Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-20
Rebel Probationary rederais TO
be 'sisoutcd More Disgraccfuily"
than at Bull Rum.

disgraceful than the Bull Ron stampede awaits
the Yankees in most OF the conflicts likely TO
occur during the next campaign. They yill
have u enter upon IL with all the disady intage
of raw levies. who will present but poor bul-
~ark against the gallant veterans Of Lee and
Johnston. rs 10 the contingent OF the three
Year, men likely 70 remain in the service. ifeee
take the estimates Of Yankee authorities. they
will not constitute a fUrce sufficiently large e.
mpart an air OF martial discipline 60 the new
organization. The Bull Run stampeders we're
veterans compared Will the material which wi.
compose the new army. The former comprised
the well drilled volunteers OF the different cities
of the North, and they went cheeriuliy into the /
eight. encouraged hy fOregOne conviction OF
easy victory aud with no dread experience Of sad \
reyerses 10 mar ;helr assurances OF triumph |
The latter will enter into the conflict with IN
willing hearts. novices in discipline. and with the /
doubts and fears which the presence OF a grand I
army of indomitabe veterans must inspire. They /
will, moreover, have TO encounter the serious /
drawback Of malarious infections and ordinary
camp diseases, which committed such fearful
havoc IN the Yankee ranks during the first sum
mer Of the war. A force OF two hundred thOns-
and men, of the class now in the service, would /
be more effective than million OF the new leyieS
which will have 20 be relied upon 10 conduct the
coming campaign. Between disease, disaster
/ and ineihciency, which must be seriously aggra-
NfAt-~tDt-t4Nco
TO confront army equal in ali the attributes OF
soldiers to any that the world has ever seen, the
net numerical result Of a million of such mate
/ rial may not unreasonable be set down at three
hundred thousand men Pursuing this ratio back
/ to the aggregate standard At which Northern es
Inmates TX the numerical force OF the Yankee
army in the next campaign, We find but little, II
anything. TO justify the shadow OF hope of their
withstandng the overwhelming onslaught OF our
noble army.
Well may the wretched crew who are TO take
the places OF the three wears men IN the ankee
| army regard themselves a. peculiarly untortu-
/ nate. They will have TO bear the bTunt of the
great struggle which, il is conceded, will deter
mine the issue OF this war They will. uniortu-
nately and perhaps unjustiy. atone, by the sacri-
fee of their lives. for the barbarOus excuses and
brutaties which our army are eager and deter
mined To avenge Better for the ends OF justice.
perhaps that the wretches who penetrated these
enormities should abide the dread fate that un-
doubtedly await their i'll starred successors.
So long as hostile armies, coeval a. 70 date OF
organizations and advancing pari paSSn in the
arts of discipline confront each other IN anything
like Approximate equality as to numbers the issue
of "A protracted conflict like this must remain long
doubtful. Any serious gains or reverseS must be
. the result OF some local advantage as To position,
ght on the part of the opposing commander
!. or sudden arrangement OF the relative numerl-
cal equipose by prompt reinforcement Where
, however, one side engages veteran army with
unframed levies, invountarily dragged into the
conflict tue advantages the one side too
preponderating 10 be Offset by any circumstance.
either OF local position, superior generalship or
numerical d-proporiions. The gap of relative
ineiciency. the part OF the latter, j. too wide
r 10 be filled 10 by ans collateral advantages oil
) the numerical disproportion There Is nothing
r in the whole economy of physical force IN which
| cl l.
nullifed by art in the OF undscplined
army when brought into conflict with veteran
? host OF vastly inferior numbers. Superiority OF
numbers i, i'm fact. often disadvantage in the
absence OF training, and especially so when well
( disciplined army has to be confronted
} But see no grounds presume chat the
Yankees will bring into the field larger force
than we will The probabilities are that they
will not. Ii they do. il must of necessity be of
such material cannot il multiplied in the dis
proportion of ten TO one, counerbalance the ov er
towering advantage which we shall possess in q
well disciplined, veteran army, which will 90 into
the fight with the highest incentives to victory
aud revenge that eve: animated brave people.
We will not present the handsome affair in
North Carolina, noticed in our columns yrs-
teriay a a toreshadOwin. of what awaits the
4 Yankees IN the next campaign No result. how
r ever pllpabie, achieved By arms. can be re
ceived a. an index of what is 10 come when We
not desire to underrate. in the least degree. the
fighting qualities of the Yankees Recently
: they have done well-much better indeed, than
: we ever thought them capable of doing. Our
uredictions as To what is the result from con-
flict between two armies exhibiting contrasts So
g unfavorabe to one, are justified upon the paines'
. principles OF military science, ana the experience
\ of this of all past " g would rot ven
: ture such prediction twelve II onths back in re-
II lation the result Of the campaign then ensuing
= for no material advantage existed on either side
to Justify H. Then, well trained and disciplined
!, armies we're about 10 confront each other and
, advantages of position. movement or time OF en-
gagement which purely contingent, and only
. available data for judgment by a military
commander, could not. OF necessity, constitute
II bases for anything like correct estimate OF re
suits of the next campaign The cOmmones
o standard of estimate that serve As guide
Z for judgment sanctions the predictions which vt
make in regard 70 the results OF conflicts wagea
J. betw two armies presenting contrasts So pal
q pably advantageous 10 one and dsad yantaseou:
Z to the other.
. We. therefore, reiterate our expectation tba
y the Bull Run will be enacted with in
d creased dramatic effect. in more than con
i fict. during the ensuing summer. Our reader,
: will have no difficulty. imagine. IN drawing
II their conclusions to the general result