The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-08
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Party Of the Constitution.
NEWS FROM the SOUTH.
Rebel Plans for the Invasion
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HOW THE REBELS GET NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON. ,,.,,I
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BALTIMORE, April 4.

rom the New LOrk Woriu -.ttt :
BALTIMORE, April 4.
have received some interesting news
from Richmond to-day, which in some re-
spccts is important, in its bearing on the
approaching campaigns. ..-t b
MILITARY COUNCILS AT RICHMOND. 20
Ii the plans Of the rebels for the cam
paisns for the year 1861 succeed, even meas
ilrably. it will be owing &, the remarkable
amount 1T preparation that has been ex-
pended upon them during the last winter.
When the facts in regard to the military
councils which have been held at Richmond
during the last four months become known,
success, or even partial success, on the part
of the rebel armies in the approaching
spring and summer campaigns will not be
wondered at. In very quiet way, and
without exciting much attention and re-
mark, every prominent military officer In
the Contederacy has been summoned to
Richmond at some period since December
last, and has been consulted on points re-
lating to the strtegic features of the war,
md tue efficiency of the rebel army in
every branch of the service.
rHe WINTER DEVOTED To PREPARATION.
There is not a single feature or detail
which may be supposed to contribute IN
any manner to the efficiency Of the rebel
army this year, that has not been fully
considered at these military councils. And
whenever necessary, after any measure had
been agreed upon, the sanction OF the rebel
Congress, or its legislative action, was
sought, and it was Immediately attended to
and furnished. In this respect the action
nf the rebel Congress ought TO pu: to
shame the ridiculous trifing and the culpa-
BILE waste of time Of the Republican major
ity in the federal Congress. The clothing
aud pay of the troops-their food, meas
ures to secure it in abundance, and to make
&c certain that it Is issued at the proper
time, aud even measures for cooking lt
better; the supply Of shoes and blankets;
the supply Of muskets and ammunition
measurers 10 increase the efficiency of the
artilery arm measures to keep full the
sanks of all the old regiments, and meas
ares to insure the greatest possible efficien
cy ON the part of the cavalry. These are
-ome of the subjects that have been dis
cussed, and in regard to which definite re
-ultS have been air;v,d 1T on the part OF
fhc rebel leaders
IMPROVEMENTS IL THE CAVALRY ARM.
When the subject of tue cavalry arm of
the service was under discussion, the views
of all the eminent rebel cavalry officers
were obtained, and the results of their ex
pereuce wore embodied IN the improve
ments that have been agieed on. AM
these improvements relate not Only to the
arms anu accoutrements of the men, and
he saddles &c but also IL the highly i'm
aortant subject Of remounts; and above all,
70 actual evolutons IN battle.
The organization of the confederate army
embraces four hundred regiments of in.
:antry, of six hundred men in each; fifty
regiments of cavalry, Of eight hundred men
n each; and six hundred pieces of field ar
tillnry. organized in one hundred batteries,
md manned by twelve thousand men. This
you'd give total force of two hundred
AMI ninety two thousand men, and this is
The sum Of the rebel force on paper. But
IS | showed in a recent letter, they cannot
show an actual forco of over two hundred
and seventy five thousand troops. This
resnlts from the fact that the ranks OF some
If the reqimeats are not tull. The cavalry
force amounts really, however, to very
nearly forty thousand men. aOi these Gen.
Lee and Gen. johnson have each about hf
teen thousand men. Constant accessions
are being made to the cavalry; aud the
horses, as well ~ the men, are subjected to.
acorrse of regular drill and training. 1t
IS intended, when the invasion of the North
takes place, that each one Of the invading
colnns shall be accompanied by strong
cavalry force, not alone TO act as scouts
and videttes and to secure the keeping pen
of communications whenever that is deslra-
BILE, but also to take prominent part in the
decisive battles on northern soil which 1T Is
determined to bring on.
PART ASSIGNED TO THE CAVALRY IN THE
COMING INVASION. ~
The idea in regard to General Lees inva-
sion of Pennsylvania, is that by moving
randy with the main body ef his force in .
to that state, while with part of his army
he threatens Washington or makes teint
toward some other important point in that
vicinity. he can draw tho whole of the Un
ION army in the east to some point in Penn
SyIyania. which he viii select as affordiug
him the same advantage of position which
General Meade enjoyed at Gettysburg.
That having this advantage of posities, he
will bring on general engagements with
the main body of his forces, say fifty thout
send men. His arrangement win be 50 made
that at the decisive moment his reserves,
conp,sed oftwenty thousand fresh troops,
all veterans, viii arrive, and their presence
it is thought, will turn the scale OF victory.
In this battle the confederates expect that
The Union army, will not only be defeated,
but routed and utterly broken up; and 10
order to insure this, body Of ten thousand
cavalry will also be held in reserve. who
will charge upon the Onion army at the
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