Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-13

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Z the four corps d'armee: ~. ,g, i,.- -, u.
% The army will be under the immediate
command Of the King. irGI inri.-L ..;l....
10 General La Marmora, the well-known
leader of the gallant legiOns of Sardinia In
] the Crimea, has assumed his high function
,sof Quartermaster. General, or Chief of Staff
aof the royal army. l. j., L.lr.r... 8,
. Lieutenant General Count Pettiti, one Of
the ablest superior officers of the Italian
staff, and the real orglnizer of this splendid
army, is Adjutant General, or second chief
of the royal staff. Immediately under him
is Colonel Bari0la, an able officer, trained
b before 1913 in the Austrian military school.
General Count Menabrea, one of the
greatest mathematigians of our time, is in
command of the Royal Engineer corps,
while the supreme command OF the artil-
lery has been given ITO General Yalfre di
Bonzo, Piedmontese. r'5.I E,,, J.-i',
The First army corps is under the orders
Of the Geaerald dArmdta-which corresponds
with the rank OF Marshalin the French ar.
my--JOhn DnrandO, q comrade Of Cfaldini
and Cucchiari in Portugal and Spain, This
army corps Is composed Of the First diVis-
ion, commanded by the. ,Piedmontese Cen
eral Cerale; of the, Second. by General
Riauel, a Neapolitan Of great military skill,
and the last Minister of War Of Francis III.
I The Third division is commanded by
| General Brignone Headquarters at Castig-
I ilone dele Stiviere). Brignone is a mem
Der of the Italian Parliament and has the
well deserved reputation of being one of
the ablest generals in this army.
| The Fourth division is under the leader
ship of famous Garibaldian general-ta-
| nous, because he was Roman Catholic
priest, and still more so Tor the courage he
| displayed in the defense of Venice in 184S-
40, and in the Neapolitan campaign of 1860.
| The Second army corps is commanded by
| General Cucchiara, an old soldier of the
! last Spanish wars. This corps is formed by
the fifth division Of the army commanded
| by General Nunziante, Prince of Mignano,
| who was among the most intimate friends
| of Ferdinand III of Naples, and who Joined
the national army after the downfall OF the
| Bourbons in 1860. .t, .-,..... W .
General Cosenz, one of the staunchest
| patriots of this country, and a friend OF
| Garbaldi and Poerio, is in command of the
sixth division, whilst the tenth division OF
| the army Cthe fourth and last of Cucchiari'S
corps) is under the Command of the Pied
mOntese General Cadorna. \. ..,.L r..
| The Third army corps obeys the order;
| of the Generate dArmdtd, Count MorozzC
| della PrOcca, personal friend of Victor
| Emanuel, and q, man of great military
|
| this corps have been lately removed from
| Piacenza to Asola. Count Runilant, bril-.
liant officer and the very type of the ge,,ttl-
homnle of old, acts as chief Of his staff
Four divisions belong to this army corps
The Seventh, under the command of BiXio
the we'll known and audacious general ol
Garibaldi; the Eighth, under General Gu.
gia, formerly Minister of the Marine ID
| Minghettfs Cabinets; the Ninth, under
! GOvOne, the able general who was the ne
gotiator of the Prussiau Italian treaty al
Berlin; and the Sixteenth and last, undei
the heleadership of Prince Humbert of Savoy
the eldest son of Victor Emanuel.
4 The strongest and most powerful corps O
j all is the FouTth, under, the command o
! Gialdini. This corps seems destined to ac
complish great deeds, and it may be almos
| considered as an independent one. Cial
| dini is to the regular army what Garabald
is to the volunteers. The action of these
two men must be left more to the iuspira.
ton of their military genius than to thC
j rigid limits of orders sent from headquar.
ters. General Piola. very able officer in
| deed, acts as Cialdini's chief of staff; while
| Prince Colonna, Count Mosti d'Este, Count
! SerristOri, Count Michel and Count Borro
! meo--as you see, the most illustrlons no
blemen Of Italy-are among his staff Off
GERS and aides-de-camp. Five divisions
and perhaps the most, brilliant, form thi
corps. They are the Eleventh, under Gen
| eral Count Casanova; the Twelfth, com
/ manded by General Riciotti, undoubtedly
J, one of the most distinguished artillery gen.
erals Of Europe; the Thirteenth, under
| General Mezzacapo, Neapolltan the
| Fourteenth, under General Chiabrera; the
Fifteenth, under Medici, Garibaldian gen,
eral of great repute. General Count Mau
! rice de Sonnaz, the hero of Montebello
commands the reserve of cavalry, and Gen,
eral Mattel that of the artillery. ,.,' "a
| The commissariat OF the army is under
the direction of General Bertole de Viale