The daily union., 1854-12-22
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ANDES
For the Union
THE ARMY BILL.
The communication in the negencer of yesterday,
der the signature of Brown too strange pass
ticed We know how to reply to article that has
but little in fact nothing in argument nothing in synthe-
sis or analogy handle There is substantial spe
ciousness and CANNON in the hppant manner grave
subject treated than had believed any officer of the
army capable Of We take it for granted the article is
from officer and yet there something in the harmless
impertnence he offers the President and Secretary of War
and in his compacent arrogance that would contradict
such conviction.
The most remarkable feature Of Mr. Browns criticism is
this that he appauds the increase of the pay far
but thinks it rather limited and the increase of the army
Nothing else in the entire bill meet with his favor
but he rowns the other suggestions down upon groundss
and frivolous pretexts. Very WELL Mr. Brown You can
accept the increased pay and the additional regiments
they are welcome But the reorganization the reforms
that YOU respectfully stigmatze exhibit of nexpe
rence and desire of control" to touch the "raw
place"
But Mr.. Brown has gone further He has wholly
omitted several of the important sectionsor
pe section g. that regulates regimental promotions He
says this proposed bill destroys the regmenta promotions
termed the common law OF the army Put your spec
tacles Mr. Brown and reread the section you unwsey
pervert
The bill reads the infantry and cavalry, promotions
to the rank of captain shall be made regimentay above
that grade through the lines of infantry and cavalry
spectively.'
How il is possible that Mr.. Brown consrue this
language promote IA captain of infantry to maori-
ty in the cavalry supasses most ingenious specua
tions upon the apocrypha of words How, ask Mr.
Brown captain of infantry by promotion in his line
of infantry respectively, get into majority in the line of
the cavalry We puzzled confess and cannot make
it out But to treat this subject with the gravity it de-
serves must express surprise at the taste and character
of the entire article 1t treats important executive
ommendation proposed Congress for its legislation with
levity 1t Secretary of confessed experience mill
tary education and strict impartiaty, with derson if
not with contempt These things We had
thought better of the decaces and proprees of the mill
tary profession and it will take much weighty evi-
dence than this communication TO convince that the
majority of its officers have wholly forgotten the Of
their trade and the of discipline that commands
respectful submission to constituted authorities.
But cannot now further attend upon Mr. Brown, and
unconvnced that any damage is done the pro-
posed bill by this ebulton of disappointment disaec
ton to military authority Congress may yet go and
legislate advisedly these bills without the ocious aid
of Mr. Brown. If we have studied Alright the sentiment of
Congress- it is condemnatoy of the mschievous meddngs
of individual officers who set proprety and military subor
dinaton at defiance and in seassumed wisdom consti-
tute censorship their superior and would direct
arigM the military legislation of Congress.
The report of the Secretary at War full of and
arguments that cannot strengthen commencing every
provision of this bill to the favorable action of Congress
The proposed reorganzaoDs only in this egsa-
tive form They have been talked Of for years but
Secretary has before been found who dared place them
before Congress- and ask for the reforms that the necessi-
ties Of the service demand. The thing is that for
years the unwieldy staff organizations of the army have
embarrassed the service in all its departments and swa
lowed in great degree the vitality and strength of the
great army corpse line Favoritism has been the order
of the day The ''pet famars" have occupied all the
places of and emouments and the labor toll hardship
and peril of the service have fallen upon those whom pov
erty and political connexions have exalted to-avor
is high time that the system should be broken up and the
great burden of the service shared out that its weight
shall not crush the willing w who have fought its battles
and yet bear the exile and peril of the frontiers
THE WEATHER AT THE Nonrn-To us in Washington the
of the cold weather the North almost sound
fabulous On Tuesday, Belfast Maine the mercury fell
to fifteen degrees Jcloy The New York Tribune of
Wednesday says;
The weather for days has been extremely codlast
night especially being fair specimen of Labrador win
ter There is in this neghborhood and thus far
ice in the rivers but two three such days yeser-
day will bridge the Hudson nearly down TO the city,
The Albany Register OF the date says;
Yesterday morning was nipper The frost was
mighty keen AT daylight the mercury down four
degrees below zerothe old chap that is Just nowhere
at all The air full of brilliant particles of floating
frost"
As fitting contrast to the above make tor the
following, from the Savannah Georgian
FIRST sHAD THE sEAsoN.Ths famous aquatic nbab-
liant made its appearance in market Saturday To
Messs Gallagher and Gacine belongs the honor of having
taken him. Mr. Gallagher believe has caught the first
shad for the last three There much compei
on among those who desired to up his shadsbip
Mr. Foley Of the City Hotel offered $50 for him but
Mr. A. Haywood bid $55 and Of got him. The pur-
chase was made understand for the Lanier House. in
Macon one OF the best houses by the way in the country
sons past
CONVICTION FOR of eilbuth charged
with smuggling diamonds closed at New York on
Tuesday with verdict Of guilty. The punishment is