Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-25
REDrcING TnE AMY.

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urged by sundry members that our army
WA loo large for the psesssitiss Of the
service; that Il 10 coating altogether too
much: that IT. oficsss ysttoo izrgs sala-
RES. and altogether are having much too
soft . job" So the Military Commit.
tee have been hard Il vork cutting down
the salaries OF officers. and n reduction
Of . dollar per week has even been sug-
gsstsd in the psy Of. cadets attending the
Military Academy al West Point. This
action on the part Of q Democratic Con.
mittss should astonish no one. The
Democrats party hss. since lsco- Gl.
been opposed TO increasing the strength
OF the army. The 1900 men who. at
the breaking out Of the rebellion. formed
with their officers the "army Of the
United States" were. BY the discreet
opdsrs Of the Secretary Of War. sta
dsssd Of points whore they were psae-
Ideally unavailable for the defense OF the
Gosssnnsnt sgainss he rebellion slssady
plotted. Had President Lincoln. when
the Arst gun VA fred At Sumter.
had an effective force Of from
5 200 to 3d. 900 men so distributed that
they could have been swiftly concentm-
ted q vifsinia's Capital. COO. 900 lives
would have been saved and the rebellion
would hardly have attained formidable
proportions. But, a. We remarked. the
Democratic party was. nom tho Spring
Of 1861. innszibly opposed to . large
army. Al the North. in Congress. and
in State Legislatures. the votes Of Demo
cratic members were always 10 Be found
recorded sgainst furnishing supplies for
troops. and Q universal Democratic pro-
test vent up at each successive call H.
sued BY President Lincoln for more
soldiers. rhs draft found this element
either skuiking ' n borden into
Canada. or. a. In New York City. resist
ing with riot and bloodshsd its enforce
nsnt. Il Is but natural and oonss.snt
therefore. that the Democratic party
should make its Ant bid for the united
support Of the eopperhesd and rebel
elements Of the late war by movins'to
reduce the army.
We do mot know how Southern menu
bsrs I've mea tho sx-gray-eoatsd Con-
gressmsn) feel upon this subject.
Desbusss ithsy. too. have some prsju.
dice against the Union army. But for
their purpose the reduction will have
come too laie. They would have pre-
fensd that the proposed depletion should
have occurred a. any time from 1851 to
1866. In fact. they did their best. al.
though in . different manner. to thin its
ranks. Perhaps the most suecessiul at
tempt Of the Democrats to reduce the
lighting strength Of NE Union army was
made at Andsrsonvills. That staunch
old Democrat. Jef. Davis. thought the
Federal forces too numerous. and did
his best 70 reduce their strength. He
succeeded quite remarkably. II JEFF.
Davis we're amnestisd and in Congress.
his vote might undoubtedly Be- counted
In favor Of the proposed bill. Hill, Of
Georgia. 10 also an advocate Of army re-
duction. His voice vas In its favor sew
sral years ego. when be proposed that
every Federal soldier found without the
lines OF his command should be tried by
. drum-head eourt.martisl and muir
dsrsd. NJ. Hin's plan vas oaly ssooud
10 that Of JEFF. Davis in diabolical
h.ssnuity. IA the .psoPOssdl bill
has not yet been submitted to .
vote. Il 10 impossible to tell who will
favor II. II the x.Confsdsrais ofacsrs
In Consrsss are . ehivsihes q b claimed
for them. they will seorn to support any
In vbish win take from . sinsls ofscsr
Of the Union Army. who fought them In
the late var. . title Of the honor or posi-
ton be earned upon the battlefield. The
instincts Of IN honorable man would
desar him from thus posting up before
the world such evidence Of ignobls spite
and dishonorable revenge. Let the
Coppsrhsadsd coward ~Ao remained at
home during the vsr and gratiAsd their
base malsvolsnes by ~ehuckiing over
Federal disasters md sicstss over long
columns Of their killed and wounded
nsishbon. who wsrs struggling to pre-
sgw Tie sAsos q projcct and support
= sehsme TO rob army officers Of their
hard earned laursls.l a In the name Of
dsosncy. We hope that those Who fought
thsn in he hsld viii not nov haunt .
bass revenge in the face Of C~hristsndou.
II may BE- that some officers Of the army
have been made favoritss at the expense
Of justice. II so. let the wrong b
riehtsd. II may DO that some have
been eompslied "a do ivefk upon the
frontier while others have had soft
places at headquarters. II so. let the
partially Be exposed and equity m
forced. But an army Of $4,000 men Ia
none too large for guarding our ironusrs.
manning forts In our harbors. or NJ q
nsoelus around which. al n moments
nstice. could BE- gathered. from the North
and South. . host Of veterans ready to
guard . nations safety or avengc any
indisnity that may BE- cast upon The DAG.
A MAMMOTH PArEn.-The Oakland
(Csl.) Tanscript celebrated the Centeu-
nial year By publishing on Sunday
morning last q tsn-pass number. II is
rsplste vi,h reading maitsr ehisay re.
lating 10 the local history and interests
Of Alameda county. In IL Ne and q