New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-31
THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION.
Neglected. Paymassers-The Coiencisie" OF
the ID Mary land and 4th Rhode Islsnd-
No moro Regiments Noeded-Gen. Hal
Ieck Visits Complementary

No more Regiments Nceded-Gen. Hal
leck Visits Camp-Promotions-T
Tents.
From Our Own Correspondent
NEWPORT NEws, July S, 1862.
Where are the Paymastcrsl Why arc the fami-
lice Of officers and men kept waiting nearly four
weeks for the money on which they hsd couHed 20
pay the quarterly rent and settle their bills! hh
nothing that tho wives and children Of mechanics
and Iaborers who are in the ranks should be LETT 10
long without the means TO defsy current expenses
And prudent young officers and married ones who
se the bulk of their pay TO families at hone, ana
improvident ones VINO sqnander theirs soor after
each pay day. are now actually without money to
meet mess-bills. 800
could nsme you regiments in this Army In which
you could not collect huudred dollars among the
officers if YOU shond rake aud scrape the contents OF
all the pocket-books. IL is rumored that tbs Ray,
ma ter will 10 here tomorrow, but tins regarded
us very problematical.
The troubles in the 4th Rhode Island. previously
alluded to- have rot vet been entirely settled. The
designations of Is or l6 Of the best officers in the
regiment were handed in to Major Richmond, A. A.
g., but BY Gen. Durnside's order were returned
without acceptance, and the fact VIA CON muDcaied
to the officers aft dre.s-rarade. Tho General did
feel willing TO part nth so many officers, whose
companies, and whose bravery had been tested in
battle lie said that however much they felt them
selves aggreved in the action Of Gov. Spr1gue, it
was their duty to stand by their regiment, especially
ut this juncuTe when they w-re about TO enter upon
active service; that two wrongs never made right,
and tn il they did their duty the right would
triumph in the end
The Rhode Island officers say that they will follow
their General through fire and wafer and will risk
all to do bis pleasure. But they protest against tho
suppression Of Lieut.-Col. lew as an act Of gross
Injustice and breach Of faith on the part Of Gov.
Sprague. Ii is the more surprising that this
should have been pursued by tho Governor, since.
when M. Tew was promoted from a Captaincy to
the Majority Of the Fourth, the Governor congratu-
lated the r-giment that ibis was ia obedience TO the
established policy OF filling regineutal vacancies
from the deserving senior Officers next in rank. The
fitness OF Dcapacit of the new CooDe does not enter
into the question at all. He may be the best
Of tacticiars, tie most rigid of discpnarsns; but
inssmuca a. Lieut.. Col. lew Is thoroushly quallhed
for the Colonecy, has been superseded once before
and possesses the confidence Of the whole regiment,
the wisdom of Gov. Sprague IN appointing strange
officer over his head, and against the wishes OF ut
east slyteen of tho twentyfonr line officers is open
TO serious question. The case of the I'd Marylsn
has been adduced by come officers in my bearing q.
parallel TO tho one under discussion; but without
reason think.
The ID Maryland was rssed in Baltimore by al
erDment, BY which the recruiting expenses were
paid and the arms. accoutremeDts aud clothing sup
piled. Colonel WAS appointed, but at Ncwbern
was found incompetent aud allowed TO resign. The
regiment then pass into the hands OF Lieut. Col.
Duryea icon Of BrigSdier Gee. Duryea, good and
faithful officer. His promotion to the CoioneIcy
was recommended by Gems. Burnside aud Reno, bat
native Msrylander was commissioned by Gov.
bradford. His competency being called in Quest on ,
an Examining Board wss ordered; be was declared
unqualified for the post Of Colonel, aud returned TO
Gov. Bradford
The promotion Of Lieut.-Co,. Duryea was again
urged. but an answer was returned that nouo boz -
native Maryl ,nder should commands Maryland rrg1-
ment, and Il Q Secretary OF State wrote that there
fore be subscribed himself Captain So and most
obedient servant, &C., &c. Now, II n rue thht tho
greater part Of the regiment was recruited Ia MARY
land but neither Gov. bradford, bis l. gisstnre, or
the State contributed enough funds to purchase "A
batter bead or drumstick and IL is mere farce to
claim that because the regimen srs the name
of Mary land the coonelcy should be filled by Mary
lander 20 tie exclusion OF the NswYork Lieutenant.
Colonel " Tho has made 1t the well-dlsciphned and
fine fighting corps that II Is.
Among army officers 1t Is regarded az great mis-
take that the strength Of tie new evles should he
FILTERED into new regiments, which cannot be Of
much service in less than two months, instead OF
throwing 1t eli into the tiiuned ranks OF veteran
regiments, like those Of Burnside, Mcclellan, and
other, and question the abest gem rsls, and other
officers aud you will find they all agree in saying
that we do no, want any new regiments. We want
those already in service filled up to their maximum
How melancholy . farce does 1t seem 10 see reg.
imenis al battalion drill, or dfes. parade with Only
three or four hundred men In line; Colonies com
mauding barely q battalion, Captains drilling mere
platoon, snd Brgad'en leading skeleton brigades
into action.
The new General.in- Chief, with General Burn.
side and Quartermaster.Gen. raj Meigs cane down
from Hsrrison's Landing to-day. From single re-
mark which dropped from the lips Of General Burn
de some Of our officers infer that We are about to
make "a move, but it is useless to occupy time In
6 ating theories or circulating idle rumors.
Your honorable mention Of the Burnside Army in
Fridays paper meets with grateful acknowledge
ment among the officers concerned. Our brigadiers
and colonies commanding brigades have asked no
reward for the faithful performance OF their duties,
and would not have made a complaint il they had
been fairly treated.
If some men who could DO named are fit to be Brig.
adiers. surely Ferrero Stevenson, Maggie, Hawkins,
AmOry, and HOulan, are; and such brave men rs
Robert b. Potter. and George w. lew, are at least
worthy Of Colouelcies. And where will we find
better officers or more accomplished soldiers than
Join w. Foster, Jesse l. Reno, and John q. Parke,
who have fought Burnsides battles and got neither
the thanks Of Congress nor any other reward except
the love and confidence Of Gen. Burnside, and the
devotion of the regimens they have led into action.
Most of the permanent buildings at this post are
be ng prepared hospitals for the omnodaion Of
sick and wounded. II BIZ, been rumored tuat all thu
wounded from Richmond are TO lie brought here. and
our brigade commanders had taken the preliminary
steps toward moving their camps. But it would
reeIn, from one Of your Washington tel-grams, that
the Surgeon General had fixed upon another point
for tho great spials This would be most agreea-
BILE to MS if We are TO lie here many weeks for our
camps are now admirably located, and any change
would be for the wore.
And, speaking Of hospitals and surgeons reminds
me Of matter which goes far toward filing the one
and employing the other. l mean the tents in CON-
mon ,rse 10 tho army. have no statistical tables
before me at this time TO show the per centage OF
diseases Of the eye, but it must be very large Ger