Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-12
What L,ncorn's warts Costing The Nor.n.

Firm the y W York Journal CT Commerce June z.
President Lincoln first called for IS 600 troops
serve three months. The country INN, diately
sponded it'll such overwhelming prefers Of men.
at after receiving for short periods few thous
and from Massachusetts, New York, AMI other States
that were earliest in the field, the Administration
decided to take only those who would enlist for the
ca upaign. To this the Volunteers, among whom
there was smart competition for acceptance, had
objection: and so it turos out that nearly all of
the IS 900 SUNNI mel by the first Presidential call
sworn IN tor the war.
Even before the IS 600 had been enrolled and or
gauised President Lincoln gratftd the military
-Pirit Of the North by making another call for SO,
600 Of these 40 600 were for three years. SER
vice, p 600 for five years in the army and $4,000
seaman also for FIVE years. The response
prompt-fOr the were already enough regiments
n process OF formation TO supply the three years
class Recruiting tor the longer Term not quite
so brisk both bee luse the longer, and be-
cause the recruitin, off ,ers of the ular army
were more exactng than those of the vuunto er
vice For the same reason the $4,000 seanlen have
not yet been obtained, but they will be soon
the Government has need of them.
1t has been stated IAN the report is probably
trae) that than 250 700 VOLUNTEER have offered
their service for thr,e years, or during the
wary Togratify still further the martial Ongiugs
Of our people, it is rumored that President Lincoln
will ask for at least 10 900 more OF the three years
class and that Score AIRY Cameron is prep ring a.
an increase of men will be needed If the seeded
States are TO be brought back into the Union by
force, is admitted by all; and it will be co fault Of
many inf aental friends of the Administration If
fourth and fifth call for 20 600 men each do not fol
low in quick succession.
Assuming however. for the present, that third
call will meet all the necessities of the campaln,
find that there will be, while the war iasls. in the
pay of the United States over and above its regu-
lar Army and Navy establishments, no less than
2I5 600 soldiers and Is 900 sailors. With these data
as basis of calculation, we msy easily figure out
the proximate yeaily cost of the campaIEn.
The annual pay OF infantry regiment, Of $50
men, from the Colonel down 10 the drummer boys
I1clu6ing officers rations, which are commutet for
/ money. is over Sl4S GOO; at which, III round num-
bsrs, we will estimate it. In tie dragon service,
to which a portion of the increased regular army
will be assigned. the privates pay Is 81 month
more than in the infantry; but OF that small differ
ence we will make no count Multiplying The num-
Der of regiments in the increased army 275) by the
annual paw of one. and we find, for salaries alone
the item of $40 ZOO 600 a wear. The annual pay OF
Is 600 seamen at Sl2 month. IS 81 592 600 max
ing the total for both branches OF the increased
service SAB 292 COO.
Volunteers having been placed on the same foot
ing, as TO clothing as the regular army we learn
from the table of articles and standard prices pub
lshed in this paper several days ago. that each IN
fantry private is entitled to an average OF about
$50 worth cf clothing yearly. The cost for the
first year alone is much higher than that; but we
proceed upon the superstition that the soldiers are
TO be under pay at least three years the mini
mum term fixed by the President in his secoad levy
Leaving out the officers. who purchase their own
we find that the yearly cost OF clothing
our soldiers in this war. will be S6l6O 900 For
guns knapSacks, and armament comp etc, mod
crate estimate would be $50 man Tor the war,
making a total outlay on those accounts of So
$50 600.
The lowest average cost of rations for our army |
and navy during the war. will he twenty cents a |
day. Circumstances may make it far above that ; |
hut at that low figure the yearly board of ex-
ira soldiers and sailors will be SIS $50 000 In this
calculation officers rations are not counted, they
are included in the item of salaries.
The cost of Transporting troops by land and sea, |
Of charering amboats TO assist 10 the blockade,
Of providing coal and other necessaries cannot be /
correctly estimated but it is safe 10 put it ut
8 900 600 month, or $4,000 600 year.