New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-20
| Movement Ordered-In Direction Com
ceaied with Commendable -Reticence--
How tho Troops will 20 into Hattie
Honor to whom Homer 10 Duc-Present
Organization Of the Army.
From Our Special Corespondenl

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From Our Special Conespondenl
RIeHr GRAND DIVISION. Saturday. jan II. 1869.
The army is again in a state Of high, though very
indefinite expectancy. Yesterday, all the corps, in
GLIDING the Reserve Grand Division, which stretches
up to Fairfax and does picket duty for Washington
wero ordered TO be in readiness to move at an early
hour this morning, with three days cooked ratioDi
and sixty rounds Of ammunition.
Last evening q second order was Issued, postpon'
| ing the movement until Monday morning. Tbismay
mean that 1t is given up altogether bu. the general
impression is that it is only delayed.
What IL tho movement TO be On all similar oc.
casons, hitherto, the plan has been pretty widely
advertised throughout the army. This time it ID
fhrouded in mystery. Brigade commanders do nj
know. Divition commanders do Mt know. Corps
commanders don't know. The commanders OF
grand divisions probably do know-though one Of
them, at least, ignorant night before last-but
like the mummy n The play they maintain heirreti-
cence. Several Journalists think they know; but
DO MT propose to tell. So long plans for the fu-
ture do not become subjects Of gossip among general
and staff officers they be kept out Of the nows.
papers.
An advance win render fight probable, If not in
evitabe. The soldiers Of this army will not go into
battle with their early enthusiasm. There will be
no shouting cbceringi bu, quietly, silently stur
Oily, the men will 60 out to the field, as the ner-
chan. zoe, to lis coupdngroom or the farmer to dis
plow; and they will do their whole duty.
May they reap the reward which they have 30
often earned bat never won No just man, who
knows their history can pass through these thnned
and shattered regiments-the skeletons and frag
ments Of what they were little more than q year
ago-without being moved TO pity. Not single de-
csive, overwhelming victory 10 inscribe on their
colors yet they have fonght onener and fought bet
tor than any other troops in our service Our West
ern arue- have won immortal honors. and achieved
glorious veiories but in that calm, sturdy, Saxon
cooness, which s,ands up to be killed until II s or
dered away--which leaves forty, hhy sixty men
ont Of every hundred, dead and dying in line Of bat
tle,hese veteran regiments Of the Army Of the Po-
tonsc must bear away the palm. May their mex!
eGou bTing results worthy of their herosm aud
yslor!
The repous from Nashville that LoDgrtrest-
Corps has removed westward 20 reinforce Bragg
arO unloundeJ. Longstreet himself here two
dave ago with hs command. II is believed that no
entire Rebel corps has been Withdrawn from our
fiont. but we have information from deseriers and
eoutrabauds that some batteries, brigsdes and
di,isons have been detached and sent Tennessee
ward.
The following is the present organization Of this
army:
Ri0nr 0Hlrn Division MaorGcu +. Y Sumncf.
sscoud .MAjor.Gsn. D. n. Couch.
Ninth CoTps............Msj or-Oen. John s-isvvick
CEsrHR Oz.sD Enthusiastically of.Oen. JOaeph Hooker
Third Corpa............BHS.-bo Cen. Geo. stonsmln.
FlNh Corp,............. ~ J0r-Oen Geo q. Meade.
IEy, GR,Sp DIVISION Ma jr.Cien. w. u. ErAnsn
FiIst Corp,............,B Brig -Ben John T. Reynolds.
Si1ih Cofps............ha joT. Con. W. H. smith.
Rn,xEvs GAANp DIvsIoS.......MsjoIG Gen. Franz sol.
Eleventh CoTp.....,,..hr Gen. Stahrl
Twelfth CoIps......... MsjsI-Uen. ii. W. sloeam
The weather, despite occasional light rans, con-
tinues warm and favorable; but down in the dee >,
valleys and sunless excavations, the jellisd .oad
beds give slight loretasic Of what Fate has in
store for us. 4. D.. H..