A Plan For A Buggy Brigade

We find in ons of our exchanges aa article urging upon the gofernment the employment of buggy regunepts iustead of cavalry. It seeuis that Col. Mapg', of Michigan, bas submittod to the war departrnent a plan for raising a buggy brigade, and has also undertaken lo deaioustrate the economj and other advautages of suoh an arm to the service. He pioposes that the brigade shall cousist of four regiiuents of iufautrv moauted iu eight, spring wagons, uigfit to tho coiupauy, drawu by four horscs - tho seats to be arrapged aa in tin omnibus, with storago uudur them, for each sjuad of teil, for four axes, four hatoiiets, tvvo spades, one piek axe, ono saw and ono auger ; also room f'or the men's knapsaeks, shelter tenis, ton duy's lorage for iiojrscs, ton day's r-itions tbr men, and two bundred rounds cf ammuuiti-m.- thus the meu will have v.ith them mpplies for ten days, and nu trauia wliatever will be needed. T'ae en will earrj uolliing vviieu eugaged but tho rifia and cartridge box, thus reuderiüg them lightor thau Lufautry. Every compuuy will carry i total load oí' two thou-and six buuared and furty-two pouuds, whiob. is a very moderate laad ior four horaes, considermg that in bad roads most of the loads may be taken off. With thia load these wagoig wouid even inaroú further in a dav than cavalry, espeeialiy so iu a loug coutioued march. Thuy will occuny iu cstent of volums only half the d.stance uf the same nuiubei' of cavali-y by 'twW and where our cavalry can marco bv "fours," wagons eould ordinarily move "doublé file ;" thus the rogiment eould have lut the depth li coluiun of a oavalry regiment, :md then there are no trains to look after. II k eluimed that tiiese wagous (.■!■;'' Ló moved with facility on aluióst any road practicable fcr eavalry. Tlu'y e iu it is said, do more than moünted infantry and all that eavalry can, escept to elrirge with tho sabro. They are :.ot inteüded to opérate iside froin cavalry but to be attached to the eúvalry córjiB. The differonee in thu original coat. is shovvn t be greatly in favor of the WJgon regiment, ïiie expenses of rui'sïng a c.-ival)-y regiment is estuiiuted at 176,04!'; tti'é 0"8t of a wágoií regiment at 0 1 Oii,I 'áíO, showiug a balaucë in t'mor of tho latter of 8":j,i;(J0. The difieivnce in the maintenanee is shown to bj eiuaiy as gi'eat. The co.-t öf mairitaJtiihg a cavalry regimuit lor ono year is estimated at ,S-!o7,0Ü0; the expenses of the wagon regiment, for thè same time is 807,0-10'! showing a balance in favor of the latter of 108,000. This lonves out the bost of trains in cavalry. Iu round numbeia 1,250,000 iuay be saved annuilly in ujaintenance of í-uch a regiü.out over cuvalry, or moro than two tg qttp.