The daily union., 1852-09-02

% so per bushe, where the soil yields It's natural NJ,
ducts hundred fold But the secret OF il a i ~
found 10 ihe fact hat the officers attached the army
al The different depos, ayaing themselves OF their pos
nons, have specuated in those articles with which II 49,
the duty OF the quaItemaslers department 10 sunn t
army" #..Na' rF' "0
We find another very large increase in the table
inserted above, IN the item OF rents and on examinn
into the details, ind officers quarters hired at n,
exorbant rate. will not cite Instances in CaoTnis
where everything is known TO be high, but in Nsw
Mexico, where there IL no for more than m.
average prices. Oae house. occupied as quarters H
Brevei MAJOR o. $. Sheppard Lieutenant L. N BannoCS
and QuaTlefmasters store room, SS5 per month . !,
81 020 per Quarters for Colonel Alexander com
manding. $50 per month";" or $500 per year, and nm
merous Others in proportion Little did our Revolutionary
soldiers and officers. sleeping during northern win
tiers IN tents and barns General Jackson and his bra
associates 10 later times, suppose that their successor.
were at the public expense quarter in prncey palaces
and revel in royal halls But into such degeDer,is
hands have we fallen in these plpDg times OF peace
Who Is responsible for such lsgrsnt and long continued
abuses! General Scott, who now and for years ba.
stood at the head OF the army--he is the GeneralD
cblef-he occupies room in the War Department which
he terms 'HEADoUARTERs OF THE ARMY" and is te.
ceiving large annual salary. amounting more Than
the head OF any department OF the government Instead
OF reforming or rerenching we fnd him. in his report
made December Is, ls49. recommending The increase
Of our military establishment by the addition OF three new
regiments to the army which, at the present rates. would
make annual additional expenditure Of xeniy itr,.
mahonI Congress very properly failing to adopt
the Recommendation, he. il November last. repeats
The present Congress has been alike inat,enye to h
order. issued and dated IN the Generals comfortable
rooms in Washington, at the "IiEADaUARTERs OF THr
ARMY Should he, unfortunately be able 10 add 10 ,his
He'dqua'tsrs Of hs Treasury" with hundred thousand
ohce-hoders bowling al his nod, and Congress OF hi,
own, have no doubt he would be able in single wear
to double this standing army that is ealing Out our
substance and which could then be brought to bear upon
the deliberations OF this body. The experience Of ihs
nation has shown that large standing army is wholly
unnecessaryhat the moment war is declared the bold
est and the bravest soldery the world has ever known
springs into existence if by magic, from the volunteer
yeomanry Of the country And that will be sad dav to,
public liberty which shall give the military power
greater preponderauce than now possesses in the
The last Congress cut down the estimates for The War
Department half. Did that stay the expenditure,
Not at all This branch OF the government. adopting
"the military rule of conduct went on arbitrarily il
ances which had been appropriated in s47 and lsis 10
pay soldiers in The Mexican war. and used without
thority and in direct violation both OF the constitution
and the statute. Senator HuSrER, in speaking Of this
case, uses the following language:
The Secretary of War Went to appropriation, made
on @ the ~ saS March is for pay Of zen igmen,s q regulars
more than three years standing, to the de.
parment Whai then becomes Of that provision Of the
constitution which says that military appropriations shall
continue but yearsi Was that violation not only
Of the spirit bu. Of the e,,e Of this p1oyisioa' Hegn
have these appropriations about the amount for which
applied 10 the Committee on Finance, and which
ard years for The Of regulars in the Mexican
war, not dreaming that they to be carried such
service, used more than three years aferw the
service OF the quaiterniasef's department"
And, not being able to find enough of old and une1.
pended appropriations in the treasury, the War Depart.
ment went on and contracted liabilities for large
amount, and sent them 10 us in deficiency BILL and
we had the alternative presented TO pass the bill, and
thus provide for the payment of these debts OF repuas
the action OF the government and take away the pIoc
ton due TO the settlers upon our fronters
The Navy Department is by no means free from abuses,
this Capitol visiting Neptune only al The watering
places, and receiving pay for years together under The
name OF "ohcers waiting orders" Four hundred and
seventy nine thousand four hundred and 6y dollars went
into the naval appropriation bill OF this year for these
spectacle gentlemen. In this place should the knife be
applied But we hear word from the Secretary recon-
mendng reform of this crying abuse II there are more
officers in the navy than hnd employment, let the
number be reduced il not, the navy should be relieved
from this incubus by ordering them into service BY N
erence TO the various reports find the following expend
ituIes: