Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-10-30
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Norihe.n Texas in military Po'"' OF view
4, ,o,,n,uls itself, a, once to the attention
-, ~, Cloyernnieni, from tho fact that sneh
an establishment at lhis place would not
only vastly facilitate all military nave
n.snts ficm this portion Of the State from
lis convenience asa central point, but In Hn
economical point Of view, no portion OF the
State has such advantages rs the immediate
section Of country around Dallas.
The Head quarters Of the Military De-
rs-,meui OF Texas, are now located at San
An,oulo, ln he extreme Southwestern part
u The State, nearly four bundr0d miles
from RciRiyer, ou our Northern border, aud
equally rs remote rom tie Sorlh'Ne''en
frontier, 50 a,ath exposed 10 tie iucur',oas
of savage ludi.ps. The Nor'h.cAsiorn
counties are lltue over iour hGndrsdmiles
nom uead-qua sies, md ,his great DIS
tanee mus, be Travelled before supplies from
San Antonio can be cbtained. 1t will be
remembered how long the Regiment OF Col
Greer was detained at this place, before
camp cquipagc, and the necessary munitions
could be obiained,-a delay OF five weeks,
which would have been obyiateI, had there
been military depot at Dallas.
In th. matter OF subsistence, this county
and the adjacent ones can furnish an mex
haustible supply at all seasons of the year,
the transportation OF which would be mere
trihc compared with what II is Mt present.
It seems to us, that it should be m irrcfuta-
able argument in favor OF such an cstab-
lishmcnt that at this very time, Dallas
county is furnishing -four, under heavy con-
tracts, to the contractors and sub-contract-
ors, Mt San Antonio, for the use Of the army
at rates that must be onorous to the Govern
mont. This great expense and loss OF time
in hlling contracts would never occur, to
such IN extent, were division OF tho army
auariered in the wheat region.
Asa location for n Depot, Dallas has ma
ny advantages, in point of health, fuel, con-
,iguity to the coal districts above uH, and
abundance and Ghcapness Of provision and
forage. 1t is rs near to steam navigation
ns San Antonio, md sufficiently near to the
Iron mines in Cass county to obviate any
objection from difficulty, on that score
Timber is plentiful, and horses, mules, and
beef cattle cheaper perhaps than in any
other portion of Texas.
Another reason, perhaps more cogen'
than all the rest, is that our Northern border
from It's vicinity to the encmys country
will always demand protection from inva'
sion, and the raids of hostile and plunder
ing parties. 1t is not likely that our from
tier on the North and Northwest, will b'
changed or the present dividing lines be OBJ
liberated. Not far from the line of Kansas
it could well be demonstrated, how easily
marauding bands could sally forth, plumber
our towns and retreat into their Northern
Businesses before our people could collect
arms and munitions from San Antonio.
We believe it is impcratively demanded
for the safety and protection of our grair
growing section, that such Depot should
be established at an early day. The whea
region is the granary not Of Texas only
but Of other portions Of the G. s., and il
must be apparent to the most obtuse mind
how disastrous it would be to the whole ma
ton, if our present supply should be de
stroycd, or our farmers moested in raising
their crops for another year. The Govern
mont was pctitioned several months ago, II
regard to this important matter; and VIZ
were pleased 10 hear the subject aborntec
so ably and truthfully BY Col. n. D. Gra
ham, in his speech last Saturday. 1t is
subject that commends itself to the serious
consideration of the public, aud is inti
mately connected with the best defense O.
the State.