The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-12-12
$40, 637 20 1874 66O,97l

| IhG appfOpl1atlOHS dShGu lOi tlo sOtNASO VI
the next fiscal year are computed for force Of
SOC, 900 mon. They have been reduced to the
lowest possible amount consistent with the pub
| lie interests, and are based upon strictly eco
nomical administration of the various branches
! of this Department.
! The appropriations to cover deficiencies are
rendered necessary by the excess of the force
in the field over that upon which the Estimates
were founded, and by the extraordinary expen'
ditures connected with the employment ana DIS
charge of the Three Months Contingent.
An item of very heavy expense is the large
mounted force which has been organized,equlp
ped, and made available since the called SEES
sion of Congress, and which was not comp uted
! for in the Estimate. While an increase OF cav
airy was undoubtedly necessary, it has reached
numerical strength more than adequate to the
wants of the service AS it can only be nam
! tanned at a great cost, measures will be taken
! for its gradual reduction.
! In organizing our great army,l was effective
| ly aided by the loyal Governors OF the different
| States, and | cheerfully acknowledge the prompt
patriotism with which they responded to the call
of this Department.
| Congress. dumng its extra session, authorized
the army to be increased by the acceptance Of
n yolunteer force of 500 coo men, and made al
appropriation of five hundred millions OF dollars
! for its support. A call for troops was immedi
ately made but so numerous " ere the efforts
that it was found difficult to discriminate i'll the
choice, where the patriotism Of the people de-
manded that there should be no restriction upon
enlistments Every portion OF tie loyal States
desired to swell the army, and every community
was anxious that it should be represented in Il
cause that appealed to the noblcst impulse OF
our people.
So thoroughly aroused was the rational heart,
| that | have no doubt this force would have been
swollen to a million, had not the Department
felt compelled to resist it, in the absence OF au-
thority from the representatives OF the people 10
increase the limited number 1t will be Tor Con
gress to decide whether the army shall be turth-
or augmented, with view to a more speedy
termination OF the war, or whether it shall be
confined to the strength already fixed by law
In the latter case, witt the object of reducing
the volunteer force to 800 600, propose, Will
! the consent of Congress to consolidate such o
| the regiments as may from time 10 time tall be
low the regulation standard. The adoption O
this measure will decrease the number OF OH
GERS, and proportonably diminish the expenses
of the army.
1t is said of Napoleon by Jomni, that, i'll the
campaign OF 1915, that great general on the Is
of April had regular army of 2OO,OOO. On the
lst of June he had increased his force to 4l4,'
600 The proportion, adds Jonini, chad he
tnOuglL proper W lbduS dJC q oloV ~ o'OA@l
defence, would have raised it to 100000 men by
the Ist Of September" At the commencement
of this rebellion inaugurated by the attack upoI
Fort Sumter, the entire military force at thf
disposal of this department was l6,UOO Regulars
principally employed in the west to holo II
I check marauding Indians. In April, 10000 vol
unteers were called upon to enlist Tor three
months service, and responded with such ALAG
rity that n, 875 were Immediately Obtained
ITr r ct NHTlffT
July %, 1861, the States were asked to furnish
100000 volunteers to serve for three years, OF
during the war; and by the act approved the
29th of the same month, the addition OF 2o,OOo
men to the Regular Army Of United States was
authorized. The result is, that we have now an
army of upwal DIS of G00,0 900 men. Ii we add 10
this the number Of the discharged Three months
Volunteers, the aggregate force furnished TO me
Government since April last exceeds 7OO,oOC
men.
We have here an evidence of the wonderful
atrenctb of our institutions Without conscrip-
lions, levies, drafts, or other extraordinary ex-
pedents, we have raised greater force than
! that which, gathered by Napoleon with the ana
of all these appliances, was consid cred an eVl-
dence Of his wonderful genius and energy, and
of the military spirit OF the French nation
Here every man has an interest in the Govern
ment, and rushes TO its defence when danger
besets it. 49,
it will be seen mat Massachusetts,, with pop
nlation Of $50 900 he'd at one time 5000 troops
in the field, or over onesixth OF her entire peo-
plea force greatly exceeding the whole number
IF troops furnished by all the southern States
during that war. Should the present loya
States furnish troops in like proportion, which
undoubtedly would be the case should any
emergency demand it, the Government could
promptly put into the field an army OF over D.
| 900.
Il gives me great satisfaction to refer to the
creditable degree of discipline OF our troops,
mott of whom were, a short time since, engaged
in the pursuits of peace. They are rapidly al
teinine an efficiency which cannot 1all 10 BRING
s,ccaes 70 orr arms. Officers and men alike
INCA an earnest desire to accomplish them
oai,,ao in averv duty Of camp and field, and The
1,arions CORPS are animated by an emulation Il
Il e~cel each other in soldierly qualities.
| The conspiracy against the GoYernment eX-
.onded over all area of 733 IA square miles
'oseeesinp q coast line of 1928 miles, and {
arbore line of "a, Ala miles, with an interior bOun
! darv line of 7, O41 miles in length. This con
/ sniracv stripped us of arms and ammunitoDs ,anC
Scattered our navy to the most distant quarters
of the rlobe. The effort to restore the Union
which the Government entered on in April last
was the most gigantic endcaVor in the history
of civil war. The interval Of seven months has
. been spent in preparation.
i The history of this rebellion, in common with
all others for obvious causes, records the hrs
success in favor Of the insurgents. The disas
f fer of Bul Run was but the natural consequence
Of the premature advance Of our brave but un
disciplined troops, which the Impotence Of tn,
country demanded. The betrayal also of GU
movements by traitors in our midst enabled tht
rebela to choose and intrench their position, anC