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AEMT 0? TUB CUliBmAtD(C'orre«pcDdo^9f Cincinnati Commercial.J *Th« Armr HOTlng»Ia Cool’s ! C«rps • ¥eferu« and Raw L^v« Its- -Buell’ia Dicdplfne—TUeSoldiers on Bueli« *Coosoiid«ilt;Ifou oi Rfgtmenta ••Order from ttee War Department- Coil’s RtfOiTlwg Rifles for (he Army —New Trrailtfvs on the Art of W»r«New General Ofdei-‘» Ibat conic liver 1 . bo. n.Bowling Grfsw, Ky, Not. 5th, 1862. Three divisions of the Army of Ohio, 2d d h, and lltb,. MtOook’s corps, commanded respectively fcy Brigadier Generals Sill,Woodruff (late Mitchell), and ^/Sheridan,marched through Bowling Green, to day, enroute tot Tennessee. They se med a mightybeet. The eye gladdened at the stately spectacle. It was moving swiftly from reveil e to retreat—infantry, cavalry, artillery, and a ciaven of weather stained wagons, in rente O'der. K^eferanB and raw levies were in er* roirgled. The contrast was conepicuoa*. Ravages of disease, exposure, privations, bat-1le, were tragically graven in the ranks of the I former— scarred battalions moving in compact 1 masses in lien of regiments, told the stern story of war. Bat reduced columns and full ntmbere were not the strikingly distinc ivefeatures indicating tried soliiers and newlevier. A professional deportment, steadiness, solidity, bronzed features borrowing lustroue hues from the health-imparting sun and winds, telf-reliance, a sort of gay in-souteiance, imperiously proclaimed the veterans. Unsteadiness, irregularity, malingering, as emphatically exposed the novitiates (and unqualified officers) in the art of war.Euell’g discipline h*3 been eloquently do-seribctl in many overflowing columns. Candidly, there has beep Si me waste of rhetoric— if brief observation of hi3 army si ace theexodcsof Brr.gg from Kentucky jostiSes a present verdict. McClellan's is more through; that of the Army of the Miastesippiis eurtrior. Buell issued orders, severe ones, ad nauseam, but he did not punish according to promise. McCleilan displayed much rigor. Roeecrans punished when he threatened— consequently he was accused of sympathy lor those wtom he fought with all his miaht, because he would obey orders he received from supei icr authority. Mark it—when you hi ar from this army, a few wreki hence, its subordinate officers will testify that they have been taught new lessons in discipline. Doubt-lets somebody will become temporarily un popular, but the next battle will dissipate *11 complaints. The soldier is apt to discover at last, thet although discipline seems annoying at first, it does promote comfort and.insures victory at less sacrifico of blooi.TEhat thft veterans bav now. sfriw ai*-
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Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Nov 07, 1862
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