Sentence:  “We have rather too few men just now,” said : Well—that very day—there was a fine : Smith, “but there being no enemy on the coast, we let most of the troops go home for a few days; but by day after to-morrow we shall be <WSD>strong-handed</WSD> enough for a whole man-of-war's crew." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Having many workers.