Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-11-21
BISMARCK D. T., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2l lS77..a

[ARCK, D. T., WEDNE:
engaged in the bloody conflict Of arms /;
and the quartermaster and commissary
departments, whose best allies are the
lines Of Railroad are by no means to
be undsrrated in tho organization of .
force for@sn actiye campaign. The
effective power of an army ordinarily,
like the force of gravity, decreases in
tho ratio Of the square of the distance,
from its base Of supplies.
But . few years ago our country was
engaged in war with the Sioux east
Of hers, and the second campaign closed
within sight of where We now are, If
ter an arduous pursuit Of one Whole
summer BY the escape: Of the ludiaus.t to
Tie west bank of the. Missouri, whore
TT. Lincoln now stands.
The Northern Pacific having bssn
esmpletsdeaa in ePeEatsona to the Ms
souris tAst 56at IL removed sMsstwsrdly
| to the valley Of the Yellowstone.Ss Is the
willy savsser well knows thst his only
chaDcs Of even . temporary success. IL
il getting away Is far Is possible from
the railvay. It may be said that one
of our most distinguished generals has
dsmoastratea BY his famous "narch to
the sea- that it is not necessary to
have Base Of supplies, bat that was
net in IN Indian country destitute Of
supplies like the one to the west Of 10,
in which eur guest has 80 recently
gathered harvest of laurels, BY his
capture Of band of hostile Indians,
| led. BY one who has shown himself to ;bs
an adversary not to bs despised.
Gen. Sherman in , recent commune
cstion to the Secretary Of War, Speak
ing Of the Northern Pacific line between
Bismarck and the Yellowstone, says, II
don't know single enterprise in which
the United States has more interest,
than in the extension of the Northern
Pacific railroad from its present ter
minus, at Bismarck, to the mouth of
Powder river, on the Yellowstone"
| In speaking Of the country that will be
opened up to settlement, the general
further says, 81 am impressed with the
value of this country, on the Upper
yellowstone it Is capable of cuitiva-
| tivat1on in wheat, corn, oats, barley
and all the garden vegetables, with an
unlimited range for cattle, horses, sheep,
etc." as to its settlement he says, "the
country will rapidly fill up with imi-
grants, who will in the next ten years,
build up community as strong and as
capable of self-defenee as Colorado"
The extra costs of transportation over
cost Of carriage by railway, paid out
by the United States upon military
supplies in the region trayersed BY the
Northern Pacific, since 1862, would
more than pay the. cost of construction
from the head of Lake Superior to the
Rocky Mountains. When the. country
is once spannsd By three lines Of rail-
way, We shall have no more Indian
wars, for the hostilss will then be com
PEELED to become pacific or fee to the
Queens Dominions. The Northern
Pacific IS an enterprise that should re-
csivs the fostering aid Of the general
government, for it changes the region
it traverses from condition of savagery
to one Of civilization, beauty, refine
nent and sniling plenty.
Goo. P. Flannsry's National Con-
gress WAS gem that sparkled, and DR.,
Bentley's President of the United
States was full of good points.
Mr.. Cushnan proposed the following:
The Army, tho backbone of the Re-
public Without it our National exis-
tence fails:' May it be increased by
many Niles-''but not for Joseph"
The Master, Mr.. John A. Stoyel1 sug-
gssted that proper response would be
three cheers for the gallant Miles, which
were given with will, when he an
nounced that the hall would then be
cleared and dancing would soon COM
mence. 80 -r.- --~.-.-(E
There were no break downs, none
present declined to respond, and the
occasion was as happy as it was sue
cessful. Dancing commenced about
III o'clock and was continued until
morning, Gea. Miles and Capt. Bald
win taking Commanding position'
among the dancers which they main
tanned until the programme was ended,
Col. Johnston and 1t. Reed, of the
1st infantry, and several other army
officers were present and Joined heartily
in the demonstration in honor of their
chief.