, 1870-04-08

Iouse to nnderatand thatxhat is considered :
til officer IN cur aunny Is considered : asau
,Hleer III the European aImies7
III. LOGAN: I viii sly to tho gentleman that
viien i member Of thu House = making per
,onA explanation, explaining bis oxn positloo
" action, It is not yeEy usual for him to be in
enupted; but IT, tho gentleman desires to cn,
ar into discuaHinn of this matter 70 NIL
,ommenco 1t right harn.
M, 61oeux. do not desire 70 enter into
aefbta.d, want The country 70 understand,
.hat what wa can staff ol5cer Is not called
.taff oficerin the European ArInies- We may
tAyo in nut army six hundred men doing .
certain kind of duty, and We call them stat
officers. There tnAJ DO ii EufopeAnl Army
Eve izaes Is many men doing similar. duty,
is unfair to The army, unfair to the House, to
attempt 10 make any one behave that We IN
cur amy ara employing moro men to perform
. particular class Of setsice than are employed
to perform the same service'i in the European
a1mies, because il il net tue.
Mr iooAs., II tho gentleman will not got
excited will explain tile exact position Of
this question. ! do not want tho gontleuaan
to ssy that nm trying to deceive the House.
Mr. 61oCCM. TO not think the gentIeu1an
Ia trying to deceive tho House; but l do think
that members arc Likely to 10 led astray when
they are TOD th1t q country supporting AZ
II Q1t lA ILL 4lt4 QAt OAa-uA0
the number of staI officers that we Laye-
That Erd Ut talk Is calculated to lead people
astr1y.
gentleman can tall for himself. Now, sir, /
expected that probably when vas attacked BY
eAying hnd stated Whist WAS not true Soma
one would attempt to cover up this attack on
hut Hill show tho gentleman, Il he will keep
quiet, that what stated is true To tbs letter,
and more than what Laro stated is true.
will show tho number Of officers and the num-
ber Of men We are naing for performing the
same duties they arc performing there will
cay, sir, according to Major Mo!dacai'e re-
port, the staff Of the 1fussiAu army Was COM
posed Of but sixty-th1ee officers il 1856. Then
1show, sccording to the Last French report, that
Of 1863, when the pfusaiau army was enlarged,
when tho staff took in nora than it did before,
when it took in p.5t Of tho oftleers the gent1e-
man from New York has referred to, when
these office1s were included "a pAH Of the
stan-the staff Of tho Iruasiau army In 1859
hATing q ftsH corps performing Ill tho duties
Of countsearies and quatteruaete1s, md au
the duties which have besn mentioned-the
1863 to one hundred officers. There is the re-
post, aEd tho gentleman can readit for ldmaeH.
The sta1 proper really amounted to about one
hundred officers, but the dNaches to that staff,
which are n1ern detaila for duties, may at
timee greatly enlarge it, The st.H prnpor Of
the Austrian army in 1869 amounted to ouo
kucdrea and Bixty-dve officers; That Is, &C.
cortiing to tho report lave referred to, made
in 1863. There il the report, aud every man
cau read it for himself. The STAFF Of the army
Of Italy in 1862 that army having been chang
ed amounted to ono hundred and sixty-fve
officers. am speaking Of the officers Of the
stat1 ccrp6-
that the staff Of the army ot Franco amounted
to five hundred and eighty oficers, aud Gen,
ers1 Sherman does not know where got my
figures. an not Responsible for his want o1
information. got ucm out Of this book pub.
1ishtd in Paris. - Five hundred aud eighty
total" Total Of what: OF the stan corps ol
tho French army. That is the number ! gafe
In the debate tie other day. Hers it Is in this
book, publisted in paris, which gises the list
Of tho staff corps Of the French army in 1869
There, cir, ehuW to General Sherman where
got ny information i obtain my fguret
from The report made BY commission sea1
out by the United States. That report was
made in 1860 and published By order OF Con
E1cas- obtained ny. information from ths
Srtc!dteur N,Htdire, published in psria, of tllt
different armies Of Europe, giving complete
list Of their several stat corps in 1869. Their
ia where I got my information. II I am wrauEl!
informed Ill have to say ia TINT read III
ferrcd to these Official documents I want Il
know why I should be charged with stating
what was not tz71e.
Let ne 50 little further. Tho gentleman
from NeW York calls my attention to tho fac
that this psst Of The army in the French ser
vice, and in other services, ia different fron
ours. That il true. Let me explain it.
have explained 1t before. II was , part Of N,
argument, and The gentleman known it.
then stated that in tho French army the Com
miss&ry Department wAs made mp Of civilians
L 20 appears In ny speech. 50 state now
and do not. 1t is not part Of the staff o
| the army Of Franco. It is not so recognized
Five hundred snd eighty il the number givel
| in thia French report Of tho stat corps of ths
French army. Ii Is to bc supposed they know
Abous tho staff OF their own army And Il
other day that instead Of having graduate:
OF West Point and Generals Of The arm!
[ for Commissa1ies and Qutrtermasters vi
| ought to du ~ they do III the French army
have civilians employed for the discharge o'
! thoee duties.
Another thing the Engineer Corps in tht
French army is different from ou1B. spcal
| only as hare stated OF The stan. Let me cal
| The GcnIcman's attention to the fact. that il
lsc8 we had in tho employ Of the Quastes
Euastera Department force Of 10, 39{ hiset
| civilians, at ! cost Of s442, 592H per month
| ~
GIL per mcnth {or extra duty pay, waking NJ
| army Ct II, Ga men-a force az llrge AZ ou
whole azny before tbo war. The Adjatan
General commanded all the recruiting Offices
and Ill the unassigned reeIuitS-often / forc.
Of many thousand enlisted men. The Clie
civilian employees, and l.l0i enlisted ondnanc.
soldiers The fo.sr under tho Chief Of En-
ginecrB numbered 3.792 civilians md 75a en-
Eineer soldiers The Surgeon ticncr.1 en-
| ployed 4G0 Gviliana and l,O42 enlisted men
and q lsrge number Of both claAsea were EN-
p1oytd in the cth1- stan departments.
1Fat if the had result Of having 20 rcAnr aif
fetcIt stkr corps1 in our Amy. il You corn
men-the civilians, tic clerks, tsc.-in this de
partnent But they are no part Of the Htad
Hence, speak Of the officers al tho STAFF, an
70 did IN reference to there other aruier.
do not count Tic civilians that arc employed
Neither do they, in their at.uics, count thos
men that are thus employed on other than s.a1
duty. Now, il stated that the GtAd is 30 m
20, and the record bears me ont, do not kno'
Why General shetman shonld charge me Wit
eu9earonng to deceive the Houea or the couE
trJ in this matter. But suppose the star O
The arm. IN Europe wsa larger than OUR
would that 3uEtiiy ub IN having larger stal
than Is neceesMy? Not at ALL
Iceme new 10 another point, snd hope Il,
I1onee viii indulge me for short tit2c 1ongc1
General Sherman speaks Of the nuu5cr Of Ger
erala in Eu1hre, and gives statene1lt9 To rho,
that England his moro Generals than We have
| will say to General Sherman. in ansHer
this remarkable attack upon NE, that I have
:. rerort hare showing the state Of tho aruic
and navies Of England in 1870. stput IA late
rerert 4. can be got: and call his a.seutin
and The stttDtion OF the country to ttst rcpor1
General s. cr1nan eays IN Lis letter:
.'Te hare General, Lieutenant General.
Major Gtnt rale, and IsrtFnlc.s. II rru Will sen
10 The loDcrt S Library tor HATS Army List +
1sG9, sou = II uld ID the English atlnr, estimate
Gelse1a.s, lss Geast EaDt Gsaezals, Sig Isjos Gss
tIals, atd .9l Ctfontts.1
Now. q the 1s0, co men there rts.li be. "a
t,cf0 r1ep to regiment, or in all l3H r.,i1re1:a
With s1c Major GeEerale tlcy tare sir e tim.
eco regiments, then there arc twice as maa
Ms1cr cenerc,~ -E .Ge-c re regiments, accom-
ing to this statement. And beBides. there il
Len.etaut Generals, 50 Generals. and 7W Coli
uc!s, for 1.0, Geo ncn, forming 130 regiments
acror!;.g .o:te us:a1 et.clsfu Of the nu:a.:
t.Et;ca Of the country to that. General Shcl
r,An Gays that he docs Tot want the coantzy
be mistaken as to the sta{T; nor do eithe
vant the country to 10 mistaken. I viii e.
T's:n tow. tits IS The facts stated b. tic C.:
esal may 10 eerreet as to the Geae!a.s q th
EngEsh army. Ho got ticm cat Ct Harris Al
| my List, which I lave before nc and ME
e1auined, and J. have got moro tha
tbat. I ha<e got the returns Of 1870, an
| will state What they rhow. Let ii be borne /
mind that Colonel in England is Gener'
nine tines cut Of Ten. The man who con
manas = regiment is. for the most part, cal1e
General. A nan may be General mcre]
rs m1ttcr OF title. 13ut I will read the ft
ur<s, ard chow exactly how it is-
In England there ire I:eld Marshels,
Generals, 185 Lieutenant Generals, and l!
Major Generals-tota1 3S3. Ny figures difIt
IN m these Of General Sherman. Eut Lis on
make the matter worse for his own poaisio,
OF thrse 38s officers, only go are available
and nearly al are Co,oncls Of regiments F.
! example, tho Cor1u,4nder-in-CEef, His Roy,
Highuess TIE Duke Of Cambridge, il ons
The four Ile!d Aa1slsls, md Is Al.
i Colonel Of four different regiment
60 be is counted fya timea- II
Engieh xrny, "a General Sherman We
i knows, has no stat organization. Their R.a1