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The Daily Dispatch: February 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], Handsome affair near Smithfield.--capture of Yankees and Destruction of a gunboat. (search)
How to make the army Strong. In a late speech in the House of Representatives Mr. Holcombe stated that there are five hundred thousand men on the muster rolls of the army, a force which, we are confident, is fully as large as any effective invading force the Yankees can bring into our territories. If a large portion of this force is absent it can be brought back by proper measures to its place, and thereby avoid the most imminent of our perils — the reduction of the number of producers in the country. Mr. Holcombe also referred to the fact that the most sweeping conscriptions of Napoleon never brought men over thirty into the field. We need at this time the first intellects of the country in Congress. We need the highest wisdom and moderation, combined with the greatest energy. And, in any system of measures which looks to the removal of the great evils of straggling and desertion, the officers of the army, and especially the officers of companies, can do more than can b