New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-12-09

troops. The Quartermastcr Generals Depart
ment he thinks ought not to be diminished, ant
the staff of the army should never be regulated BY
tae number Of troops III the line, but by the cx
tent of the country over which the army Is spread
Hence IN times OF peace our staff must be moro
dsproportionate to the number of troops IN service
than that of other nations
In commencing the Surgeon Generals Report
he says
With this report are submitted the meteorological Re-
ports ffom ;be various Military Posts, and tie Report
Professor E,py in relation the observations pro-
srsss and course Of storms Sc, taken the aud
other places. These furnish Important well
facts in those Branches Of science which, when
tested by faftet observations nay lay The foundation lo
understood.
The Report Of the Engineer Bureau recommend
atons FOR the purchase State works aud Sra
ten Island with view TO .er reconstruct iou the com
Of Qualifications Sandy Hook; Sellers Poin
Mary land, the OF Georgia. betwe Mobile B
and the soets The approacheso New Ofeans describ
ed IN the reports the closing Hog Island Channel Charles
ton a5or, SOuth Carolina; the continuation OF the Gum.
berand Road through OHIO lndaua and Illinois, and the
ymcn Of the OF 81 $3.50 so Incurred in making
ge fo the continuation OF tina, road Jefferson City, Mis-.
souri, under resolution of the Senate OF January 1899 all
o: which are respectfully recommended 10 attention
Il is deemed proper add that the construction OF milf
tary works upon the Dry ToIugas Key West and Beayne
Key such other positions and rea- the extremity OF
the Peninsula Of Florida examination aud survey shall
be found most eligible deemed OF great Importance II not
essentially necessary in our line of coast deiences
The Military Academy WestI'ont EXHIBITS continued
evidence Of improvement the course OF INSTRUCTION. and
the Ac ad.nic Board endeavong TO keep pace, III their
system with the advances which science Is making IN all
parts Of the world. Il continues annually TO graduate a
number young gentlemen taught the public expense,
those branches Of which deemed essential to mil
tary operations By the act OF the Sd OF March last Con-
ess directed that Board Of Vsrs should be selected
had for years been usual To enable the Depart
nave correct information the discipline course
Of tudies and general State and condition Of the institution
the oath Of May last detailed the following officers of
the Army compose Board Of Inspection of that insttu-
ton the present year, wit: Ma General Scott, Bre
vet Brigser Genera! Brooke Colonel Bankhrad Captains
Modscai William H. Swift, Beaverton, L. j. Beal', J. G..
Casey and w G. Freeman. This Board assembled at West
Point sgreeaby 10 Instructions on the 9TH Day oil jun and
attended throughout the examination OF the classes, aud IN
sI,ec.d the institution thoroughly. The performance OF
these duties occupied period Of eighteen days daring
portion which the head Of the War Department attended
Wills, fully concur in the importance of continuing the
practical instructions in Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry
operations also recommend that the views Of the Colonel
charge of the Bureau of Engineers, IN relation to the pro-
posed corps sapps and miners be carried OUT for the
PERSONS which iie has so forcii'ly SET forth
In addition 10 the estimates for the Military Academy
commended by chief of the Corps Of Engineers would
ask that small be added 20 te Military Engineering
and inspect the recent and important works OF
country which exhibit the best specimens OF dams
locks canal bridges, docks railroads. inclined planes and
other important machinery mechanical Improvements, IN
order that they may be fully explained the cadets
ters Of instruction and improvement
After speaking in terms of high commentator
Of West Point, he says" The estimates of this
Institution for the next year, it will be perceived
are Sl4,472 so less than the appropriation of the
previous year.
The Bureau of Typographical Engineers have
taken great pains to furnish information from
every section of ths country, especially from
along the line of Lakes and the Western
Rivers The trade from the Lake country,
which, two years since, was of the value of more
than sxty.five millions of dollars, has been
since rapidly increasing, and is probably now
equal i'll amount to one hundred millions.
The appropriations for the improvement of the
navigation of the Mississippi have resulted III great
benefit, and is only an earnest of what systematic
and well directed efforts will in future accomplish
Accurate surveys have been made Of all our sea
places of notifications and entrances into
hafbors. The same accurate information is not
possessed of Lake harbors.
and Western shore Of Lake SUPERIOR and the value OF those
lands for their mineral wealth. will probably lead TO the eo'
pin. OF shat region with great rapldty Sound policy,
dictates that be promptly taken 10 make
uninterrupted navigation from that Lake to Like Huron
This IAN b. effected by the construction Of canal about
mile lengtb through the lands OF the United states,
around the falls of ST May with two locks suitable ion
passing steamboats,, the expense OF which VIII not probably
exceed 500 600 This will b. more than made up by the
increased value Of the public lands effected by'.
By the Photographed surveys west o!
thu Ms,sspp thought that have been given
or prosecution The results far as ascertained are
highly satisfactory and credtable 10 the scientific gsnteren
cha of the respective works II Is hoped that the su
already commenced the Platte and henZas MYERS mag
b. prosecuted and that means NAV be furnished aud auho
" gwen road through the auds belonging &C
the Urted States afford safe aud expeditions rout
for eniqants Oregon Territory This would BE- dc@e a
moderate expense there would generally be little to DO
more than and mar aud bridges owe
the larger The survey should also embrace The pro
per positions of military posts which wii be found neces
ay purpose OF keeping the Indians IN order prevent
lag misconduct traders among them and furnishing secu
rity t. tray crossing tue Rocky Mountains Al these
military posts settlements would soon be formed and travel
Instead OF encounteng the trSubleS aht
dangers of long Journey through Wilderness would fine
,heme!ys enjoying the whcle route, the comforts anc
security of civilized lie.
The report from the Ordnance Bureau shows that the o
GERS connected with that Department have promptly
ed for the money placed their hands. Ia the recommend
atous aImUg Notifications their construction ad
,auces and the necessity of National Foundry for the
purpose least of asceaiGng with Certainty where good
material can be procured for Cannon most heartily concur
Many of the caunon now in use believed, would not
s,aai proper Inspection and really dangerous with
binary charges. The loss and destruction Of life by The
bursting should be guarded against by every means
IN our power The best metals should be selected, and Of
carefully into at the public foundry
In this way only believed security would be afforded
that the pieces could be safey relied on at all tunes.
The establishment Of National foundry shcu!d not II is
be OR large scale needn't involve consid
cradle expenditure a, the outset but should be taken to
secure such site as will enable the Government TO increase
it TO any extent that may be required should 1t be deemed
advisable "a extend beyond The purposes of test foundry
When the superiority for the purpose Is settled the
work could be preferred be let out by cor
tract at fair and legitimate prices suPua'nG 10! the gwen
on,Ity Of iron The whole process De sulsrlasnded IN