Connecticut western news., 1872-12-13


 court martial may be adjusted; the con- snitation of accounts under which ex- prndilurcs are made, as measure of econ onry; a reapporpriation of the money for the construction of a depot at San Antonio, for the title to the site now be. ing perfected; S special act placing the cemetery at the City of Mexico on same basis AS the other national cemeteries au- ihOrily to purchase sites for military posts in Texas; the appointment of commissary serg rants from nun commissioned officers i; a measure securing the better care and pro- lection of suppiisa. an appropriation fer the publication of the catalogue and tables Ot the anatomical section of the army medi- cal n useum, a reapporpriation for the msl- ufacturs of breach-loading arms, should the selection be SO delayed by the board of office to leave the former appropriation un- expended at the close of the fiscal year i; the sale of such arsenals east of the Miss issippi as can be spared, ard the proceeds applied to the establishment of one large arsenal of construction and repairs upon the Atlantic coast. and the purchase of a suitable site for a proving experimental ground for heavy ordn .nce the ab o ,ation of laws which deprive inventors in the United service from deriving any benefit from their inventions the repeal of the law prohibiting promotions in the staff cnps; . continuance of the work upon the coast drfences; the repeal of the seventh section of the act of July l3, 1866, taking from engineer soldiers, the per diem granted to other troops limitation of time for presentation of subsistence sup plies under act of July 4. 1864, and ' mod ificaiion in the mode of selection Oi Cadets for the Military Academy. In or der to enhance the usefulness of the Aca- demy which is impaired by reason of the large amount of time necessarily expended in giving new cadets thorough knowledge of the more elementary branches of learn ing which they should acquire before en- tering the Academy als" an appropriation for philosophical apparatus and an increase in the numbers and pay of the Military Academy Band.
 TRANSPORTATION FROM THE WEST TO THE
 EAST.
 The attention of Congress will be called during the present session to various enter prisrs for the more certain and cheaper transportation of the constantly increasing supplies of the Western and Southern pro- ducts 10 the Atlantic sea-board. The sut,- ject is one that will force itself upon the l, gislative branch of the Government soon CT or later, and suggest, therefore, tha. immediate steps he taken to gain all avail able information, to insure equable and just legislation on V route to connect the Mississippi Valley with the Atlantic at Charleston, s. C.. and Savannah, Ga., by water, by way of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers, and canals and slack-water naviga- tions. to the Savannah and Ocmulgee Riy- CTS. The route has been surveyed and a report made by an accomplished engineer officer of the army. Second and third new routes will be proposed for the considers tion of Congress, namely. by an exten- sion of the KAnawha and James River Canal to the Ohio, and by the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. I am not prepared 10 recommend Government aid 10 these or other enterprises until it is clearly shown that they are not only na- tional interest, butathat. when completed, they will be of value commensurate with their cost. That production increases more rapidly than the means of transpor- tation in our country has been demoustra- ted by past experience. That the unpre- cedent. d growth in population and pro- ducts of the whole country will require additional facilities, and cheaper ones for the more bulky articles of commerce to reach tide-wster and a market will be de manded in the near future, is equally de- I would therefore suggest either committee or commission be au- thorized to consider this whole question. and to report to Congress at some future day for it's better guidance in legislsting on this important subject. The railroads of the country have been rapidly extended during the last few years to meet the grow ing demands ofproducers. and reflect much credit upon the capitalists and managers engaged in their construction.