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been given upon this subject though
practice department 1872 applies oy
military r'e, 'ro e and aha, Of April - 1875 only 20 lands
views 'es = no proveon ~ tho sale Of hands wheh sses te 81
military purposes therefore ,hv provisions Of
the acts giving authority 70 sell useless military es be extended ~
liany military posts originally established
on The no. ,sssred u.s.. by e a, 1". 90 q po
lands p such localities but upon them BY ,hs
sao these which within of Isis
. . The s n.I far nsS ss "a @ " %ss vs q aS @
the bidders conc with tho qaarernaster general In the
fishing minimum price below which The Ns ana
recommend that provision ;" made for this pps IN any "d ihn
Similar recommendations were ropeatcd by tho secre
ry Of War In each Of his succeeding annual reports mp
to the close of his administration, which finally act
= upon " the rs.nss, on the Sd Of Mmch 1891 Of
the following supplementary law N III
farther enactei provision. approved
March sis An act authorizing 'ss 81 s1 ., certain mill
to such parts thereof which become useless for military
purposes" $3.50 sl
The President of the United States commandment
chief OF the army has the unqucstoned right ndepend
ent legislation occupy abandon any post accord
ing 10 his Judgment Of the military necessities of the
country. The legislation of Congress was, however,
essential TO confer authority to make sale Of site
which, in the exercise OF his constitutional functions the
President should deem longer necessary for the pub
lie defence That authority is in clear and explicit terms
by these cnactments vested In the Secretary Of War,
Of the United States The power s FULL absolute, and
unconditional and, when exercised perfect title is
transmitted from the government TO the purchaser.
Cases may possibly hereafter arise of fraud upon the gov
ernment sufficient TO justify the judicial tribunals of the
country in annulling the sale but IT Is difficult to mng
inc possible contingency in which the Legislative de
partment of the government with any constitutional
oprety interfere with rights derived under such con-
| tract
Fort Smelling
Shortly after the acquisition of Louisiana and during the
administration of Mr. Jefferson the attention of the War
Department directed TO the establishment Of several
military sites the Mississippi river In pursuance OF
this object, Lieutenant, afterwards General Pike de-
tailed by General Wilkinson TO make the necessary explo
ations and purchases from the Indians then occupying
that country On the 23d of September 1906 he effected
treaty with the Sioux by which they rclinGuishcd to
the United States for military purposes the land at the
confluence of the Mississippi and the ST. Peters, since
called the Minnesota river, commencing below the
junction of those rivers and extending nine miles
each side of the Mississippi and including the Falls OF St
Anthony. (Scc I'd volume of executive journal of the
Senate, pages rs, ~, and s0) Notwithstanding this
early indication of the policy of the government
movement made towards its occupancy military
post until much later period. In the fall of 1918 Mr.
Calhoun then Secretary of War, decided to take the
sary steps to to country the advantages of the
Indian trade, and to keep in check the aud
powerful tribes of Sioux and Chippcwas which inhabited
that section of our country, and who already be-
ginning to give Indications Of hostile feeling to The a
vancng white scttementB Accordingly in the spring
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