The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

Allowing two-thirds of this number for
the ages below eighteen and above forty,
five, and the sick, lame, and physically
incapable Of bearing arms, with persons
otherwise exempt from military service,
and civilians necessary to conduct the af-
fairs of the Government, will leave 933,-
$50 persons as the number from which the
Southern armies may be drawn. Out of
this number they have probably drawn
500, 600 men to keep up the armies in the
field equal to our own, and to garrison
their forts and towns along the sea-coast.
From this number we may deduct 300,O 900
as those who have fallen in battle or been
rendered incapable of fighting by wounds,
sickness, and desertion. This would leave
BOG, 900 now in arms, and 333, ,656 men still
liable to be called upon out of the whole
population between eighteen and forty five,
physically able to bear arms. But from
the States named we must now make large
deductions for Tennessee, Virginia, LOUISE
ana, Arkansas and Mississippi, large por-
tons of which are occupied by the Union
armies, which, therefore, could not furnish
MANY troops to the rebel army. When
these deductions are made, twill be found
that there is but small mOdlcum of the
333, 900 left to be drawn out of the new
conscription. The figures may be esti-
mated as follows:
Louisiana, "a S69
Arkansas, one-ha $3.50 S5a0
MISSISSIPPI, DnS-lOuTli 43VOo
Virginia, one-third 1880
450
| According to this estimate the rebels
| have $50. 10; less white male population of
! all ages to supply their armies from than
! they had at the beginning of the rebellion.
| This number of the whole white male pop
ulation is equal to 262, ,4S5 fighting men be-
tween the ages OF eighteen and forty-hVe,
which, deducted from the rebel overplus of
333, ,656, leaves only 20, III persons Tor the
new CONSUMPTION to fall upon. Their ut
most effort, then, is not equal TO putting
another arrnv into the field, and this is
further confirmed by the fact that General
| Davis was unable to raise Gen. Johnston
| 30 GOO troops from the whole Confederacy
! when he needed them so badly to help
| pamberton at Vicksburg and Gardner at
| Port Hudson, both of which important
| noints were suffered to fall into our hands,
enabling us to divide effectually the Con-
| faderacy. Under no possible view Of the
| case can Gen. Davis raise an army equal
| to that which President Lincoln calls for
! under the enrolment iaw-3G0 000-and
with armies now confessedly interior in
mum bers to the Union armies, and not su-
perior to them in skill and endurance,
there seems scarcely possibility of his
| being able to continue the war with any
hope of success. But this is not ALL
While he drains his entire population, we
have still many more in reserve TO call
upon, if needed, to put an end to the war.
| These facts ought to induce every man,
who wishes an early closing OF the war,
| to lend all his assistance in raising at once
! the additional force of 100000 men, for
| that will so overpower the rebel armies
| that they would see the utter hopeIessness
of continuing the strife, and would make
some advances toward a reconstruction OF
| the Union.-Ledger.
| Our NEXT GoyERNoR.-CoI. Stone with
| his brave boys is in Grants army, carry
| ing the flag of the nation to successful VIC