The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-09

which d universally conceoeos sno Slv0 suo
pervioe at last raw regiments which will Be OF
little value for months after they are placed In
The held Besides, Of what benefit will it be to
the service, ct this pressing time OF need, 70
have one hundred and 6fty or two hundred thou.
aand men scattsred over the loyal States, com.
posing fragments Of companies and regiments,
e enormous expense to the Government, when,
II The policy Of rst recruiting the old regiments
had been adopted, the recruits could have been
eent "a IT, "eeat Of war" % fast - raised, and
made syailable and ssrvicable 70 the Govern.
nentP The result will be, We will have frsg.
meats Of regiments In the field, and fragments
Of regiments in the loyol States, men enough to
prosecute the war 70 speedy conclusion, II
united, bat powerless, 70 . great extent, While
separated. Raw regiments cannot DO qualified
for effective service in less than three months
after their organisation. They may garrison
forts. and ineiaciently guard railway lines of
communication, but for fighting purposes, expe.
rience has proved their unreliablenesa Men
must be drilled and Injured to camp life before
they can be relied on in battle. iaE
Nine.tsnths of the old regiments cannot mus
ter Eve hundred men "for duty" the "baptism
of fire. the ordeal of camp seasoning, and the
wasting process of marching and countermarch-
ing. having 90 thinned the ranks and weakened
tnelf pnys'csi Eeeousces' Auu. snoy M usVe
large numbers as nome reported SICK, many Of
whom are skulkers and impoctsrs; but presume
there are but tew regiments IN snis department
that do not need ct least three hundred recruits
to bring them up TO the maximum stanosfo.-
What justice 10 there 10 paying fuil wages 70
officers for managing half regiments and compa
MES? And what justice would there be in de.
priving faithful officers of commands BY consol
;6et;ona If re0imenta in orf1ar IN hatch n new
brood OF officers In the State! we nave plenty
Of officers, such as they are-.and doubtless the
military talent OF the States has been pretty vel
gleaned-already in the service; and what wa
needed was to give them more menI There
was room in the old armies tor Two hundred
thousand OF the new levy, IN my opinion, before
> solitary new regiment need 70 have been or
gsnized! By means urge the 6tase aushori-
ties OF Ohio, l6oiana, Illinois ana Iowa the ne
cessity of recruiting their regiments in thii
department - far moro important than organic
ing new regimenta One recruit placed in an old
regiment will do % much service ~ two placed
In new one, for the men Of this army have be
come veterans" and will give steadness to raw
recruits. But presume there is great desire
in the loyal States for more commissions, and
that some plan has to be pursued to satisfy the
demand. Large Numbers of officers, non-com-
missioned officers and privates, want to get home
to get higher, or new commissions in the new
regiments! The whole plan is radically defec-
tive, and must result in injnry to the service.
I have been disagreeably disappointed in the
climate. It is not any hotter here than it is in
Cincinnati. The nights are cooler than they are
in Ohio and Indiana. That portion of the army
with which am immediately connected, is quite
hearty, most of the absent eick having been sent
away after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and
while the army was advancing on Corinth.
We have rumors of rebel forces at Grand
Junction, and at other points South, and bodies
Of troops are occasionally sent to reinforce posts
but there is 90 little known of the whereabouts
Of the rebels, pay but little attention to ru.
mors. While the States are raising new regi-
ments, and the old ones holdisg their positions,
the rebels will doubtless display great activity,
an energy akin to dying struggle, and annoy
US wherever they can-here, in Virginia, in Ten.
nessee, in Kentucky, in Missouri, and even In.
diana! 4..-
The Commercial and Gazette, the st. Louis
Democrat and Republican, and the Chicago
Tribune and Times, find their way here, and are
freely purchased; but have never seen q copy
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