The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-30
TIE GRAND RETiEW.
A Good HOfeI-.The Barch Of Sher-
mans Army--SOme Idea Of Its stze-
The Portrait Of n Bummer--Ihe 6Al-
AK Al the White HOuse.
Edisod.Ie OrrespOadsoss c 09flaHd IEADER

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This city Is filed 10 more than overflow
ing, not q, room could be obtained al the
hotels or boarding houses for love or money.
last night hundreds slept out in the open
air, and many Government officials who
came 20 see the review slept on sofas and
floors inths buildings of their respective
departments. Your correspondent wss
fortabate 10 have q friend who is one of
The officers of the House of Representa-
tiVeS1 He kindly gave'him lodging in one
Of the Committee Rooms, where he had the
best of Observation-Disclosures to the Con-
tinenta or St Nicholas, Our meals we're
obtained at the restaurant in the BASEMENT
Of the capitol. II is not every one who can
put up st suchA hotel IS the magnificent
: csPitOlaJ Ie'is none of your ordinary hotels
the Fifth Avenue, the Continents, or
the Weddell, for instance. II is q hotel of
only one-sixth of a mile in length, costing
somewhere about $l2,OO0,O0o-a white
marble hotel too. g Hereafter we shall look
upon the so called arst class hotels as very
tame Affairs, 5r-, n-a-s5. a..
les This morning we were 80 fortunate as 70
| obtain a very eligible seat, directly at the
foot of Pennsylvania Avenue, where our
vision could sweep the whole distance of
that t~horoughfare to the Treasury Build
in4, nna mile and q quarter distance. 1t
was here thst General Sherman and his
brilliant staff, ali mounted, at the head of
his PROCESSION of 75, 600 soldiers, were wait
ing for the signal gun to be fred. An en-
thusiastie crowd Of gentlemen and ladies
vereg gathered around the General, shaking
him by the hands and showering on him
boouets and wresths of flowers. The mo-
ment the signal gun was fred, General
Sherman, IS commander of the Armies OF
the Tennessee and Georgia, and General
Howard Is second in cOmmsnd, wheeled
around Immediately and commenced march
ing, followed simultaneously by the staff.
AT the same time the dinerent bands COM
menced playing, and the immenee process
sion moved as though it was one vast ma
chine. The General, when he started up
the avenue never turned his head back to
see if his army was following. BE knew
that his orders would be Obeyed to the
letter.
First came the Fifteenth Corps, com.
manded by Msj5r General John A Logan.
This corps is an army complete in itself,
baing COMPOSED of infantry, artillery, cav
ary, engineers and colored pioneers, armed
with axes, spades and piekaxes.t Follow
ing the Fifteenth Corps came the Sew
enteentb, commanded by the gallant
Major General Frank P. Blair, Jr. The
General and his horse we're completely COW
cred with wresths of flowers, shower
ed upon him by his fair admirers. To use
8 son-Of-Malts expression, the Genera.
was Usomewhst military" These tive
CORPS composed what is called the righ'
|. wing, or Army of the Tennessee, and at,
: under the command of Msjor Genera
Howard
s Following the Army of TENNESSEE cam
o the Army of Georgia, commanded by MsjO
9 General Slocum, consisting Of the TWEEN
tieth Corps, Msjor-Genersl Mower com
msDdipg, and the fourteenth Corps, unde
T command of Msjor-G General JEFF. G. Davis
: fher who killed General NelsOn)
n These two armies together numbers
+ 7s,sOO. They consisted of every brsncI
n of the service, including the famous Bum
e mer Corps, The principal duties of thi
2 unique corps are TO forage upon the coun
try through which the army is msrchin.
e And shook" mot steal) all manner {
; eatAbles FOR the use of the boys. The
will take a fsmily-carriage belonging t
= some ~chivalrOus STAKEHOLDER, harness tn
T, horses with the silVer,plsted harness, an
q load it with -squeslingf pigs, gobbling tut
10 keys, quaeking ducks, snd Kissing gees
u all under charge of some c~ontrsbandE, al
follow the army. The amount of supple
these bummers will gather together is emo
q nous. It was through the efficient aid rel
u dered bythem that Sherman was enable
So to cut aloof from bis base st Atlanta wit
two days r%stions, ana march throug
IS Georgia. That General, with a ssgacit
IS that vies with Nspoleon's, studied Il
Ks compendium of the Census Of 1860, an
Ascertsined what counties in Georgia pr,
We duced the most corn, and judged frol
20 that where the greatest number
to hogs would. be found, lie then plsnn'
.se mis- march so as to pass through tho
counties, and wss thus enabled to feed h
rsrmies in the most sumPtOus manner.
te The hummer is q twolegged animal b
9 longing to the genus homo species. He
Ii / dressed in different Costumes, dependir
upon the style that he msy chance
ire @bOokh q Occasionally one viii be SET
We strutsing in Union blue pants, with Il
of military cost of Confederate Generi
se Endvies VsrsG. If he is hard up for elotI
W ing he will put on q pettieoas and wear
- Ia Zousve. he will appropriate 8 jac
ass OF mnIe put q young c%Ontraband in
ak pannier on one side and q pig or goat
n thepAmier on the opposite side. He "
n. kidDap young contrsbsDds from the
ne masters and straddle them upon donke,
N. and drive them along with the army.
at The hummer has the most wonderf
re. Acuity for finding concealed prOvisio.
ses and valuAbles. 1t is rarely that he fails
lot lis search. 1t is supposed that he h
4ay neyer heard of that commandment sgsir
M! Bsesling, or the a Against coYeting Il
70. nsighbOFs goods. To make good his chs
d. acter It would require the certificates
sbont twenty-five clergymen, judges
courts, presidents of banks, and gentlem'
'ct wfhna Hon. before their names
e Gen. Blair had IN his corps E brigade
most grotesque looking bummers, that Ct
be imagined. They were leading, csc
several mules loaded with plumber. Th'
excited universal isughter from one end
the Avenue 70 the other.
For the purpose of sscertsiniI
the number Of men in She
&c T aooDnFed aba uur1h,