New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-31

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a boy of nipeteeo who bore che straight sVord red
trousers dark coat and cooked hat that hrked me
polytechnic scholar For they knew and teit 'la' ue
! was of the people, and with the people.
| There is nothing TO prevent ocr esathSh!n9 the
same system To do away with even the Eusplcloh OF
local fayoritism the Commissioners Of ona district
might ALWAYS be appointed from another.
As for the rank aud file we can educate them almost
ia the same way and with almost no additional ex-
pen,e. The cost Of our army divided by the nilosf
of men shows that we pay Sl,0U year TOT eaeu
soldier We should get more for this money thah We
de- aud we can get il,
Let the same Commissioners choose army cadets ex-
acty in the mode proposed for the West Point Cadets
Let them be welmade and intelligent boys OF sixteen,
OF certain standard hight aud let none be received
without a careful medical examination. Let them be
good readers good writers, and good arithmetGians
and as mu h more may be. Let the bes-teyeloped
minds and bodies be chosen.
At every post Of United States troops, not 100 far
from Textbooks let officer of the army be stationed
for at least two years, military instructor, TO have
charge Of ten Of these boys TO impart to them the
knowledge which he himself gained at West Point. 1t
will thus he freshened and kept ready for his own
also. Let him teach these boys carefully three hours
each day, and let him report about them to the War
Department on the first of every month.
Let these boys be regularly apprenticed to the
United States Government for seven years, and let
them be put to immediate use as drummer-boys Let
twenty be stationed at each post and divided into two
squads of ten each. Let squad first study and be
taught on Monday Wednesday, and Friday, and on
Tueday THURSDAY, and Saturday serve regularly dur
ing the first year infantry the second Dragons,
the third artillerymen and the fourth as sappers
and miners.
Squad second will alternate in study and work with
squad first, thai the Military Instructor wlll nave
each day ten pupils, and the Commander OF the post
each day ten young soldiers at his command. They
will Of course, be uniformed, equipped and ratioIed
exactly like the other soldiers Of their arm.
If the exigences of the post should caue cadet to
be absent study day another could take his place
Let sufficient number Of Inspectors be appointed to
inquire in each year a rigid examination OF the
Army Cadets at each post, and let them make care
full and detailed report. Let the puuishments of the
Army Cadets be the same as those Ia Use at west
Point.
At the end of a course of four years let a rigid A.
animation be held, and List of their names be made Ia
the order of their merit From this list and in this
order, let all the noncommissioned officers be taken
Until they are thus nominated, they remain IN the
ranks but each of them, whether private or non-com
mssOned officer must be the teacher OF the recruits
of the company, platoon, squad, to which he hap
pens to be attached until the number in his charge
shall exceed ten, when he shall Immediately send one
report thereof to the nearest Commanding Officer OF
the regiment and another to the War Department SO
that ii possible another instructor may be appointed
for the surplus. lie shall be required to teach thtn
what he himself has been taught for at least hour
and half per day, exclusive OF Sundays, and shall
end detailed report the first OF each month to the
War Department.
Let no recruit be hereafter received into the army,
unless he be IL years of age, and be willing, with the
consent of bis parents guardians to bind himself TO
serve for seven yearH.
These shall be the recruits Of the army Cadets and
after they have thus served and been taught for four
years, they may apply TO be examined candidates
for nomination non-conmshioned oiiceTs If they
pass their names shall be forwarded to the War De-
Iartment and placed upon the regular list 80 that
that they shall have promotion in their turn. Any
non-commssioned officer of six years standing, may
apply to be examined as candidate for lieutenancy.
Ii he pass, he will be promoted when bis name is
reached.
Thus the army win become immensely useful to the
country, during peace, as great military school,
and will richly repay every dollar spent upon IL.
Those who leave IL will carry into civil life aud apply
10 poncaf pueuit5 the mathematical and other knowl
edge tn will have gained coming up from thc
corners ard byplaces of the land at the first call Of
their country 10 put down some fierce faction or TO
face foreign Toe. Then will our army be worthy Of
our Republic and may be able TO say of it what
one Of officers has said IN report upon the armies
Of Europe:
1.-THE French Army may be said possess truly Republican
constitution. 10 is that In other counties IN Europe the
o. motion Of officers from the rank Of sol
der. ckuov,d.'d but the oil is application
urd seldom AIDED with good results whereas IA the French
army Is bsusn principle ont rule OF conant snd
uar that the ofte meane peasant In obey
Jog consumption hope TO alta the hghest rank ~ the
army the INSTANCES of success too frequent and TO
srs Of War MaI,has Lieutenant erals since 1913 there
afo " who commenced their private soid.er The In
Of such cousletons In promoting good conduct de-
and jealous Performance OF d ~ Is
fstaby eat Through this influence ard the empe opporut
ties OF theoretical and peica ns,r ion IN peace ard war
which the army constantly possesses the officers and soldiers have
JUS ~ acquired the hise reputation Tor tle senlhc soly
aud tho individual energy and e eance which exhibit ia
their military operations j. NJ. Dl