New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-06
The Grand Army-yfs Trials and Tri.
umphs-spIendid Condition Of the
EOrces-Ccn. Meade and his Corps
Communicative Tribune Brigade.
rom Our Special Correspondent.

From OtE SPECIAL CofFcs pondeht
ARMY OF TIE POTOMAC, May 3 leCi
To make bricks without straw, to write a let
ter which shall contain nothing to shun everything Of
importance simply because it is important, to work up
nothings into substantial shape combining ones self 20
the nothings because they are nothngs-such is the
military necessity to which l respectfully bow. The
things that | zee may not relate those impaired to
me may not repeat those infer may not hInt much
less enlarge upon.
There Is left me one resource. Those things which,
IT, the shock and swift succession OF events, seem
dream of things that were'though they shall i've IS
more than schoolboys tale more than " the Won
der of an hour" to these L may reeur. "a.
IL has been my fortune 10 know this army from It's
organization. saw it dis-dig ntrenchments ana dig
graves upon the Peninsula saw 1t during the classic
Seven Days when each intervening night sao.e s 10y
as hgh.bred race horse carrying too much welBIt-t
smile as think that the numbering jockey dd not get
sword the other days have known row u $1,000 AZ
burg how II almost made Charlottesville glorious now
il saved nation at Gettysburg And now joining US
veteran egons on the veof another campaign have
given four days of spur and rein and most industrious
curiosity TO aequant myself thoroughly Win lAoF lie'
Never before has this Army of the Potomac been 50
peculiarly and emphatically the Grand Army. il Is
today II is compact sefreiian veteran host. con-
scious that il is able deliver mighter blows than
before knowing that there will be blows TO take es
well blows 10 give and prepared IN every drop and
fiber for both. We have all hoped and felt that this
All. the blows to take Wen. it must be. This CAM
pagn into which the Army Of the Potomac Is just now
10 be launched probably holds the pivotal battle that
shall be an era for all time. And Arbela and Marathon
ard Waterloo. those mountainous facts where ha'S
rooted the destnes Of nations and OF CIVILIZATION Nerc
not made altogether of blows given nor si the bloody
conclusion we are now to ty be- other than they IL
must be met But think how CALAMITY II WIZ be met.
see the long gltterng liles panopied IA steey spe,
dor and marching In hammered mag lilcenee-anl
now there is the fl IN and smoke aud thunder VI battle.
Ii must be met God save the right
The press generally of late habituallyy, speaks IS
though Cen Grant had superseded Gen Meade in tho
command OF this army This Is not the case. Gen:
Meade commands the entire army as much as henerl
Sedgwick does his corps, or any colonel MS reg neR,
1t is true that the presence Of the Commandern'Cher
relieves him OF the responsibility Of planning The cam
paign hut TO the discipline and organization OF tho
army he is still responsible and paramount Gen. Grant
has not ntercred with machinery that he hnds IN ad-
mirabe working Order and IN no instance does nc issue
an order except through Gen. Meade. The army has
very thorough and unwaverng confidence in the latter
though by means unwilling that be shall be supple
mented with the prestige OF Grant.
Ii the army is fortunate in tie COMMUNICATIONS
and in the Commanding General II is not less so IN inc
CORPS commanders. Ii is great tribute TO Gen. Sedg-
wick that he has been longer in this army with bRi
command than any other officer. and has had the I'M
shaken confidence Of every Commanding General. HIS
record ould make French soldier Marshal OF The E-
pire. Gen. Warren was the first officer OF the Regular
Army TO ask and obtain permission TO accept command
in the volunteer service. lie Is Eow Malor-General
Commanding" the same corps in which he first served
ms Lieutenant Colonel Gen. Hancock takes the field
for the first time since his wound at Gettysburg. You
NAV look to hear from him at the next Gettysburg.
II has been charged that Gen. Meade, from Tie tlme
he was placed in command has been IN intimate cOrIe-
spondence with Gen. MeCellan in short that the lat
ter has counseed devised, commanded. Now am
able to contradict this by authority During the time
mentioned Gen. Mcclellan has twice written 10 Gen.
Meadeonce congratulang the latter on bis accession
to the command, and again transmitting copy OF h:
report To each OF these Gen. Meade replied IN DieI
terms And this is all tho correspondence that has
passed between the two.
Gen Meade remarked TO a correspondent yesterday
that he thought there would soon be movement of the
Army of the Potomac for he noticed that The TRIBUNE
brigade seemed to be reaching the front. The SAID
brigade is well organized is n high spirits ana await
ing Developments 1t is supplied with ten dsys ratons:
Its Ouartemaster arrived last night with ten pounds Ok
Bologna and four pounds VI. Kliiiklnnlek. The one
drawback TO its efficiency is that, like the cavalry nc
has a large proportion Of dismountcd men, y should
be understood that this is brigade of veterans. re-
enlisted for the war. CHAs A. iAOf-