Strength Of The Federal Army
The Provost Marshal G-eneral gives the lnllowing as the uumbor of imlistmeuts in the army : From Jan. 1, to Nov. 1, 1803, 68,000 FromNov. 1, to Jan. 31, 1864, 110,000 From Jan. ;l,to Fob. 28, 1864, 90,000 Add produot of the draft of '63, 40,000 Add desertera returued, 28,000 Invalid Corps, 25,000 Ke-enlisted veterans, 100,000 Add black troops, 70,000 Total, 531,000 To show tlie actual gain of the army, the 100,000 re enlisted, ae well as the killed, wounded, prisoner and diaabled during the year, laid to ainouut to 125,000, must be taken from the above total, whioh wonld leave the army 306,000 ' larger v.o than it was Januaiy lst '18C4.
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