Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-11-16

any thing like good order, discip.
line and economy. 1 infer that
this end eau be reached by omit
ting the provisos In the next ap-
preparation bill. The prosperous
times and easy financial condition
of the treasury may now enable
Congress to provide suitable arma.
ments for the forts which guard the
chief harbors of the county.
Speaking of the Northern Pacific,
Union Pacific and southern Pacific
railroads, Gen. Sherman say:
These railroads have completely
revolutionized our country IN the
past few years and impose on the
military an entire change Of policy
Hitherto we have been compelled
to maintain small posts along wag-
on and stage routes OF travel.
These are no longer needed, because
no longer used, and settlements
which grow along new railroads sf-
ford all the security necessary, aud
the regular stations. built for stor-
age at convenient distances, afford
shelter for military stores AID for
men when operating ia the neigh
borhood. We should now ALSO.
lutely abandon many of the small.
er posts, hitherto necessary, aud
concentrate ut strategetic point-,
generally near the ma
tioDal frontier or where
railroads interseot, so as TO send
out detachm ents promptly to dis.
tricts where needed. Congress
alone has power tn dispose Of the
property of the United States aud
We find ourselves possessed of laui
and houses obtained in early times,
which demand occupation for
preservation, and / earnestly rec
Commend that provision be made
doned military posts anh outbuiid
ipgs as sreiound TO be unuecessa AIRY,
with The right to apply the pro-.
ceeds of sale to other places. The
report specifies posts in Kansas,
New Mexico and Arizona, and also
Forts K-ogh and Custer on the
Yellowstone, built only four years
ago, aud expresses the opinion
that In very short time they will
become commercial towns rather
than military posts. la my Judg-
ment the tune has now come for
the military authorities To select
suitable stratepic points for per
maDent occupation and improve
can be sentou for special Service. A.
mept posts, whence detachments
long as we possess aud must care
for these small posts, 1t H. impos-i-
BILE TO abandon them to waste and
we are forced To hold them, but "
Congress will delegate 10 the Presi.
dent, Secretary of War or board
of officers the right TO sell these
posts and apply the proceeds Of
sale to strategic points,
am certain We shall see the great
economy aud he possessed OF
large garrisOns, with Increased DIS
cipiine and better service. For
similar reasons, and H. cause the
com mercd Of The world Is carried
on in ships of 800 tous and over,
and because of the heavy draft of
vessels of war, We should not neg
lect our coast deiences az superb
Gus. We now have 5000 00O Of
people. aud the idea of any hostile
forces landing on our coasts is pre-
posterous. Yet our great CONNER
cal ports should be made 80 safe
that even an apprehension OF dan
ger would not be- felt. Portland,
Boston, Newport, New York, Pail
adelphia, Hampton r ads, Port
ROYAL, Key West, Pensacola, New
Orleans, San Diego, San Francisco
and Port Townsend should all be
properly fortified and g ,rrissoned,
and ali minor forts should be sold
or abandoned. An animal apprn-
priation of one million dollars
would, in few years, put these
forts in good order, and another
million a year would properly arm
them, and the Secretary of War
and President should have discre-
ton in the disbursement of this
money. Artillery officers should
also be associated with the engi
neers In constructing, altering aud
repairing our coast defeuces, be-
cause the men who have to fight
these battles should have some
thing to do with their construc
ton.
Political Ola Podrida.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15th.-The Times
Mentor special says: Garfield /.
vigorous in his drnunciatlon of the
Morey letter forgers aud It's circu
lstOrs. Neither the Grant nol
Blaine elements have stated their
claims. Garfield only remark ed
that the new administration will
have neither piques to tqualize nnr
pre- ,tices to combat. Inc south
may he certain of just treatment,
nut no spt cial favois. His inti
mate friends predict the early re
call Of Mosby and Longslreet,
Alexander n. Stephens declares
that, if not oppressive in any form
the southern States will be content
with any government the NORTH
s.es ht Ogive them. a promineu,
Southern Democrat arriving to.
night, said lie hoped the Dem ucrai-
ic National Commute woud b.
able to keep out Of the peniteu-
tiary.
A New ship CAn~t PEOJeet-0iheI
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-The Time,
says: Tue projected snip canal from
Chicago to the Mississippi will no
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