New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-26

motion am convinced 1ts hno" -" - 70. :
,luck, wise' and coarageousiy guided oy ns
,;objy cor oretent Young colonel would have
Won in ',ttle. The 63d, however requires AZ
East 2rA men 10 give 1t an enecsiVe et,orsn
u $50 ner--the miDimurn strength required Vi 1'
nfap .ry regiment. Bot even partisliy tneh' 70 re-
MO -, 80 three regiments OF the Irish brigade
o CIV 10 esc OF them merely the minimum strength
a 80 n,ea. We stand in need OF 700 men At the
very least Give us 900 more. Cries OF =" we
will. we will Give US 900 in all, II you wiii.
Split the difference, and let us have sou recruits,
and nv word for it, the Irish brigade Will carry
back to New-York with irreiutsble evidences OF its
fidelity and galantry stamped in letters OF ire upon
them the coors they have already advanced Wild
effect against the enemies Of the Republic ITS honos
It's Authority, aud its glory. Applause ask Tor
recruits. /" Good ] ask for them Win sig
nifcsut emphasize and | ask for them aione.
lCheers.l We don't want any more ofaeers
We have enough of them in the Army OF the
Pe;omac, and more than enough ii we are 10
ipoge q. the shoals in which they ere comipG
down tho James River, an spreading az
tsese safe and delicious .anctlales OF 'pe io"en
The military schemer, the imposter and poltroon'
IGrosus aud hisses. We want no raw imPoitstIons
with sinbleuiised buttons and virgin BLADES. ICON
TIMED groans.l We want men-strong honest, VIZ
orO.r, hearty men-men Win niushe's ihs'eau VI
s,.ars. across their shoulders. Cheers. The officers
ney in commission. who have conducted themselves
VT, ability in the field and have fought With honor,
shc Nd bay. the first promotions. They should be
adrancei before every other claimant for military
Distinctions no matter how us-lui, enterpIisi"S W
ooi entail the citizen, now devoured Win the love
II danger aud immortality, and painting Tor douoe
hs-s of gold, or silver eagles, shond chance 10
be. [Cheers Then come ,he non-commssionea
ofcers. They should have the iirst commissions
vacant III their regiments. lCheers. me so'e,,
dihgent brave sergeant, who has been IN
battle aud stood the tempest as calmly az thougn
1t were dress parade he was gong through, should
take the lead IL the army list OF judges, bankers,
the most influential of politicians ors the mast war
ike of the Senators Themselves. Prolonged cheer
;n~l That is the way to do it. That is the wsy to
| recuperate the Army of the Potomac, and make IL
stronger and holder than ever 1t had been. Meyer
mind new regiments until the old ones, that nave
proved .heir install aud baptized their COLOR, shall
have been sufficiently recruited. Never mind send
ing us new officers until the vacancies now existing
shall have been filled up by the TIED oiiicers COM
ulssioned and nou.commssioDed, who are on The
ground. TCries of I" That IL / am delighted to
see that the powerful Press of this city is urging
this policy and action on the State Government
and that the State Government seems dis
| Iose5 TO concur. Should it do So promptly
| and thoroughly, all will be right. Should 1t
refuse or heritate to do SO, ALL fear will be wrong
| ICbeers. and cries of Good" That's go &c.
Bat may be asked, How came these 'eariui Eaps
ia the ranks of your noble little brigade We're
the men sufficiently Supplied with food OF whole
some description That they were. No soldiers
could be better fed-no army could be more gener
ously supplied. Now and then, a ration OF coffee,
or ration of pork, d ration OF sugar fell short
one of the inevitable accidents Of having suddenly
to break up camp and throw regiment, brigade,
| or q division rapidly forward and latterly The
whisky ration-which had been 10 the Army OF the
| Potomac an angelic visitation OF five weeks
only-was withdrawn, on medical grounds, be-
heye and this of all Others, was the unsind-
EFT cut and btterest deprivation which we bad TO
vince under the campaign. In relation, however,
TO tue subsistence of the army, may rs well OBJ
serve in passing that / 8m convinced good deal
more might be made ont OF the material served
rs rtIons 10 the soldiers, il toe Latter took little
more care and exercised little more ingenuity III
the PREPARATION OF it. IL was great mistake OF the
! Government not 10 have accepted the services OF
Mr. SaundersOn this time last year, when he offered
10 remodel AID thoroughly improve the cu nary
| habits Of tue army. IL was worse than mistake.
| IL was an insaubrous and wasteiul blubdcr.
wish 10 goodness, too, the Commissary Department
would provide the men with more regular and
! abundant supply of vegetables-such as potatoes
and onions; and it would do US all the good IN
the world, now aud then, 10 have tas c
of the tomato and cabbage CHEERS ana
laughter. The Surgeon OF the I'D, the
third regiment of the brigade, fine old IRISH gen.
tleman, who, with a superlniiy OF the poetry
and hnmor Of our race, Is blessed with sound,
practical mind, and has sound, practical way OF
conveying blmseli wherever such operations as eat
ing aud drinking not TO cay horse racing ana other
msnly exercises, are under dis The Surgeon
of the 63d SAID me- the other day. There . no use
in the General talking any more about 1t, the Sshi-
tary Commission may circulate all the medical tracts
and pamp 1les they like, and send us all the most
beautiful young wor1en they can Ind from Moya'
| meusing to Cape Cod TO nurse u' when we yet
slap of bullet or touch 0. the typhoid, but will
be utterly impossible tor to keep the scurvy out OF
INV hospital unless get plenty OF onions aud pots-
toss aud whisky for the patients lCheerr. And
by the patients lie meant tie entire oil one OF the
tue healhiest and NOS, robust regiments III the
vice. They respectfully urge this declaration Of the
genial ana be.evOlent safgeon OF the Odd on the
attention of the COmmissary Department at Wash
iuQton ard add that lew barrels of good drangb
ale Instead of the whisky, would be infinitely more
refres hing and conducive health and heartIness
tran the water nov compelled 10 use in camp
the only sautary quality OF which ~ that 1t dlveris
our thoughts from earth and directs them to the
Milky Way. But the question OF starvation being
disposed Of-tbere being III the army abDndance
Of food, and the food being OF an excellent quality
how about the clothing Was that sufficient
Was that of durable and comfortable mate
rial and was it supplied when needed ? In
reply TO this auction / do not hesitate TO say
tha, no soldier in the world is better ted better
clothed than the volunteer soldier OF the United
States, aud that If al times, during the recent
paign had 10 march in uroken shOes, or breeches
! Qnduly ventilated il was owing 10 the same circum
stances whch occasionally deprived him Of bis ration
OF coffee, bis ion OF pork, or bis ration OF
Stuart best refined sugar. And oere, again, may
observe that II the men were more careful Of their
uniforms, and when torn ever 30 little, took the
trouble TO mend them--mudiul of the maxim that
90 "a stitch i'll time saves nIne'-there would be- 70
build their complaints upon, considerably smaller
foundation for those phanthrOpic curmudgeons and
gruuiter whose ,eli-ins,ituted mission seems To
be to squat at the tate Of the camp, morning, neon,
and night, and exaggera'e in bilious lamenta.
tons the most trivial misuaps and woes that
within. / have heard il said however, that the
Irish BRIGADE was overworked. i emphaIi, ally de-
nv it. IL had no marching to GO than other
bigades-no more, Tor instance, than that command
ed by Gen. French. Of the most perfect gentle
nm Odd accnmI.ll .het nlicera of the ARMY and