The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-12-14
In the report of the Secretary Of War,

| In the report OF the secretary o! NaI,
a .,..pefal summary is giveno! the mill
tary campaigns Of 1864 and 1865, end
ing in the suppression Of armed resist
to tn national authority 10 the
insursent States. The operations of the
general administrative Bureaus OF the
War Department during the past year
are detailed, sud an estimate made OF the
appropriations that will be required for
military purposes in the fiscal year COM
mepcing the Both day of June, 1866
The national military force on the lst OF
May, 1865, numbered |, 900, SIG men,
1t is proposed to reduce the military es-
tablishment TO a peace footing, compris-
ing fifty thousand troops of all arms, or
sanized SO as to admit of an enlargement
by filing up the ranks to eighty'two
thousand six hundred, if the circumstan-
ces Of the country should require an
augmentation Of the army. The volun.
teer force has already been reduced by
the discharge from service OF over eight
hundred thousand troops, and the De-
partment is proceeding rapidly IN the
work Of further reduction. The war
estimates are reauceu from 9'io'-io' 10
to COO !+,tol, ""'ch amount ~ VIZ
opinion OF tne nePaa.meu' ~ no meaiures
If rs,r.ncbmen, in eacb Rureau and
branch of the service exh!t;: d t
economy worthy OF commentator. Ref
crence is also made in the report to the
necessity of nrovid;n, for q un;form
militia system and to the nronr;sty of
maxine suitable nrovision for wounded
and disabled officers and soldiers
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sub;ec, Of Vial interest 70 ;ts honor
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nations life. Now. on the first occasion
of the neet;np of Conoress since the re.
turn If neace il ia of the utmost imnort.
ancs to inauourate a lust policv. which
shall at oncc he mn, in motion. and which
shall commend itself 70 those who come
after us for is continuance We must
aim At notbing less than the comnIe,e
effacement Of the financial evils that nee.
esSarlv followed a state Of civil war
We must endeavor to annly the earliest
remedy to the deraneed state Of the
currency. and not shrink from devising
noljcy which. without being opprcssiye
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