The national Republican., 1861-10-28

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a crew on board to work the guns. Several
transports were added 10 the feet at Fortress
Monroe. and the entire Atlantic squadron will
co.nperate with the expedition.
The xpedition consists, in all of eighty yes
SELL Or these three are steam frigates. six
others are sailing men ofwar. twenty. six are
gunboat1 twelve ferry-boats, and thirty steam
and Fix sailing transports.
SUPPLIES.
The material outfit of the expedition includes
vast variety OF objects.
First and moS necessary comes food. Be-
sides the ratons provided for the troops while
they shall remain on board the transports bear
at least three and half months supplies of
food of every kind for the great army which is
to be landed. One ship carries out cargo of
water; and the department has already char
| tered and laden other vessels TO send down
further supplies of live stock, and other needed
provision.
The Ocean Queen and other steamers take
out. besides troops, such articles as shovels
picks, hoes, two-wherl carts, brick, cement
grnd.tones, lumber, prepared frames of houses
and barracks ready to be set up, cross cut
saws, immense qualities Of sand-bags, beams
| Nc.. Nc:
An immense store of shot aud shell is on
| bo ud; as also many huge coumbiads, mostly
the vast ten-inch guns which do such fearful
execution. The Atlantic and Baltic carry the
III wt OF these, but more are understood to be
pin ed or other vessels as well.
here are also quantities Of gun carriages
and light guns Tor field operations. or these.
many are Parrot guns and all are completely
fitted, ready for the artillerists' hands when
they are anded--caissons iorges, and large
quantities OF grape, canister, shot, and shell,
being with each battery-suficient one would
think, for campaign in the interior
WAGONS.
| A great number OF army transportation wag
On4 are provided, over and above those which
| belong to each regiment, and which the troops
| took away with them. Extra camp euuipage
| Of every description is also provided. and a
great number OF extra arms and infantry equip
ments. This looks as though the Government
| expected to arm the inhabitants among whom
the troops will be landed.
HORSES.
OF horses the expedition has nearly fifteen
hundred. They are mostly on board the Great
Republic, Vanderbilt, Ocean Queen, Baltic
and Ericsson.
boats FOR LANDlAG.
| Several months ago the Government began
| TO provide itself with sluf bOats We may say
that the expedition carries with it not less than
| five hundred of these needed helps for landing
troops sufficient TO effect Il simula aneous land.
| ing of great number OF men. Besides these
surf boats the Government purchased several
ferry boats, such as the Ethan Allen and Com
modore Perry, formerly belonging to the vii.
liamsburgn Ferry Company. These boats
wcr" Sucnglhened by iron bulwarks, and will
also doubtless be used for landing troops, for
which service they are well fitted, each boat
| being capable of TRANSPORTING at least nine
hundred men at a trip; and their peculiar
build making it much easier to land troops
from them than from steamboats, of the usual
form.
| NANAI. COMMANDERS.
The naval part Of the expedition is under
command OF Comnod re J, f. Dupont, one
Of the ablesL officers Of our navy.
The fcet-captain il Commander Charles n. .
Davis, who stands ia the revised navy list
nearly at the head OF the comm anders, He ia
J a native Of Massachusett'