The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-12-02

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during The war, amo1ntipE 10 e, ,e95.-
S05 Is, have been reE&iEsd, OF
which s2Ss. .033 81 have been alloged.
and s25s1, ,G6I rs have been reiectsd. A
During the fiscal year III ,eg7 accounts
and returns have been reeeiyed, from
various offices, of which II, ,7s7 have been
examined and referred to the Third An-
ditor for dnal settlement. A change in /
the army ration, by extending the 9art- |
ETY. OF articles, and also IN the manner OF /
dispasing Of the savings OF soldieEs
rIlesses and bakeries would be Of advan-
tage. a change Ia the law = recom-
mended 80 as 10 allow officers OF the line |
when acting as assistant commission
erg cf Subsistence so per month In
addition to their pay, instead of so less
one ration per day, nov allowed.
THE gIvRR ASD HARBoR WORKS
have progressed as rapidly as the means
spur.5pTiateci for their execution allowed.
The appropriation in April last Of 81
GOO coo for these works was distributed
in accordance with the law 50 as 70 sub
serve the interests Of commerce. The
survey Of Northern and Northwestern
lakes has progressed commeDEurateiy
with the amounts appropriated for con-
ductfpg 1t. The Lake Superior survey
is dra wing 10 completion IT has deyel.
oped many new harboTs Of refuge, and
made known dangers 10 navigation
highly important 20 the commercial in
,erests OF the States dependent upon the
water line OF communication for tie
transportation OF cereals and cres.
Reconnaissance and geographi-
cal and geological explorations
and surveys have bean con-
| tinued during the year in the terri
| tory west of the Mississippi river, and
the information thus obtained Is sup
| piled 10 the troops occupying that sec
| lion of the country. The surrey OF the
/ Colorado Of the West has not for special
reasons been resumed. Collateral sur
/ veys now in progress may furnish evil
| aance of the necessity of the survey Of
| Che upper portions of the river and Of
| the Improvement Of the lower portion as
| q line Of military supply and of travel
/ ana transportation from the mines OF
Southern Nevada. The geological sur
| yey, iusf completed from Sierra Nevada
/ to the Rocky mountains, is fruitful in
| valuable results, especially In relation
| TO the mining regions and 10 the extent
Of the coal formation. III also furnishes
| other scientific data Of great interest.
] Liberty arsenal, Missouri, has been
| sold during the year. under authority of
the act of July -2S, 1868, and realized the
/ sum Of s., ,0I2 50. The 81. Louis arsenal
| will be- sold under the same act as soon
as ID can be spared, but certain buildings
thereat should be reserved from sale and
| devoted to general army purposes. Tine
sale Of the Harpers Ferry armory prop
| erty viii take place ON November 30,
| 1869. The Rome arsenal. the Champlain
| arsenal, the Mount Vernon arsenal
| tAlabama), the Appalachieola arsenal
| and the North Carolina arsenal are
| recommended 10 be sold. II is advisable
that this should be done, and that the
| captured lands in Shreveport, Louisi-
| ana. in Marshall and Jeffsr.
| son, Texas, ard in Marion
| and Davis counties, Texas, should be
| similarly disposed Of. A prinei pal arse.
nal of construction and deposit and a
| powder depot are recommended to be
established on the Atlantic and Pacific
| coasts and in the valley ofthe Mississippi.
The sale Of some Of the present eastern
| arsenals is suggesttd d as means TO raise
| funds wherewith 10 establish the princi-
| pal arsenal for the Pacific coast. Rock
! Island is the principal point for the prin-
cipal arsenal for the valley OF the Missis-
| sippi. Powder depots should be esiab-
lished ON the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
The army will probably be able TO abb
! sorb the cadets as fast as they graduate,
II being bur two-filths larger than the
now auiuDEiA-G nuuDrBs WA4iS tAS al AAAS
| has more than doubled In the meantime.
Upon the question of raising the
| standard of admission, he remarks that
| every addition to the list of preparatory
| qualifications necessarily restricts the
circle from which can be drawn, and
that the present list embraces all the at
| fainmenfs that can be obtained by q
very large majority of the youth Of the
| country.
/ Since the standard was raised by law
| in 1885, the rejections for want OF the
| necessary educational requirements have
| increased from Is per cent. to y per
cent. AS substitute for the other re-
| commentators of the Board, the In
| spector proposes schools of appli-
| cation for the several arms, such
| as exist in Europe and have always
been favored by military officers here,
/ and the nucleus for two of which are TO
| be fo&nd in the artillery school at Fort
ress Monroe and one Of the three engi-
| neer depots already established. He
/ gives various reasons for his PROPOSE
/ tion; principal among them the ready
and economical application of facilities
| already at hand. and the depressing in
/ fiuenee upon the cadets of long resi-
| dence amid unchanging scenes and I'M
| varying modes of life, study and disci-
| pline. The estimates for the support of
year amount to s332, ,264 20, of which
S2l2, ,0l9 20 is for pay and allowances of
| instructors and cadets.
The division commanded by Lieuten-
| ant General Sheridan embraces the De-
partmentsof Dakota, the Platte and the
| Missouri, commanded respectively by
4 ~ = Hancock RFcvof