New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-02


From this table, which is taken from the most
accurate sources, it will be seen that the lowest
ratio-that Of Russa-is soldier to 30 inhab.
tauts, and the highest-that Of Prussia--one
soldier to i5 inhabitants.
In 1913, during the war with the Allies,
Napoleon I. had in arms ia France Italy, Spain,
Germany. and the Netherlands. a total torce Of
l9j. 900 men. The Empire at that period had
population of 43, 0O000 He had, therefore, 'ne
soldier 10 s6 inhabitants But Of these forces,
20, 600 were in garrison in franc". 50,OOO IN
garrison in the Netherlands, and $4,000 in gar
rison in Germapy--leaIing $4,000 for active
service. At the same period Great Britain had
in arms the largest force ever raised BY vclun-
rary enlistment in modern times, amounting,
exclusive Of the mere militia and the East India
troops. to 500, 600 men. AS the population OF
the British Islands at that time was on!
II, 900 900, this gives the average OF one soldier
to 40 inhabitants. Only the immense wealth aud
resources Of England could have endured
such burden rs this. In one year OF the
war with Napoleon her Government raised by
loan and taxation the enormous sum OF tne
thousand millions of dollars, and when the con-
test ended her debt amounted to four thousand
millions. Expenditures on this scale are, ct
course, totally out of the question IN poor and
thnly peopled country like the South.
1t must always be borne in mind, that to raise
and equip an army for the field demands not
merely men bat money War in modern times
is the most costly Of all pursuits. Aud 1t is far
more costly in this country than in any other
Arms and munitions of war are higher priced here
than in Europe, the pay Of the soldiers is very
much higher, aud their subsistence equipment, and
in short all expenses connected with them are
greater. Ii has been estimated, not wittout rea-
son, that if the total cost of an American army
iD active service be divided by the number of the
men, each Soldier vii! represent an annual av-
eraec expense of thousand dollars. That is to
say, $4,000 men will cost $50 OOo,OCo. AS
by the census report of 1850, which WAS pre-
pared under the superiutendence of a native of
South Carolina, the cash value OF all the farms,
farming implements, and machinery in that State
was only Ss6,5lS OBS, it may be safely assumed
that the expense alone will prevent South Caro-.
lima from bringing into the field tho $4,000
men Of The Charleston COurifr. We have, how
ever other evidence of the impossbllity OF such
an array. The census of Icb0 shows that the
total free population Of the State is only 3Oc, leo,
including the free negroes, who in 1850 amounted
to $500. The number of this last class by the
materially differ from that of 1850. 1t appears,
therefore, that the white population Of South
Carolina, men, women, and children, is about
100000, and of these, as the census reports,
there are just $1,000 adult males. Now, OF
thess, Of course, many are aged many are SICK
iniirm, lame, short-sighted, hard OF hearing ana
in various ways disqualified for military service
We might even venture to assume, OF any other
people than the South CaroliDians, that some
were cowardly, or lukewarm, or even hostile 70
the cause of "Southern Rights But, admit
ting that every man Of them is ready to tight II
able, it must be remembered that beside the
physically incapable there are many who cannot
be spared from the business OF the country. For
example. there we're in the State in $780, 29,R7
farms or plantations. by law there must oe al
least one white man kept on each planttt~n, 10
oversee the negroes, and We may be sure that
10 the present state Of things this precaution
cannot be safely omitted. This at one swooP
deducts about 30, 900 from the $1,000 white adults
of the State. How much the q ,OCO that remain
will be reduced by the numbers necessary to
carry on the town and city work of the State
we will not undertake to say. But let US con-
slider the military resources OF South Carolina in