, 1863-05-05
C!)ieooo Gribnlle.


How TO KEHF 5;P.E THR OLD SOL
The time is fast approaching when
large number Of our volunteer soldiers will
be entitled, under the provisions Of their
enlistment, to quit the army, and return to
their homes and the ordinary avocations of
civil lite- We suppose it is not too large
IN estimate Of these out-gocrs, if we say
that, in all probability, above d hundred
regiments from the several commands of
Hunter, Hooker, Banks and Foster, will
have left the field between the date of this
present issue Of the TRIBUNE and the first
Of July next-which is q pretty big thing
to think about
For an exodus conducted on 50 vast
scalea this, carrying with it SO many cf.
fcient, well-trained and well-seasoned
men, cannot fail to make prodigious gap
even in the popu1ous armies Of the Federal
Government, and it will require IN enor-
nous deal Of labor, time, and expense to
ill it up, unless some other means can be
devised, to this end, than the ordinary en-
Istment OF raw recruits. Strong as we
unqucstionably are, at this moment, in
every arm Of the service, nc can i'll afford
to lose so vast body Of tried and discip-
lined soldiers, even if we were sure Of sup
plying their places at once with recruits
equally as brave, loyal and devoted. For
soldiers are not made in day. and raw
them. cannot cornpare with the hcroes If a
scone Of battles spch as onr ret;r;no vo,
uuteers have proved themselves 70 ho f.
will take months of drilling to accus.om
them to the use and handling OF arms and
harden them to the priyations and endnr.
ances Of camp lifc-to say nothing Of the
disadvantage they will labor under of never
having faced the enemy in actual warfare.
All this is worthy of consideration Mt the
present time, and difficulty which should
be grapplcd with at once, and settled, be-
fore it is too late to deal with it cffectually.
Whatever is done about it, therefore, must
be done quickly, and without moments
delay; for the " Idcs OF May are upon us.
There seems to be a feasible, and certain
ly 8 legitimate way of meeting this diff
Guilty, and one which will probably not find
many objectors in any quarter. Hthe Sec
retary Of War, for example, could offer to
the soldiers about to leave the army, suff1-
cient inducements to keep them in the
ranks, there we're an end Of all the
trouble ut once, and the dislike which
some people seem to entertain for the
draft would lose its dia5laric, and be looked
upon as thing which could easily be COM
nlutcdtor a given sum Of money.
Now we have no kind Of doubt that this
can be done, and that instead ofbeing oppos-
ed, the Secretary Of War, doing it in the wav
which We respectfully suggest. will be
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