Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-10

News from the Army OF the CumberlaDd-s-
why the Seventh de not re-enIist---Pr5-
mOtiOns---Items Of Interest.
Vapory clouds of smoke dart up and roll,
with sullen reluctance away from the two
painting engines that are just wheeling out
an immense train from our canvas city, laden
with thousand weather beaten, war-scarred
heroes that have re-enlisted, and are now
bounding homewsrd to spend the brief res
pite allowed them among their long -estrang
ed friends. Bat this is no rarity. A throng
is constantly flowing northward, and the
good Reserve people are waiting with ankle
ty, or, perhaps, impatisnce, to greet the i'm
mortal Seventh, as veteran volunteers. In
deed, have already seen it announced that
the Seventh had re-enIisted, and would soon
bo at home. This announcement was alto
gether premature, and propose to tell yOu
Why they do not step forward with tho same
aIsority they did irty-three months ago,
when you committed to their keeping the
dsstipiss and confidence of ths!' Western Re-
serve, which they have boarded with such
jealous care, and protected with valiant deeds
en- many historic hslds.
WHY THE SEVENTH DO NOT Be ENLIST,
Soon after the disastrous encounter at
Ringgold, which the few surviving heroes
that participated therein, we're yet sadly de-
pressed by tho irrsparsble loss Of cherished
commanders, the 29th Ohio, Hhich was not
actively engaged in that battle, rs-enlisted,
except few officers who were assigned to
Seventh, filing the vacancies freshly made
by the ensmy's bullets, thus debarring the
meritorious commissioned officers of
thoir well-eGrned promotion, and reAsoting,
too, derogatorisliy upon the fitness Of the
several sergesnts to command the deci nE ted
companies temporarily thrown into their
charge. OF course considerable feeling was
created among the men by this wholly in
vidious usurpation of power. OF the officer
belonging to the 29th I know nothing per-
sonally, but doubtless they can show as spot
less record as the gallant regiment to which
they belong. Yet if they are perfect
models in every way, it is nothing in
extenuation Of their being transferred
to the Seventh, to lord it over the scores of
Of noble fellows whose intellectual cspabiIi-
ties and unwsyering elevation to duty, de.
msnd for them commissions. an told, too,
that the officers themselves were not consult
ed in reference to the assignment, but we're
peremptorily ordered to the Seventh for duty
by one of our many august captains, who is
trying to start page in history By his pom
pOus edicts. Another thing that has chilled
their GrdOr, and perhaps the main barrier to
their re-enlisting, is the ordering Of Major
Seymour to take command, after Creighton
and Crane were sacrificed by ambitious blind
ness. These men have been accustomed to
have officers that knew their duty and did It
promptly. Major Seymour was formerly g
Captain, but promoted to Major about a
year ago, though not mustered in as such be-
cause the thinned ranks would only admit of
two field officers, so he remained at his home
in Rsvenna till ordered here as before stated.
His reception was anything but hattsring;
and he ought to have seen st once that his
presence was exceedingly distasteful to every
officer and man. The Major is undoubtedly
8 good citizen, and would evidently make a
soothing, kind hospital nurse, but military
affairs are certainly not his forte. Upon ono
occasion upwards of two-thirds of the men
pledged themselves to ro-enlist if he could be
induced to resign; but his brain was olcSesd
with greenbsoks, and he was inexorabIe.
PROMOTIONS.
The justly popular Lieut.. Col. Mcclellan,
recently promoted from Captain, is looked
for daily. When he arrives, it ia believed
things will undergo a wholesome rsnoTa-
tion, and no doubt his presence will revive
the now crushed spirit of re-enlisting, and
inspire the gallant Seventh onward for the
next three ysars to q career IS glorious,
rame as impsrishsbIs as that which is al
ready blazoned cODspicuousIy on the nq-
tons records The following we'll ueTited
promotions have just occurred.
Second Lieuts. Dwight Brown, Co. A; h.
N. Spencer, Co, Fl Henry Dean, Co. G.; G.
". Nesper, Co. L and Edward Bohm, Co.
D; all promoted to First Lieutents. I un-
derstand, too, that Corporal James ". Ray
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