New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-01

one hall an hour one.fourth their numDer--a Stern
initiation TO campaign which 50 days have not shueu
Two days on that dark and bloody GROUND, anu tnes
the 9Th Corps again in the advance, Is the rst 70 ee
the enemy al Spotsyy ANA and then again te
and their companion regiments arc put INTO tue
thekes and again aequit themselves a. q, te
en- gogeme the right Of the line az COa hapor
There the brigodes of Bartlett and Ayes INFER
corps Of the Rebels that rushed down like torrent
upon the 9th Corps which from fanced security was
In position TO breast the storm when II suddenly
burst But so great and instant service could not De
rendered without proportionate loss which again TEL
most heavily upon Ayres's breade-indeed the losses
In this brigade have been OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in nearly
every engagement. Since Coal Harbor the brigade
has borne it, share Of the marching and fighting Its
losses since the 9Th OF May now amount 10 something
over , COO incuding ever 20 oficers-20O0 from one
brigade Ia campaign. Had ali the army suffered rs
severely the entire loss would be fully double What IL i
Some weeks ago Gen. Ayres having disciplined and
fought the brigade till II had come to be pointed out
model WAS raised to the command OF the division, and
Cen Joseph Hayes Just returned 10 the army recovered
from wound received at the Wilderness and with the
eagle he then wore exchanged ior stsI' atssheu 70
the brigade. which Is still the largest la the corps Gen.
Uayes by profession ciyil engineer bnt with suol
military made him captain OF an independent
company in Davenport Iowa Just before the war. OF
fered the coonelcy Of regiment frUm that State, he
declined IL for majority In Massachusetts regiment
the 18th. His intimate friend and associate In railroad
engineering accepted an Iowa regiment, and Is now
Major Gen q. NJ Dodge, commanding corp Ia front
OF Atlanta Gen. Hayess present command s the first
instance where the regulars have been commanded by
volunteer officer evidence Of the confidence reposed
10 him. young brgadior. and that there are now no
ieaIousies between regulars and volunteers
Such then il an inadeqnats sketch OF the services
the battles and losses Of brigade. do not hold u
up unparaleed ON the contrary. IL Is but one OF
many, between whom distinctions may b. made.
But have thought II worth while 10 note tho deeds Of
these Regulars not for the sake Of the officers but that
the rank and die who not accredited 70 any particular
State, have lost perhaps something n the recognition
due them. Nor should the volunteer regiments seryng
In the brigade be lost sight Of; of them the
9Th Y Wa trained by Lentensnt 4 oonel. who now.
as Msore ncrel commands the corps Of which II IL
part In soldierly quality las there been shade OF
difference, lighting sde by side ~ they have been, De,
tween Regular and Volunteer. After three years OF
such war who shall claim better training more veteran
skill than those who responded 10 its first blast and
have lot once faltercd until this days
At present. the brigade-rcmerber fts style-lst
Brigsde I'll Division 5b Corps when you come % read
accounts OF succeeding battles Ike most OF the army Is
in that admirable condition best deseribesby word
eJecics, Q. A. T.