New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-28
systea,1a fac Warfare.

| In the Mobile Advertiser we find the following:
There is one particular thing that the secedina
4 States generally will have to do and that rirh
speedily, and it is the same thing which, with wise
forecast, the special session of the Legisa ture OF
4 Louisiana provided for, and is now being carried
into effect in that commonwealth. This is the levy
ing Of regularn State forces, to be enlisted for
| specified time on pay and rations.
| The policy of standing army Of force has nc
/! advocate in us. We know that our volunteer sold
iery are the best troops in the world and fully be
eye that no men can be got together in the world
Who, man for man, can stand before the volunteer
sons Of the South in fair pitched fight. They have
the hot and eager chyalrous valor of the old cav
alters, the dasi, and esprit Of the French Zouaves
and familiarity fromyouth with the use and danger
of weapons. Besides that q preponderatng consti.
tuent Of our volunteer forces il always drawn from
what may be called the "patrieian Glass; men of
birth, with social standing and family tradition to
vndicafe; with a pride in their names and a fixed
habit of naughty courage and preemnence, which
makes them prefer step forward and death, to q
step backward and life, if the momentary imputa-
ton of dshonor or tadity be the price of it. The
whole body of the men of the South at large, no
matter what their station, have more or less this
spirit implanted in their nature. 1t is the natural
consequence OF their being the supreme superiors
OF seEyile class with whom they are in constant
contact as masters and directors. Being accns-
toned to command and to see slaves the only OBJ
jects of control, their strongest nature rebels
against being controlled and mastered themselves.
When an enemy challenges their superiority, he
must be made to acknowledge it if human courage
can compel him.
II a general war is waged upon IDS by the North
we shalt want every one Of these gallant soldiers
to form grand armies of defense and perhaps inva-
sion, if demanded by the changeful policy Of war
fare. But We also want the paid, enlisted sodery
irregular service, and at once. We want them to
supply the place of the United States soldiery
whom we have expelled from our territory. We
want them for the service Of garrison duty as
machine men at arms, and not conine our vo!un-
teer knights to this routine service. Alabama
should, ere this, have opened her recruiting offices
for the enlistment of regulars on the same or per-
haps little increased pay and rations of the u s.
army. There are plenty Of unempioyed men of all
nationaiites who would gladly take service for a
six months term under the lag Of Alabama, and
they should at once be allowed the chance to do so,
and be stationed to garrison the forts and at such
points as their presence may be deemed important.
If such measures were adopted, and recruiting
etfices opened, garrison of thousand raw regu-
lars might in few days be sent to Fort Morgan,
and our citizen soldiery be thus enabled to return
from arduous and laboriops duty to their civil oc-
equations and personal responsibilities. We can
not properly keep them under arms at the sacri-
tees OF their private interests when their services
are not actually needed in the field. They should
pc relieved by the pay soldiery of the State, of all
| this garrison duty. We cannot afford to wait for
the action of the Southern Confederation but each
| seeding state should emulate the example of
| Louisiana, and act at once. We have calculated
| the cost of a regular force enlisted on a term of
six months at tho ratio of expenses as that of
the service Of the late United States. The cost to
| Alabama OF regular army of 1000 men for six
months would be, say 100000 which is a full esti-
mate. This force would relieve the citizen soldiery
Of all duty unless they should be called into the
| field TO meet present enemy.
| Alabama should raise 1000 regulars Louisiana
2CO0; Mississippi 20G0; Texas 1000; Georgia $500;
Florida 1000; and South Carolina 1900. This would
give the States which have seeded, or certainly
will atan early day paid regular army of thirteen
thousand men, to discharge any service which they
garrison duty, if there was nothing else required
If need be, these seven States could readily add
hundred thousand or so volunteers to the available
force,
cast Of the legislators of Louisiana, who, several
weeks since, when the secession of their State was
most questionable, provided for the emergency