The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-01


cannon. Its Colonel, Harvey Brown. uho,, ~
ginal entry into the service bears date Jalv a.
1918, is Brigader General by breves, and -.
is noted for his gallant defense OF Fort r.
on the Rio Grande, where he was seye,,I.
wounded. The Lieut.. Colonel is the celebr,,.a,
Thomas w. Sherman, who stood next to Ri,,
gold as the artillery tactitian of the army. T5'
officer is now Brigadier General of Yoiuptss,.
Among the Majors are Brigadler Generals wa
liams and Barry, the former of whom was kill,
at the battle of Baton Rouge. Msjm Hun,
acting on Gen. McClellan's staff The Caot,;,'
represent one Brigadier General, Truman So
mour. In this regiment are the splendid h.,
teres of Captains Griffin, Terrell, Ayres AN
DeHaEt. Ayres' old battery won laurels in Ne,
leo, only to be doubly won in the battles befo,.
Richmond, Virginia. Besides these Eve rev.
ments Of artillery, new one is about ready Z,
organization, to be commanded by picked mo,
with full battery Of splendid Parrott guna
Having thus given few statistics relative,
the artillery Of the regular service, we viii ps,,
speak Of the volunteer, organizations of ~
Union army, in which some idea will be give
of the total strength Of our artillery in the seE
THE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS.
the inn army which We have in the Sss
comprises artillery, cavalry and infantry !,
great numbers, each State having in it's QUO,
sufficient artillery, in proportion to the forces q
the other branches of the service. Previous IA
the first battle of Bull Run, where our force,
we're so seriously repulsed, number Of lightb,.
teries, elegantly appointed, passed into u,
camps around Washington City, among whst
may be enumerated the two splendid Rhode Il.
land Batteries, the Boston Light ARTILLERY o.
Cobb's Battery, the Battery Of the lst Michigu
New Hampshire and two Pennsylvania corn
of Flying Artillery. All these batteries wen
complete in every point and did good service
being commanded by practical and efficient Of
GERS. In Western Virginia, Ohio furnished 6,
of the best batteries in the service, made U,
from Barnett's Cleveland Regiment, an old .rtt
lery organization. Loomis' Michigan Battery
also, did good service in Western Virgins, a.
terwsrd in Kentucky, where il is nov stationed
These organizations have rapidly increased, md
the volunteer service is supplied with sufioieu,
artillery to render it it az effective as the rsg-
lar service. - ~'.aE-& f#. p, ~ w
Let ..us notice the strength of the vo!un.es,
Artillery organization. We find by referripg.o
ofHcisl documents, that We have now in ths
field some ffty.fve regiments of Artillery st
thirty Batteries, comprising some l0S, los mer
This force, with six batteries to regiment, maks
the number of guns 2, l6O, to say nothing Of tie
batteries Of siege guns. The number of caissou,
2, 100; of tumbrills, 720; and of travelling forga
$50. 720 baggage wagons are needed for hi,
large artillery force. The number Of horses rs.
CURED for these 500 batteries amounts to %, $40
1t is estimated that we have some twenty siege
trains, numbering eighty guns of heavy calibe,
with these are twenty ammunition wagons, twer
ty travelling FORCES and requiring draft of 40
horses To add to the general items of interesi
concerning artillery, we will give few brie
statistics, relative to the
COST OF OUR ARTILLERY ORGANIZATIONS.
In making out statistical account of the coat
of the maintenance of our immense ARTILLERY
force, we are guided, principally, by coutnc
prices, given by figures taken from official lists
during the the war; But it is impossible to give
a correct and perfect estimate of such COSTS 50
we can only give general ides of such cost, By
the following items We shall first speak Of
the pay of the regiments, then of the cos. Of
equipments and clothing, of the cost of guns
and appendages, and of she money expended 70;
horses
The pay of the FIVE regiments of Regular Ar
tillery is as follows: The pay of Officers
amounts to $222,s75 40, and the pay of nol-
commissioned officers and privates 81 ,l792i
making total Of s., 4o2, l39 40. The cost Of
1850 horses for the five regiments of RegGll
Artillery, at $50 33, the Government average
price, sums up $l2s.676 so. The cost of cloth.
ing, which consists of overcoats, coats, panS
caps shoes, Shirts drawers and socks, for the Eve
regiments of Regular Artillery is estimated 10
cost $169, O66 so. The equipments for the reg
ular artillery amount 20 $57.643 10, For smL
arms, $50, 100. For cannon, SIG, ZOO %. FR
harness, $l0,s20. For caissons, Sl7,400. III
ammunition wagons, $11 500. For travelrs
torges, 81 800, and for baggage wagons, 81 80
The total cost for the support of the five reg
merits of regular artillery, exclusive of forage
$1,000 1873 7s, but if you add forage and r-
tons, a close estimate of which is $97S9I
there will be grand total Of $2,ssS,09s IS.
Gen. Scott on the Treachery OF the Last
Democratic Admluisira tiOn.
The statement of General Scott, which
published in this paper, is revelation in th
history of Secession. 1t shows that during
the preliminary stages of Secession, Mr. Bu
chanan not only refused to take any measure
to save the National forts and military prop
erty, but was actually conniving at Secession
AS early as October, after the Pennsyvanii
State election had indicated the result Of the
Presidential election, Gen. Scott ssemphatical'
y called the Presidents attention to the ne
cessity of strong garrisuns in all the forts be-
low the principal commercial cities Of the
Southern States,'' No heed was given.
After the Presidential election, in Decembs
General Scott again urged the garrisoniDg Of
Forts Sumter, and Moultrie. The South Car
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