Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-25

Nav YoEK. Dec 24-rhe Military iusssin.
tion at Governors 1siaad was at It's best
yesterday. There wss large gathering of
heavily clad gentlemen 10 listen to Gen ".
rscunisch sherman. General Hancock pre-.
sized. The audience was one which II was
moi necessary TO call % order, Ihe General.
10 thee curse Of fis sddress VI on the military
necessitics OF the uni.es States said when.
ever approach any matter neceesttaIiag
labor and study 1 shrink from It. feeling
disposed 80 ciaim ali the advantage ~
retirement, and oeraiil that l rn4y safely
leave the future IA the hands ol the bright
youth Hc see daily growing up around us
kveTy age producer is own workers, nnd
the experience Of mankind Il that the
agents o. The formef epoch are early adopted
% modern use. an cqnyinced hy actual
quality than what u called coprnge.
Take a hundred 0f the braveet men IN
accustomed 70 The cnuiusiBn oi hattie and
march them mp u the breast works aud they
than would hundred average men
of the regular army thai hase tecomo &C
cgstomed 10 obey the cnmmand "fail M
forward &C. On this Aimple rule Of haiti
rests the ex xistence oi lpe regular army 90
day fn tkit fr9ndrepuhlte.
All parties assss thet itisb becoming ihosei
tied policy otoor government 70 nA'niain The
smklfehf kind OF a regular army mose - 4
school ior Instruction than for ectaal ser
vice. This army ia ease Of lnynsiQn EluN b.
supported BY militia, ,inasmuca As the militia
is the ptFticai iorce on which the CHIEF
: naxistfate OF fle uatiofl must mainly Dc
pend for the execution of his high olhce. j
therefore becpmes our duty ~ soldiers and
citlzens 10 aia as far NJ We may, 20 nfnald
fnat militia lntoe fOfni IL which Il may bs
more valuable when called into active saf
vice. There has beea 4 BILL iutrodneed IN
"a 4 I4I.sI MorIIH he a IU44U ntftda ntI
direction A change of the whole bill
substantially repeais the old anti4naicd
system Of militia devised ny our
revolutionary fathers and substitutes uaw
one lar better suitcd 10 cor modsra expert
tnce While enrolling al men subject u
military dutF II leaves the great mass NJ
home, aud seeregnies tbe larger number 4
fulflllhe purposes ef UnF cAlstitnllnn 70 b.
snd proposes for this purpose the annua
sum olsix hundred thou1and i0Iiars teain
instead Of seven huuo 81 ~ eaell n nibel
ers sa eoseeens ana G better sdst.sod ssls Sd
TALON Of four companies u maximum of ioi
aud minimum cf hfly meu luf each CON
psng. Tho total number IN Cangrcsslonh
districts a9d Territories is now about ~
regiments Of tWelve companies each akgre
Calling maximum Of i.3f1e0o and mint
mum Of 90, ,001. force amply sufficient fol
the possibilities of the caae, TAklng thi.
lesser number and assuming the Cost OF encf
miiiiianan 90 be 80 per nnnnms believe Il
will make an aggregate q ~. .500po0. would
divide this sim equally between the
States, or committees, 10 which any con.
eli uficsf3 who compose this iDslIfution cad
reczll our e1peftence With new Regiments
AS they came 70 the United States raW aud
Unparalleled, and how toOn. bY association
they became experienced soldiers. The bill
PROPOSED will aid the atafss to make nDf
unilnfn syslnm throughput the United
states. rIheliere. said the fifnerai In con
ciusfon, srhet there u no more important
subject to-day. before thia Institution thar
thnt Of assisting in peffecting he militia
aTd In bringing Il into more cordial inter
course With the Iegular array sud the peo
pls Of the United staies,