We leave out of consideration the Coast Artillery force , whose position is fixed in our various seacoast defenses , and the present garrisons of our various insular possessions .
We have to - day within the continental United States a mobile Army of only about 35,000 men .
Leaving out of consideration the Coast Artillery force , whose position is fixed in our various seacoast defenses , and the present garrisons of our various insular possessions , we have to - day within the continental United States a mobile Army of only about 35,000 men .