The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-03
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY JULY s. TRIPLE SHEET

YIN aEIEA1Os UECOA
portion Of the uniform available Red in some form Or
other e de gev Ink tai GOATS al the Opera but sub
COMPANY you 6sok frock yeIvsiesp Jackets linen
bouses and flannel shirts-ail, should add, covered
other the Mole cs 70 be- esoSdes WITH a' Bran
new uniforms But sssome day or other Is even
longer ia coming 70 Italy than ts in other countries;
OF hts troopa yoo" he said yesterday In addressing
company OF his raw recruits "are the sort OF stuff
doubt @ or hs real Sewa After
all there Ia accounting for tastes and there may DO
minds to which the aspect Of soldier padded, pipe.
As to thu physique" of those young soldiers there
s good deal TO be desired Their average age be
below the former age than above the latter To-
day saw company coming homo from q march OF
some thrse or four miles and many OF the Younger re-
cruts tagged and oosore that they had TO run
In order TO keep up with the step, which was not
ticnlary quick ons Still they have spare, active
moderate fatigue So far could learn they do not
dr much; II has never been OF Garibalds prnci-
pes 70 lay much stress drill and II they are good
led Mr. Wrinkle, In aPiokw'ck," to believe that he
might play on the violin. because never having tried
b. oo" h mot BE- s he did not the talent
confident they can soon teach their troops 70 hre
well enough for diminishing PURPOSES There can be
question that theae officers far tier than the run OF
those who held similar posts during the Neapoan cam
pagn Most OF them havo sven actual service; many
ex-ocers OF the Sardlnlsn army with two or three
medals upon their brsasts Up to this time all applications
from Foreigners for commissions under Garibald have
been dooned and whatever the disadvantages OF this
refusa may be In military point OF view, 1t tends okeep
up the national character OF tho volunteer movement
Thrauc hout the day have heard word except
italian from the mouth Of Garibaldan soldier and II
II clear that at Como any rate the force exclusively
composed OF Italians Amongst the privaes there
men OF all ranks and conditions In lis. Of volunteers e
OF marquis counts and ohovaliers whose brevets OF
rank have not been conferred by the Raiah OF Paraaa
the republic of Guatemala But the bulk OF the
recruits studenta clerks and skilled artisans or
peasants should fancy the proportion was extremely
small.
A searching Investigation has boon made into the
character Of all who presented themselves for enlist
mont, and six hundred recruits have been sent away
from Como alone unfit for the service on other than
physical grounds Certainly up TO this time better
behaved body OF troops could not be found Happily for
drunkenness is unknown anopg them; and their CHIEF
occupation appears TO consist OF loungtng all day
about the s'reets eating cheap ices at intervals and
smoking perpetuay. Altogether they must DO having
good time OF just now They have for the most part,
money in their pockets and sleep in private houses at
their expense Instead OF the straw that IL laid
out for them In the churches and panoes employed AZ
barracks; thor Iabors oheered by constant visits
from mothers and sisters and, hopo cousins from
Milan, who never seem tIr,d or walking about with
them and staring at their uniforms and they ARE all
elatnd with tho absolute conviction OF success on
course when fighting begins In eoneet good number
OF these volunteers will somehow, not be found forth
coming but the enthusiasm among them is Great that
Il
which object alone they are dcsigned.
n were Italian. st more. an ,nhabtant OF
able to the old army which followed Garibaldi
from Marsha to Caprera But, as q moro spec
tator I miss the pictu,esqueness o. the Nsa.
Garbadian were certainly not respectable but do
cidedly they not dull. There not OF them
whose story not strange one especially when tod
you by his friends; and, long your relations with
them were not Of q pecuniary character. they we're
Pleasant companions enough. looked In vain for the
Old n at
Europa and tho villa Reale One last rose OF sum
mer, inde,d, was TO be seen In the person o.
Themselves 10 the task OF guardian angels or Garihadi
and his army Whether any OF Thorn did much good to
at any to was vey pleasant TO look at as she rode about
In hor Garibaidian costume and those who remember
her at the camp OF Saint Angelo win be glad to hear that
the beauty Of the Bella Gsrbadina" still roInans
altered.
In fact ANYBODY who goes to tho Gsribaidian head.
quarters present in the hope OF seing lite will find
himself disappointed trust agreeabiy But he hap
20 be ther the he viii witness one OF the
pre,est sreoacles he could ma on the stage q we'll
morning TO visit some OF the outlying towns In
which there are dep5ts for troops and evory day he
comes back towards nightfali to Como. Now, az the
only way OF getting any where from Como except to
Milan Is by the steamboats, the lake. m follows that
there is little harbor the 'Por,o Cavour surrounded
three sides by arcades, and tho south by low
ereakwa,er As the timo comes for Garleaid e return
SIDE filed witha crowd chiefly composed o. tho red
shifted soldiery. They have seen tho General times
without number but they never tired OF seeing him.
and as the discharge OF the solitary cannon
mounted the pier announces that tho steamer Ia In
sight coming homewnrds they flock down 10 the jetty,
and scramble on board any boat or upon any wall or
standing place where sight OF the General can be oo-
tained
Tonight the heavy thunder storms we have had for
the last three days ceased pcng down rain just a. the
boat expected that the gathering was unusually
large Tho project OF the town had sent his carriage 10
convey Garbadi from the steamer; but the crowd was
dense II some time before the horses could
begin TO During the interval which elapsed be-
tween tho arrival OF the steamer and the starting Of
the carriage, Garibaldi was literally mcbbed by ha
soldiers They climbed upon the whcnls they threw
flowers into his carriage they checred him TIL hey were
hoarse and then they burst out with tho old Gsrbadsn
march, the famous Va Fpsi d. Tola Nacri Stranier
Tie General himself looked surprised fancy at tho
warmth Of his reception after few hours absence
last time / him on tho day when no len
Naples for Caprera aud when not OF tho people
whom he had mado free and over whom for short
space he had ruled the trouble 20 and wit
ncsso his departure He looks far older than he did
then but Tar less melancholy Every popular nero Is az
heart actor and every actor say what you like loves
10 10 applauded.
with Garibalds return the town seemed 10 go sleep
Tho CATS deserted the red shirts vanished from tho
streets aud the out and shines full, even
write, upon tho sill dark waters Of the lake, on the
silent piazza marked ont with the heavy shadows OF the
surrounding arches; the narrow, winding streexx;
whore sleeping some thousands Of brave yog.r haa
begun, and tha; the word has CONC foy
victory under tho orders OF Garbaj'
I'LL Aspect.
Tho sommssD BFIITGEEFSrs
=, hhRiSE RISKS being effected on an increasing
nlao var Jon the vessels OF the various belli.
se''ns. n TRADE WITH THr ByLLfGERrSTs.
80 & (June lel correspondence of London rimcsl
.Argo quantities Of army shoea and other military
equipments have been despatched from Paris during
he tha Cfrach