The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-31

trains.
Ny Informant states that General Price told him he
could have the arms and ammunition To equip them.
Thousands are ready and willing nght II ths Coincide
rate government VII sustain them About twelve thou
sand recruits came out with them. Yours VER0.
The Pay OF tho Rebel Armies.
tfrom the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 26l *
In our patient and good humored army there 10 now
and then slight grumble Of dissatisfaction at the long
continued failure TO issue their pay Occasionally when
soldier happens 70 have sheet Of paper and pen and
Ink no writes mild rsmonstrnnce the subject and
sends TO newspaper There are, indeed, many
Trcnhon's money And IL is fairly due to them: aad
Mr. Trenhoms presses pouring forth by day and
BY night Where, then, does all the money eo9 Why,
clerks are regularly pad the State Department
absorbs great deal that IL may buy gold TO pay Jews
and Gentlcs who are supposed TO be dong something n
Europe II private Of company is constantly told W
the Quartermaster that there b money 10 pay him
let him be oonsoled by the thought that ne hesdei
dra's: regularity Co.gye tass care % b paid con tho
nail" Mr. Fo0e has his shareO pay his expenses into
the enemy's country. Everybody paid on sight ex.
cept the soldiers whatever comes Short is put their
account Yet these soldiers assuredly do us some
considerable service The who have been standing
In front Of Grants invading army those last months
would really seem TO deserve mech consideration and
the blaruey Of Blair and giving barney in return that
public enemy, or those well dressed gentlemen who
lounge on Bond street the Bou.evad At expense
may De said TO be sure and Is SAID that the gov
eminent Is unwilling to food the country with too much
paper money, which, II ncreasps in volume, dmin-
ishcs In vaas The observation Is profound the poll
teal economy undenabe but st Why are the soldiers
10 be last padf Why not begin sometimes at tho other
endf Sometimesf Alwaysl The FIRST claim on the
Of tho country should be the soldiers pay they
ought 70 be the nrst oaimants and here be any short
coming, let the other classes divide between them
We could do inGnit,iy better citaoW TOR ezdmpl) The
whole State Department. and all its employes tie four
quarters Of s gcbe than without sin 10 company Of
one OF our skeleton regiments Snyua II may ap-
pear 70 say so, zoe could dispense with he Uhole Cd5i
net far better than dispsnse Nth an equal
Number Of soldiers IN ne field II thoro be .
scarcity Of money let tho soldiers be paid rs and let
ocnl Of any grade Office touch silver i'll their
arrears are satisfied. No army contcntcd that
was deraudcd Of Its pay and the enumeration Of ours
little enough In conscience t1et I'M Mtt
It composed OF bassr material than Il Is; it
rescmblcd the merely mercenary armies Of Europe or
the xweepngs and rapings u all the refuse Of mankind
which the Yankees call their trash there mot In
It's ranks sufficient number Of thoroughly pairotic dis
interested and devoted men 70 give high tono and spirit
70 the whole mass would be by means safe " trhs
with the matter Of their Jay. Ba even they Nay !,
prssssf too far. 10 not least certain that army 81
any character nation cline time from that OF Cyrus
the elder, down 70 that Of Robert T. Lee Generals
Chief In It's best condition and discipline whcr
iregtary paid The pay may be littie but Il must b
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