Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-12
?IiE E.NLLSTNENT!S IN I,HE NUHrl!

GIiE ENLLSTNENTS IN 1'IE NORTH.
iiJwL EROM VAN6EE cuGh.Sr6HLlh..
y Yankee correspondent, writing from
uarliSon's Landing, July o6th, titus Speaks {"
the "nrsent necessity Of inme sre action"
III the whule Of Lincolndou
81 ain last becoming malcGnlenl, and All
getting thoroughly Disguised with ths con,iuc;
Vi the " hole North at this time, with lie
SLOW, dliatary ilann2r in winch il responds IT,
the rall ior troops, now, "hen they ale l,-
cessarF, absolutely necessary, for the saliva
lisG Of our cause. The leaders scclI u be
oUStinatcly blind t0 tkc real eXgencics Of tf,c
case, aid content TO stumble along ii tta
slow process Of voluntary enlistment, w!li"
the bouEties offered to volunteers stimulate
then only 10 hold back for the higher prise
to-lHorrow's bidder Ilay offer. The whole
system is radically wrong. In the first place
It nterrrcs Father than promotes cnlieiinert
anu, III the SECOND place, it is Il great injustice
to all who have been in service during th@
whulc campaign, and who enlisted without
any r;:cII induceInant, and these Men lccl il a.
Such, and the consequence Will inevitably -
i Telling ol jealousy ana diacontcul; "hi>h
Will tend more than enrthing :6 d-tHoi4..@r
tie army.
No there Is aDot!Icr,a surrr AID hotsaf
way; on. which vii! cost the couErry !csS
AID give uG better class ui men SCORER, "l!,i
That j., drafting. Sooner Gr later We ia4.i
come to il, AID The soOneT the bcttcr- We
ought III nave five hundred thousand men
raised h. general draft. equipped at once,
and sent to CAMPS CT Instruction, three huE-
dTed Thousand sent into the i!d as soon a.
they can be fitted for It, and tbs rorn;.iriug
two hundred thousand kept drilling, ready 10
reinforce them at any moment The Uid rc;;.-
nenrs ia the field should be filed Up t. ther
maximum strength first, and then !ew reg
ments organized, for which the oiicars 3h2l:G
be chosen with far greater Discrimination.
than was exercised in liltipg up tiie lirsl ie:;.-
lnents sent out, for in most oi these very great
changes had tv bc made before they were il.
anything like q state OF efficiency. There =
10 usc'iII shutting OUT eyes any loIIG"r 10 tic
real results Of this war.
If we don't overcome thcln, std tl.It So0D.
they Will most certainly overcome us, ct:.r
b. a:ua, for they undoubtedly have in the
field very large force, CIR by n'eah@ Of l"feISa
Intervention. II seems q ridiculou; and !.u-
lhlllllluS speSlhCie tiiat Guilty poh7'Na+iS
such resources IL men and nieans as the
North, should suffer for want of troops To
tight her own battles, While the South, with
far inferior numbers, should be aLie to brin;,
into the field armies large enough 20 almos:
crnSh ours. These views are not my own
alone; they are shared by all who appreciate
the necessity of immediate reinlnrccments to
our army, and am glad to see art at las!
gaining some ground, although too slowly, i'll
Inc North. All who can't themselves c.Ile,
can at least do something to hasten oil 4 pro-
per consideration Of this most weighty matter.
f is perfect nonscnae to glory in the idea oi
our sr,ny being roEan'ser army. when men
&-e boug up for it. Il has already actually
ceased 10 be 80, and the honester aud iu3:s
effective polls! is to draH Gt oacs.;'