The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-06-25

oSseuxtu % Vur army
In ihe eousss Of discus' icon which occur
Cd 10 the Senate on the 9Th inst. while the
bill modifying The ceasesipsios act csc N.
der consideration. NJ. Wilson. NJ Mssss.
chssesss. the Chairman % the Committee
on Military Affairs. referred - follows TO the
number 81 men composing The army Of the
United Ssssss. lie said:
~As listened 10 The esnsest. insense. not
20 ssy psssionsse. words OF the Senator
from California. en-. Cosness.) I slmost
wished that I 100 wss msa Of courage
that too hsd shis coa6ds nee. This hope. end
this bosssfulness. The Ssnssos from G III.
fornis spesks Of she spssusodie scsion Of the
administrators OF the Government 10 rails
ing men during The last r. ' months. d oes
the senator know that we have raised. since
the 18th day Of October lss'. six hundred
thoussnd men. not 20 count The black men.
and thss within the past year Ne have put
in the field seven hundred thoussnd men;
,hs, We have spent <i25 0OO, 900 in bounsies.
that 80 hsvs drafted; that We have used the
whoIe power aud influence Of the Govern.
mens TO increase our military forces! Sir.
we have put forth On effort that sxc,es the
s~'onishmsst and commands the admiration
Of The world; yet the senator from c,Iitos.
nis. whose commitments are not drafted nor
called upon. rises to-day snd rebukes the
Administration, rebukes u. and ssiks gIibIy
OF the simid counsels OF men who ere quite
% hopeful, determined and brave % him
self''
The seven hundred thousand men put in
she field during the yssr are exclusive Of
those whose previous term OF enlistment
Tor three years, dating from the summer snd
fall Of 1861. hiss mot yet expired; and sre
We suppose. exclusive Of the HUNDRED days
men, recently added to our presens forces.
The vast aggregate Of the troops now under
arms in cur service. and on the pay rolls.
can, therefore. be easily conceived. IL not
accurately known in the absence Of official
statistics. The Eumber can isil hut little,
lii any. below . million Of men. and certain.
Ily suches . height which jusss6es the
ststement Of NJ. Wilson. when he sys thsi
the country hss made ''sn sx.rsion" To I'll
up the ranks Of the army "such a. fsw ne.
lions ever made and lev nssioss csn make"
4 Rome in The time Of Aaaussus. with .
population Of 10000 600. hsd On army Of
only $4,000. When the French Empire.
10 the year 1918. under n . poIeoS 1. embrsc.
ed ~ishin is limits the territory and people
Of Belgium. Holland. the Hsnse Town. the
Roman States. &c. comprising with that Of
France. : population Of 4sO,O 00D. the
army numbered q the highest point about :
million Of men. thus implying . Allison
lrtstes. the -sbsorption Of one in forty Ut thr
whole population in the profession Of arms.
whereas. il has never been found. BY exper..
ence, shs, IN empire. no = powerful soever.
can f.s sny length Of ume flourish wi,k more
than one in hundred engaged in such pur-
suits
The total population Of the loyal States
cannot much exceed 23.0O0 100. and ioree
os 100 600 drawn from such population
Implies the diversios o. one'in thirty three
from the psvsuiss Of productive isdus,sy-a
rate considerably higher than that which OBJ
!, tained under the eonscriptions fw the
French army during the period when Nspo.
Ieon vas wsging war against combined
Europe.
We hsve sdverted to these facts becsuss
Of the confirmation they lend 10 Wilson's
statement when he ssys that The "exersion'
made BY the eoustsy in putting men inte
the field during the last year is one few Nc
lsioas have ever msde."
1 II may be within the recollection Of ouI
I rssdsss shss NJ. Wilson. spssking in shs
!. Senate On the Sth Of Jsnussy last. and bsv
! ing reference 70 the then recent call Of ,hs
1 government for three hundred Thousand
mes. held the following language.
I The government has called for tire,
4 Hundred thousand men, and presume ths
; 10 the number the government wants. eithe
. Of old veterans Who se.enIist or of nov men
: More than hsIf Of ihoss men think VI
9 shall hsvs enlisted within The next twenty