Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-27
B. F. HorFnAS, Private Secretary.
"RaIIy Rouud tho flag, Boys.,,

The draft being dispensed with under
the present call for troops, it now be-
hOoves our State to raise her quota Of vol
untsers under the new call for 100000
nea. 1t is sometimes asked why, if the
rebels are upon their "last legs" the
number Of men already in :he field is
not sufficient to do up the work. The an
eWer is found in the fact that the
rebel territory Is so small aud conoen-
trsted that they can confront us at
two or three prominent points, with near
~ or quite equal forces to our own, while
We have many points to hold. The rebel
troops are Withdrawn from the Mississip-
pi, but we must have large garrisons at
Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans !;
as well as at intermediate points. If We
could concentrate as they can we might
speedily end the war by force of numbers.
It is for this that more men are called for,
30 that while we hold all the sections
which we have taken, we may also oppose
to Bragg and to Lee such overwhelming
numbers as to crush them. This being
done, the shell of rebellion would be broken
and the whole fabric would fall in a
mass Of ruins.
This is no fanciful prophecy, but inevi-
table logic. The resources of the rebels
have been exhausted. Their first great
leVies Of men have been used up; suhse-
quent eOncriptions have been so sgeeping
snd universal that none are left except
young boys and old men. Their last men
are in the field. They have had hope of
foreign Intervention; this hope has failed
them. Then they placed great reliance
upon Northern allies; these allies have
been rendered pOwerless by the ballots of
the loyal masses. There is no other re-
serve for them to fall back upon. The ar
mics now in the field must Do the work
or it will not be done.
What is necessary, then, is to crush
their armies. More men are wanted to do
it. And if more men are furnished, the
work will be done with but little fighting.
If Grant had now all his old regiments
filed up with recruits until his army
reached 25O,00O men, Bragg would not
fight him. He would get cut of tbe way,
snd getting out Of the way would be open
ing our way to the Gulf. II, at the same
time, Meade had $1,000 to 100000 fresh
troops with which to fill up his regiments,
Lee would not dare to fight him, but would
give Us road to Richmond. But even if
they did make q desperate resistance they
would be overpOwered and destroyed. The
war would be forced to conclusion in six
months.
Government will do its part. Il will
furnish ratiOns, clothing, and pay, if the
country will furnish men. And the pay
actually enables the recruit to lay up more
than nine-tenths Of them would do at
home. Beside clothing and abundant ra-
tons, The veteran volunteer receives SI3
per month and S4O2 beside as bounty, and
the raw recruit S18 per month and 1902
bounty. They enlist for three years, but
If the eniistments be so rapid as to finish
up the war in one year or even less, the
recruit receives, at his discharge, all of
this large bounty which has not already
been paid in instalments. So favorable
terms we're never offered before, and Ohio
ewes il to her Government and to herself
that her quota of 1900 should be all made
up BY January first.