By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.
There are many people who do not know if the U.S. Army has 60,000 men or 6 million. They do not have a clue about that.
Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan.
I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.
I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns.
It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.
The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state.
We will never know exactly how many women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. At the close of the hostilities, it was estimated that approximately 400 women had managed to enlist, but this number is almost certainly too low.
More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.