Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-30
B4YOXETS FOR THE s0UTP.
One.Seventh Of the Army in the South,
and Only One-Seyenth COntendlng
with General Sitting Bull
RadicalIsm Must Be
Perpetuated.

Eight Thousand ReinfOrcements Held
: Ready for Action at Southern Bal.
lOt-BOxes New York and
the Gulf States to Re.
ceive Special At.
tentiOn.
New York Herald.l
The orders issued to General Sherman
to hold all the available force Of the ar
my ready for prompt service in the
southern States, in view Of the approach
ing Presidential election, gives riss to
the inter esting inquiry as to what num-
bar OF men are actually at his disposal
for that purpose. General Sheridan has
stated that he was obliged to strip every
post from the line Of Manitoba to Texas
in order to reinforce Terry and Crook.
Even troops have been ordered from
California TO the Yellowstone, and they
have no doubt by this time resched the
theater of hostilities. Toe southern
States, excepting Texas, have quartered
In them two regiments of artillery and
five Of infantry, sgeregsting thirty. five
hundred men, and in Texas, principally
along the Rio Grande frontier, are thIee
regiments of cavalry, seven companies
of artillery, and four regiments of in
fantIy 1.-TWO Of the latter being colored),
aggregstipg thirty-three hunGred men.
Toe garrisOns In the reconstructed States
have not been disturbed in consequence
of the war against the Sioux. They re-
main at the strength above stated. On
the Pacific coast there are one regiment
1 Il fxrr nf alrry Obi
MES of artillery, and two regiments of
infantry, and in Arizona the Sixth cav
airy and Eighth infantry. 1t may be
stated that the presence of q considera-
BILE military force is necessary in Texas
to protect the people against Mex
! leans and Indian marauders;
and there is, also, q necessity
for occupying at all times several forts
and posts in the States and Territories
bordering on the Pacific. The total
| number of men in the organic alton OF
the army, including staff corps of engi-
Desrs, ordnance department, military
academy, men not attached to regi-
ments, hospital stewards, etc., is about
twenty. eight thousand two hundred;
but the organization, by regiments and
sand. General Sheridan, after the great
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to his own statement, to give Terry and
| Crook three thousand five hundred men,
which General Sherman thinks are
"quite as many as can be maintained on
the Big Horn"
GARRISONS IN THE SOUTH.
ComprehendiDg the value Of the fig
ures Just mentioned, an estimate can be
formed of the available force of the
army mot now engaged in subduiug the
savsges on the western frontier" "for
protecting all citizens, without distinc-
ton of race, color or political opinion,
in the exercise of the right to vote"
The appended exhibit explains itself:
| Strength of the regular army........ 250OO
Stationed in reconstructed states 500
Stationed in Texas ....................... $500
Stationed in Pacific States...........,. $500
Sta Toned IN Arizona. ................. Loo
Operating against the Sioux....... 3,5OO-l36OO
Distributed in other localities-..........n, 400
General Sherman hal, lit appears, a con-
siderable force to draw upon IHthe event
of ii being deemed proper to increase the
southern gsrrisons. 1t is admitted that
there will be no occasion for keepir g
troops in Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia,
Arkansas, or even Alabama. These
States are certain for the Democracy;
but Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and
South Carolina are to receive special at
tentloD. Indeed, General Sherman has
GsrICouT OUuIIAIv1vv1 tv,~11IUVe EOIuJeTs
from Georgia into South Carolina. On
the seventeenth instant two days after
the issue of the order to distribute and
station troops company Of the Eight
zenith infantry was transferred by his
direction from Atlsnts, Georgia, to |
Edgefeld, South Carolina. The inter- |
estiDg matter is that with over ten thou |
Sand NOT in
tsry work, it has been found necessary |
to increase the army; and, still further, |
that it lie within the power of the gen. |
eral-in. chief to concentrate within the |
boundaries of four or five States OF the |
Union, prior to an important election, |
from seven thousand to eight thousand |
regular troops, for the avowed purpose of |
meddliDg with the people in the exercise
of their right of voting.
AVAILABLE CAVALRY
Commencing with the cavalry, it will
be found that General Sherman has
available "to render prompt assistance
in the enforcement OF the law" in the
southern States the First regiment, sta
toned in California, one troop Of which
is now en- route toward the Atlantic;
three companies Of the Second, also on
the Pacific slope, the other nine troops
being now in the field againt the Sioux;
two troops of the Third in Nebraska;
nearly the entire f, urth, whose place in
the Indian Territory has been very re-
Gently supplied by seven companies of
artillery from the eastern States, and its
com mander, General M'KenZie, ordered |
north, and the Ninth cavalry (colored), |
stationed in New Mexico and Kansas.
The transportation of considerable por-
ton OF this force to the reconstructed |
States could be very speedily effected,
and as there are no mounted troops in |
that locality there would seem to be
some probability that q transfer will be {
made. The Sixth regiment, serving in
Arizona, could not be safely removed;
the Apsches are still dangerous, but msn {
could be temporarily withdrawn from
other posts on the Pacific coast without (
much risk to the public safety in that
quarter. Over one thousand cavalry
might be easily concentrated at Colum. '
bia, Baton R2uge, Holly Springs, st. 1
or Charleston, within a g
month.
AVAILABLE ARTILLERY. I
Three of the five artillery regiments {
are stationed in northern States. Re. 4
Gently, however, four companies of the c
First, from Newport, Rhode Island, and t
-hree of the Third, from NeY York har- a
Dor, we're transferred to Fort Sill, H. Il
liam Territory and four comapnieso of the 8
Fourth, from San Francisco, were sent
20 join Crock on the Yellowstone. 1t has p
o be bcrae in mind that an artillery [
egiment consists Of twelve companies, a
My two OF which are mounted and pro. Ii
'ided with batteries; the others are o.
quipped and act as infantry. One bat e
cry Of each regiment Is stationed per- b
or ] ~
institutes the school of artillery, and u
which is also an excellent point to have IL
attributed and stationed for operation if oil
ecessary in North Carolina highly al
rained and effective body of soldiers. ~
The headquarters and two companies SO
B and X Of the First artillery are at d.
'crt Adams, Rhode Island; one compa- lie
y 81 at Fort Warren, Massachusetts; 70
ne company (M), Fort Trumbull, Con. W
ecticut; one company (D), Plattsburg, II
lew York; one company (H), Fort W
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