than i'm
mense age and red tape habits, to recon
mend them to public confidence. The
have held their offices since Washingto
was burned by the British, and expect
retain them until it is burned by the rel
els.
These antedeluvian remains must be r'
tired and deposited elsewhere, and the
places filed with LIVE men, Of this Gel
tury, if the country would witness vigol
Gus, efficient and satisfactory prosecutio
of the war.
No wonder the battle of Bull Run WI
lost, and the cause Of the Union set bac
a twelvemonth, for want of earlier tran
portation, of which General Mcdowell .
Justly complained, in his official accou
of the great disaster. Great God, in tim
like these, is there no power and no disp'
sition to change such superannuated list
: Have we fallen upon an age of old fog
ism, and the existence Of this goyernme
irrevocably committed to imbecie 0
, age2 We "clamor' for a CHANGE in fay
of life and actiyity.-Patriot.
3 Eg- Daniels, Of Booth fame, the 9th
/ day had the barefacedness to demand az
: draw $500 from the State Treasury for
: quarters salary as State Geoogist i
the name Of outraged humanity bow mu
: longer are such unmitigate1 scoundrels
= be permitted to stea. the peoples none
? especially in these times when every doll
: should be husbanded to tighten the bt