The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-06
From the New Orleans Delta,
THE ARMY OE TILE LIMITED STATES.


THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Spanish consais paper which he calls E4 Cdmpilo
dor Amercaa but which ought to be called the "New
gate Calendar and Chronicle Horrors it Is devoted
exclusively to the record of murders street fights and
steamboat explosions got up in the most approved blood
andthunder style to all ideas of freedom and repub
canism out of the heads Of the Cuban copies with great
apparent satisfaction the statement of regular army
which appeared in the Delta few days ago. This state
ment makes our total regular army officers and ALL 1920
which El Compilador doubt regards a very pary
affair Well it's and in the very smallness of that regu
lar army consists real military strength Ii is the best
proof OF our power as nation 1t proclams the fact
that whilst it is only necessary to keep up esab
lishmcnt of l0329 to defend frontiers prevent
forts from falling down, and from getting
rusty the real military OF the nation consists in
population from which larger number of effective
fighting be drawn than from any other popula
tion of the same numerical force in the world Frances
| army of 100000 is corporals guard COM
pared with the militia force of these States each and all
OF whom equal in the field to the best regulars E
rope There part of the United States upon which
would not DC perfectly practicable throw one hundred
thousand as good soldiers handled gun in three
weeks timel These men, too, who from boyhood up
have welded the rife who se}frean accustomed to
fatigue and are hardened to all kinds Of exposure They
are men, too who volunteer to fight who fight from
timent OF patro,ism for pay spols That the Com
pador may form some idea Of the fighting qualities of
tncsc OF editor their
conduct at Now Orleans where there but seven hun
dred regulars in Jacksons army TO Buena VISTA where
General Taylor had not five hundred regulars and
rious other battles OF the Mexican and late war; which
glorious victories obtained by this very militia force
not pressed into service enrolled under any compulsory
system but who rushed forward numbers far than
were needed desired proceed far far from home to
encounter all the trials and pcrs Of campaigns in foreign
land In defence Of the flag Of the republic That is the true
army of the United States which the Compador may set
down at three millions Of effective men, any of whom
is equal to the best soldier in her Catholic Majesys
| army
Cannot the Compador translate this into its columns
addenum its statement Of the strength of the regular
| army of the United States2
letter from person ut the wreck of the Frank
| lin below New York, says:
1.-TWO Of the hands employed in diving for the cargo
were attacked with chocra-onc of hcrculcan frame
Whilst there his moans when doubled up and his
feet contracted by the crap horrible In both
Captain J. q Bovine the agent of the underwriters gave
the following tablespoonful of SALT teaspoonfu Of
cayenne pepper, half pint of hot water. The saw
bad as he could be We put his legs in a strong
mustard bath gave him the above, and in two hours he
was easy and wanted TO 60 to work.