, 1864-04-15
FRGM LOOKOUT FiLLEF.
Consolidation of Corps-FIovement Of
Troops-Acttvfty OF I'tekets.1mpors
t1nt General Order-Wh&t Sh1ll we
do with tho Ncgro-Thc Weather
Appearance OF Quarters.
From Our Special correspondcnt.l

leaves to.morroy morning for London, Ten
nesEee, where he takes command Of tie 4th
corrs. This position has been left vacant by
Major General Gordon Grnuser, who has gone
North on leave of absence. Other changes
affecting the rositions of division and brig
ade commanders are under consideration, but
uo1a5 .11.S,: 0 80 ..'"...,o ,. '
tne e'loen'l} eA's''ns ulepos1t1on " coueoH'
date, and from information and hints collect
I'd from yorious sonrces. It Is anita ;nrnbah,e
- -]..a;..t. o,,...,5. ~ =. r..
tna. suoo1a.na1e eolnniauuets auo 'ne!f 71a'1s
WI! " "o.Aeo up 10 snelr JAA eapasay, ano
that small divisions and sn,aH o1isades will
no longer be allowed. Suppose IN average
regiment IN cons,et If five hnndrad 7obt11o
men, an a'etase ptleaae "oulo nos exceed
TWO thousand men; large division would,
perhaps, equnl six: thousand men, and Q
corns eren m,k3np a1loxronces tor hotter;os
,-o.,,a -,.t o,-n.-.,5 +,ra.+r, .,.,,,..s -.
"ou'u no. o'elFun I"euts 1housano men.
no" II tmf1y thousand can oe well handled
i'll the camp and in the field with tie SAINT
nnmhcr cf Generals and anhnrd;nate com
- 49, .as.,sa-. oA-
toauuefb,as WAS previously eonsluereo neces
eary for twenty thousand men, there Is maui
festly great saving Of shoulder.strap force
and of horses. equipments. camp and parri
soD eon,napc stationery and = thonsanf
e41,.. ;ta1,a H. - - :,,a,, ~ -.
otnel 1sene tnnt ~ " e"e1 tne eno1luou'
Fe1pcnEc OF IN army. The strings appear t
be tightening all around. More and mort
dntv Is rcon,Te1 md str,cter and c1oaer oh
- 80
eSisunee i " leSu.aLt9ns II'nGlntas ~ use,
puue, ac,. - eAactcu, onu eoneoiluaIloA
se9ms " " palt =! tne pIoslauttMe.
we afe coGstan1iy ne,l1aSg ag.hi q n1Ee nodle'
o. troops passing 1nrousn sneloysule, aniia
5onla auo olnea p.nces .. " Ins Iunte. tael
oestlnatlon must p1 Nol,aeln !1l;. AlagaaA' 10!
ohY eM pass .uioosL s, lu.s tat1ss, aue
those tfasel On lnc laliroad. trenton
Dfadgeport anu Nhlteslae are very lWpottan'
places, ana afG menaceo oy Tue @ enemy @ te
sncn oegIee tnat ou1 ~ scou.s ate hsp1 Joa
etanuy W eno aietE tnt - el,-noea +hat a.
OF !1oops lu9ucee nuny ~ sappues 'na 70. ~. -
carry 1olHaFd noseneut VII us i..4 - aa..S ras
nrmf now occupy nE taas shiSy out n,I.nn .no
movement must ne atss Ha4' ;at ~ ,.na..s
of o1 sone n..ou ,'a no 1js1o3ageG fron, 1,;s
e..t " -. sne ~, Fu1n+ 11nt;l Tia nr nfhc,
Pos..aVm P.Iaa,,s ~ a.o.atto,s tovc he.n arh,cred
.anS;ruf +1n sn,nn rcsuit r. is idje r. fsil
~ nnp fnrwnrd movemenf f,,ronpb East Ten.
oasson " ans III III" V;rrinto With v;3w tn m at
t"c,s on Ricb,nent ns;n.. Knoxville as a TEN.
rnrarr hsss nt nnprnt;nns ond sunn,jes
poTa,s uase snae " r emo snnads au II he en-
enr,s !eon,s and fhc ohserrance of his sie.
elGs ssoutl, aua tnS .ose. 'anSH ~ n,o
naa ngnes& & o ~ ~ ~ - nens+ant
neas ouI s;aa aa an5 ;o1t,t o'G n,t,,asi dnt<
~ Terr ~ o axtensi1.Iv pcrfnrmc1 1hcre M
n3s 80 or s.r;nGont n,9ers relative: to thc ras
aIno eI1, ~ 3;t;1 ~ ocross nnr 1incs SIore nm,
Z " " nndnnhtni . m S ioSa]t1 @ are snhicrt ~ dam
sES nsae ~ usa 5adfn' ~ +;
,nha1,,nMs .rH ana ~ Marsanrn cnuntm II "a NJ;
,,,'..t, nna ~ .Iu+ ,,.o,,.n15s }hou
eerS. ~ a. ,anuo tI,s;r n,,ca i,annr p'nrnts;r
SANDS 'ease their H. once HAPPY moansaln II
n9Ss 10 nu Ill., !hno % peaIs anJ seEu.S oS a
Mnicn Iney nlse @ uiem c H. na, ~ nh nhtasned
1essa1 a1u una Mnh eau a. or5n- nn
enti t ana le"guus1 a',1 ,iosy 4,,a wo-no
a feeent general o5oer iIom lne na1 ".
1a1tmcnt' has creatcd qnte JaFoEe among
the men OF thls command. II ls 10 the eneet
1Aat non:eommlss11nea M or pa, piasatc, aIs On Iae
Recommendation o. BIS ,mnieaaats nn * comMana. !4
ea9 on!on t;a 10 o. ot IT, 't
emu G. winch time ~ REPORTS ~ tne lntia9e!'
rhta Military SCHOOL, "hefe, 1onna ehgl,
Bile, ne is instructed IN military science and
practice, with view to being commissioned
as an olhccf IN negro seSlment: 11e com'
o1nea attlactiols ol' lns 1uFlousa anu coui'
mission WILL inance qalte nnmper 10 mahe
applications. Tue example Is set " oHcefs
who are allowed TO resign N order to aGeeRf
poslflons OF nls4er Sraoc IN thc y. O.
colorcd Troops" Lieutenants become Cap.
talns ana Ayolsi GapIalns 1ecome colonels
and Minors, and tolonels oec9me real O.
acting Br1Gad1ef-Genefalsm III Inc totps y
AjTiqnf. The Engineer Department, aud tue
Marine and INC icleeraph1c ana IopoEapna.
cal corps also ,ai anofo oPportunsitles Pps' ~ ~
improve PosHion ~ lauste. w.
Of regiment. An inFidloas olstlnctlon
II nt1hE G8 fHNNJ0B LCG l4St 1MnEU EOFDS,
Private soldiers who are good operators, are
"furlong1sd indefinitely ~ special orders
IRON tne naT ugPaI,u1ent, n1ia,ut =, pay =, ~
emolnmcnts.' N tle .Colps 1estgfapa'yne
!nes ~ esV V1Gt HUH a!'u p"atue' acsoin t'Mt
lng 70 ihelT Taoluties, 20 olnel etass; o1 shIu
ed mechanics or clesks Is treated IN tns :; eamf
Nas Inonen pses1tous 70. 70 1aten; 191s, as
am 1olo, 1ne} IEeeMeo @ mnae Is Sai.eo eAeI: r.
oues 15, ~ WIS ~ nao.i,ea Gte ,aes aos
one e.Ses, 0n9 iuty scns iol .ootnet c!a9e
Fer aay IN ao1N'on 10 tne IeSlnen.al pay
Ines nunltlohal compensation reg, OF course,
10 mncn abuse. OFoernes, COOKS, ana Tue
comnoneeI !aoorefs, clalfned ana EoI II
making conslaefaole ttdhosh5 aE1y o. COL
oIed troops is overlooked By many OF US a
home They, In connection with their Whit
officers, will be the future army Of this coua
try; and in the meantime will play very
important part In the present war. Kesi
mtnts oi sable soldlcfs are forming ever
day, and boards OF examination alt regularly
ut Nashville, Chattanooga and other places
to pass Judgment on applicants for commi=
sioDs in them. There Is no doubt whatever
but th:t the negroes make 9t~A Soldiers, ane
that when well trained and Well handled
they WILL prove OF great e1hciencJ IN the 4eld
This is the testimony Of many officers ant
others who k1soac. Here We have an ansWe
in pnrt to the question Of "What shzu VI
DO With tue negro:' Make soldiers OF som
and 1aborcrs Of others. Let them have tn
protection, ciytl and religious, accorded tt
ANT flca11 citizen.
Tie WEATHER has been decidedly mois
hitherto during the spring. Dense nlasse
OF gray clouds drifting ont OF their latit4de
become Wrecked against iho mountain sidc
aEd the country IS aeiueea Win inelr wafer.
cargo II is season OF slghs ana smiles M
tears dchcnte green hne IS nov rcrcept'
bic, diftusing itself over tue som9re forest
ana creeping up me hin slaes sature W.
sgnn o i11S y" 4au 1rort nnd ~ r!
s.rFt+1'e IA eeI.a,.t us;1I ~ nr,.r,a.F VII
arnsrol5 and t1,n Gccn f,,rrnws In fis rrw1o
fane .ai,ea Al WITH scrcana ~ hcontr oes~
Tha reuimcnts ere vie;nr wifi; e,rt othn
In ti1e nesifn.ss and reruIarlty Of their ouaI
ters. and in the decorations Of the camps
Small INIT nent nnd comn,odfous hints IL
h1,;lt in streets nt nroner inferyois in fron
~ tI,esa rows ~ crercrcens ara r1antc
- h;c1, viii " ercr orow- nv ,nore1: wills n
X I'oas,na-tere - tha raa,r,e,,t ~, nr =, =
eom4G thc ;niatnT " s}renfs ar snanne NJ
f,r tl;nm;,,,oi arnhes nf r1egant ami emblem
mir DESIGNS nyec1,tcd In sn;ne instances viii
1he n,osf n n:ti5inrs taste The ina Ill,nois
U,,,c,' 1ss tl,n hnst 1ncot;on fnr roron +, ~
whnIn n liz ,i;r;s;on~-;r = narrow Ta,Ier 1t III In
fa1t ~ t1.s 1no,,n+o;n1c,rr;cs thc 1a1u, = i
";,,t oGu ~ af neo+,,s snd beantc The str,.et
nrc mutually s.gradca'' and kept. per:ectl
~. auu I.e a .set,o ~ r t,o ~
1uiG att!aStise ana ~! ~ ~ eassGmg ~ @
Loohoue MounlSln, aluoa .nas potn.t ~ WV
c Gus and a,s p t,e crs. ~ ~ thag nne nd
~ ne 1d Jdu fi5s oronnd Tia enchnnted snnt
~ iS ~ thc %ccnr,tiNns nonsiat
lnc maae!e lur .n1 aeeo1 a tn otor con5i1. iao
ing Eine Tree 1oI1age, "naen @ .p seems pecnsaasi !