New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-01
tary duties show that al is for the good Of the
vice. and that bo personal feeling exists whate

for ,his is thing which requires enliie abnegatiol
of self In Iac the public military servte requires
that self should be lost sight Of when compared with
lie interests.
All this cannot he learned in any other way than
in the school of experience, aud books can give no
idea of the proper mode OF enforcing discipline.
1t is here that the trained colder shows that his
trade cannot be learned otherwise than by bard
practice 10 his early youth, and if he has passed
through this school, having teen forced to learn To
obey himself he may a-pife TO teach Others, what
lie himself can never forget.
! am aware that it il extremely difficult TO teach
our i,low-ctizens these lessons which have 70 I'M
portrait bearing military efficiency, from their
natural habits OF perfect independence aud equality
but TO the inferior race they wOaid be easy both IN
acquisition and practice.
One Indispensable CONDITION il necessary, and that
that the commissioned o,e err OF colored regiments
should without exception be white men.
All tie British and French indigenous troops IN
lnGia ard Africa are thus Or AIMED Indeed. BE-
Joy or the black West lncian regiments would not
.erve under officers of their color; aud the
Sci oys the late rebellion, having been commando,
by their own officers, were tasiy crushed by TIE
lite gimens in far Inferior iorce While 50 long
as they oilicered by natives OF the Brillrh
Ises, they were invincible III the field in all the
waIs Oh British India m
RE most magnificent military sp ctacle ! ever
saw--uot excepting the grand reviews III Russia
and Francc-was the splendid native army OF LORD
kcan break camp and march Oh the Ill lated Caoui
eXi edition in 1881.
An Indian army marches always at night; and
being ucamped, Of sll arms 80 900 strong on the
" de glacis Of The Fortress OF Bombay, extending
two three miller into the country, nj the sound OF
The sunset gun iron the fortress, every tent went
down us if by magic, and tie bands OF the regi-
uenIs struck NJ the old English air,
Don't you hear your General say,
Snke your tents and march away"
the several corps detling TO the musc past the statue
Of Cornw alis, near which WAS our stand.
Tie irregular cavalry, with their Wild face' and
high plmn.d turbais, III shirts Of glttering mail,
many ear! ing sln' ldr OF rinoceros-hide with me
tsc stods and bosses, and oDg, iaperiug laicer,
mounted Oh their private horses elegantly capari
foned in the gorgeous Eastern fashion, the lne Brit
ISL lgh-cavaiy regiments, the heavy and Il, ink AZ.
tiliery drawn both by elephants, bullochs, and
hur,es the imposing and steady appearance OF the
soil columns OF several European reeim nis of in
isnfTy, one Of lIighauders-ar remember, and the
well drilled and equipped Seloys, formed truly
grand sgt
But alter the regular troops had passed, came
body unknown to other armies-the camp followers
which III an InGan army outnumber the regular
sodiers-nen and women Of all castes and In VII the
varied costumes of the East, Hndoo-, Parsees. Mo-
naHmedans and EurOp' ans. vehicles Of all kinds
and descriptions, hackueys, bullock carte, and wag-
OILS, bullucks also for the saddle, palanquns,
cam.ls and the stately tread Of the colossal ele-
phani-all laden with some Of the numerous camp
courage material Of war; Mingled with the siceN
or gfooms OF the officers leading superb eeds ana
all talking and yelling auii the dust aud roui, IN
strange contrast to the silence OF the disciplined
uasses which preceded them. formed trnly a sight
which only re witnessed III that strange country
Of The Arabian Nights.
My conclusions are that, having seen the marvels
worked by dsci line in the Sepoyr, the Dutch
Malay soldiers, the Turkish troops IN Egypt and
Sy RIA many If whom blacks from Nnbia-thr
black Wesl.India regiments, and some others in the
French g. rvce-the chosSfurs thdiTtaes-and hav-
ing served with the lpdo-Spanish troops in cam
aign while in the Mexican service, u Instructor of
Artillery with the rank Of lieutenant colonel Of the
general srafi-be-des having seen troops OF every
nation CIVILIZED and unciyiiiz.d, my conclusions,
say, IRE that any combination OF bone and mu,ole,
at whatever race, can be- made good, hardy, and
ofcient roldiers, by the proper and timely apphca-
ton 81 discipline.
under good discipline md efici-bt officers, can lie
converted into powerful weapon OF military
ofiense that have seen, all naval officers have,
the heavy guns oi ma-Of-war, IN The heattf COM
bat manned by crew OF stal~nrt Africans.
stripped the ~si-, at their wofk amid smoke and
fire, brgrimed with powder, aud eagerly vleing
with other white gun's crews IN Tie same battery,
or tie same men handling musket or cuilatt, as
boardefr or ia an exl edit Oh on shore.
The South IL now, as Pru,sis was in the time OF
Frederick the Great, " all sting and probably
every man capable Of bearing arm, is serving with
the Confoderates. As To their drI aud discipline
under hire II " tfuiN -lieIOlu. ',tu h'hTbfN, WHO
hns had more experience IN war than any General
now in the ARMY, having served with the troops OF
scott in Mexico, seen reyerGl ca Iags IN Al.cria
aud served with the Imperial Guard In the Italian
campugu, ending with Solisrino, where there were
400 on con baiants engaged says that at Fair Oaks
"tLr brilliant Ipanuveing of the SOuthroDr, with
overwhelming numbers Of olock-work men u never
saw -nch discipline under fire, even with the frrbch
ui.hemaiically forced our center, &c, &c. lie
also says III the note to me- Ny lors has been
-. sI. Ast&. nVk I'm
belued rs home, all received In victorious advance,
bat at least the lbras< goes, have the st'isfac-
lion of having counted on the field two OF theirs to
one Of ours Sull all this though desperate lighting
unu-usl i'll war, unsuri hsoed IA Europe 10 conducive
OF 10 results" &c.
Now ark respectfully would il be proper or just
20 .xrOre new regiments with officers and men IA
incomp eiebt as must Of nrcerstv be the case with
all raw levie to the Organized and heree oipotltion
OF those ca.ehurdened veterans
II would be ,uperogatory To adduce here more mr.
gumenrs in favor OF dis, pine, but 1t IL certain ihat
il our newly ralred troops should be opposed to the
enemy's disciplined masses, with raw and ignorant
officers aud soldiers, commanded by political
brgadier generals, they will be whipped, and We
cannot afford to lose more battles now
say, then. fill up the old r. giments by drafting
and Tint mmediai ely, and we shall have the beet
army that ever took the held Let discipline be
maintained aud The ofhcers Of the volunteer army
be- selected from those Who have distinguished them.
felvea IN the old regiments, and those non-conis-
stoned officers aud pfvaies WHO have shown them
selves capable to be promoted 10 their vacant places
have herein endeavored To communicate 10 yonr
E1cellency my views on the conduct OF the recruiting
service, winch il the mo-t important provision Tor
supporting the war AND filing up the tremendous
gaps occ.soned by its ravagcr and II VIII be iur
ther necessary that camps OF instruction he ettab'
rhed in order that apoweriul reserve may be main
tanned To take the place oi any army tat may heet
with rcverses in the field, That can be promptly
put into new field Of operations, should 1t be re-