The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-08-01
TIE HttttsrY Power Of the
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visw Secretary Stanton, and The stale
mraia 10 hia speech sere made upon
the auihoris, u that oihcssl Gensr.
81 Parsons said, then. thai Secretary
Siasion had already sent home about
ssven hundred ard 6iy ,bossand sol-
dieFs that one hundred thousand more
would be on the route in = few days,
and that q, the lime 81 Lees surren-
der The Union forces we're within two
three thousand Of a round million Of
men.
These enormous numbers viii give
our own citizens and our foreign crit.
ies some definite idra Il she immense
military power oi the republic Dur
Jog the war the Moth bias Lost about
eve hundred thousand men in killed
and disabled. and the South a. out
seven hundred thousand Here we're
tuelve hundred thousand men placed
Aovs Dc combat, snd yet our ranks were
falI when the war closed Al The
time a Lees surrr nder the South had
about three hundred thousand men in
the field. counting those who we're
upon the muster rolls, bot who had
anticipated the final defeat be desert
ing. On our eide, as We have SEEN,
there were q million Of soldiers ditid.
ed among lbe various armies. On
these, eight hundred aud 6ily or nine
hundred thousand have already been
dismissed. or are preparing 10 ,elire.
The balance 90 probably be y tanned
for the present aud subsequently dis.
charged in patches OF ten thousand, as
the restoration OF The Union PROCESS
es, until only our regular standing ar
my of few lhousaad men is lett IN
sert,cc.
But the point TO which most Of al,
we desire 10 direct attention, that al
least six hundred thousand of our dis
charged veterans can again be called
TO the field NJ the tap Of the drum
whenever the government may re.
quire their aid in foreign war With
in six weeks we can again have an
army SIX hundred strong. This army
will be composed OF veterans, against
whom the volunteer militia Of Eng
land or the holiday soldiers Of France
are As nothing, These men have
fought over half continent, and are
trained 10 all martial exercises. They
constitute continual defence for the
country they have saved, and are the
o'ly standing army We shall need for
many years TO come. II, on the one
hand, these facts teach our govern
ment how safe !, is TO be economical
in regard % our military establish
ment in time of peace, on the other
hand ,hep teach foreign governments
how formidable thi. republic will al
ways be in time Of var.
Thirteen hundred thousand veteran
soldiers, North and South, are mol the
only military strength Of This country.
Behind them and distinct irom them,
are the militia OF the several States,
We drilled, thoroughly equipped, and,
- their brief campaigns have shown,
by no means ineffective. Then again,
there Is the great body Of citizens be-
hind the militia and ready 10 furnish
volunteers. But million and three
hundred thousand trained and cxper.
ieneed soldiers Is a larger nucleus Tor
an army than any other country pos
sesses, and than any other country
has ever possessed before. Napoleon
never had such an army IN hi. best
and brightest days. Halt OF this force.
~ We have said, could be placed in
the Geld IN siA weeks. and the olher
half could speedily follow. During
the recent war Europe has had q
chance to estimate the comparative
strength Of the Norih and the South ;
but nos Europeans mus, lsarn to es
iimaIe the strength OF the North and
South combiueJ. II will prove Gu
Tio0s and instructive study. When
the Emperor Napoleon has flushed
teaching the Pr &C Imperial MI about
Algsrs We hnpe that he will take up
this subject and give the young Prince
Tea lessons upon If, apropos Of Mex
ieo. The military mathematics, for
which sc here furnish him The data.
viii bs iOand quite a. interesting and