The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-25
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terday was q very Quiet day in the
city, and peace and good order every,
where prevailed. No one could fail &c
notice the absence of the great number
Of soldiers which lately were every
where present in the streets. Collisions
and deaths, by accident or design, had
become so frequent as to beget serious
alarm in the minds of all who had oc-
casion to be on the street; and all this
was the more aggravating from the
fact that every sensible man realized
the fact that there was no existing ne
cessity for the strong military force
quauered in this city; all knew that It
was useless andsunnecessary expense
to the government, which should be
discontinued without delay. This has
been partially remedied by the reduc-
ton ofthe provost guard, the 1921 New
York, having been withdrew and two
companies of the l93d substituted. The
change Inexperienced a feeling of relief,
and we hope this step in the right di-
rectlon Will be speedily and Vigorous
ly followed up, not only hero but else
where. Such n course will save millions
of dollars TO the National Treasury.
With the close of the war people have
earnestly desired prompt reduction of
expenditures. This has probably been
done wherever the authorities know it
could be done with advantage, but
troops are scattered over such wide
scope of territory and stationed ut SO
many different posts that it is almost
impossible for the Government to know
at which points the number may BIO re-
duced or where entirely removed. We
presume that Wheeling Is but ono of
hundreds of similar places where con-
siderable military force is unnecessari-
Iy employed. 1t is generally believed
that still further reduction might be
made here with advantage, and ex-
penses further curtailed, by reducing
the number of buildings in the occu-
pancy OF the government. The Athe-
neum building is very considerable
item in the expenditures of the govern
ment, at this place, 'and there are few, if
any persons, who will not say that it
should be dispensed with. It is only
occupied as a military prison, and us
barracks for tile soldiers employed as
guards. These prisoners are all sentenc-
ed soldiers, some seventy or eighty in
number. The great majority of them
could and probably should be pardon-
ed Immediately, in which event this
heavy expense for prison and guard
would necessarily cease. With the
present state of affairs it is not proba-
bio that the government will have occa-
sion to store any considerable amountI
of supplies In this city, and II this be
SO there are other warehouses, that may
he abandoned and expenses
further reduced. We earnestly desire
to see the most rigid economy practiced
by the national authorities, and to this
end would direct attention to those
points whore it may be practiced to adj
vantage If this policy was pursued
throughout the country it would be
productive of the very best results, and
thousands of men now employed as
soldiers could be relieved and dis
charged. These men instead of being
consumers would become producers,
aiding in developing the resources and
adding to the wealth of the milton.
We trust that 1t will not be long until
we can say military expenditures have
ceased in Wheeling.