The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-11-08

hanGs grasp IL, and he mutters un'
: easily.
"Jackr
No answer. We stoop down
and lend him gentle punch in tho
ribs, which opens his eyes and die.
covers his tongue.
"What the divil do you wan,i'
"l'ast reveille, Jack, aud almost
time to move Get up, you good.
for naueht." lie hcavcs lie bulk
into n asitting posture, and looks at
us with a comical expression ot re.
gretiul realization.
"The Lord save us, Capt. lex.
pect I've been dreaming. Thought
was back in Chenango, under
grand fathers apple trees, cousin.
ing with Kate AMI sue
He jumps to his feet. and we
both circulate among tho men to
sec personally that they are pre-.
pairing for the mar h. There ced
be no packing OF knapsacks, for
they must lie we'll adjusted to make
good pillows, and that was attend.
cd IT, last night; but the blankets
are to be dried from the dew be-
fore the fire aud rolled up com
pactly, the c1ntuens filled, aud
breakfast cooked and eaten. a
very simple matter, this last {;
small fires are kindled all over the
bivouac, great kettles OF @, flee are
soon etcaming over them, haver-
sacks are consulted for salt pork
aud hard tack, and thus the simple
repast is made. There is nothing
very tempting about such fare as
tins, but it is the hahitual diet OF
the soldier on the march, varied
occasionally by such additions as
Ills shrtwdn,ss and the careless
habits of barn yard fowls enable
hun to mako. n grinning African
now appro tches us with the infer
mation, "break asst ready, sah."
"Jonah, | welcome tn e2n our
volatile lieutenant txclaims. "ln
the bright lexicon OF youth, | ac-
count breakfast tho sweetest word,
and love the ncxt--what have we
to ea,l"
"Uoffec and hard tack, sahl"
"The d--dickensl Jonah, you
need instruction. Attend to ,ne2'
The Africa rolls up the whites OF
his eyes before Jacks urliited fin.
ger, swinging his awkward body
to and fro.
"What is your chief dutyT
"Cook dc grub, sab; fetch dc
water"
"By no means, Jonah! II is to
forage, TO extort supplies from
these opulent farmers, to draw
subsistence from tho country
Negro OF my veSation, lot not the
sun go down without a chicken for
our mess!" .aH
The darkey disappears in
search of our blankets. and we flu
ish our breakfast. BY this time
the drums are sounding the as
semb!y, and five minutes are oc,
cupicd With q jus,ing belts, strap.
ping knapsacks. aud rubbing gun
barrels. Ii our careful soldier has
an honest pride in the musket
which he carries, he feels that his
existence depends upon keeping it
serviceahle, and is never weary u
Frightening it for inspection
The Adiutant is np the line with
the cclors. and the companies rap
IDLY take their places. The march
ing unit is the brigade, and its
movements are directed by the
bugle from the head of the column.
Staff officers are galloping hither
and thither, indicating to regiment
al commanders the order os march:
soon the battalions face TO the
right. file into the road, close up
into brigades, and tho whole col
umn is on routc. The cavalry has
the lead. as it must watch the front
for danger; the artillery moves
with the different corps, anu the
long wagon traip. mile after mile
Of II, brings mp the rear. When
gnerrillas are plenty and trouble.
some, large detachments of caval.
ry accompany the train fora guard
Only a birds eye view can com
lprehend all tho details, and spec.
tator poised in mid.air over such a
scene nigh. fancy that he heheld a
great serpent with glittering tctles
slowly twisting forward his miles
of body He would zee different
corps, divisions, brigades separat-
cd by n.iles, half and quarter miles
of distance, or marching by differ
ent roads, in parallel columns,
without much compactness mass
les of men moving on without
much apparent order, and vet each
man knowing his place and falling
into it at the word, clouds Of dust
rising from the shuffiing feet OF
men and horses. and hanging
! heavily above the moving mass
stragglers sitting and lying by the
wayside. faint and weary, oil
skulking from the restraints al
} discipline; the whole incpngruous
, throng pressing steadily o n
: through the long hours ofthe sum.
mer day. slowly, and with occas.
ionsl rests---0ver tiFesome hills,
: through forests, and across meal
owe and streams. toward s,me un.
known objectiye paint of the cam
paign-tiil nightiall and tho vel
. comn bivOuac come together. nI