The National tribune., 1909-01-28

three armies had present for duty the
: following numbers:
Army of the Crmberland...... 8S.SSS
, Army Of the Tennessee. ....... 64,957
Army or the Ohio o.-.--....... zb,z4z
7 AFTER leaving enough guaros 10 tahe
' care of the Departments and the COM
2 munications the armies had at Chatta-
! nooga May 1, 1864, as follows:
5 Army of the Cumberland. ..... $4,000
Army of the Tennessee ........ 3b,OOO
Army Of the Ohio ............ 5000
Z Total 10000
With these were 254 pieces of artil-
iery. of which 1sn belonged to the Army
: of the Cumberland, 96 to the Army Of
J the Tennessee and % to the Army of
the Ohio.
The next step was to strip the army
for vigorous, active movement and GER
tainty of arriving on time wherever or
dered. The Army of the Tennessee
5 had always been the most mobile of
the three great armies, and swift, sure
marching was a large element in its
: success. The Armies OF the Potomac
and Cumberland had been fitted by Nc
Clellan and Buell. with the ponderous
wagon trains then deemed necessary
At the start every company had q wag-
[ on, with several more in the regiment
: for the Colonel and the regimental
headquarters and two or three more for
the other field officers. This lfberality
went thru everything, and consequently
the trains were everywhere a heavy
( hamper on the movements of the
: troops; they were rarely Il ever where
: they We're wanted. but invariably in
some place where they were not want
; ed and in great danger of capture. All
the armies had had abundant worries
$ over the difficulties in getting their
trail r,f ta-, lnv1 ;rror, If
not absolutely frustrate important
I movements. and had suffered the NOR
tihcation Of having these captured by
the enterprising cavalry of the enemy.
The Army of the Tennessee had always
moved with much less Of a train than
its sister armies, and now Sherman was
i, to go to length unreached by any
army before. Each regiment was now
allowed but one wagon and one ambu-
lance. This wagon had to answer for
all regimental purposes and fer all the
field officers, as well as to carry what
O regiment. Company officers were al
e lowed pack mule or horse. Every
$ officer and man was required to carry
: with him food, clothing and ammuni-
|. ton enough-for FIVE days. Army, corps
e division and even brigade headquarters
n were sent 4back ito. Nashville. where
: clerks could do all the writing, collat-
O ing and consolidating from the reports
v sent back by the headquarters in the
Is field. Sherman set the example, and
IS for most of the cornpaign had no other
e shelter for ralaimself and his fsadqne-
d ters and staff than the fly of ten
n stretched from tree to tree Never be.
n fore in the history of war had an army
: gone forthdto battle stripped down sc
/ close TO itssactuai fighting weight
n shermnn.s AnfaEonfst.
OF locfotva dafao+ - MI.
- sion Ridge he lost the confidence O.
!. his army. So that it-became necessar,
to supersede him. sfIn two. years o
fighting the Army Of the Cumberland
Bragg had never gained victory no
scored substantial success of any kind
lie His suhordinates were loud in their de
re nunciation of the way he had misset
u his opportunities and failed to achiev,
r results from the immense expenditure
oi of life at Chickamauga and aroun,
NJ Chattanooga. He had not lost the con
10 tidence of Jefferson Davis, however VIII
N took him to Richmond as his confiden
81 tial advisor on military matters. Cir
- cumstances compelled Davis, mucl
u u against his will, to appoint as his sue
= cessor Gen. Joseph II. Johnston, WHOM
X Davis hated with rancor for having toll
I the truth as to Bull Run, which Incl
~ dentally showed the fallacy of Davis
"a statement, and fixed upon him tn
=: blame for not having pursued the flee
VI ing Yankees into Washington" John
ne ston lowered head and shoulders abov
ie every other officer in the Confederac,
= except Lee and possibly Beauregart
!, Davis hated Beauregard more than h
=, did Johnston, and for much the sam
- reasons Yet in the coming fatefr
20 struggle 1t was apparent even to Davi
''e that he would be obliged to have hi
second best General for that importar
field, and this could be no other tina
Jos. e. Johnston.
This was not wholly unpleasing
Gen. Braxton Bragg, who would hay
a chance now to pay of some old score
against Johnston by commanding an
criticising him in the name of Jefferso
Davis. Johnston, as superior officer t
Bragg. had been forced to point OF
the latter's shortcomings, and no
Bragg was going to hand the cup bac
to him. There would be an fntens
satisfaction in seeing Johnston fail O
the same ground which had witnesse
Bragg's downfall. Johnston was a
incomparably better administrator an
disciplinarian than Bragg, and speedil
brought the demoralized and discoul
aged Confederate Army of the Tennes
see to a high state of efficiency an
hopefulness. Where Bragg had go,
erned by terror and enforced disciplin
by shooting men, not because they ha
done anything, but to frighten the res
Johnston ruled with a firm, stron
hand, giving praise and censure wit
great discrimination. as they were dt
served, and looking carefully to tn
, material wants Of his army He di
what Bragg had never done, system
atized the supply system, securing frol
the country around regular and abu;
dant rations, and went to still furtht
length in obtaining a sufficiency
clothes and shoes. His men were mad
to feel that they were real soldiers, an
had a commander who would do IL
best possible for them. The spirit ,
the army rose rapidly, and it felt itse
capable of meeting the enemy Bein
occupied in this manner, Johnston MAJ
no aggressive movement during tn
Winter. for which Sherman was vel
thankful. u
Just as soon as Bragg was settled
Richmond he began nagging Johnsto
to move forward, to which Johnstc
replied byo demanding reinforcement
and material tof raise his army to
much more fitting condition for 70
ward movement than 1t had been wins
an Bragg left 1t. sl Bragg greatly pride
=. himself On his abilities az n cor.trcye
20 siaI letter writer, and Johnston thougi
IN. that he. too. had some talents in tn
g., particular direction. A large part
1u ~, the war time had been spent by aim
az trying to put jefferson Davis in II
a. wrong by letters ana reports. ana
In. welcomed contest Of this kind wi