The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-01
=. rn. Aru,,eyv Arm Of the Service.

IN The ARTILLERY Arm OF the Service.
| The most efficient military organization OF at
army is the artillary arm of service NAPOLEON
the Emperor. considered it the most advantage
GUS force Of his grand army; for by II he gained
| many OF his most brilliant victories. So in the
| present day it is considered Invaluable. The
success Of the allied armies of the Crimean War
depended upon it; and to bring it back to our
| own country, we see its efficacy in the war with
Mexico tested on the fields OF Palo Alto, Resaca
de la Palma, Monterey, Buena Vista, Cerro Cor
do, and the City of Mexico. At Pa!o Alto the
brave RrSaaoLD tested its value, and here was
the birth of the light artillery arm of the United
States Army, which was baptized by the blood
of brave and noble officer, whose efforts made
| it success. We lost noble officer on that
field, but BY bis science and learning, artillery
tactics have become as household word in oui
| National service.
Shortly after the Mexican War, the militia
spirit increased, and numerous light or "fying'
| artillery companies were organized in different
| portions of the Union. About this time, as il
an incentive to this newborn military spirit
SHEanAs's splendid battery made brief tour
through several of our principal cities, which
brought forth all the latent military talent which
for long time had been dormant. The Adju
tant Generals of many of the States had count
less applications for batteries of guns or sections
of batteries for new organized artillery corps
The majority of these requests of course were
refused, for the Government had not the guns
| and carriages and accouterments requisite for q
light battery on hand so that only few favored
ones succeeded in getting fulls armed and equip
ped. Among these few, were the Marine Artil.
iery, of Providence. Rhode Island, an organiza-
ton which, during this Civil War, has sent forth
brave and noble men-splendid artilerists, to
battle successfully. the rebel hordes of JEFF
Davis; the Boston Light Artillery, another splen'
did corps still in service; the Cleveland Light
Artillery, now q regiment, and the Detroit At
tillery, all full and efficient batteries OF field OF
flying artillery. From this time until the pre-
sent day, these few ecattered organizations have
increased in gigantic proportions until We have,
at the present time, magnificent park of artil-
lery-said to be by foreign officers, the most
| splendid collection of artillery of any army in
the world --.
In the regular service We formerly had but
four regiments of artillery, nearly all Of which
did infantry duty, with the exception of about
four batteries, who were drilled solely in artil-
lery tactics. We have now Eve splendid Regi-
ments of Regular Artillery in our service, OIL
over 5000 efficient artlerists, to say nothing Of
volunteer batteries which can now be counted
at over 100 already in service, from the Great
West alone.
A light battery consists of the following ma
terial: Six field pieces of brass or iron, four oil
which are rifed guns of 6.pounder caliber, and
two l2.pounder howitzers. The requisite num-
Der of men for light battery, is as follows: One
Captain, three Lieutenants. six Sergeants, eight
Corporals, two Musicians, two Artifcers, one
Wagner, and one hundred and twenty-five Pri-
or hat
Besides the six field pieces, are six caissons, two
ammunition wagons and one travelling forge
The number of horses required is y. In the
English army, battery of field artillery consists
of eight guns of 9 and l2.pounder caliber, the
3 FOUNDER being favorite sized gun among the
English artllerists. We have no 9-pounder
guns in our service. The Russian field altillery,
ten guns; the Prussian and Belgian, eight guns,
and the French light batteries, six guns. Most
of the artillery used in our service are brass
pieces, manufactured at the Ames Company's
works, in Cabotvile, Massachusetts,. They are
mostly for riaed projectles. The Parrott gun,
manufactured at the Cold Spring Foundry, in
New York, is now generally used in the armies
of the East, few batteries of which are in the
West. These are a very effective gun, being
rifed. They are q long, slim gun, gradually ia
pering from base to muzzle The base is COM
posed of heavy metal, with thick wrought iron
band shrunk to it, which not only strengthens
the gun but prevents that recoil go incident to
the ordinary 6eld.piece. We also use the Napo
leon gun, a splendid piece of ordnance, shaped
some What similar to the Dahlgreen gun. This
also is rifed cannon, of great strength and
beauty and very effective at long range. At the
late battle OF Antietam, in Maryland, battery
of these guns was served with terrible effect
against rebel Georgia regiment, literally NOW
ing them down in scores with its terrible storm
of grape and canister. e
Let US speak of the regular artillery regiments
of the army, and by giving few statistics of its
strength and efficiency, the reader cannot fail to
be interested. ... .. = ~
| .,.-.. THE REGULAR ARTILLERY. fr
The Regular Artillery of the United States
consists of FIVE full regiments, most of whom
are serving with eight batteries in the field
The First Artillery is Offered as follows:
Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Majors, Is Cap
tains "a First Lieutenants, and 10 Second
Lieutenants, with l,O56 men. There are six
splendid batteries attached to this regiment
The lst Artillery have the following Brigadier
Generals on their rolls, now commanding bril-
gades: Among the Majors is General Lewis G.
Arnold; among the Captains are General Jas.
B Ricketts,, wounded at Bull Run, June 2lst,
1861 John NJ Brannan commanding in Florida;
John n. Sch0held, IN the Army OF the Potomac,
and General Jefferson G. Davis, the officer who
killed General Nelson, at Louisville, KY, few
weeks since. First Lieutenant Judson Kilpa.
trick, of this regiment, is Lieutenant Colonel
in the Volunteer service. The Colonel of the
Let Artillery is Judson Dimmick, whose entry
into the service bears date July l, 1919, having
graduated at West Point as Second Lieutenant
of Artillery. The I'd Artillery has the follow
ing officers: Colonel l Lieutenant Colonel
Majors, IL Captains, "a First Lieutenants and
IA Second Lieu.enants. Among the Majors i:
Brig .dier General VIM. q. French, who is hon
orally mentioned in the war with Mexico. Two
lst Lieutenants are Brigadier Generals, George
L. Hartsutf and Guilford D. Bailey, both attach
ed to the Army of the Potomac, the former o.
whom died few days since from wounds re-
ceived at the battle of Antietam, in Maryland
September IT, 1862 This regiment has si1
splendid batteries, two of which are Napoleon
guns. 1t also has furnished two Colonels fol
the volunteer service, and one Lieutenant Col
, onel. The Colonel of the I'd Artillery is VIM
W. Morris, whose frequent mention by General
Scott in the Mexican War, denotes him an eff