Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-09
ABOUT D,ssAxDNo THE ARMY;

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ABOUT DisBANDrNG THE ARMY.
The proposition TO disband the army
and leave the United States with no
regular troops upon.vhich abe can call
II, a case Of emergency 10 simply absurd
on the face Of IL. Even Sunset Coz.
the great apostle Of Democracy. the
man Who refused 10 vote for an sppro-
priation for the army, admits the fact
that vs must have some regular soldisrs.
at least until our present Indian troubles
are ended. And yet IL ID s~sriously pro-
posed by some Of the leading Democrats
Of this nation TO wipe out the Army
altogether. They ssy that Ne have no
need for IL; that a. the tap OF the
drum" . half . million Of nsa can b
brought into action to nsht the battles
Of the nation and that, therefore. our
army. o. now organized. 10 simply an
expense TO the country. while IL does
nothing TO pay for its existence.
New We admit that at the tap OF the
national drum q half . million Of men
will spring TO arms. But what will
tasy amount tot They will Be like the
volunteers Who met the rebels at Bull
I,un. They will turn and fly at the
first volley from the enemy. They
have had no drill. they m accustomed
to no discipline. and the result Is that
with the exception Of their uniform
there IL nothing soldisrly about them.
The best officers in the world could nsi
make them face Gre. They WA march
to the battle. and-ruur away from II
the msmsnt the first gun 10 discharged
Civilian soldisry. ~ the history OF the
whole world will show. amounts prac-
iically 10 nothing.
But oncs infuse into these men who
volunteer the spirit Of military ardor
which charactsrizes our regular army
place over each regiment n man who
has graduated at West Point ; or place
in their ranks u man who has served
his time in the REGULAR service. and at
once these green men. these men oil
straw. so TO speak. become heroes.
There Is something in the rank and ale
Of the regular army which inspires ths
men. Who volunteer for military services
iu time OF war. with courage and rsso'
luton. One regular army man in I
regiment Of volunteers will make ever,
member Of the regiment . hero. And
all bee use he has been disciplined ant
knows what . soldiers duties are AM
how to fulhll thom.
But laying these considerations en-
tir.ly aside. there Is another and mor'
weighty reason for maintaining an army
In the United States Of America. w
have become q great nation under pecu'
liar circumstances. under such peculiar
circumstances that the whole world looks
upon ~ with envy and jealousy. We
are the only repslic Of any magnitude
which IL now In existence. We are one
Of the great Powers Of the world. and
the great Powers OF Europe are looking
upon US with wonder. Wars are inev-
itablo between great nations. and We
must expect to have var ZONE time with
somebody. Now supposing that var
came with England. She has Canada
to the north Of US. and before We could
raise a single volunteer regiment
she could swoop down and take from Us
every State on the borders Of her domin-
ION. But II We have an army Ne can
guard every doubtful point. and in case
Of var, which can alvavs be foresssn.
the President Of the United States can
order his troops to such place ~ No
dssms ut. Without IN army no u W.
terly powsrless until war 10 declared.
Then he a call for volunteer. anu In
the meantime. while No u aihns ana
men are saiis'iss' .ns snen! may sA,n
such vantage ground 'ns' the hAl'n
v'ry lie may % imPe''iisa'
We need an army 70 Aeep '
hostile Indians on our 'r0a' wa
chance wouiu our