New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-07

the celebration. The troops, Masons, Governors
of States and others go into camp Temple Farm,
mile below the town General Hancock, VINO VIII
DE in command proposes also 10 have ms mead
quarters IN the field not far from the Moore House
Some disappointment has been expressed mere
abOuts thai so little has been done toward pushlg
the monument along. The cornerstone laying WI
be what snch ceremonies usually arr "itnih -
and hearing of hut few. II appears thHt an I'M
preston exists-how general, / cannot say-thaI
after the celebration the monument part wiz
be forgotten or long delayed. The Secretary oil
War who has authority IN The case, VIII dOnpIIi'S
see that the shaft goes up Is Intended Doth ~ Ile
Congress of 1871 aud that OF 1880 Colonel Craig
hill PROMISES 10 have the model, stan ing aDout SIX
fee; high on the grounds. Other things 10 LOOK at
win be three eces Of artillery sur tnlered D{ tne
BRITISH in 1871. two eighteen pouhuyr' anu q Nv. ~:
i,7.r eL.ch SmcOc had taken IN June previous
from Stcuhen's stores up the James Inc Iater NlS
a French piece east IN 1IJI. lhcfe DHgHt ~ 10
n good number Of British and Hcs5an Hays on hahl
souvenirs but, strange tn say, on OF 'W'lS
reCmentai standards and over sixty camp COW
surrendered at The segc, Only seven ar known W
exist--six preserved at the West Point ACdd"u
and one that used TO be in the museum NJ AleNlll-
dI1a OUt oi curiosity, mauy VIII 90 70 So" luc u,
under the bank which CnruW Ellis is 81 poScd 10
have !ua le his headquarters after being driven ont
of the Secretary Nelson Mansion, not now stahulI''
The report 90 that effect was cnrTehI III NV nv
American camp duTug the siege, ,p"i ,uo
English traveller Weld, who visited 1oIhtoN1
in 1896 claims that the cave was iH realty u''eu
mp To accommodate the vile of ont ~ t1' "iIc'Is,
who had naturally become trlEnl} h'Nod' "N''
the bul1bar,luent o. the town, Lafayette aces no
state m his memoirs whore he wa quartereI,
when rs he mentions he called upon him the DAY
after tie srrrndcr but hc seems 10 take Sou' sat
isfactiou 30 saving that CORVALLIS was NtTi par
titu!ar 10 impress upon mm O. fact il2l he hin
ONLY surrendered because he could mold ont 10
Ion leT aud tUat the unucul.lcs al MS S'tuillot
Wrrr due 10 causes beyond has control as nt h"u
bccn Obliged 10 follow the instructions o. CHh'oh
at Ncv-York -,,,
nifty To- take a look INTO Fort Monroe at oil l"lli
Comfort Within its incIosurr, or clos 30 H. sto2n
old Font George, which CLINTON wished Sol i
to occupy, ia. her IAN Yorktown; ia" "t 'l'ii.
and surrendered there, he would have conferred
favor upon the ,puhhc taL eNpSi ~
more stvlIsh offers tine accommodations, and Is
the cen raj point of these waters. teuetu S'lH,
commanding no the for,, has 80 sil II iorc' tIi '
can send but two 81 rIft"u eompaulrs 10 we 'rd
NAL the remainder bInc barely cnotgh 10 Il" e'.'Iu
du'y aud watch the Government properly Inc
proportion Of officers at the tort Is large, h'WtNti
and reprr~l utS the members ol inc AriuciN 0c""
at Tins p,sf I'm hi, school the Army takes con
siderable pride as Its thOrDuL nncSS W,Ita9'9.
General Getty has recently gwen tIc I le,,,tS
department if il may uc SO oallct, an Importance
rot brgpr. attached 10 il issuing general 'I''I
dete .mi.ino the standard 10y Whirh ne H!'l.,H ~
essays in military 2rt are 10 DE J"dg'i' ~ -
especially the methods ot irrdtllE 81 '"'''
and the proper description oi "a battle. me- 'Hl''I'
must treat OF the orlaniNuoh oi a''Nt "I''ii
their instruction and armament Inc u'on'',1 %
of troo.s or passage from tine pr-ce /" VI
war fnufiuy. Iucluuug the NECESSARY ul'"
urrs to Dee taken aud the ilht I'p"u -
the concentration ot arih'cS on thc H,'u,' ~
marches az railroad tiausportai!on Nh"'N'N '.''
trrti,,l oo.ratinus must bc Illustrated thd cN-
planned wi.h y"rytmng pertaining to success IA
the field or the propr' course III case %. ut.'a,'
E-slrs arc prepared and read al iIrq".i' -.
trrvals. some If which have developed hhe
literary ability ou the part OF I9e N'''r1,
The Ic4ul, OF this training wen the pen ~
conjunction .,ifh that of the svori should
NJ least have the erect of making our l'-
turc military REPORTS something worth the pc
rusal of others beside military m.a ne Sth"'I ~
nj = be longing to lif tAtill'ir
hunch OF the sciVtcc, may Oe rewcmtrIed WIN
src,iaI favor ~ aiming % contiuu thc efficiency 90
an arm which distinguished Itsrlt under lh' ~ Li-u
znfinn of tlr second Continental Artillery, at lotA
town An lTNl.