, 1862-04-04
correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunc.]
CAN'T HUNTER. JESSIEoN's BRIGADE,
HI.MHAr nT Kan Murs{a "a 1S63

dsons- Pores at Fort Scott, etc.
Correspondents Of the Chicago Tribune.
CAN'T HUNTER. JESSIsoN's BRIGADE,
HUMBOLDT, Kan, Marsh %, 1862.
RECENT MILITARY CHANGES
have been in the camp Of the celebrated
"Jayhawkcr'' for the past two weeks and have
lot written anything during that time. Events
have taken go strange turn to both the peo-
pic and volunteers Of Kanses, that there was
no one who feels an interest in either but the
recent military changes came upon them like
thunder shock. Still, under the develop.
mcnts Of the Hunter-Lanc affair, every sensi-
bic man thinks there Was ample reason for
abo1ishiRg G Department which there Was no
reasonable excuse for maintaining: With the
failure Of the projected Southern Expedition,
the Kansas Military Department was "playcd
out" When organized it was needed; still
more was it necessary TO push forward encr-
getlcally military movements Southward.
This was not done, however, with the neglect
which has characterized all movements having
reference to the Western border; neglect
that has arisen more from the direct aud radi-
cal warfare we have pursued than from any
want Of appreciation Of the Importance of
this portion Of Cur fight. It suits the pro-sla-
very officers and Border State politicians, to
have Arkansas, Texas, etc., brought back into
the Union by means Of movements initiated
or controlled by the Major General command
ing in Missouri, an officer whose anteccdcnts
are certainly pro-slayery, rather than by the
emancipation leaders, born Of the people and
not Of West Point-LAnc, Montgomery, An
thony, and our Kansas soldiers. In the one
case the hunkers, by obtaining the credit,
make terms for slavery, which they hold as
dear as the Union; in the other, the terms
would have been for freedom. But tempora-
rily tie hunlers have succeeded. The Kan
sas Department is abolished, and general
has control who has shown more than q mere
desire to abolish the Kansas soldiers likewise.
TIE FIRST KANSAS CAVALRY.
It is nearly two months since was in tic
camp Of this regiment. At that time they
encampcd at Morristown, Mo. By order
Gen. Hunter, they removed to this town, OF,
what wa2 left of it, the place having been
burned and plundercd By party ofsecesh guer-
i!las, last August. It wAs then expected that
the loyal Indians now cncamped about thirty
miles west Of this place, would be returned to
their homes, conveyed by the command Of
General Jeanison. They have been here for
six weeks, but no movements have been made
The principal reason for this has been the want
OF transportation, provisions and munitions, as
well as the backHa1dnezs Of the grass in this
region.
The time has however been well employed.
Under the command Of Lieutenant ColoneI
Anthony, WHO l.as had cA1rge Of the regiment
since Col. Jensison was placed ia command Of
hac1
fully in drill. discipline, and all the elements
Which make up the 4aord{c of the soldier
IEty have had Elk hours drill daily, aud the
l:ne appearance aud accuracy displayed by the
1uen, meets the war1nest appreciation Of old
soldiers like Lieut.. Col Riclberg. late of the
visit to Gen. Jcnnison, Of whom Lie Is an old
fvllow townsman. Col Richbcrg was Secrc-
tary Of War ut Baden in 1878, when Gen. Sisel
commanded the revolutionary army.
The health Of the regiment is very good.
Since the carly part Of December, but one
eoatli has occurred in the hospi al. This,
au1ony eight hundred men, aud for period Of
four months, shows 4 remarkable degree Of
good health and care. The regiment has lost
Since it took the field in tue middle Of last No
vrDlber, nearly on. hundred by the bullet Of
tle Missouri rebels. 1t now reports the
n,inin,u-u nunlter for duty, with 20 sick in
hospital and quarters. most Of whom arc con-
yalcscent, and some 20 absent on sick leave
AID recruiting service. The sanitary condi-
ton Of affairs here, sptals well FOR the acting
surgeon, Dr.. S. e. Harrington, whose skill
and ;,ttention the men all attest.
| The st;lct discipline under which the men
| Lave been brought since their stay here, has
cauEcd some dissatisfaction, which was natu-
rally TO he expected among men thrown with
but little PREPARATION into the d1rin5 but DE-
| s1llfory warfare they were compelled TO enter,
| during their three months service in Missouri.
This dissatisfaction cElminaieda fes: nights
| since i'll m attempt at JnutiDy. Col. Anthony
is=ue1 an order, directing that no man or Off
Ger SHOULD be allowed to run his horst OIL any
| prrtcnse. The reason of this would be ap-
parent to any one who may have SEEN tue DIFF
ticuity Of training cavalry horses. As the men
| had always been in the habit Of Hlauping''
their horses, some feeling was eviuccd. Col.
Anthony ordered the ball and chain to be
placed Tor five days on any man who should
| wi!fu1]y trans..rcss the order. Several mc,,
wtre arrested and the ball and chain placed on
their legs. 4 large number Of lneu assembled
at their blacks1aitl's shop, and commenced
shouting and cheering. From this they com.
menccd to threaten, and finally wrenched of
1helrons. and pulled down the guard tent. Col.
Anthony's quarters were in o building shor.
distance from camp, and it was sorle time be-
fore he was apl'riscd ot the disturbance. Upon
| ing his appearance the men retreated to theil
quarters. Gen. jennison arrived in camp, hav:
| iIg becn informed Of the disturbance, aud i'm.
1nediately ordered the companies to form. HI
then addressed The lnen in stern and energet
ic 1nanner, Which mad the effect of oyer-awina
The tisorier'y spirits. The orders Of Col An
thony were fully sustained, and tue mutinccr:
Informed that they would be carried ont If tllt
officers had 10 annihilate the last one Of them
Tlt re is a great deal Of power in this ga1lan
little man, and bis men are united to him bot!
by the daring courage Ae displays, but above
Ill 3,y the devotion to the glorious principle
Of freedom Which mites us in one spirit, ON
| t.n- III
| 9uickcned by tho fame of its pentccost. Til
result Of this demonstration has been to max
the men more willing TO submit to necessar,
discipline, and to unite both them and thci
officers closer together. Cheers were girc1
for Gen. Jcnnison and Col anthony, and tt
men retired to their quarters.
JEsS1soS's COMMAND.
When the Colonel was ordered to this poin
to act as Rrigadier General, it was Will til
understanding that IN effective conlulau
should bc placed under his orders, SO as to en-
able him 10 move Southward at an early date
AT the present time hc has not had eins1
company Of infantry Or gun attached to Lii
thdhrst battalion Of tie 10Th Cavalry regiment
T. v, under Lieut.. Col. Clarke This bod
| numbers SEQ men, but though it has been i
tho State and Federal service for six munth
| past, and has been effective in protecting thi
! I,urtion Of the border, it has never vet bee
even half ar1lcd and equipped In cue COR
rnny stationed at this place there are not NOR
Than twenty .-tiyo regulation guns, tie rcnlais
: der being armed with their own. The me
: are not clothed or mounted, and though til
officers show commcn1abic degree Of actiy
u and zeal in drilling the men, it is imposs
, bic to make them effective while in this stat,
This is the only force in addition to lis on
5 regiment, placed under Col. Jennlsou's con
9 1nand.
Among the refugee Indians, there are
least 500 aAle bodied braves who, If armct
as the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs inform
n I'd them they would be, could DC returned
their homes, With no other force hut the Fir
Kansas Cavalry.
AL that Colonel Jennison would ask fro1
, the Department is sufficient guns and ANN
s milton to enable the Indians TO defend thcu
/ selves, and then transportation sufficient f
lis regiment. THIS, with the addition of tn
or tlrce light guns, would enable Alm''with
| a month Of six weeks, to restore the loyal