The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-23
The Military and Naval Ne.
sources of tho United states
and Great BritAfna
from the Washington Patriot

From the Washington Patriot.l
In view of the furry that has been
raised over the Washing 0n Treaty IN
England, and of tho fact that some
timid people may, Me the Warhorse,
smell battle from afar, glance al the
respective military and naval re-
sources of the two countries may be
interesting. What is called the army
Of the United States contests of BOZ
700 trained soldiers, of whom I0,OO0
are infantry, lQ,0S0 cavalry, and !, 800
artillery. The real army of the UNI
ted States, however, in case of inva-
sion from abroad, would be the PEG.
ple-and 1t may be, thereto e, figured
up as betwc cen 1000 600 and 2, 0O0, 900
able bodied men. The British army,
rank and file, numbers 133,20l men,
including officers and non-commis-
stoned officers of all grades. More
important is the relative strength Of
the two navies., That of the United
States consists of 179 ships of all
classes and in ! all conditions; bur,
alas mostly bad, exceeding bad,
conditions. 3 Their aggregate arm.
ment is supposed to amount to 1,390
| guns, exclusive of kowftzers cand
small cannonade. > OF these ships 20
are sailing vessels, and the remain
der side-wheel. steamers, or sailing
vessels, with auxiliary screws; IS of
them, armed with COL guns, DE in
service, attached to the various fleets
and stations as regular cruisers, des-
pateh-boats, hospital, store, receiving
and practice ships. 7id 5sa tud .A2rri
OF the remainder g are nearly
ready for sea, snd will join the vari-
Gus squadrons as soon as their crews
can be enlisted and organized /; 81 are
inonitOrs, only Of which is now in
commission, the balance being laid
up at the various stations, principal
|; at League Island IL are under re-
pair at the various yards ID are on
the stocks, rottening, never having
been completed or launched, and the
balance Of those whose names are Oil
IA, list are laid up in s.ordiDary"--
i.e., to rot. .5- yG :,.i +. ~ '4fl.s. y 3
The vessels now in commission are
distributed as follows: North Attain
tic station, Rear Admiral Lanmsn,
ships 4, guns 40; Pacific station, Rear
Admiral WiDslow, ships 8, guns 80 !;
European station, Rear Admiral
Boggs, ships 8, guns l39; Asia,ic sta
ton, Rear Admiral Rodgers, chips 8,
gins %. The remainder of the fifty.
three vessels in commission are, as
stated above, despatch boats, hospi-
tai, store, receiving and practice
ships. The men in the naval service
are thus divided: Seamen, 5000; ma
rines, including officers, 200; boys
500. The British navy consists OF
(ready for service) so iron. clad YES
sells, whose aggregate armament
amounts to 6S8 guns, and 126 wooden
or iron steam and sailing vessels,
whose aggregate armament amounts
to LILO guns. Besides these, Z iron
clad and s wooden CT iron vessels are
in course of construction, The ineil
III The naval service are thus divided :
oesmen, (inclildiug oAieers,) i0,0Da
MARINES, Gnciu.liDg ei:icers) li,0D0 ;
boys, 1,@tl These figures represent
the salient f;lcts which present thcm-
selves in a comparison between the
resources y naval--o; Great
Britain and the United States. While
as will be seen, we have, nothing TO
boast of in the way of navy, Eng-
land is not SO much more fortunate
than we as 10 arouse any apprchen-
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