The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-24
BURLINGTON, SATURDAY, MAY "a, 1885,

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INTERESTING ITBlGs FROM tn
assss ARMY.
The correspondent Of the N. Y. World fro
Pittsbug, May I, writes q follows:
CONDITION ,o1 THE 1aooPs.
We prefer to offer no complaints about th
state Of the army. but, lest some good peopl
be led to expect too much from it We are boun
to cay that it 10 no means the grand army it
supposed to be. In the 6rst place il Is NJ
166, 900 strong; and in the next place, full
one-third Of its numerical strength il not Of
fective. We witnessed division review
Gen. Davis to-day and were pleased with th
appearance Of the troops on the ground. w
were however struck with the diminished sig
Of the regiments. Several regimsnts, whic
We had known, IN their be: ter days ful
thousand strong turned out with less thal
three hundred men. Sickness, battle, wound
deaths, heavy detail for transportation, an
the camp guard have caused the reduction
The men left in the ranks look well, 60 thro
the evolutions well, and, We firmly believe
win fight we'll. The cavalry is worn down b!
roads and consequent scarcity Of forage. /
will hardly ever be worth anything in an en-
gsgement. .s4
The artillery horses are also much wor,
| down, but the men have been improved By
their past experience. Several batteries whicl
lost their pieces have been merged into othel
and older batteries, where they will probsbl,
do better. The army is in good fighting ordel
but Is not large, nor need it be expsatsd t.
accomplish impossibilities. The whole army
80 into the next fight to conquer-tbe deter
mination is fixed, they must conquer and will
BRI0ADIER 0ENERALs.
We have probably on the whele % many
good officers as there are in any army in the
world. and possibly - many bad ones. o.
officers of high rank this may be said, because
numerous that no one person can be found
who knows their names. We hear day by day
Of the creation Of new ones BY the dozen, some
Of whom are heard Of for the first time. The
bill limiting the number of Brigadiers is re-
garded favorably, and It is earnestly desired
that these should be made for distinction in
the field. s1tah9
It is also subject Of some remark that, out
Of the number Of recent creations the claims
Of Col. Sweeney, Of the Twenty second Illinois
should have been quite overlooked in Wash
ington. He wss made Brigadier General Of
three months volunteers under Lyon, lost an
arm at Cherubusco, was in active service eight
years in the west, distinguished himself at
Springfield, and received three wounds in his
gallant conduct ct the late battle at Shiloh.
g There is also the '.6ghting DOCTOR" % he is
now called through the army-Dr. Conyn who
during the Sundays fight fought ono gun in
compay with the Captain for two hours, in the
thickest Of the aght and Afterwards command.
ed one Of the seige guns, in the absense Of its
proper officers, which contributed SO greatly
to the repulse of the exultant enemy; Major
Cavender also the heroic commander the bat
teries Of the Missouri First, whose deeds have
shown conspicuously from the beginning Of
the war, in series Of desperate battles; both
have been worthy recipients Of promotion for
their services to the country.
Il PERsoNAL-aRN., HALLEcK.
The appearance of some Of our commanders
may be interesting to those who have not seen
them. f
) General Halleck in the field is hardly the
same person who might have been seen quietly
gliding from the Planters house to headquar-
ters St. Louis He does not look whit more
military in appearance, but looks, in his new
and rich though plain uniform, rs if he we're
in borrowed clothes. In truth he bears q
more striking resemblance to some oleaginous
Methodist parson dressed in regimentals, with
a wide stiff trimmed black felt hat sticking on
the back Of his head at an acute angle with
the ground. His demeanor in front of his
tent is very simple and business like. No
pomp, no unusual ceremony, NO lack Of order.
His camps are pitched on declivity on the
south side of the village Of Monterey. When
on horseback his Wesleyan character is more
and more prominet. He neither looks like
soldier, rides like one, nor does he carry the
state of q Major General in the field, but is
the impersonation of the man Of peace. His
face is large, tabular, and Teutonic; his eyes
the eyes of genius kind of indistinct gray,
not without expression but of that deep we'll
ing kind that only reveals the emotion without
its character.
GEN. CULLUM.
s Gen. Cullum, who is Chief of STAFF and Chief
Of Engineers, is bland, gray bearded old gen.
tleman, who seems to have been in his prime
Fifty years ago. He is also ACQUIRED in the
black Quaker hat, and bears close resem.
blance to common engravings of Don Quixote
on his steed Rozinante. He exults
too, in some enormous and new-fangled leg
gins, which he buckles upon his shrunken
calves to the great merriment of all on lockers.
From his conversation you will soon learn
that he was on the staff of Gen. Scott in Mexi-
Goa fact which he has not forgotten. He is
supposed to be master Of scientific warfare,
and We believe has very high opinion Of his
chief.
F GEN. GRANT n,
Gen. Grant parsonage now somewhat no
forious, is the same unaltersble good natured
little man he has SO often been described
He has none of the soldier bearing about him
but is man whom one would take for coun-
try merchant or village lawyer. He has no
distinctive features; there are . thousand like
him in personal appearance in the ranks, and
il is by the conspicuous stars alone that he is
distinguished as high dignitary. A plain,
face, with comeiy brownish-
red beard, and square forehead, Of short stat.
are and thick-set He is We would say . good
liver, and altogether an unpronouncable man;
he is 50 like others as to be only described by
general terms. He is an inveterate smoker.
Apropos of this General, the passages pub
lished from private letter Of his containing .
so-called vindicstion Of his conduct at the late
battle are the laughing stock Of the entire army.
He is sad Jester. 70 say that he was not
surprised, to intimate that al are towards Who
blame him, or to excuse his being absent from
the field, are insults to the intelligence of oil
here. None but the brave have heard speak
thus OF him. and II by accident Gen. Halleok
should be disabled and he succeed to the COM
nsnd it would be but the beginning Of much
trouble. fisi'i seeali3sR ~ =.
'i' y GEN. POPE. fI
Gen. Pope is . large, portly person, of soci-
able bearing, and marked by no unusual char
acteristics Of feature. He Is the type Of bon
u'yant-evidently enjoys to the full the bless
ings Of physical comfort. He Affects . snap
pish and positive manner, which is not innate,
but is rather put on with his uniform. He is.
We should say, ambitious and vain; this prompts
him to continual action. He is not above
speaking well Of his own ccomplishmsnts.-
He believes, however, in lighting the enemy,
and this fact wins him the best opinions Of bis
army. His judgment is we'll demonstrated in
the selection Of his staff officers, who rate
high above the average of such selections. 49,
His army is commanded BY some Of the best
aficsrs in the service, and will do him great
honor when opportunity Offers, OF the other
leading personages With this column more ct
another time. e S. aa 4
swlNDLINQ oONTRAcroRs.i ~
i Now that the army 10 in the field, with bad
roads and the stock tasksd to their utmost to
supply the necessary retions and forage, the