Our Present Military Strength

The present total effeetive strengt h ! t on r uriniuH - by whicli wu m.eaa iho i iorce tictuxilv in the fiolu- .luis. b.vi s timated tu lio alimit eevun hundivd thousand i n 011 in round nunibers. At Uie hrtfiiiiiiii nf tho year. thero ■'ei'fl tut.T miiiim üiO,937 volupteers, and 'M),S&4 logulutv, midáng total of 660,971; ► ii ihrtt uotuully the two lüvies siuoo ï'ia'Jti hv ihe President, in accorduiicj wan the provision.s ot' iho act ot Congjrvi umpoworiujr I'iin to cali out, it ik.uu nary, lililí n milliou of men, have ttw.yet dUed bilt litliü t oi.r military buioioi.ey. The fiist oull lor 300,000 H oüjim. it woulcl socni, (lid littlo more ((ban ii i i up the regimentó Vhftlhittd boen :pljttid bv' the CHBUüllUiS ot' thü camp ui,.! the lk'ld. Iiefore vo had really achiuved any graad viotory cornmonsurulo wilh our expendituro of bfoorl and treasure our bo&pU&ld weru tillod up. and cociBtant appenls wyre made to our pliiliintLiopy, on hehal' of the sick uid and woundud. Porhap.--, Ujo, desertion, in mild (mm, helptd along the dociinuüdg procos, for our botuld and , prominent thoropghfares nere ortrwtantly thronged with gaily-uniformtid offi cerH apparemly in good health, ar.d vith do valid excuee l'or their naglect of duty, a8uming that the econd cali for thrfe hundred lliousand men has j beeD fu'ly aswéred, therefore, it could j hardlv raise the numérica) strengtlï of the irrny above nino huinlred tbtiosand men, fro;n which iho large numher oí those who, after a few months' trial wonld be found ur.uble to endure the lutiguo and exposuVe of camp lik', would still have :o be doducted. Büt in roality we onnnut assmno '-hut the labt c-11 of Mr. Lincoln has been anmvcred so as to place the tro;ips et the disposal of the War Department. We have probably ten lliousand of Ihece mon onoamped in the vicinity of this city, and not onlv are they unlit, owing to lack of discipline, íor active service, bui they havo yet to be provided with attns and olothiog. At eeveral other pcints in (he State, camps of equtJ size have been estnbliihed, and as. yet we have no iipsuranoe that they may not bu converted into winter quarters. True, withria tho last three months many thousand of troopë, not only froin this State, but ir. ai tho Nofth and Sast, have been sent southrfard, but a great portion of theru b;ive boen rèquiröd to occiipy the dufeiieea ol Washington, whieh even now aro insufficiently gurrisoned, when we considor their exVent nnd important character In view of these facts, tho estimaie which places nur present total ñiflitint; forcé at seven hundred thoueand men i." probabh' very Der the tröth. The toial 60i:n.!s grrindly enongh vo the ear, bnt when we rocollect that Ooneral MoClellnn filong t.lio base o{ the Bluo Iödge, General Siffol at Fairf:,x, General Kosecraim in Kentooky, fteneral Popo in the Northwest, Genera! : Ctlrlis in Ál kvinsas, General Grant at ! Corinth, General Butler at Now I iiians and General Brannan nt Pnit Soy al, each have a claim npon this j total, we Ra n not wonder thit it has unido siieh slosv progrvfM tnwanls vanijiiishing liie most formidablo rebellion the world has ever seen.