The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-05

o.tsoIns cssesrs - many instsncSs Rave claimed
sd sxersisei The right 70 take into their own pss
pIsssd them Ssyo.S tbs rsssh Il Is aovernms.t.
Conduct Of thls eha1sctsr. brought n seysIaI IN
Treasury, naturally awakened his susyicion, and re-
sutsd IL che 5isciesurs that Ct four ports namely.
snry ssd. 81 fsiss sntriss been dsfrsudsd, within
sum q one hundred .nd niassy-s!!sht thou.nd dol
Of these suds hs. been attended In consequence Of
the abstraction q booka ed papers ~ the Ie.ins
The public ssrvioe may Be psrpst1sssd. render the
necenity Of new legal ensctments, In the respects
above referred 70 quite obvious FOR other material
notifications OF the revenue laws which seem to me
desirable, refer you to the report of the Secretary
Of the Treasury. That report and the tables which
Il furnish ample proofs q The solid fOun
rests and the sslucary influence Of the
treasury system upon commerce and all monetary
The experience Of the last ear furnishes ad ditons
reasons, regret TO say Of painful character for
the Recommendation heretofore made, to provide for
tory inhabited by the Indians The settlers en- the
frontier have suffered from the incurslons of preda-
tory bands and large parties Of emgrsnts our Pa
cifc possessions have been mastered with impupity
The recurrence of zach scenes only be prevented
BY teaching these wild tribes the power and their
responsibility to, the United States From the gar.
rscns of our frontier pos it only poss BILE to de-
tach troops in small bodies and though these have
ON ell occasions displayed gasnfry and stern de-.
commanded universal admiration. thew have ususlIv
suffered severely In these conflicts with SUP ,ror
numbers and have sometimes been entirely sacri-
employed this service and is known to be wholly
inadequate to the protection which should be afford
ed. The public mind of the country has been re-
Gently shocked by savage atrocities committed upon
defenceess emigrants and border settlements, and
hardly less BY the unnecessary destruction of yaIua-
bic lives where Inadequate detashnents Of troops
hava nm Tn f1f tha duA I'D IL
out increase of the military force these scenes will
be repeated It is to be feared. lsrgsr SCALE with
will perceive that the painest duties and RESPONSE
bties of Government are involved in his qnsstiop
and doubt net that prompt action may be conf
IDENTITY anticipated when delay must be attended by
The bill of the last session. providing for an ir.
crease Of the pay Of the rank and file Of the army
has had beneficial results not only in facilitating
stments but in obvious improvement in the class of
men who enter the service. | regret that CORE
GERS who. in view CT their character and services,
and the expenses to which they necessarily sub
ject receive at present what is in my Judgment
The valuable services constantly rendered by the
army and its inestimable portanee the nucleus
around which the volunteer forces of the nation can
promptly gather in the hour of danger, sufficiently
attest the wisdom of maintaining military peace
tabshmsnt; but the theory of our system and the
augmentation. in time of pesce, be only commensu.
rate with extended limits and frontier relations
WhllS adnerng THIS principle. md
In existing circumstances necessity for increase
our military force, and it is believed that four new
regim ents, two of infantry and two of mounted
men, will be sufficient to meet the present exigency
If it necessary carefully to weigh the cost in
OF such urgency, it would be shown that the ad-
ditional expense would be comparatively light.
army should think, be combined certain measures
of reform in its organic arrangement and admnstIa-
ton The present organization 10 the result of par
tal legislation often directed special objects and
iaterests; and the laws regulating rank and com.
mand. having been adopted many years ago from the
British code, are not applicable to service
1t is not surprising therefore, that the 81 stem should
be deficient in the symmetry and simplicity essen-
tal to the harmonious working of its several parts,
and require q careful revision
The present organization, by maintaining large
staff corps or departments, separates many officers
from that close connection with troops, and those
tive duties the field, which are deemed requisite
to qualify them for the varied responsibilities of
command. Were the duties of the army staff mainly
discharged by officers detached from their egments
it 10 believed that the special service would be
equally well performed and the discipline and in
| struction of the army be improved; While due re.
gard to the security of the rights of officers and to
the nice sense of honor which should be cultivated
among them, would seem to exact compliance with
stlit hardly be doubted that the range of pro-
motion BY selection, which is practically con.
fined to the grade OF general officers, might be
what extended with benefit to the public service
Observance of the Iule of seniority sometimes leads
especially In time OF peace, to the promotion of Off
GERS who after meritorious and even distinguish ed
service may have been rendered by age or infirmity
incapable of performing active duty, and whose ad
vancement therefore, would tend TO impair the eff
cheney of the army Suitable provision for this class
Of officers by the creation of retired list, would
remedy tho evil without wounding the just pride OF
to high Consideration In again eommendins thi.
measure to the favorable consideration of Con.
gress, would suggest that the power of placing
officers on the retired list be limited to year
The practical operation OF the measure would thus
be tested and if after the lapse of years there should
be occasion to renew the provision it can be repr
w ie
may Indicate The present organization of the artil-
lery into regiments Ia liable to obvious objections
The servise of artillery il that of batteries and an
organization of batteries into corps of artillery
would be more consistent with the nature of their
duties large part Of the troops now called artil-
lery, are, and have been, on duty infantry the
distinction between the two arms being merely nom.
ina This nominal artillery in service is entirely
dspropor mate to the whole force and greater than
the wants of the country demand. therefore com.
mend the discontinuance of distinction, which he
NO foundation n either the used the charac.
ter OF the service expected to be performed
In cotton with the proposition for the increase
OF the army have presented these gesticns with
which would podnes ins
results from given expenditure, and which hope
may attract the early attention, and be deemed
The Recommendation ofthe Secretary of the Navy,
having reference to more ample provisions for the
discpllne and general Improvement in the character
of seamen. and for the REORGANIZATION and gradual
increase of the navy, deem eminently worthy OF
your favorable consideration. The principles which
HhVc CouLIolcQ pCICy IN refaLfOn TO the porma
nent military force, by and land are sound CON
sistent with the theory of our STEM and should by
no means be dlsregarded But limiting the force to
the objects particularly forth in the preceding
part OF this should not overlook the pre-
sent magnitude and prospective extension of our
commercial marine. nor fail to give due weight to the
fact that besides the two thousand miles Of Atlantic
seaboard we have now Pacific coast, stretching
from Mexico to the British possessions in the north,
teeming with wealth and enterprise and demand ding
the constant presence of ships-of.war. The aug
mcntation of the navy has not kept pace with the
duties properly and protably assigned to it in time
of and 1t IL for the large field of its
operstions, not merely in the present but still more
in the progressively increasing exige ncies of the
wealth and commerce of the United States. cor.
daily approve the proposed apprentice system for
our national vessels, recommended by the Secretary
Of the Navy.
The occurrence, during the last few months of ma.
rine disasters OF the most tragic nature Involving
great loss OF human lfe has produced intense emo
tons OF sympathy and sorrow throu the coun-
try. 1t may well be doubted whether all these ca.
ismitous events wholly attributable to the
sery and inevitable dangers Of the sea. Tho mer
chants, mariners. and ship builders OF the United
prize Akii intelligence and courage, by any other.
In the world. But with the increasns amount of on,
tonnage In the aggre GATE and the large
size and improved equipment Of the ships now con
sfructed deficiency in the supply of reliable Sea
men begins to be very seriously felt The inconys.
nence may, perhaps, be met, IN part by due reeula
ton for the Introduction, into our merchant air
OF indented apprentices; which. while il would 4.
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