The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-16
ARMY ANNALS.
GENERAL w. T, sHERMAN,s REPORT.
he recommends That the Army be
increased in Numbcrs-Hi.
Reference to COiored Ca.
dets, Etc. Etc,

Washington, d. Q. Nov. l5.-Gepersl
Sherman has submitted his annual report 10
'he secretary of war. He agrees with Gem
erHl Sheridan that the army is loo small n
iulull the heavy duties now imposed upon Il
1t Is overworked. For these reasons Gensr,l
sherman renews his recommendation oe Last
year That congress be asked to give $4,000
enlisted men specifically to troops of thu
line, and mako q para,e provision for
oe'Schments for ordnance men, the engineer
battalion, hospital stewards, commisssrv sor.
geants, West Paiut detachmonts. detailed
clerks, ,otc, IN the same manner as has alraadv
been done for the sisuN corps. The reviss3
statutes limit the strength Of the army IN moi
more than 10000 available men. hui subss.
quent provisions have limited the exnend;-
tures to S2b,000. The end desired can thns
be reached by simply emitting the provision
IN the next appropriation bill. He ssys wa
now have 100000 of people. An idea Of
any hostile force landing on our
coast Is SIMPLY prepostorous, yet our great
commercial ports should be made 40 ssfa
th"l even apprehension of danger would not
be telt. Portland, Boston, Newport Nav
York, Philadelphia, Hampton Roads, PORT
Royal, key West Pensacola, Ssndiego. San
FRANCISCO and Port Townsend should all be
fortified and garrisoned. All military por,s
should be sold or abandoned. An animal
appropriation Of one million dollars would
In ten years put those flrts in good order
and another million wear would nronerly
arm thein, and the secretary of war and the
president should have discretion Ms to their
disbursement. Artillery officers should also
90 associated with engineers in constructing,
altering and repairing our sea forts because
the men who have to hght with batteries
should have something to do with regard TO
tnelr construction. Both West Point and
the artillery school ut Fortress Monroe are in
as gG1od order as possible. Education and
manly training impaired to Young
men at west Point has repaid the United
States thousand times its loss,a and has mora
thar verified the predictions of General
Washington.
Reference is made TO the Whitaker case.
A thorough investigation in the midst of
lumull and abuse resulted in perfect yndi-
cation OF the authorities of the ACADEMY. Tho
corps oi cadets isa youthful Counterpart of
our national house ofrepressntatives. Preiu.
dice IS alleged against the colored cadets.
Prejudice is q mos difficult thing TO contend
against, There is no more such
prejudice st West Point than in the com.
munty at large, and the practice Of equality
at West Point is in advance of the rest of
the country. To discriminate in favor Of 4
colored cadet by raasnn of his color ia AS
much violation Of tho fourteenth amend.
ment as TO discriminate against him. The
officers OF tho military academy have en-
desvored to be impartial.
General Sherman says that in his opinion
the requirement that all enlisted
men Of the 7lh and 10th
cavalry and of the oath and 25th infantry
shall be colored men, while the officers are
white, is not consistent with the amendment
referred TO. All men should be on listed who
ara qualified and assigned to regiments re
gardless OF color or previous condition. Sucl
has been the law and usage in the navy fo
years and the army would soon grow &C
customed to ii. The usefulness of tn,
artillery school at Fort Monroe is spoken o
highly.
General Sherman desires to establish
similar school for infantry and cavalry a
Fort Leavenworth as soon as the condition
of Indian affairs will permit.