New Orleans daily crescent., 1854-12-25
r.,,z pprSIDrNr AND THE ARMY.

s,.s,,.yb o,,y yieTe are directly oppose 70 the
s,r;tssss He believes the army isiarge enough
81 II M We believe it is too s,aali he thlnRs
fhat y feV hunared additrdA soldiers would
work mischief we thirf few thousano adol-
:: Il o,,l;st p,enfs arr dmperatively demAnded--
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and have the pnasuhoas sapPels y - y aAtiy 80 oitt
:. X 1anarfrnent DE War On our side
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The United States army consisss ~ presens
Ts ,ts ssl;vitjefl "a f,llnyg @pf dra-
OF nitsrh nit n s'1 \ -. 1
e,op,1s two regiments, OK aftllIsfy iour iegi-
tSssS5sSg ~ iii y;Aas opa rarriment and \
menus oa iaaennsS1 a.sS' - !
II infantry eight regiments, amounting In
s., 4. ef..,s,, ras;,,,es,ts and a. 377 men. There
IL .lae a cofapauy of sapperss and minera sta
n 80 g -l r,ass4 ,.;. sx,s,1 sax.a
tlenEd st west foihb. iaais si1al iv1e1 io -
w ~ oarriss1r and keen IN repair NIL our
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81. h, aliforna to hold the
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I III, ~ s.ar IA M, sn,li Elements
49, ,,,,.{ {borfaeYa fo.euard the main routes Of
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travel TO oregon anu SaAttoAlitas ahAS AeeP -
snbieetion Warlike tribes of Indians that out
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number II IN nghtihg IusiA ts elghc W @ 3@o'ie ny
s;,,oss;lSl;tv of its meeting all these REQUIRE
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ments must be apparent 10 every ONT. " nave
ssals3 S,s apor,o}, 10 garrison our ferris We have
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enough, perhaps, to defend our frontiers but
,,at amor, yl, "a do both nf these tbinss
we hayt NOV eiousii " ~ ~ - - sAe'S siatno
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tnsig veFx panslts o1 nuipsrs, " nanSs e.
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GERS have peen mustered into the service Of the STATE 81
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INV basn to u atssn tba
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@ snsrt sgind Il time bois 81 sroon
monnted rangers armed with he rie to their
r. necessity q an Increase u b obvious L tie
most T. 7 no. e refer to our re
prudent ma and lover of his honor g
bsr as y 1 & pest n tune ot 2 peace ppepsrS are for war
ten country To protected and think Of number
g M oaa @ a
fbe uaited States with what they perform
@ a n Il ore
expected from our small army
~ baen dea whah s inhsbittd 81 nuarous trbes q
Indians with many q whom treaties Of friendship have
On III Irst opportunity Espssence has proved
that physical tsres y required @ avg them into quiet
SOLDIER Thsss tribes roap over nr western possessions
sass aa & nasa 10 power pnls
something ss contempt upon ts small parties
cut thn FL 1 person living Ii tie oa states Where
te Indians have dar svsr aissppsarsa before the aoyspse
unexpected attack Ii tie WHY man. to read the daily
reports q lns raFasss ~ on pur ron
aio d his mind but place him and his family ii stua
lon e ssl ts du sna surround tpe settler m
say that his cry ior sueeor win come 10 US coupled with
" ~ ,od
mounted troops 10 operate aganst the Indians of tbs
Who " a 81 M w. Sahs H. sMo @ :. shres
~ ealifurnia and otsgon n
That the above statements are true must be
apparent from their very face. They are at
once argument and confirmation Thefact that
volunteers had to be enrolled in Texas is sufi-
oielit proof that the regular army was not equal
to the demands made on it, and that recruits
and increase are both needed The citizens of
Oregon and California have been driven to de-
claring and prosecuting war on their own ac
count, because Of the weakness Of the United
States forces. to which the duty properly be-
longed, This weakness in important places is
mot owing 70 any bad distribution Of the TROOPS,
but to the fact that there are no troops to dis
tribute, Our Qualifications should have some
portion Of regiment in each one--enough to
preserve the works and improvements. AS it is
this Is impossible. Only a Of our defenses
have any defenders Boston, NewYork, Phil
adelphia and some others have companies sta
toned ID them, There is not j. single United
States soldier at Mobile, ana the fort there with
all its armament, might be taken BY pirates
Spsaiards " Russians, without let or him
drauee, and held until tho proper owners re-
enacted Sebastopol around 1t.
Our correspondent seems to acknowledge the
ineficiency Of our present army for the numer
GUS duties it is called on to discharge, but would
rather have she Increase made by filing ,n the
ett A.