Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-12-09
Secretary Of Wars Report,


TIE annual report Of Colonel Jefferson Davis,
s otrlsry OF Wor, is on interesting and business.
like document, and makes many important re.
concentrations, In order 10 give increased Ell.
cheney to the important branch Of the public ser.
vice over which be presidss. We anneXa Uh,f
rbSHaeti
The ocIual strength Of the army is only l0,1l5.
The whole aulb0rE=d strength is 1926. lie
hciency Is FEST decreasing by The more ropd
chi Smsnls. A statement OF the changes made
IN Tue distribution Of the army during last year is
gwen.
he removal from PloIijaof the remnant Of the
Sen,uOle lnilAe, las received The nuenliVn OF Inc
Department, but It's Efforts have not been Vety
Gncc,tSluL Better fortune 10 expected usGl year,
Though The fundamentally Ghlhe new plBn oil
OptfailOnS. The Indian difficulties afe elsewhere
olludsd 70. The massacre Of Lieut. Grafton and
men by the Sioux IS naIated, tud tue TACT stated
that the Tiny force Is quite inadtquste 10 ihe pro
uclOn Of our lEOnlltlS end o punlth the lUdiun
hgsttSlOns. Out enllrt lOsS IN Indian actions du.
InT tbs yaf 10 4 Officers and % mel WOunJel.--
Tbt OCcuitenoeS on line frontier furnish LeplUIube
lIUOlI VI tie lnSuficienCl VI our military force,
aud Ol tie ah.Olule NECESSITY Tot It's increase, uTg.
cd y The SeeIeiaIy losl year
OIftdselIVe force docs net exceed eleven thou
sand men, which IS entirely inadequate lOT the
uIpOsea tot Which We MAINTAIN Standing army.
ilS1pDsJlsls INCREASE 10 uIged, at cost suiic
usnI 10 give some degree u GecutilytO The In.
tian lIonueIs, Tot Which service The IegulBT
loIee is The mOSt titielrnl, cheap, proper aud con
sulullonal meani. The INCREASED pay to enlisted
men, induced tue enlistment Of ,0O5 men ia 10.
lObsT aud September last, ngoinSi 300 men duTinh
IbtsR rFFannnudtuu Mantle 4 L..
Ol required for The service Of The ensuing
yeaI will probably mol Le less than 6,00O He re-
commands The Use Of csmelS and dtumedati.s for
midday purposes. An increased lay lor OfioerS
Urged as 0nOcl Of justice and necessity Add.
ilUnal legislation y asked 10 place The widows and
orphans Of the Officers and Eod, 70 Of the army on
sn tqualily with The widows aud orphans OF the
OllctIs and HodieIsol the navy.
lbv necessity VI revision Of our military lesis.
lalOn m sOme important particulars Is pointed
uul IN order 10 pltVtnl CONFLICTING claims In fe
gard ~ tank aud command, which now give rise
u much Inconvenience end lTOnble. One great
sonic. Of difficulty u the double rank recognized
by OIL awsj 10 Esrnvdy This it is proposed 10 give
"a, Of 10 bTsvsl Iank Only when the President may
see MI end lOIbid Tue ca TclSe Of bTeVel commits.
Suns IN us regiment, lTOOp, 0r company where
officers are mustered. Elaborate suggestions for
TsUFfan GalIOn Of the Slhd corps ere presented and
comp led with European SYJlmS. II Is proposed
thai There 10 niue Bfgadlei uenealsj one for each
''epaTnsnlI one for Qua;lernasleI GenrIal. one
loI Adlulunt GsneTpl, and two iOi Inspectors Gene
lli beng an addition Of llFse 10 lhoS. who
nov, by bfeyel OF Otherwise, will have rank and
command a. BrgadirT GsneTalS, Other marked
changes In the sad appointments, rank and duty
VIE liUposrd,
HrIoims In the organizations Of regiments ere
also Sug, tSled The eLpgdIenoy Of general prJ.
mJvUns By seniority, instead Of merit, is doubted
by The jeCTeta.yI aud the establishment Of Ee.
Iitel list ogaln urged. Profess yhipS Of ethics,
aud Vi English studies, The military academy ere
recommended
,INany other subjects are treated Ofat COESidsTa.
Die length.
0ENEAAL LAND 0TPleG,--ln the Annual r. port
Of the Cereal Land Office The general facts are
briray Is folloWn During the year ending June
IS, there were 1905 900 SeTes sold for Cushj 402,
900 lOcatedby land warrants, and $4,000 by olLer
eenihesiesi II ,OOO.O 900 r-POrled IS swamp lands,
aud ,.7Sl 900 for internal mPToVsment-making
total Of %. 9Ss, sis ceres For the last Quursr,
&,1sOOOO w,rs disposed Of being altogether amin
ottOse Of sales amounting to 100000 over The
previous year, though there is dimlnulion Of
100000. including laud warrant aud swamp
llahSacliOns--lbs difference being caused by The
iSel that The most Of The giants lor bounty lands,
swamPs, Ttilroads, &o., had previously been de
posed Of. The sale fOr jho third qnoIltT Of The
current eSlsnlhrYee Ore more than twice q bea-
w as lhoss 70. the corresponding quarter VI the
previous year though the locations are Iessp pmsr
Gus. From The SOlh Of September 1854, 1885,.
Ii4 acres we've SnIyeYel, chiefly 10 W'eoh'ln,
Iowa. Minnesota and glcdaasand s,ls0sl1acp5
were bIoORht into MARKET Thh 3 ulcluSiVu Of
lhs surveys ia Oaliloma. OEsgoA. and Washing,
ton, amountnglo I,6s6.dIl cores, which have moi
ri btsn P,Oslalued foT Sals. The Commissioned
Ssyv, on an avsuss, full one Third more business
he's been done IN the Office during TIE past yfsI
than In The p'rcedinsi Of the $3.50 $50 acres en-.
Traced BY the land Wananis now Issued, 22,9S5
SJ1aI, have been loealsj-leaving only 1851
SsO &C q asv % b SalIsfsd. The report slVtg .