Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-13
Gen. lin Lnne,s Army.

The Chicago Tribune gives the following
as the programme" Of General Jim Lane
Lanes force will be chiefly mounted
men. he expects to start with 15, 900 cav
airy, 10000 infantry, 1000 flying artil-
lery, ], 200 fusileers, 1000 loyal Indians,
and about ], 900 contrsbands, now in Kan
sas, on the start; but the latter forcsis ex-
pected to increase as be proceeds South
He can employ 5000 to 10, 600 able-bodied
oontrabands to great advantage, ss serT-
ants and lsborers. He needs them to take
care of the horses, mules and cattle; to
drive trains; collect forage; cook and
serve food; cut and handle timber for
bridges; repair roads for scouting in a
country in which they arc familiar, and
collecting intelligence Of the enemy; TAX
ing care Of the sick and wounded; build
ing forts and helping to garrison them !;
and in thousand other ways, performing
valuable service and tightening the toll
Of the soldiers, Gen. Lane claims that
with the help Of eight or ten thousand ro-
bust, loyal blacks, as men Of all work, he
can double the efficiency and striking
power Of his troops, and prevent more than
half the per cent. Of sickness and death
that is wasting the ranks Of the ether iivi
sions Of the army, where pro-slavery GEN
erals subject their soldiers to all kinds Of
drudgery and hardship rather than hurt
the adiVine institution" Of the secesh.
The immense proportion Of dragons TO
foot soldiers, shows that Lane intends that
6eierity shall characterize his movements
There will be no snail-psoe crawling alon z,
but he will sweep forward like a prairie
IRE, enveloping and overwhelming sl ep.
posing foes.
The infantry viii be used to support the
artillery and cavalry in the shock Of battle,
and to wrench victory from the rebels by q
rush Of mimic bullets and q charge Of bay
unets. General Lane will not cucumber
himself with unnecessary baggage. he
will take along no more than is absolutely
needed. He will use the light wagon Of
the plains rather than the heavy, cumber-
some regulation article. When his draft
animals give out he will replsnish by con-
fsoation from the rebels. he does not in
tend to depend on Washington for bread OF
Secretary Chase for money. He proposes
to make the traitors furnish the rations and
bear the expenses Of the march. It is they
that caused the trouble, and it is they that
must bear the cost Of the court and jury
which viii try the case
Lane has purchased patent horse power
saw mill to aid the Fusileers in bridge
building. BE has also bought FIVE hundred
hand corn mills, being about two TO a COM
/ pany, TO be run by the contrabsnds.
regiment comes to a corn field; the contra
bands pitch in and husk out the corn, shell
1t, dry it on pans; and grind it in the
mills, and then convert il into hos-cake
pone and other forms Of the article. Cattle
and hogs win be procured by the foragerE
| and reduced to rations. He intends there
shall be no famine in his army. It viii
have the best the country affords; and
wherever the secesh can live there hit
troops can also subsist. He will take somt
provisions with him at the start, and trus
to the resources Of the country and to tn
enterprise Of his boys to collect what the!
need. The Government will be subjected
to no expense on Lanes account, after tn
outfit is provided. His men will take car
of themselves from thence forward, and Q
the rebels into the bargain.
The field Of operations assigned to Lam
bv the President, is Kansas, Southwestern
Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indian Terri
tory, and as much farther South as HI
chooses to 20. After his army starts froT
LeavenWoFth, it will quickly sweep Pricl
and his butter-nut rabble out Of South
western Missouri, and into Arkansas. Tn
particular direction Of his further sdVsnc
will be shaped by the circumstances Of th
case; but il can be told with tolerable oeI
tainty that he will visit Fort Smith, olea'
out the rebels and establish depot thert
= that he will quickly pacify and restore {
loyalty the Oherokees, OhoctRWs, Semi
noles, Creeks and other tribes in the India
} territory which have been led astrsy b
l rebel emisssTies.
{ A look ct the map will show, that u
road down the Red River through Nortl
I. eastern Texas into Louisiana, lies direotl
l before him, and that New Orleans is !
the end OF it. and furthermore, that
b. masses through rich and fertile countr,
e well stocked with loyal oontrsband
D What Lanes intentions may be, is mol
e than we know, but We venture to put th
q on record, that he is going TO take his 8
nv 10 the Gulf Of Mexico; that he iVl
= trGUsI By land to the Crescent Oily, and :
e turn bv iOateT, and that his column Of 30,0l
/, bold, daring, swift, moving warriors, wi
t do more towards striking dismsy into 4
}. traitors, and crushing the rebellion, tbs
II Gems. Mcclellan, Sherman, Buell., Loo
d wood, Halleek, Grant and Paduosh Smit
Is with their half million of soldiers, operH
ing on pro-llavery principles. Liant
e, men, fighting for the single purpose
o. saving the Union, and employing I
e, means best adapted to that end, will {