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Show TUa AKM AUAIM. Tlio Uriel refer rx' lo ihc army m yeoUmlny'a IInui i Ins eMIwi forth a rrsponna from one i( our military friemla upon the li'll, hiiiim-lf a k"'- lant nflicfir and a ntlcnirtii. He corruuta some of our loured in reference refer-ence to tlio p.iy (if enpuiui We obtain ct tlio tiures uti tu the proposed pro-posed (ulimaa from tha BdrjiiuiH bill, and tlio otberd ruUtiug to luogevity, perontiCjt, and otber allowances under the present Uw were taken from mi astern exebautfo. Benin incorrect, wo tluiuk our correspond ent for aottiug ttiq nutter right. It waa not the Herald's intention to belittlo the services of the military gentlemen who ft re euuagtd in active duty. Wo fully appreciate the hardships they undoryo, the risks they awume, iind the trouble to which they aro subjected, especially on tho western frontier. None cad have higher reg.ird for tbeni than we; and no ono better understands how much the people who have "settled" the nf thu Mitniiri river owe to the boys in blue, What we wished to convey was that the lower grades of officers were at least fairly p.iid, while the higher were overpaid. Of o urae, there are exceptional Omci, ua witb the Fourteenth in fantry, Tnia recimeut nan been for yean on the frontier, shifted bjut from ooeprst In auother, driven over long riiriL-ticid, from Nebniak.i throi.i:li Uakot.iti, Wyoming, LLiho and Utah. Till necessary expenses of the ullie-LTi are Uteris lore greater than in ordinary cast). The history o! the Four teenth it exceptional, and by no uipiuis applies to the army as u body. Aain, we believe tur correspondent corres-pondent is so f iir-rainiied as to agree with ua in the claim that the army is diaproportbued in itd oraniz ition, both in reml to lue pay of Biiperior oflicers ua compared with that of the lower grades; and to tha number cf o3ict a (umpired with the rank and file. It is top-heavy, the useful having toBufltrto support tho ornamental. orna-mental. As our correspondent Bays, congress bus created tlie offices of goner! und lieutenant general, and the Heuald doe not expect. to induce their abolishment: bjt this doos not alter the fact that the placea are wholly useless eipeuaive positions lor tilled pensioners. |