Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1878 — Nationality of Recruits. [ARTICLE]

Nationality of Recruits.

Prior to the rebellion the United States army was filled up, in a great measure, by Irish and German immigrants, who, after a brief sojoffrn in ort crowded cities, drifted to the recruiting rendezvous and were easily persuaded to enlist, fee rocruiting.SOTgeaut taking care that the rosy side of army life was presented to a hesitating applicant, Since the war, however, the proportion of native-born citizens in our army has very much increased. The latest official record of enlistment shows that out of 183,659 men who have joined the service since 1865 more than half were Americans. This record, which bears interesting evidence of the mixed complexion of our national forces, is as follows : United States 97,066 At Bea 75 Ireland 38,649 Newfoundland, 68 Germany 28,127 East Indies 47 England $,887 Australia .....41 Canada 4,703 Prince Edward’s Island.Bo Scotland 2,466 Brazil 25 France 1,593 South America 22 Switzerland 1,562 Cuba 17 Denmark 719 Greece .16 Sweden...... 598 Portugal....’. 11 Austria 581 Chili H New Brunswick.... 635 Africa 5 Nova Scotia 492 New Zealand....".'..’.’.'’ 5 Holland .. 395 Arabia „ 3 Norway 847 Argentine Republio.... 3 Italy 198 Gibraltar 3 Spain 142 Malta.., 2 Russia in Sandwich Islands 2 Poland 131 Egypt 1 West Indies. 118 Turkey 1 Mexico 80