The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-06

crave osSect,on that favOritim might prejudice 80
ciains or worthy officers
der ,he advice Of the 0enersn Chief, 20 appoint
half Of them from the regular army and he other half
comsnd.1s al o1osr oUs ava esnsr cs Ws
Point have before served with disucstoa In the I'D
ard Of the lieutenant oolones majors captains and fl
ieutenants large proportion have been taken from tn
regular army and the volunteers nov in service, while
the second eutenants have been sny created by the
promotion Of merorious Ecr2eants from the regular ser
vice
In view Of the urgent necessity Of the case these pre-
mirary steps TO the aug nonaIon CT the service
have been taken end IL nov remains for Congress- shoad
II sanction what has been commenced, 10 complete the
work by such Legislation the subject may require
similar increase s q tho army under IKE cmSuui:tAscss
being found too large and too costly ea1e
tsblishmen reduction was ordered 70 be made, under
the supervision or board Of officers specially OCgan1ed
for the purpose At the close Of the present Struggle,
the reduction OF the present force may 20 sccDmplshcd
in like manner found then TO DO larger than the pub
lie necessities require. In making any ouch reduction,
however, just regard to the public interests would i'm
peratiye)y require that force amply Sufficient 10 pro-
tect al the puoo property, wherever 1t may DO foGad,
cannot foroesr 10 speak favorably OF the volasteor
system, as substitute for curbrous and dangerous
stsBding army has, heretofore ey many been deemed
unreliable and inefficient In q sudden emergeDcy bat
actual facts have proved the contrary. II Il b; urged
that the enemies Of order have gained some ssbt ad-
vansges at remote pon, by reason Of the aSsan OF
sufficient regular force, the unexSmpe5 rapidly OF
centration Of volunteers already witnessed ar ample
citizen esnds ready to march " It's defence 5e
overthrow; fer none is SO strong thu. whoze Gogad
tona rect in novably In the hearts Of tho people.
Inc spectacle Of than quarter OF a nillioa OF
Ctz Bs rushing to tho field in defence Of tue constu
tn, nust ever take rank amorg he moot extraordinary
fac If history Its interest vas'ly heightened b. the
iav Mh outpnuripg from states and nfvduas of v1up
tary contributions OF money, reaching an aggregate
weeks since the men composing u is great army
pursuing the avocaons Of peace They gathered from
the farm from the wotkshop, nom the factory from the
trcm his counting the professor and student from
the college, the teacher and pupil from the common
r Ss tent sSd % @
came forward with o kindred enthusiasm. That well
ascpline1 homo geneous and efficient force should bs
formed out Of such seemingly heterogeneous m ass ap
gears almost Incredible But what is the actual ssct
Experienced men, who have had ample opportunity 10
famisrize themselves with the condition Of European
armies cede that in point OF personnel this p4riot
army 10 fully equal TO the finest regular troops OF the
Old World more intelligent BODY Of men, o. ac
traed by purer motives, was never before arshGed in
the fed.
The calling forth of this large and admirable FORCE in
vindcaton of the constitution and the a~s is in strict
accordance wish wise prudence and economy, ana az
the time in perfect harmony with the unor prac
tce Of the government But three years ago. when the
authority Of the contemporary defsi by the
Mormons IN Utah. the only safe policy consistent with
the dignity Of the government was the prompt employ
ment Of suoh overwhelming force for the
will hardly be credited however, that the following Ian
guage In relation 70 that period was perned by John
Floyd then Secretary of War; and nov actively engaged
leading The rebel forces who have even less to justify
their action than the Aosmons:-
When email force was sent 70 Utah the Moons attack
attack upon The column. When sufficient power pu.
vado ssnk into whispers Of terror and submission. This
that Territory demanded the
que rebellion however formidable from numbers posion
It might seem TO be- Adequate Preparations and prompt
advance Of the army was act OF mercy and humanity
those deuded people for prevented the OF ason Of boof
RECOMMEND The same vigorous and mefcifal policy
now.
The reports OF the chiefs Of the different bureaus of
this department. which are herewith submitted, present
the estimates Of the probable amount Of appropriations
required addition those already made for the year
ending June 80, $780, the force in the ned or
which has been accepted and will be in service within
the next twenty days, % follows