Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-01-31

P Oar GcueraI may not DO as well known 20 some
. O.. you as the Cslond. lie isa maa @: extensive
u:ii-ry ezpcrion,c; served In tho Mexican wa ,
graduate ol WosJ Point ui every inch So!
ii.r 10 hsi isht about feet incbc-, With heavy
vhi-bsrs. and light piercing eyef lie il not ycr-
b1sc; his orders are JTief-siyen bat once ant
be requires obedience to tie letter. II stables
are to be built 800 feet lors-22s feet will not
salisfy hiui-nor will he suffer them to be sol
{ FEET in length, as many of the Captains TO their
s'-ow viii admit of untiring energy, and in
fine, ose in whom the greatest confidence Is placed
It was Ia good fortune of no writer 20 receive
N ,ruciious vhjlo on special duty, and never
have 'cen rcr5on more exact or min
ute in his details, moro concise in his orders.
have built me hcsse-io me as comfortable
as the palace Of prince. II is not OF mar le,
nor are TIE walls frescoed, and there are no
inches for 'tatuarys 10 chsnieliors bronze clocks
or candelabras. It has not the "noiern im-
proVements," though it il "cligibly lituatel;,'
dimensions 10 feet wide and feet long-two
thirds of its surface is canvass, the remaining
three parts Of boards, five parts 0: canvass 'snd
two parts of pine brush pine plank for door
-four Shelves wooden table, writing desk,
camp chair and stove, two hunks made Of
board, one above the other after the manner Of
steamboat beEths-A wash stand and bench
and all around the walls nails to hang things
on-a looking gllss large eaough to see one eye
in, i the locker looks sharp-a candlestek made
by driving three nails in square block Of wood
"a broon-wood box and larjer. This larder
consists Of 4 barrel saved in two. As to con
tents, it contains nov one piece Of iork weigh
ius perhaps balf a pound, and empty bsgs-it
will soon be replenisbci. By taking the stave,
q one barrel, good springy bed IS made-tro
coffee bags stuffed with straw make 40 excellent
mat;ras, small one makes ms pillow; ny
creckcTy includes four tin paus aud two plate'
two cups. An wooden things pert .;niug u my
house VI msnufactured by one ax and nails
and one inch ami quarter plank; and all Of
this j.. occupied bJ myself and servant. No enc
enters st the door vithgut knocking. [ have
entertained thoughts Of putting up brass
tnocksr sni door plate.
Eighty thousand cavalry IN tho field makes 7
-.mc of them who have not received marching I
orders trembe Let an order di,baudins them be /
issacJi that an ordt7 10 made changing part Of I
the cavalry 70 another hrsncb Of the service,
seems wise and e1peiisui. Continental armies
zen when raised 90 lu.l war s,a1dar1. never
zsesded in cavalry twenty o- thirty il-uaud .
O. Cd j
% tAat serries-lon- level tracts rbcro cavalry
.s.ll naarg,re. but iu this .tctIca of c.u. trr.
certainly near tue Atlaut sui probably clear
1ack 90 Ire &i-si.sipri, % o.. vo.I.. billy a-l F.
uaiuhtins. with revive. u-I -.--cs. With a1,-a .
.rs~" en- eush o. c-1r i.t line g.. charging. /.
'H .aca 'aui platoon a- .uautry would sesucr
b .usir.u, with no los 90 tlcmscl.ss. I.sa
,he oSTen-e Of Quitting regiment I enormous
also that %. supporting them, while under. ia-
proper instruction. Viewing ,bc subject -t-s.
fully, rcmeu bcring also, tattao .-mrl... -ar.
Of The cavalry tactic, the school Of the t-leue.
lilmoautoj, admirably 1T them f.r iuflutry scr-
rice, AMI Is Eow unisrstooi by most of the oivsIry
Ae change scJli loubue promote the ia .src-;s
IF he land.
Cavalry Ia the present way viii Tiay it, most
important part IN 'luadrous, tho uucvonre.s Of
be ground, AMI a want Of proficiency, will PIC
sent those splendid brigade charges, limiIar 70
hose by which MuFat charged and shattered the
Austrian lines, again and again. during the reign
Il Napoleon the First.
Time Is valuable suI not uy own. and in
Washington 'ainly tried TO visit tho New York
sth Regiment, on the Potomac, whore lusines.
nsde it proper for me to CALI whether such
Quincy now can be undertaken, enabling me to
ielivcr documen; Of imPoFtarcl, time will show.
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