The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15

Thc Evening Post III reply ID Col. Liver
more's PAPER Or the 18th ultitt1o. III orr
der that4m position may ! be clear 10
those who have not followed this cohtro.
versy, recaptulate my former stnto-
.1nonts. Ssj yti n N IA \, .53
III asserted that all Confederate officers
who knew the facts ugreo IN sthting
the Confederate Army were not over
COO 900, andl1 referred to vioe-Presldeiit
Alex. X. stcvhens, a djutant Z General
Samuel Cooper, General j. a. Early
General Marcus J.6sWrightl d 81. Joseph
Jones, General John & Prrston md tho
New York Tribune Of June 20. 1851 Fl
second-'rhat by adding together tho
confederate prisoners in the hands Of tho
United states at the close Of the war
the soldiers who surrendered #, 1865, the
killed. those who dleld Y of wounds or
disease, dcscrtcrs ana discharged, we
have total Of 6o5,0O6. And Il asked IL
any other existed, what a,ecane Of
them Tits question Col. Llvermorc did
not attempt to answer. VI
Thrd-Thnt in 1862 there ,$wore 31S.011
report .Adtutant General Druin, U. 81
and that General Preston. q Commissioner
or Conscription, etc, states that subse-E
jouert to that time there we're $1,000 cot,-
scripts ana 72.298 enllstt1,ents. making
u total of 1929 enst OF the mississippi
River: no one will claim mona than
10000 for other sections. Col. Liver
morcs reply to this amounts to%nothlng.
Tho only argument worthy Of consid-
GRAFTON made III reply to my claim Is :
in 1860 amounted to ], 1854. 1d3 to Which
should be added those coming OF age I
in four years. and that this whole pop
5i,lation vas In tho Confederate Army.
This Is only speculation. and cannot
weigh against the direct evidences of
the witnesses T have cited, . {,
Referring for MI instant 70 General
|Iorestons report (pageE 1o3, Vol. l2o NY
r we fnd 9a57s cxcnlpts; we also find
~ estimate Of 1906 as number Of
iDmateuu.hafo. .llttc. IN mi mfw nm
man after making all deductions left
for disposal" We also find 7O,2H .'unac. Z
counted for,"t which makes ~ total Of
5so3. 237, ID which, we must add 9s,34l !,
sbt1ow,lato have been in tho United
istntcs Army, making q total or S'l.o ~
which to most people.r III not TO. Col.
I,iver,norc. wo,ild Justify my estimate
81 exempts and skulkers.
4 Colonel 1,ivermore is unable to md my
reference 10 General Prestoh's report II
III viii refer TO page 87, Volume 12o,
War Records, he Will find It AS to the
inerrlcIe1cy OF tho conscrirtlon. MISC
WIN .r - Tia reports or General Cobb,
io0 War 1tecords pnge o6l. Gc~er.lf Ketrl-S
nor, ia. Ss,$also TO i'd S57. 91C 00 359
General kemper says In his belief there
we're 10000 men III Virginia out Of the
army. H. n ffa4 Z,
General Cobb REPORTS: would re-.
oure tho whole army to enforce the coh-
script inv II the snn1e state OF things
oyisted throughout tho Confectionery as
know ID the case Iii Georgia. Alabama.
md, I may add. Tennessee.
II, w, Walter. from Oxford Miss" re-
ports. III regard the conscript depart
mont In Georgia. Alabama and Missls-
s|pri as almost worthless believe Of the
OFFICERS dnd men engH ged IN It were sent
10 the field. more strength would DO
added ID tho. army than Will probably DO
afforded hy Tho donscrpts who will be
sent forward.
I have pointed out before that Very
large allowance must be made for mon
occupied III civil government
positions. (. manufactures, agriculture.
org, which Is not done IN Colonel Liver
tpore's argument @hnd that In addition
10 this, 1t was Impossible TO draw men
from d large portion Of tho Confederate
states. West virginia. Western North
carolinn and Eastern Tennessee furnished
men 10 the United States army
indeed more than to the Confe1erncy--
and nftor " few months many OF tho sea
coast cities and the mississippi Valley
were ont Of tho Confederncy. and without
tho reach OF consoript officers. nnd the
lines contracted until the close Of the
war, thus doprying us Of thousands Of
ton. Two-iifths Of Virginia. one-fourth
Of North Carolina In 1863 O2o War REQ
ortls. page 1857 were Inaccessible,
Colonel Lvertnore occupies ~ quarter
OF his paper III trying to sustain Ills "con-
elusive evidence" tho census returns of
1890, but never refers to tho quotation
gave from tho report OF tho War Depart
mont. to tho effect that these returns are
worthless. ] nm content to rest on tho
War Departments statement
d Colonel Iivcrmoro says that at the closc
OF tho war there were 100000 moro men
on the Confederate rolls than I give MS
being there at that time, This IL true.
but they arcsIn tho present ana absent
column, and assert the numbers in this
column were fictitious ana novnr exiHt oil
except on paper and were put thore or
retained there to deceive prylng eyes,
and. It undoubtedly had this effect, for
the United states commanders wero de-
celved during tho war, and Colonel Lv-
ermorc since. ] ask again. II thpy ex-
listed. what became OF thom? They were
not killed, did not die, wero not prison.
ers. deserters or discharged. &
y An examination of this column IN tho
Confederate returns for various periods
will disclose tho fact that II Increased
from tho beginning Of tho war until tho
end. while the returns undor other hcada
as steadily decreased Thus. III 1862, wc
find In the Army Of Virginia. under the
heading FOR duty" 10000; present and
absent" 900; nnd in tho same army,
In 1864, "for duty" $4,000: present and
absent" $4,000, ana In all tic armies at
that time for duty" 10000, while tho
roll ''present and absent" shows $4,000.
or nearly tho total OF Confederate enlist
ments during the war. Names once
placed on this column were npver erased.
excepting only those known to have boon
killed General Cooper says that In
March. 1862. the Confedemcy probably
had moro men than at ony other time
during tho war, ana at that time they
numbered, including armed and organ
lied militia. $4,000. but ut that time
ba .'prnsapt and M oorJI Snl,,rn uhn "A