, 1860-07-03
RRITISH HOME ARMY.

1nE uf3tl8A EGEAA ASvA 9 %oA AAA4AkAAy Hut-
poses and ret less for it taan anyother ma tionin
The world. According to tho Army estimates
for the Island Of Great britain for this year
the COSTS S74, 100000. And against thi is vast
sum the whole regular force that could be
turned out, omittipg tic men at the depots to
1epel IN invasion do not exceed 10000. This
is at the rate Of $4,000 for each effective
man! The pay Of private soldiers il small,
SO that but small part Of the enormous er-
renditure crn be charged to their account. But
the officers and supsrnunerarics and drones
are prodigal, md millions are wasted; On red
taps routine m "how not TO do it." With
the game amount of. money. Louis Napoleon
can maintain ten times as many soldiers, and
keep them in 4 far higher state Of efficiency.
The English people are compl aiming loudly
Of tic horrid abuse in their army system, and
calling for its reformation. But So long
they are content to be ruled by an ayaricious,
Incompetent nristocracy, there will DO no rc~
form. The III must be laid at the root Of the
tree. and tie he1idetary monopoly must be cut
down and cast into the fire.
Tie American military system is considered
pretty expensive; but each effective soldier
only represents cost Of $1,000 per gear.
The regular army at this time, numbers about
10000 men, and costs the country $l5, 500, 900
| annually. But it must be borne in mind that
our troops are scattered over vast areaE-a1e
| sent to witdcrnesses far beyond the set
lied portions Of the country. They are strung
along the Rio Grandc, dotted over New Mex
leo ard Utah iu detachmente, stationed in
forts among The Indians Of California, Oregon,
ard the Rocky Mountains; aud, in fact, dis
persed over space as large as Russia; over &
trackless, bridgeless, roadless territory, twen
ty times as large as tho Island Of Great Britain
To reach them supplies must be wagoned o.
1nule-pacxed for hundreds, and thousands o
miles, over vast mountains and upforiabls
rivers, and across trec!ess, waterless deserts
through hostile tribes Of Indians, and far from
the habitaiions Of civilized man.
The troops must be constantly marching
from place to place, for the escort cf chi
grants against hostile Indians and Mormons
and the protection Of the pioneer settlement
On the border and distant interior. The cz
pense Of snbs:sting troops and reinforcin
them under such circumstances, adds vastly I
the cost Of sustaining IN army. Thirt
thousand men could bc maintained in ii
thickly settled Atlantic States, more c1eap}
than fifteen thousand on the distant frontier
: among tho Rocky mountains, On the racf
coast, aud along the Rio Grandc. And Il
American private soldier is better paid and =:
well clothed md fed as the British soldier.
100000 men cosls John Bull seyenty-fi1
millions Of dollars per year, for doing lion
$ garrison duty, the principal Of the British del
9 would hardly support the standics army eqn
= to that Of France one year. With all Il
. abuses Of our own system, this country cou
Is support an army Of loo,o 900 effective dghti1
, men in time Ct peace, for less money than
~ squandered on less than one-third that many
i England. But VIC are not cursed with l.
Is redita1y nobility, who waste but work not.