Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-19

ii t0RNINiss AUG ldilsiis1-,
Thnze zeiai Fsruo Of ths eembatRnts'
s.s 1hs s. y. Evening Post publishes sta
hsties showing the force Of the loyal and
Asdisloyh portion Of the United States
freh which the bopelessness Of the rebel
Lion can be easily seen if the loyalists only
put forth their power as theymay.
The total population OF the Slave
states is......,.. " 20o2ss
Deduct slaves. ..,....,... ..,......... 0085t -
heo colorea ,7Sl-i 2le, ,2l5
m Makingiree whites. soil,osS
OF these 1920, 29s there are in Della
ware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and
Tennessee, Of loyal or neutral free white
inhabitants say s,526,628, Deduct these,
and we have left Of disloyal persons, or
persons in disloyal States, 4,5l2,454.
This is she entire population from which
the rebels must recruit their army. The
shove includes the women and children, as
well as the very young and the very old
men. Tho voters or males Of twenty-one
years old and over in this population are
one in six, or 52,559 To these must be
added 10000 youths under twenty-one
who are subject to a draft, making the to-
tai number Of white males eO2, 900, less in
all than one million Of men. or these not
more than one half have yet been forced
under arms, or 451, 27e. To these we will
add, say 10000 from Kentucky and other
States not out Of the Union, mSking 49l,
2z9 as the whole force they have had in the
hsid But from this number we must de-
duct those killed, wounded, sick, prison
ers and unfit for duty from various causes.
The usual proportion Of these in our army
is nearly one in two, but reokOing one inn
four and we have a deduction Of l22, ,Sl9
10 make from these causes. This leaves
an army Of sos, 46O to which we add, say
$4,000 of absentees ft for duty, making a
b. total active force for all purposes Of 3SS,
$50.
Now it cannotsbe sAidithat this is not a
liberal eslimate both the available force
and Of the number ct for sctive duty. The
total number of whites in the dislOyal
States being but Asp, ,s54, it is only wild
~ bragadoeio for Alexander Stephens to say
as he did lately that the South could call
out million of people, if need be, and
when they are cut down, call out another
and still another It is simply impOssi-
ble
Now Of the Union army, il Is small es-
innate to say that there are $4,000 in the
field, with not less than 10000 absentees
st for duty. These absentees have, within
the past week, nearly all returned to the
army, increasing it by 50 many. In this
estimate of S75,OOO the Post says, it does
not include single regiment stationed at
forts north Of Maryland and the Ohio, moi
Of the new levies.
To this efficient force of 4s5OOO, is to be
addea our navy which has done such noble
service and which may be estimated as
oOunterbalancing at least 100000 Of the
reBle effective troops. Now to this vast
number, add the six hundred thousand
hat are now being raised, and how might
nv wiz it outnumber any force that th'
e rebels can bring into the feldby the mos
stringent conseription. The work o.
crushing out the life Of the rebellion BY
force Of arms will devOlve upon thl
combined armies in the coming Mint
months, and will be work in which ev
cry Union soldier viii participate.