New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-30

the ambition Of your little great az long as their
personal influence shall recrui lively, SO long as ex-
trayagant bouniie' VIII buy PATRIOTISM, and thus
except where their "Legons," and their "Gnards, -
and their Rifles, Al j their " Zouaves" and their
- Chassenrs," shall count up 70 the maximum--why,
smash them together! And then order drafting.
Better If volunteering had not been tined, since
drafting will surely come.
/ write again and again the word drafting, y
with peculiar pleasure. with savage leasure, like the
man sho has made ~ bis mind TO severe measure,
and delights in it" drifting
inclose a copy OF letter lately addressed to the
Adiutant- General OF New.fork on the subject OF
skeleton regiments. New-York has GO regiments in
this army-not far from 1000 men.
The salaries OF the officers Of single regiment for
one month amount to $4,000 For year to
1924 600.
In these 60 regiments there are men TO HI not
more than half that number, that the Offering OF
the remaining 80 is unnecessary eXlense. Say ~
regiments one year, 81 ,SL-, 600.
On the score of economy alone those regiments
should be crowded the full extent Of their blank
mn.terrolls.
OF course the same statements mold good aud the
same coursc should be pursued with regiments from
other STATES.
The letter appended recommends consolidation as
the remedy but the ia IL and arguments show with
eqna and perhaps more force, the necessity OF I'LL
mg up the old organizations. c. AP.
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CAMP NEAR HARRIsoS's LAsDIsG. Va, JnlJ IT, ieoz)
ApJr GEN TnoxAs HLLmoUsE. General! The following
have occurred TO whereby the raining OF the
quota State DO facilitated aud rendered more
effective.
lat. Ilev. order i,'u.d from TIE genera, Government.
for volunteers G the int ,hr.yegh. two years regi.
nents allowing each recrai all TIE privileges and nmuaes
accorded to said regiments VIZ to be discharged when The
regiments are discharged to receive the 500 bounty,
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regiments.
These regiments In order to fill their term Of enlistment
will have average, say ten months, and their
monthly pay would then De:
Ayerige monthly pay Of bounty Of sl00-sl0
Pay from u. s. Government. 10
Making monthly ay......................... s23
which with raiiors, would be large Tsy in addition there
would be another incentive, State regiments have
happy say for the most pat enyisbe reputation
and part OF that would be shed upon the recruits and
they would so feel it,
All will allow that hundred old recruits with three
hundred will be of service and more effective
Ia the field than maximum regiment OF entire recruits
Ny observation and think the regimensl reports will sus-
tain me- show that In order to fill those thirty-eight
regiments their maxim un would eac take six hundred
men, which in aggregate would amount to q 500 men, or
about forty per cent of our State quota
Should the fact receiving recruits for SO short time be
deemed impraccsbe would suggest that the fret thirty
eight years regiments be consolidated as to make
nineteen regiments Of strength OF eight hundred
men each saving to the Government the expenses Of
nineteen regments mutations, which would he monthly
saving in commissioned officers alone Of about hundred
thousand dollars or for the months they have OF
nearly one Million ard a, the time render them
effective for field service.
With the surplus officers would leave it optional With
them either TO be mustered out OF the service detailed to
tale theT Give rank in o. the regiment thus
rendering them effective.
write you hurriedly whole pride sin our State ard
her troops and desire that she may be inst with her
quota IN the ed Too much praise cannot he awarded to his
EIcellency the Governor for tie prompt decisive and
energetic displayed by him in having already put in
the field such large number of effective troors
Yours very respectfully