The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-09
Sensible.

OUL' h6VeFe, OI Lno ceNtIlu NbW JbrHey
regiment. has recently addressed letter to
Governor Ogden. in which he points out the
folly of forming new regiments when the
old so greatly need filing up, He says;
"With all due respect to the opinions of
others, am in favour of immediate draft
ing from the militia, en- mdsSe, and the fill
ing up of our shattered regiments now in
the field, 80 much reduced by the ravages of
war, in preference to raising new regiments,
which cannot be prepared for the field in
a less period than six months.
ut would b. most unwise to send these
raw regiments, without drill or discipline,
even if they can be recruited in time to en-
able the armies now in the field to assume
the offensive, TO meet the rebel regiments of
trained and valiant troops, who may be
ranked among the best soldiers in the world,
as all our army can testify who have met
the.l. in the recent great battles on The Pc
nlnsuia.
"The best composition of a regiment, in
The view of military men, is probably one
fourth of old soldiers both by example and
precept Thus constituted, the regiments of
the army of the Potomac would be irreslsti-
BILE, and its force and power in war be far
superior to any force the rebels can bring
into any field,
'Ihe officers of that army have now been
educated in the best school-the field of war
and any lack of them can be easily sup
piled from the ranks of the volunteers, which
contain plentiful supply of active, intelli-
gent and ambitious young soldiers Injured
to the hardships of campaigning, and i'm
bued in great measure with the spirit of
military institutions. Besides, we have the
traditions of the regiments already to excite
the ambition and pride of the new recruit,
who would much rather belong to a regi'
ment which inscribes Williamsburg, ""Fair
Oaks" Malvern" etc, on its cOlors, than TO
anew one, entirely unknown to fame.
"Ihe superior advantages already acquired
by drill and discipline are toD apparent 10 be
recommended, while the saving to the gov
ernment in every way is something euor-
nous, as one regiment of veterans filled up
with recruits i'll the proportion of one III
three or four of old soldiers, represents q
military power of as one to tw, at the least
when compared with force composed en-
tirely, as our new regiments cannot fail to
be, of raw officers and soldiers, entirely uu
Injured to war, and who have not received
the baptism of fire.
'C saving of the number Of officers is
also to be taken into the account, uni 50 the
rountry is more plethoric of wealth than
would seem to be the case at present"
TIE last is a point that does not seem to
yet proper consideration. The regimen ts
now in the field have in general Il fair, If not
full complement of officers, who draw pay
whether they have men to command or IL (.
To fill up their commands would be to make
nee OF these experienced and valuable Off
GERS but instead of that, il seems to be pre-
ferred to create new army list of lnexpe-
rienoed men, costiug the government double
what it ought, for half service, The ration
has right to demand that no such waste of
means shall,be permitted.
Col. Revere says that to prepare new
army for the 6eld will requi six months --
Have we much time to throw awayy Tore