The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16
ARMY CoRREsPONDENcE.

H,g.a <AAS>"AA 0SAoASASSA ~AsASASASSASe
..HEAD Q'Rs 1st BRIG. I'd DIV. Army OF TEss|
..gy4 Near Corinth, Miss. Aug. Z, 1852.
g AR EDrToR:-Siuce my last the enemy has
made one important move, viz; taking posses
sion Of Grand Junction. This places them
north of our base line-cuts off communication
with Memphis-threatens our bases of supplies
at Pittsburgh and Hamburger, and endangers'th the
Columbus and Mobile Road. The force there is
variously estimated at from twenty to sixty
thousand. ,sai eaT ,t2t8sa5 70 Dag5a
J. We sent : Division from this place to Bolivar,
recently, to reinforce that place and check-mate
the enemy If he should attempt an advance on
Jackson. The forces at Bolivar are terrifying,
but We fear they will be overpowered, in case of
determined attack, as the enemy have unin.
terrupted Railroad communication with Tupeo,
Mobile, vicksburg and Grenada, and can run
their forces and siege guns up within Smelling
distance per R. R II seems to US that We
should have destroyed that road from holly
Springs to Grand Junction before giving IL up.
The bridges burned recently between rs and
Buell. are being repaired. Five bridges were
destroyed and about 100 men, 80 mules, so
horses and - wagons captured between Tus-
,cumbia and Huntsville. Bragg il reported
marching on Chattanooga, but whether that is
the te;rt and Grand Junction to be che Noe or
vice versa We cannot tell o. yet OF one thing,
however, We IRE morally certain and shst is,
that the enemy is active and maturing some
great plan which 10 nothing less than, the 70.
possession Of Tennessee and invasion Of Ken.
lucky. Morgan is, merely the harbibger of .
greater force soon TO come. The enemy is de
itermined to make hay while the sun shines,
or in other words, strike US before our reinforce
ments come. 'sRemember Manassas il no,
their war cry. They do not intend to wait fa
% to attack them but to acarry the war int
Athletic carry the war into the Western AMI
Middle states. pas.' s'i,,s g. es7s
We are pleased to see the activity nor
manifested in the North in getting up, the. new
Regiments but alas how little has been do,s
70 fill up the old ones. II is prssn9nenly unpx.
tant that the old regiments be Immediately fued
up. We want MEN, not ofRcers-n,uszsl, suS
bayonsts, not epsulsttes and sashea Our skeleton
regiments al have their full corps of officers
under pay, and We viii add Is bi. Of informa.
ton. that the salaries of the thirty Eve commits,
stoned officers in some regiments exceed that Of
all Shsi men IN their commands Then wb, not
fll up the old regiments and make our oficers
earn their money !? One recruit in an old regi'
ment is worth three in new one and can DO
placed Immediately in the Geld. Under expert
enced officers and among men who "know the
ropss,n be win avoid . thousand little errors
which green regiments invariably fsll inso-"iIl
have better fare better health, better treatment
and will be far more safe in the face Of the enc
my. Then young men Of Iowa We appeal to you
come out and join the veteran regiments ofyour
noble State. Don't wait to be drafted and b
pointed At Afterwards BY your fellow soldiers -
.conseripss' Don't let it be said that the extra
bounty" WAS stronger than your patriotism
Shame! for shame that our people must 10