The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07

those who died In prison, those who
, died of disease, those who were dis
charged and the dcserters we get "a
total OF 624.5oa.
The official report of Genera, Coop.
CT. March /. 1862. states the aggregate
number of the Confederate army, in
Guiding the militia. officers and men
AZ 3iO,261. General Preston, Supcrin-
| tendcg,t of Consumption. reports the 70.
tai number OF conscriptions as ST.
1913 ); enlistments cast OF mississippi us
1906: estimated conscriptions anu en-
iisiInGntS wes; OF silssisSlppi River,
l:p,pUo; total, $4,000. 1t IS true that
| tnc estimates recently given by repre-
! sentauives vi the scveraI seeded States
would show much larger NUMBER tnan
| GuV,OVO. but IT can be demonstrated
that these writer's. in their Zeal /,
giorify their several States, have with
| honest Intentions made gorgeous err
rors.
The writer's to whom 1 have alluded
nave overlooked some Important con-
siderations bearing on the problem dis
cusscd. Let me point out some OF
them.
During the first year Of the war the
Confederate government could not have
| awaited itself OF even nall million vi
men Tor It's armies, inasmuch as IT, was
unable to arm and equip them.
| by May, 1862, the Northern armie s
| were in permanent occupation OF about
| one-fourth OF the territory OF the Con
federacy. The population thus eNclud !
/ ed from the support OF the Confeder-
acy may be estimated at l,20Q,OuV, leav-
| Ing 3,S00,O00 to bear the burden OF
! war. IL ,nce the arms bearing popula-
ton would be not 100000. but 10000
md Of this number one-nfth, or 49,
| 600, would be exempted according u
the proportion recognized by all writ.
ers) for physical and mental defects.
The Southern States furnished this
1 A., lies Ill .t.N
| turns OF the War Department, $4,000
! men.
/ There was large element OF dis
| loyalty. especially In the mountainous
regions of the South.
There was also a large element OF
| base metal, men who begrudged every
sacriIice for liberty and shriked dan
| ger.
been made assume that the conscrip.
| laws in the South were strictly and
successfully enforced. This Is grave
J mistake. 1t can be shown from off,
/ States east of the Mississippi the law
was u failure. Only 1888 men were
put into the army through the con-
| scription law in the States east of the
Mississippi from tho beginning to tho
end. The conscript officers had 10 NEE
the opposition OF the Governors of som,
OF the States, notably the Governor OF
Carolina and the Governor of Georgia
South Carolina passed an exemption law
! which nullihcd TO a certain extent the
Thus the doctrine of State rights, which
was the bedrock OF the Southern Con
! federacy, became u barrier to the Con
/ federate conscript law.
within a few months OF the end show
! that he was receiving very few mer
through the action of the conscrip'
law. On September 20, 1861 he wrote
\ rat M ad6ifi0ns
We must also consider the large mum
bers of men employed ON the railroads
in thu government departments. In
the State offices and In the yariout
branches of manufacture necessary fol
the support of the army and the peo-
/ pic.
from the standpoint OF the census
| There were 100000 white people ir
| the seeded States ut the beginning OF
| 1861: but by May, 1852, as just stated
ritory had been wrenched from the con-
! troll of the Confederat, government
! In the territory remaining there was
! in round numbers population of about
3,S00,000: the military population should
! have been 100000: add for extension
/ of military age down to seventeen and
up to fifty. say 10 per cent: or $4,000
add for youth reaching military age
! the total Is 92T,a0Q. Add to this mer
furnished by the border States. sa!
| $4,000, and the aggregate Is $4,000.
can be shown that the estimate of IT,
! 600 furnished the Confederate army
by the border States Is more than dou-
! BILE the actual number.
! Now thsre are large deductions thai
have to be made from this number. Or
the ground OF disloyalty, we have nc
/ facts on which to base AN estimate. but
| II Is certain the number was consld-
| cradle. Many thousands must be de-
Quoted for man exempted for various
| causes over and above those exempted
| for physical and mental defects. Oh
| these we have no complete statistics
but we hava q report of State officers
| exempted on certificates of the Gov
! errors In nine States, to the number
of 1854. The civil officers exempted
in Georgia alone We're 6,41S: in I'M
| agricultural and necessary purposes
| 6.553. These arc only examples 81
facts which we meet within the Of
ncal reports In the war records. a
| thus exempted for these various causes
in the eleven States would be 49,
| We must next deduct from the ag-
Gregate number of men OF military age
J (927,2oo) 20 per cent for those ex.
empted on account of physical or men
/ tai disability that Is. 1s6,4oo; EST,
mate OF men detailed for special work
! in the various branches OF manufac-
ture necessary for the support of the
army and people. and also for agricul'
tural purposes, ls0.UvD IHeSs OeuuC-
| lions make ss5,40O. Deducting this
| number from the grand total mention ed
above (927,20O) we have remaining
available for military duty 641.S00. TIC
/ this we must add possibly $4,000 for
men who came to the Confederate col
ors the first year of the war from that
part OF the territory which by May
iS62. was completely controlled by the
Federal armies. This VIII give an aS-
grcgats of 621.s00 men actually en-
rolled for war purposes by the South
1t seems to be overlooked by Colonel
Livermoore and others In their estl-
mates OF the availablo population for
military purposes that the Confederate
States government had not only TO
organize an army, but also to es-
tablish manufacturing plants for the
equipment OF the army and to maintain
the complicated machinery of civilized
government In eleven States. We know
approxima tely tho respective numbers
in tire great battles OF the war. and
submit that these numbers are moro
| consistent with the maXimum OF 600,-
900 to 100000 men serving with the