The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-10
WAR SIGNS ON THE BORDER.
A DESCENT ON MExTCO EXPECTED IN
IHE NEAR FUTURE
United states 4 rrny Oncers In California Con.
hdent that Isostiiities are Imminrnt-Gen.
Tecumseh sherman's Significant Letter

cumseh sherman. while soiournina Mt Scnnior
Sharon's Palace Hotel in this city last week nd
dressed a complimentary letter 10 the Vice
President of th" southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany. the oN'r 'gO of TN" Central Pacific Rail-
road Company Why he addressed the letter To
the Vice Pr -idont IT the company is no more
ensy Of coni'otrr than why ho wrote the letter
at all. II Is rHth"r an ordinary letter merely
an acknowledgment Of the great service the
gentlemen composing the company are doing
the public in the construction OF the road. The
General says he cannot honestly neglect the
opportunity TO thank you the Vice President Of
the company and your Associates personally
and Officially, for having built the road
Why the General should thank the officers OF
the road personally and officially may per-
baps be gathered from q closer scrutiny OF the
epistle The public convenience is so great"
he continues. especially to the troops who
garrison the Arizona posts that as their head
venture TO offer you thanks. and to express an
earnest hope that in due timo your labors and
enterprise will be duly rewarded"
Certainly Gen sherman has not felt impeed
10 write a similar letter TO the gentlemen com
posing the II. Louis. Atchison and Santa FL
Railroad Company to acknowledge his per
sonsl and Official obligations to them for their
enterprise In pushing similar road into the
same region from tho East; nor IN Tom Scott
and his associates Of the Texas and Pacific
road nor to the projectors Of any OF the other
proposed transcontncntal roads. That he
knew OF such enterprises is manifest. for he
continues: To the military authorities 1t
makes little difference with which Of these two
roads those coming from tho East you uti-
mately make connection; but meantime every
mile OF railroad you build eastward il Of great
Importance 10 us'-tho military. Again. not
being able. apparently. to- get away from the
military Wow. the General says:
railroad east and west through Arizona is great
civihIcr amt VII enable the miitary auihouirs 10
.ana1 a sTS S s r Of HSm. ' HS Fl Te ~ me
much Increased In numbers and holiness
In view Of the fact TIM, only a couple Of weeks
ago Gen. Sherman rode in an ambulance from
Prescott To Yuma attended only 10y Con Nc
Cook and tho driver 81 the ambulance, and was
unmolcst,d Throughout tho tedious md lone
some journey the danger from robbers does
not appear $50 lear. But the explanation Of the
whole 10 to como.
am informed VA, YOU contemplate Extension from
pnle. To Mar.opa wells arr 70 hc contracted tor
po,cs. officially, Information enough 10 say that such
extension Will De- most valuable TO the military auihnr
railroad south an csI from Yuma Viii he important in
SSsso And u. sn fenay rea, S5 shd ,or~
psac' on thet national border On t'is nom, am SO
with the understanding tina, It u written Without
but almost certain that It VIII meet with its sanction
So much for the letter. II any Intelligent
reader fails to see why II was written anil tho
purpose il was designed TO subserve. he will be
better Informed hereafter.
recent issue 81 the Los Angeles Herald re-
lers 10 Zen. sherman Journey across Arizona
within the next ninety days the United States
Governmsni VIII seize the right bank Of the Rio
Grande. MaiAm 'ros. and the Northern Mexican
states of Chihuahua sonora. Durango. and
Iacatecas. If Congress looks upon the project
II must be borne in mind TINT this newspaper
Is speaking Immediately after visit by Gen.
sherman to the city whore 1t is printed. and not
unlikely reflects opinions or expresses views
based upon Information dropped by that emil
nent soldier during his visit. Indeed the
believed a war with Mexico probable now says.
as predatory to its warlike editorial. that.
been placed n possession 81 facts and theories
which have led US to utterly charge our
Tho article in the Los Angeles Herald besides
giving an indication OF the drift OF public son
timent In certai quarters will also serve 10 aid
remarkable letter. quoted above Gen. sherman
speaks OF the present objective point Of tho
Herald fixes II al Tucson. Both places are in
Pima County, and not far apart the material
is now IN transit 70 Yuma for tho immediate
has, probably already begun. From Marcopa
Wells, or Tucson, the company's engineers
have already surveyed route for road south
ward. traversing the Mexican state Of sonora.
Their present Intention Is 20 push no further
eastward than Tucson. waiting there for any
road that desires 10 meet them either from tho
hl9 Grande or me Mississippi. uttheir obs
!e-t IN gong 10 ncsoh IS in secure the southern
fS0hihectlon mo M.Nimo. ana control the Na5t
business lhoy hope Will spring NJ in the rich
states 81 sonora. Slnal'a. AMI thlluah when
ury shall DE- annexed u the nltrd states.
clearly railroad pen"'rai NIX those regions
now Would he Of no value. ltWluld he u losing
concern. And under present CIRCUMSTANCES Il
would contlnu" 10 %" a dead uut unproiita'le
investment ior years =" come. Butl, a war he
pTe'lpiNl"d. ana armies wth tl'lr hosts ~
camp followers %" ioi INTO those h'ids s. fruit
1ul 81 nHtiF' SILVER ami hn"uf.iing in Oth"rrI'h
mineral dcpoel Is, and how quickly a population
would follow ~ sri1" uugn "vcry possible ledge
or nuppor,d deposit ~ m,t"li such war
liscli Nyu' q 80 NE rnilr"ad Z" n'snn enough
enpn}h, III 4" lulid rom lh' lr"llS ~ rNi"n-
SION ihr dnWu ll!io Sinaioa. Ana there r. rr0.
son 10 NrueN" ihat me maEha''p who control
these ronds aLi nelwe'u WHEN and III" GEN
GRAZ on th' army ~, seen Above mere exist
So IT. hily. ID u u n'- NJ pearrul
h.pulSll'h ~ lhr ltIrlV'ry, f"lrrTeh 10. Ih"ir
nchein.s c.htemliain W"' inr NE hein IN.
anu war Is hc'cssnrY - ih'lr PURPOSES Not
ohy "1uli the pr'lis OF tAc Transportation 4
and thcnre 20 Yun.n nm 'r1.- n Gn on r,,.,.,,.
hhu t9ubitHs Aulhii' M l' buid NE M'Nlnn
,nyasion ;v-,it lv.r,i " , ~ +,r"', o' Hh
wnrd ne !; c'd b, a,l,riis.d In r,'' ,,Inr WIN, nv,