, 1862-07-13
PRESIDENT LlSLOLN.S VISIT
TO TIE ARnIf on THE
JANE: RIVER.
Especial Correspondence New York Tlnes.1
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uAE!:ISOS'S BAE. JAMES RIVER, I
Wednesday, July 1s52.
The event Of yesterday was the, to most Of
the army, unexpected visit of P7rsidsn. Lin
coin, who arrived at the Landing in the after
nooon, in the Ariel, 4 steam transport,
1ayicr left Fortress Monroe 1T niue o'clock
in the morning. lie was soon discovered
by the crowd Of uuarterultsters, surgeons
and soldiers near the Landing, he sitting
ard smiling serenely on the after deck Of
the vessel, and was greeted with repeated
ci et7s, and It was specify told through the
camps that Alr. Lincoln had come to have
look at the army, who Euo wing but that some
thing significant WAS in the visit. Gen Nc
ClelIan, HitA portion Of his staff, met the
president at the landing, the party riding soon
after 10 head quarters, from which directly
there issued an order for an immediate review
OF the troops. After short conversation
Wlth Gen. Mcclellan, Of au entirely unofficial
character, tue party started out to review the
army, the cool Of the carly evening fayoring
such :: ceremony. The president drove il
4 carriage to the headquarters Of corps, and
there 1nountsd, in turn riding along the lines
OF each division. He seemed ia excellent
ttl'iritss, aud in bis conversation with the dit
1sEcnt generals, expressing his pride at
The gallant conduct Of the army aud Of its
ltadtcs. TIL: soldiers. as be rode before
them, WED III their cheers with the 70 lr Ut the
cannon, which belclcd forth their staely M
tlonGl s:llutes IS he approached each several
AA&4-lSA} kSih LIZ, LIZ III u LIZ EI.l5u SUN
1 -Nsconie as to assure him that he WAS
among friends, aud men not so exhausted ay
the fatfrues Of ilc recent awful days ..s to br
u1ab.e to give full ro:undity and volume to
the tone OF thc Sociferous greeting. Mr..
Lincoln rode at the right Of G-n. Mcclellan,
holding with one hand the reins t!.us
checked spirited horse, and with the other
large sized stoye-pipc hat, which Inter was
regarded with unusual interest hy the army,
as the first head covering Of the kind seen
in many months. The president rode rapidly
along the lines, bowing and smiling rs he
went, Gen Mcclellan, meantime, waving his
fatigue cap, and evidently not i: all aSlaulcd
OF the veteran lr1uy lie wl5 exhibiting. Stop
ping only to shake hands and to pay i single
ccngrltuIa'ory word TO the generals, Mr. Lin
coin pl-=rd from division to division, along
the Whole line, cheers meeting and folo wing
him, and cannon telling their salutcs. It was
past sE1tdoWn, and rs late as Q o'clock in the
rv ln-s before the last salute and tile last
cEccr III ard in t24c distance told that the cc7t
mony OF tac review WAS over. The whole
thing, was admirably conducted, aud tended
E'si:]y 10 elevate the spirits Of the army. Mr..
Lincoln, after little lively conversation with
| Gc;l. Mcclellan and his stall, returned to
;;he STEAMER, considerably .f''igued after
his lo''@ hor*chack ride, but yct
to conference with the comm andiug
general, the burden Of which talk, not hay
| ir4 been present, am not able to report, but
| 1ancy 1t did not relate entirely to the deblli
| talinG heat Of the day, nor to the picturesque
beiuty Of the place. Today the president
| li,akes the voyage back to Fortress Monroe,
i:sl.iili*r with the condition and position O.
the army of the Potomac, having doubtless LEFT
behind something valuable in tho way Of Id
vice, a1ld may be PROMISES
Ills visit certainly has great significance il
connection with tho recent great movement
ant: that other rapid journey to West Point
| Ycur readers can f;lthom It's meaning, perhaps
| AS vel Us I, with this advantage, that To-
them to guess and to think will not be contra
bind. while the correspondent under paTolt
would b,. likely 10 regrt: even the slre Wducs:
OF his published surmises.
VITA tic army everything proceeds quietly
arsl were Il not fos the coninu lnce Of no
Weather, with its debilitating effects, the 1uel
! would enjoy the short season ct rest the,
sc-1n likely to have. The hot SUI is hard ol
fatigue parties, detailed fur intrenching o
c!:o!riin%, causing i few cases Of sunstroke
! Ttr eaiy drills arr so arranged rs to coule o1
I il t!lc cool ct tie day, and eytry effort i
made to save :l1t: men as much rs rossi'!
frt1n unhealthy exposure. THY surely hav
ca1ncd the right to sonle consideration.
| great blessing to the army is the nrar yicinit
| of the james River, III whose waters it ina
freely battle.
II would not be 4 bad idea to follow out th
| suggestion recently made BY I prominent oil
Ger, that the troops be marched by regiment
or companies 10 the river, be marched in for
wash or IL bath, having the thing SO system
atlzed that every regiment should get il
weekly or scnl-wvckly cleansing, as rtcullrl
i, rs il is Obliged TO 70 through Il drill
usvt:, the .1;.,lus would bc the best rhysicia
I'D I,h, SIC ;illt have yet administered to Il