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The Daily Dispatch: October 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], The last letters from the correspondent of the London times. (search)
ay in which the 18th Massachusetts Regiment was turned out, with baggage wagons, tents, uniforms, horses, commissariat transport, so that it was ready for a campaign in all respects, except that the men — fine, stout, hardy-looking fellows — were not acquainted with their drill. The Vermont Regiment was provided with splendid attelege, and on Saturday we had a splendid battalion from Pennsylvania. But there is still great inequality in the arms, equipments, and efficiency of the line. Col. Burnside, now promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, is appointed to take charge of all the regiments on their arrival, and to get them into working order before they are sent across the river. Everything is done that can be effected by the superior officers, but the men still indulge in grumbling, and now and then shoot each other. Eventually, however, and in no long time, there will be a new spirit among them. General Scott's order, in which he congratulates the army on the prospect