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The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 11 (search)
onsolidate such of the regiments as may from time to time fail below the regulation standard. The adoption of this measure will decrease the number of officers, and proportionably diminish the expenses of the Army. It is said of Napoleon by Jomini that, in the campaign of 1815, that great General on the 1st of April had a regular army of 200,000 men. On the 1st of June he had increased this force to 414,000 men. The like proportion. adds Jomini, "had he thought proper to inaugurate a vastJomini, "had he thought proper to inaugurate a vast system of defence, would have raised it to 200,000 men by the 1st of September" At the commencement of this rebellion inaugurated by the attack upon Fort Sumter, the entire military force at the disposal of this Government was 16,000 regulars, principally employed in the West to hold in check marauding Indiana. In April 75,000 volunteers were called upon to enlist for three months service, and responded with such alacrity that 77,876 were immediately obtained. Under the authority of the act o