The Military Policy of the United States
The Military Policy of the United States
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The second bill, which appeal's to have slipped through Congress amid the whirl and excitement pro- duced by tne defeat at Bull Run, was not intended to increase the total number of volunteers above 500,000, yet under an improvident system, it was afterwards construed to sanction the employment of more than a million.^ Pending the enactment of the above laws, the bill to increase the Reg- ular Army also came up for discussion. The Senate satisfied itself with giving legal effect to tne proclama...tion of the President of May 3; but in the House the proposed increase, feeble as it was, again raised the specter of a standing army.
It mattered not that without the previous sanction of Congress, a quarter of a million of men were already in the field. Such a breach of the Constitution was lost sight of, when compared with the danger of a few disciplined soldiers. To allay the specter, the House there- fore voted that the eleven new regiments should be converted into a force of volunteers. This action was apparent!}^ based on the report submitted by Mr.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The second bill, which appeal's to have slipped through Congress amid the whirl and excitement pro- duced by tne defeat at Bull Run, was not intended to increase the total number of volunteers above 500,000, yet under an improvident system, it was afterwards construed to sanction the employment of more than a million.^ Pending the enactment of the above laws, the bill to increase the Reg- ular Army also came up for discussion. The Senate satisfied itself with giving legal effect to tne proclama...tion of the President of May 3; but in the House the proposed increase, feeble as it was, again raised the specter of a standing army.
It mattered not that without the previous sanction of Congress, a quarter of a million of men were already in the field. Such a breach of the Constitution was lost sight of, when compared with the danger of a few disciplined soldiers. To allay the specter, the House there- fore voted that the eleven new regiments should be converted into a force of volunteers. This action was apparent!}^ based on the report submitted by Mr.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Upton, Emory, 1839-1881 to read onlineMoreLess
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