The New York herald., 1862-07-29

| the fallen angel. who would rather reign IN
He'll than serve in Heaven, they prefer 70 rule
over half The Union and TO carry out teir
Puritanical notions therein rather than 10 take
their proper place in the whole republic one
and indiyiaibe.
GREAT BfUNDERs IS rHE MANNER or Rr-
cEUulNC.- The mode adopted Of raising the
three hundred thousand men called for bv
the President is q decided error Iasiead
OF permitting the Governors Of States To
furnish the men am, appoint the officers, The
President ought to make an appeal directly to
the people. The value OF tie recruits needed
depends very much on the pTomptituae with
which they are sent forward to the field. Tie
slow process Of State machinery aud waiting for
nsw regiments TO bc tiled up viii cause great
delay. IF, moreover, the recruiting is permit
ted TO be carried on under the State govern
nenls sufficient care will not BE- taken in OBJ
tanning eflcctiye men. and the officers will be.
for the most part, mere politicians. who Know
little and care less about military matters. In
stead OF delaying TO organize new regiments, if
the War Department had called directly for
men to fiji up the old regiments, which have
covered themselves with glory. half IA million
Of men might have been enrolled to-day. This
is the Napoleonic system, an,hii is the course
the South has pursued with such success Gene
rails Sickles and Neagher adopting that sys-
TEN, and are here now recruiting Two thousand
men each to fill up their brigatcs. They ought
to get them immediately.
The old regiments, il oven skeletons. soon as
similate the recruits to themselves. and the
esprit ds corps and the traditions Of the rcgi
ment are alls in favor oc adding the raw
men to the existing organizations. To create
new regiments while the old remain with
half their number. or even less. is the height
Of absurlity. Expense is nnedlessly added
nv the addition OF new officers who are
not needed, whereas il IL soldiers, and not Off
cers. that a4e wanted ThcYc are officers ia
plenty--iet. men he enlisted. But what
does the Governor Of a State. for instance. I.
He appoints beforehand the officers for tho
thirty new regiments. WI,at do these officers
know about war. How long will il take i'll
their regiments are efficient aud ready for the
field II the success Of lha war should depend
ON them. shen farewell to the Union. Expense
is multiplied by the multiplication of officers
while the result is only 10 increase the incfi-
cicHcy OF the army.
There is conflict betrccn tho State system
Of recruiting and fhe esieencics of the war
Let new order be therefore issued a! once by
the War Department Or by General Halcck,
breaking up the recruiting by States, aid CALI
ing IN the people TO come forward directly ~
the support of the fsg of the country withont
Stete intery ention. and let bounty OF fifty
dollars. or even one hundred dollars be
offered on tie part o; the United States govern
1ncnt, aud let prapcr medical men be appointed
to Judge Of the physical qualities ol the en-
listed and more recruits than are wantcdswiIl
be forthcoming in very brief space Of tine.
But IT, for the sake ci throwing So much patron
age into the hands Of Governors of states to
make political capital, on TO promote thu inter.
csts of contractors, tue war il allowed To
languish while new regiments are being or
ganiHed and completed. the athogit,es al
Washington will regret shcic error when it Is
too late.