, 1861-06-12

TIE GIGANTIC. MILITARY PREpARA
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population Of France, one out Of every sixteen
able.bodled men, End more than all the shle-
bodied mcn In this vast metropolis, ara raised
by forced consc1pion, and maintained By
forced ta9es-we cannot finish tho sentence !
for what? In this country, s0sethe7' for a jaa
q gTountt<ss terror, soc arr accustomed to b..
Many Of US have seen with our own eyes tie
invading force prepared and manauvered.
Nay, Mr. Dls1aen has well observed that Eng
!and hos been invaded, not at all with uniform
ul'success, at least once century, ever since
hebeg1nning Of her mn lis. This alone might
serve to Justify I moderate armament; but the
depot for our numerous diuant and seatkered re-
4uirunents. 1ts principle Is to get the great
est amount Of work done by the least means,
md to make one man, by selection, voluntary
feeling, good pay, good treatment, and fre-
quent change :of place, do duty for several
listening to. on the matter thinks cur nrmy
one man too large for Its actual employment
He may be OF opinion that ne have too many
little Wa1s that Wr undertake too much col.
on'sl protection; that We hare no need to gar:
reon6o many stepping stones round thsworld,
and 30 forth; but, assuming tho: work to be
done, It Is impossible to Say that the power
object but use, forparade we have none. The
military force In this metropolts.is neither 80
numerous nor Co prominent rs the polics, and
in many parts Of the couat1y--the greater
pnrt--a red ccat Is as rare IS = black man OF q
cream colored horse. In France all Is the
contrary. France ,tsars no Inuasion. ase has
.eser bee. insaded ezceW 6y nose .aho drone 1aes
her oic7a invading dtnies. She is aware that
sgainst eli the thunders Of Ill her nelghbors
Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy ,aod
Spain, five electric wires are sufficient. IheY,
win no more invade her spontaneously than
they. would plunge Of free ni1l into the crater
of, Btua,- France has no colonies or foreign
use for her soldiers, except Whe7o the soldiers
themselves arc the use, md, In Vicious cir
Gle, redundant means are the insufficient end
Ne7e1theleas, under no fear, with no real OBJ
jcct, France 1aa an army 60 large ~ to bo In
part Of the population, and prominent fes-
ture in the general effect. OF course, We can
not suppoee this to be mere vanity. There
must be 4 purpose, and, If the purpose be not
confessed, It must be surm1sed--: - :: - o.
OF the men to tho Organization, the aids, and
appliances, that we are struck with the vast
d}gpropoTtdou ofthc meana over the end. This
is no militia; no army Of defense to wake like
sleeping lion; no living wall ct men; no
que1er of the country. It 10 most omphatlcal.
y an instrument in the highest state Of ell
cheney. As In the well trained human frame
the nerves, the sinewB, the muscles predomI-
nate, and there Is no spare flesh, the efficiency
Of an army for immediate operations consists
In It's cavalry, staff, train and administrative
services. To quote the comparison Of the En-
g1lsh sud French armies in our colonies, with
only twice and half the number of foot sol:
dieTs the latter have, speaking In round num-
beTs, five times as many in the administrative
services, three times as many in the staff, and
nix times the cavalry that we have, besides ten
times as many horses, while they hare but one
1<Az7xr 41@Sn- @t3t 4Af% 1r1A
half more in the artillery. Again, In the French
service the. proportion Of officers to men Is -
oueto nineteen. The French cavalry numbers
Is 903; It's artillery, 81 its train, 5655 it's
administrative Services" 8,737; it's horses,
5,705. This Is eminentlY = locomotive army.
All know The trouble no hare to prepare a
moderate force for IN expedition. # we have
to send 10000 men far Or near, 1t IL all the
same What fuss and inquiry for horees, ar.
tille1y, wagons, ambu1Rnces, and officers ccm-
petent for particular services But here all is
feady At moments warning. "a Frenchman
with his sword" said Napoleon, "can ma rch
through the world Here is the very sword
eompaetea territory in The oorl want NTH 10000
| ho45es7 Thzt il tho number in France alone,
| deducting Algeria. Indeed there is nothing
In The 20 called colony to qualify the general
character Of the French army as q vast extray-
agance Of power and display, II not ambition
/
ths French army. Tie clue to ita objects must
| be found In such occupations as that Of Rome,
| and-shallWe dd?-of Syria. With 10000
| men and s., 600 horses, eating. their heads of
| st home, there must be crest temptation to
| lodge them wherever room and work are to be
without strong inclination to use Ii, and
| even If France had no immediate hopes or def
| iuite policy, still tho mere handling Of SC
| mighty and manageable force must Itself be
| suggestive. The sword must be apt to cut
Though its own sheath. I've hare lately see1
Msgreat army pour! forth Ike burning kava, aad
stop not tiA had rasa tts appointed course. Il 4
.f1nndaNeto noocdr3 # u any nation, to ,oaic1
| more than eurselttsf
The particular occasion on which this com
| parison has been made Ia to show the real cost
| cf this colossal armament It was lately
stated in the House Of Commons to be G1A,
0,0o0, euch being the. sum appropriated tt
4 tion of the estimates compared with ours
| adds msny and considerable items to this
| cum. Taking all things into account, 6uch q
| pensions, military works. and the Tgbt amount
| Of the pe1aonsl eacriflcea inflicted both OF
| those who arc forced to purchase substitute.
ior The conscliption and those who cannot af
ford to do so, the cost Of the French army II
estlmated at twenty~four mll1io1as. It Is trut
that we, tso, should throw In our yeomanrJ
our militia and our volunteers, the }attel
| EtandtuE 10r very large cost TO fQem6t1Ves
and the liberal pupblic. But those are purely
Offensive forces, and cannot enter into tht
comparison with m army, every man Of Whlc1
may be sent ACROSS Europe At the word o
an emperor. nis for steh force, 70 gigantic
20 handy, 80 terrible, that Francs is ,.oto payin.
IN noxey aud in forced tadar tseatg four snaQsan
pounds rear. II ahe should regret over mucl
thatEo costly aud beautiful = Weapon Is wasted
that would only ba folly Of ordinary occur
renee. We usually wish to turn to ascount 0
to find uee in everything that baa cost u
meney, and that we hsre brought to perfec
tion. Ihst France should ever ha uuconsciou
Of her power, or backward to use 1t, or tha
she ehonld be ineenstb1e to the ordinary al
1ure.nent Of ambition, is no: what We lear
from her history. France is France still, an
will be so to the end Of the chapter. at thl
moment abe stands, having replenished he
aymory, recruited her men, and made goo
all defects, two years after the succ2safl
completion Of grand enterprise, the respol
sihility Of which must rest on her Own heat
We will rot harshly judge her past mission {
political heroism, but IS little shall we vel
1ure to predict the next, or say when 1t wi
come, Al pc knotc for certain IL, thuf Francs
non In the se4y 1tdse that she .oas in thirty mont
ego, tehc,s ale poured her 1eJions over s1sourtai
ond sea, and dFo~s d great empire and q friend
state out Of an Encient agpdndage.
THE ABHORRENT CHARACTER OF TIL
SOUTHERN C0NFDERACY.
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