The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-03-08

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Making an aggregate expense of two mill
hons SIX hundred thousand dollars. The ar,
tuai expenditure would, he was convinced,
tall short Of the estimate-the war cost Of a.
soldier, completely equipped and furnished,
was ooo dollars per annum /; the peace ccss
was only 100 dollars per annuHi but ne had
set 1t down at 2C0 dollars per man besides,
the estimate supposed that the corps would al
ways be fnil, which. would seldom or never
happen, and the quantity OF camp eqpipage,
hospital stores, and quarter-n,aster'sl stores
on hand, would Cor the first year or tst make
a considerable deduction from those items
win these observations he would submit the.
SUBJECT for the decision of the house
Hr. INickerinS said, he should be dad tn
know how this force was to be dispoJed of
where 1t was to be stationed, and how en-
pioyed. tie should be glad to hear the rea
sons why so large number of men we're m
De employed, AS, he said, the reasons in favor
OF so large force had not been such az IN
satisfy him. IL any detailed statement ON
these points were afforded lie said, the house
would be better able to judge of the propri-
ETY. OF the course proposed.
Mr. Ironh said, the committee had no
SUCH detailed statement; but, there could be
no doubt the troops would be stationed at the
various posts and garlisons in the United
States, and wherever their services Womb
appear 10 De BEST applied.
MI. Desha SAID, duty iinpelled him to ma K {
MOTION 10 try the sense OF tile committee,
as to the number OF the army necessary in he
kept up for peace establshr ent. Ain npb
he had always been i'll favor of the greatest
number proposed In time of war, because he
tnought 1t prudent to relieve tile IN Iitl
irem being harrasscd by drafts vet he was
not in favor OF a large peace establishment.
re therefore moved TO strike out the word
Ten and insert the word sic. He believed SIX
Thousand to be sufficient for all purposes in
time OF peace We have no use for a reeu-
FAR army in time of peace, but for the pur-
tpose OF keeping up the frontier garrisun:, &
o take care OF the arms, &c.-then how ma
ny garrisons will 1t be necessary to keen up ?
not exceeding twenty FIVE OF thirty. Indeed
ne believed thirty to be the extent of the
number we have, and will not ono hundred
De suincIent, on an average, to each earrj-
son lie said some would require perhaDs
more than hundred, but others would not
| require more THAI twenty-five or thirty mon
-then surprising the average co be one hun
dred and the number of garrisons thirty,
Whlch WIN be the extent, you will re
| CURE out three thousand for garrison
| purpose then admitting the amendmen,
succeeds, you will have three Thousand
| go On, stpposjrg the number always TO he
| complete, but which is not to be presumed
| l men where IS the necessity Of keeping up
ten Thousand Gentlemen tell you it is ne
ctssary as a security against imposition from
foreign powers. MIR. Dcsha said we have :
Deter security than ten or even fifty thou
sand regulars. The yeomanry Of the country
is the great security, and circumstances bavs
proven IN this war, that the militia and vo.
lunteers OF the country, when wen oficere,
and managed, are able for the best vetera,
troops OF Britain, which is, I confess, s,d,iec
q PRIDE, because it proves that there IS M
necessity OF keeping up large standing ar
my IN time OF peace. He sad the peopl,
nad Suffered pTivations Of every sescriptio,
since the declaration of war, and would hsv,
borne rs much pScrs Il i. hsa bscn necgssa