The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-12-06

West India Islands.
WHAT is WANTED.
The favorable attention OF Con-
yress is invited to the following rec
of the Secretary of
War: A discontinuance Of the ap-
pointment of extra Lieutenants to
serve as Adjutants and Quartermas-
ters; the adoption of a code proyid-
ing specific penalty for well defined
Ofense, so that the inequality of SEN
tences adjudged by Courts Martial
may be adjusted; the consolidation
of accounts under which expendi-
lures are made, as a measure of econ
omy; q are-appropriatlon of the mon
ey for the construction of depot at
San Antonio, the title to the site be-
ing now perfected; special act plac-
ing the cemetery at the City of Mex
leo on the same basis as other ma
tional cemeteries; authority to pur-
chase sites for military posts in Tex
as; the appointment of commissary
sergeants from non-commissioned
officers, is measure for securing the
better care and protection cf snp-
plies; an appropriation of the cata-
logue's table of the anatomical sec
tion of the Army Medical Museum;
a re-appropriation of the amount for
the manufacture of breech-loading
arms, should the selection SO delay
ed by the board of officers as to
leave the former appropriation un-
expended at the close of the fiscal
year; the sale of such arsenals east
of the Mississippi as can be spared
and the proceeds applied to the es-
tablishment of one large arsenal of
construction and repair upon the At
lantic coast, and the purchase of a
suitable site for a proving and ex-
perimental ground for heavy ordi-
nance; the abrogation of laws which
deprive inventors in the United
States service from deriving any
benefit from their invention; the re-
peal of the law prohibiting promo
tions in the staff corps; a continu-
ance of the work upon the coast de-
fences: the repeal of the seventh sec
ton of the act of July 18th, 1866,
taking from Engineer soldiers the
per diem granted to other troops; a
limitation of time for presentation
of subsistence supplies, under act of
July 4th, 1864; and a modification in
the mode of the selection of cadets
for the Military Academy in order
to enhance the usefulness of the
Academy, which is impaired by rea-
son of the large amount of time nee
essarily expended in giving new ca
diets a thorough knowledge of the
more elementary branches of learn
ing, which they should acquire before
entering the Academy; also, appro
priation for philosophical apparatus
and an increase in the number and
the pay of the Military Academy
band.
WATER TRANSPORTATION
The attention of Congress will be
called during its present session to
various enterprises for the more GER
tain and cheaper transportation of
the constantly increasing surplus Of
the western and southern prod
ucts TO the Atlantic seaboard.
The subject is one that
will force itself upon the Leg
islative branch of the government
sooner or later, and l suggest, that
immediate steps be taken TO gain all
available information to ensure equit-
able and just legislation. A route
to connect the Mississippi valley with
the Atlantic at Charleston, S. C., and
Savannah, Ga, by water, by the way
of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers, has
been surveyed and report made by an
accomplished engineer officer of the
army. Second and third new routes
will be proposed for the consideration
of Congress, namely, by an extension
of the Kaanwha and James River Ca
nal to the Ohio, and by the exten-
sion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal l am not prepared to recon-
mend government aid to these or
other enterprises until it is clearly
shown that they are not only of ma
tional interest, but that when com
pleted they will be of value com
mensurate with their cost. That
production increases more rapidly
than the means of transportation in
our country, has been demonstrated
by past experience. That unprece-
dented growth in population. and
products of the whole country, will
require additional facilities and
cheaper means for the more bulky
of commerce to reach tide
water and a market will be demand
ed in the near future, is equally de-
monstrable. / would, therefore, ,sug-
gest either a committee or commits
sion, be authorized to consider this
whole qustion and report to Con
gress at some future day for it's bet
ter guidance in legislating on the
subject.
RAILROADS.
The Railroads of the country have
been rapidly extended during the
last few years, to meet the growing
demands of producers, and reflect
much credit upon the capitalists
and managers engaged in their con-
IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
In addition to these, a project to
facilitate commerce by the building
Of aShip Canal around Niagara Falls,
IN the United States side, which has
oeen agitated for many years, will
low no doubt be called to your at
,ention this session. Lookingto the
great future of the COUNTRY and the
Increasing demands of commerce,
t might be well, while on this sub
ect, not only to have examined and
'eported upon the various practiea-
Die routes for connecting the Allan
iic with the Mississippi, but the |
feasibility of an almost continuous
and locked navigation from Maine |
% the Gulf of Mexico. Such a route |
long our coast would be of great |
value at all times and of inestimable
-alue in case of foreign war. Ma
ure has provided a greater part of
his route, and the obstacles to be
'vercome are easily within the skill
f the engineers. Ihave not alluded