New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-18
4. =. soIdier.-ReeruitinE- The Army.

To ne Edh0r Of TIE TribEEs
The remarks Of " Il q" on my note Of the %
inst in Tk> T7bn-s Of the til 10, BY NE IN
I'll today and as DO Ssmur' to some Of them re-
ques, the indulgence Of sfew remarks In reply.
1.-The Army be useless let it be abolished % II the
Recruiting Service 90 established By laS, be vicious
le, be reformed p but long the country deems
the Army necessary f0E is protection safety or honor
il Hs be supported ard 0sy De 80, thanks TO the
great prosperity Of country, By the expenditures
30 obnoxious TO II. g."
Tbstt the Army /. rot ussl,ss. las been sbuudsn,ly
shown in Mexico % and elsewhere that the Recruit
ing Service 10 hosOrsoly and honestly conducted, /
verify believe and II II G. will have tue kinduess 70
SEND 70 my address the names Of The oiheers noneom'
nissioned others or PriEaiss, who are enisnnS "ea
s,io hare sras q when IN sdis % fatoTicdii0E
together With ID. time, place. and Witnesses pledge
myself 70 have them ArrSgned aud tried for visitation
Of the laws and regulations Of the Army-but this am
persuaded be cannot do.
H. G says that the recruiters rewarded in
proportion thar and have seen their offers
Of two dollars cash In hand 10 whomsoever would
bring Ia an acceptable recruits The lac gives two
dollars and 10 whomsoever brings an accepted
recruit. II il be wrong rescind H. but 50 lons 40 II
ex.sis let no; the recruiting officer be blamed for Oh
serving H.
and miners. mentioned BY G. but 10 kFcr that
II he viii. under the responsibility OF bis name, make
the abuse known al Washington, Il viii - gated
and the guilty parties punished.
70 that the American soldier - treated a.
ought TO be- with kindness, justice, and in many
instances smost paternA benevosuce that he 10 well
ted well clothed and well nursed when sick that there
may be receptions 81 this general rule 10 possible but
they are a. believe. very nfreQuent That be does
not receive enough pay ia think very probable and
wish nth al my heart II G" would use his widely
extended influence in having this evil remed.ed.
- CourtArd street, Apnl IL, i,r
REMARKS on tie AJ0re.
/. say amen but | fear the People are not
wise enough good enough, intelligent enough for
that step yet But am Tor It, now and ever
more.
,. That is Just what proposed ia Congress-
Stop paying Thirty-eight Thousand Dollars year
extra TO a set Of officers as compensation for per-
suading Three Thousand ignorant poor men to
serve the Government as soldiers for less than
the service is worth, and use this Recruiting mo-
ney in increasing the pay and comforts of the men
who serve u, instead Of giving it as bonus to
those who rope them IN.
3. don't know about that. Had there been no
Standing Army, think war with Mexico might
have been avoided, or at least the Mexicans
would have been obliged to commence it on this
side of the Nueces, so as not to put our Govern
ment so fagrantly in the wrong as the march TO
the Rio Grsndc placed us. We hold that except
perhaps the Military Academy we need no Mill
tary force training to fit our people for etiicien
cy in deteHsirs warfare, and we desire no other.
T. certainly know that married men with fam
lies have been enlisted, but to prove that the re-
cruiters kneir they were married might be very
difficult. But who with brains enough to fill
bullet-mold cannot see that the question to be de
cidcd does not concern the regulations OF the Re
cruitug Service, nor yet the fact or frequency OF
their violation. but the intrinsic character Of tins
Recruiting business Do this appropriation OF
$4,000 to defrsy this years cost OF Recruiting
this prefer of 50 per head to whoever will BRING
in an accepted recruit, tend to receptions and inn
positions or do they not Suppose all the Re
cruitng Officers to be paragons OF virtue and can
dor, who answers or the fairness of the represent
atons made to ignorant and desperate mea by
their volunteer accomplces Of all sorts whom ths
11i- draws into the business BY this miscellaneous
profFer Of - per head Is not the whole matter
too plain to need farther elucidation H.G.