Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-03
rHE ERnRRAL Army.

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The SJHtk CGrolinisH has an exhibit Of the
strength Of the Federal forces nov in the field.
We do not know where the editors 60! their
data, bat the fgures sre, We think, too large.
TIE statement is as follows:
1. Gen. Seymour hss in Florida, say, $4,000
men.
.. Gen. Gilmore, at Port Royal, Pulaski and
Folly island, y 600
3 Gen Peck, in No-lh Csrolins, IL 900.
4 Gen Butler, Ct Norfolk and the lower
peninsula OF Virginia, Is, 600
> The army Cl the Potomac on the Rapidsn,
s5 600.
G, The RarIisOns at Washington and Balti-
more "a 600.
Z. The troops in lower Shenandoah valley,
eud thence 10 Cumberland, Grafton, Beverly,
etc, abOUt 2SC00.
9 The troops in KansBhs valley, 5000.
9 The ETmy Of the Ohio in East Tennessee,
10000
10 TIE army ct Nashville, Chattanooga,
BTsnBvIlle etc, 90 600.
II. The troops Ct Memphis and its vicinity,
I6 600.
ID The command of Gen Ssrman, $4,000.
I3, The garrison al Vicksburg and its viciDi-
~, Is 600.
Ia TIE gsrris0as Of New Oheans, Baton
Rouge, etc, g, goo
/ Is. The roops sent by Gen. Banks to co-Ope-
/ Tste with Admiral FAn2gut against Mobile,
! - COO
To complete ths picture we may add to these:
l6. The troops on the Rio GIAnde.
Il. Those q. Indianols, etc.
Is Gen. aEklin's command in the Teche
Iiver.
! 10 Gen. Slssle at Little Reck.
/ %. Thcclmmsnd in vicinity Of Foil Smith.
| 2l. The troops 10 Missouri.
! y. The command Ia Nag Mexico.
! Numbering IN al say l30 600.
Add to this estima.e 100000 moro employed
in provost and guard duty throughout the
! country, and we have sum total Of 555 ,0O0
msn.
But, with sn this showing, the South Care
Iiaiaa finds nothing to be discouraged at II
$50 coo can be mulsersd to march against ih'
1 city Of Richmond, or any other point, it must
be at the expense Of sisgnstion and the dangel
Of reconquest in como other department. Of The
war thsa.er. BT reason Of the area Of territory
which his troops occupy, the process Of eoncen
tILton will be necessarily slow. Meanwhile
our own troops, moving on shorter lines, can b
thrown Together with greater facility, less haz
srd, aud be prepared fer ali the requirements oi
/ the emergency.
Admitting, however, The ability Of tho Van
kee general to bring into one army this num-
Der Of troops, (Which, in tho present disheAEt
eued condition Of the North and the growing
uHwillingnsss Of the people to submit to hi
further sxnctions Of ABRAHAM LINCOLs, VI
arc inclined to doubt and granting also, thei
ability to accomplish tho gigantic undertaking
Of feeding two hGRlred and fifty thOusAni
men thirty, forty or sixty miles from their bas
Of supplies, the question naturally srises, ha
GRANT the brsins to handle so vast body
dileci les movements IS q whole, or to eoucsr
trats its component parts in the sccOmphshmer
Of a given purpose. The answer remains wit
the future. As yet he has accomplished nothing
HIS energy has bean immense, but bis talent
are up to date hid in 3 napkin. He may set Il
avalanche in motion, but If he directs his fore
with that mathematical precision which 4
amy and 4 campaign require, he viii have Pc
formed feat conlesssdly beyond the power
sny living general whom the wOild yet know