New-York tribune., 1868-07-29
GOVERNOR sEIMuUKs MEASUREMENTS IN RE
GARD TO ARMY EXPENSES.

GARD TO ARMY EXPENSES.
In the House OF Representatives. June q, lscs Mr..
Blaine Of Maine made the following comments on mis-
statement made by Gov Seymour of NewYork IN his
Cooper Institute speech:
Mr. Speaker desire 10 call attention 20 statement
made by GOV. Seymour in his recent speech at the
Cooper Institute in the City OF New York In arragnng
the Republican party for oGtrayagance he makes the o
lowing declaration as reported IN Ihe Aew- l0N h0d'
Since the var closed ia ha, pen, fr m
pnse' addition to ~ payment on PrheP, and n', St pnPe
nearly eight hundred millions spent on The Army and S ah1 '
military purposes This nearly one third Of the nhonAi deOt lh'
The charge thus brought by Gov Seymour Is that Hn
the three years that have tanspred since the war closed
our army and navy have cost COO or at the rate
of nearly t27OOOOOOO per annum In time OF profound
peace. The statement is cunningy made with the eVl
dent purpose OF misleading the public mud TOT "ho u
is quite true that the military aud naval expenses since
the close OF the have been OOOOOO 1t absolutely
untrue that they have been HOODOO0 per anhum When
the war closed by the surrender OF Lee on the sth 0i
April 1865, the armies OF the union pore the names OF
nearly a million men the rolls, aud our navy, in Its
vast and widely extended duty ofbockadng 5000 miles
Of coast, had nearly 500 vessels IN service MN
pOndng number Of men. The rst resnlt OF Grant mag
nfcent series Of victories aud na triumph over ihe ke
bcon was muster ont these countless hosts which had
borne standard with such glory on the land and on
the sea Months Of pay were due TO more than half the
army; the well earned closing bounty WAS due 10 ALL ana
the sailors beside Their back pay, were 20 receive mil
lions OF prize money honestly their own The vast ana
almost ncalcuable amount needed To be provided for
purposes must be had at once and thanks to tho
patriotism and the wealth OF our people IL was had AT
once. have this morning visited the treasury Depart
men and by the official statements when holu III my
hand II appears that the dlsDurtemens IOt
the army and navy for the ia days follow
ing Grants closing victory amounted TO S2o,WOOO.
Hence II will be that than hreefOurths OF the
$4,000 riumphantly paraded by Gov seymour as
the war and Navy expenses Of the past three years were
really disbursed almost IN sum at the close OF hos
ties the necessary expenses OF mastering out our
military and naval forces To supply this vast
the current receipts Of the Government were con
sumed and the people directly advanced t30OOOO by
subscribing that amount TO the eyermemorabe 7Jo loan
DO Gov Seymour and his friends find fault with the eN
incurred IN mastering out the Army do
they begrudee the soldiers their back pay aud bounty
and the sailors their hardearned wages and the prize
money! II not them TO attack the Republicans
for promptly dischargng the honorary debts OF the
Republic for thus gladly paying tho men VINO Tsked their
lives 10 "a We the life OF the nation. Six hundred ana
twenty-five millions OF Gov. SeymOurs se0OOOOOOO being
thus expended In mastering out the volunteers,
his own figures show that the current ana Ieglt
OF both Army and Navy for the past thret
han s 600 per annum for DOl branches OF the service
The GoyernOs figures thus reduced not far from the
truth and they show degree OF economy quite unknown
n Democrac times. Take the year 1883, Tor example
in the administration Of Mr.. Buchanan and we ma ina
the erpepses OF the Navy were tI,O0OO0, and OF the
Army nearly 900 0OOfOr the two well nigh NOOOOO.
and that was In gold, and with an Army and
Navy OF less numbers than have been deemed neces
sary for tho security OF the public peace during tht
past three years Taking the difference IN me amount o.
force and the fact that the expenditures OF MT Buchan
ans administration were coin and the present eIpen
ditnre m paper will be that the result shows
sfronpy m favor OF the economy OF Army expenses a.
sd,ninistered by General Grant The Army today IL
fact costs much less per regiment IN paper tnhh cos
per egment In gold under the last Democratic Adns
iration, 30 much for Governor soymour's ngures'