New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-06


all Get universally, the PaymasteIs 10 lhdlaa
turbsnces The accourts are passed by the accoun.-
irg officers Of the Treasury. fou caD ma. to,p
rsIiy from bis plow, from his iarm and pu. nIn ~
the service OF the country; yon pay hin Tor tne UNI
Won want him, and then diechsrge him 70 20 anu
make hi. own living. Bu' get regiment ahdea 20 .ne
Aruv and when do yOu get nj oil II ! In sucn o..
as the great war Of the Revolution your men dispenu
go seoroh because there IL pOthiBg with which
10 nav th,n Al the end Of the last war WIN 6Ie"
Britain we disbanded them, but we soon anerwaru IN
creased tie Army. After the war with Meuco We
fund that the difficulty was 50 grea; OF d.oandbg
The Army even in time Of peace, that the American
Congress were doubtful even OF their own AFFINITY "
bring II within any reasonable scope. with f1reisn
war OF hands the very act7 raI,log tne rg men
limited their duration the war. We got nd OF those
regiments by that provision in the act rasng tnem
and in no other way and even then, IN one mone OF
another by special acts ncreasngthe generai onceis
many Of those gentlemen are su IN the service VI e
u tied States.
lie No, so wben you can ont volunteers and militia
men who are much better fitted for this service, and
have done more for for verify believe that, II tue
represson Of Indian hosles belonged 10 the Army OF
tie United ststes TO this day ban my ota'S "oae
been covered by Indians. We never had any troops
there from l75 until the Government sent them there
10 protect the Indians against ia. Those were tae
fri we had The first soldier that ever made track
on tie frontiers Of Georgia was there 10 project .ne
Indians against us. believe the honorable Senator
did ssy that volunteers very apt TO commit grest
crueties and kill the Indians. think they are sptto
hurt somebt dy if they fight. That Il one adVantags
Cf having the Army; they hurt very few indians
They are not the description Of troops who are likely
10 do H. Sir. YOU understand these regular troops
YOU and know them, and probably both OF US nave
served with them. You might just as well expect an
urland colt 10 run down antelope a. with the regu
lar troops attempt to run down au IUdlan. Ihey are
not suited to IT. and, therefore, wien We had eaI I
dian difficulties, you had TO cover your hohiier win
cirizen soldiers and end the war. have seen in0u
sands ard thousands who have been sgodued py
yolun,ers carried to the d,:ant West by them Very
little Of thGt work has been done by regulars.
There is a remarkable fact that | will state.
think during the period Of the Independence Oi leAs
about four con paes Of rangers defended her frontier
from A,kansas all the way around TO the Rio GrGnde
and down that river to the Gull OF heMco-a line o
rot less than three thousand miles. Now We SEND
company upon company, 1egAu'enl uion III .Hie". M
there at the most tremendous cost, e1pendns au
amount of money that Texas never dreamed OF IN her
most extravsgan days, aud yet they are not az wen
defended they were tner notwithstanding le4as az
that time had less than fifty thousand inhabitants,
and is now suppCsed to have half million. -Four
COMPANIES Of Texas rangers were more eHecuve nr
the defense Of the frontier than hye regiments OF Uni
ted States soldiers. Volunteers are ready at all
tiues They will break into your army whenever you
invite them. There las never been day or an hour
within thirty year,, whenever you wanted volunteers
for Temporary purposes to defend you against Indians
or other enemies, that your volunteers anu nllia @
have not eaped forward with an alacrlty that gave
no other trouble than to select from among theu Ii
they cost more for month or year, you can dis-
band them when you do not need them; but gel your
regular regiment, and you keep Ii ioT Ten years a'
least. ,.
There is another very remarkable fact with refer
ence to Mr. CalhOuns administration OF the war De
partment. speak from memory lbut Know SPEAK
with accuracy for once had this question before lnel
wh.n saw that during the administration OF the war
Department by Mr. Calhoun, he brought down the ex-
penses per man in the Army to S2l3 Ii has now gone
up il seems according TO the estimates even OIL tie
legitimate expenses OF the Army, to more than ! ooO
a man. . :, .oo -
Mr.. HAMLIS-The legitimate expense Is sl,5oo per
man. =, a., :,
Ultimate expenses is 81 800 man. There - nothing
In the times TO warrant this Increased expenditure.
bushe Of wheat is cheap as IT was in 1910 or 1919
The ration you give your soldier Is about as cheap a.
il was then. You have made small addition 10 tne
nav of the men and large one TO the pay OF the oi
cers il is true; but that Is comparatively sinai
item. Since you have got them remote from the cen
ter, since you have got themon distant iohters ngc
you have lost accountability, your expenses are daily
Increasing in geometrical progression, without the
least regard to the cost Of living and 1t must be ar
rested. was glad to see the Senate lay its hand on
that when 1 t men nge Soau Of
This bill-and j would call the attention ot the
Senate particularly to the fact-add thirty companies
equal to three regiments, to the present military
organization with all their officers except field officers.
II is making three instead Of five regmens-that is
the deret &c between the first section of this bill and
the proposition of the War Department. The section
which seek 10 strike out adds two companies to each
regiment making addition OF thirty companies 10
the whole Army, equal TO three regiments 0i ten com
panies each BY this section therefore, you are adding
lhree regiments to the Army 10 the same extent Gs the
preeent regiments in number, except the regImenta
| oficers. That do not propose to do.
There has been want OF power IN the President to
,end troops 10 aid our soldiers in Utah. and at any
time last Summer he could have added two, three or
| four thousand men TO the Army under the present
power for the numbers OF each company can be car
RED from fftytwo TO seventy according TO the
existing law. If this bill should become Law, the
difficulties will be settled before the first ever
reaches there unless il be officer Before the first
soldier raised BY your bill, the Rocky Noun
tans say the difficulty there will have terminated,
and the necessity for them will cease to exist That
argument is used therefore, merely a. pretext for
permanently saddlDg the country with an enor-
nously expensve military establishment. An Army
Of twenty-five thousand men, as was justly re-
marked by the Senator from New-Eamsphire,
the other day. equal to Army Of 100 600 men %
years ngo Considering our means OF transportation
TO the interior the facilities OF railroads and steam
boats and the power Of rapid combination, q, 900
men are more effective military force to-day than
100 COO woulc have been % years ago. Where then,
is tie necessity if YOU do not intend TO enforce your
| laws in Massachusetts and NewYork : We do not
wsut them enforced by your Army 10 Georgia. There
is not soier there, aud has not been tor 10 year,
The last one believe that in the State came there
10 help the Indians against u.s. but since that time
there has not been single one AMI hope never to
zee anotheI hope TO see the sole OF the loot OF
Federal soldier press the soi Of Georgia Ii che
cannot defend herself am willing to see her dig her
OWL grave.
From tie Speech of Senator HousTos, Of Texas IN
the Seaate, Monday, Fe6. !, 1893.
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