, 1880-01-19
ot railroad stock should lead In tho popular
demand for National regulation.

Tic letter wl,tcl, Is printed IN THE Tn1l,-
,'SE frum Colorado ulmn nr,iIy ccono,uy Is
full If practical suggestions, and throws
significant lIsllt ,po1. tho miserable methods
III which the army In handled. 1t shows
tcyolut q,leattnn TINT upon tl,u Hcore OF ccon-
on,y alu,le Il In clcuper to tncrrnse tito 1i''l-
her ut nlrn than It II To pay tho hills for
Transportation. SlngflnE ont tic Twenty
sccu,M Infantry rs fatr illustration, our
correspondent says:
"1cnvIrg tho rnsts of detroit. Mackinac. md
Ha,tt Etc. Murlc. one cs'ttpany frnir. each pfst'
they trnvolc.l by lukc aud mil to 1lsamnrck, d.
r., averaging 1e0 miles; ttlonco by boat up tho
M1ss,n,ri nutl Ytllnwstone, 100 miles: thoy then
fnnrc!lcl tltrrRh tho sss,ux campaigns, ai,nanler
md winter. averaging for eaoh company Ills
tnnce of uyer 5000 miles, and tnok tho
cnrs agaln In July, 1917. ut 1]!hmarcks
and proceeded to C,edgo, 00 mllcss
thence tn Wllkesl,nrrc, III. 200 miles;
MD frsmt thoro to Eault Stc. Marie and Mnckl-
nnc, M!ch,, averaging 100 miles. Leaving their
posts agnln III atny, 1870, they travelled by lnke
nnti rail to Fnrt nilanf, Indian Territory, 1,to0
miles, 9otng from out Ut tho nnrtllorn leu to n
torrid rcgioil, tho stgrnl.Rttiton ut Fort Gibson
showing tho highest recorded temperature In tho
United BtMteA during taIc summer Ut 1870. After
camping In tho 1,ttIan Territory during tho hot
s,lnltuer, they loft It ono 1ay In oct7bor With tho
mercury stf,n1lnk nt 10 dcgrcca and I'll four tays
wcro Mt tho ctal of tho nonvor Il lilo urnndc
lsmltrual, In Colorado, travelling by rnl 300 1ntlfa,
nnd lpun going Into CHIMP, fulrd foxt morning
leo III their wnter-h,tcketa MI eighth 1T IN inch
| thick. BIuco then these three companies Enye
| tnnrctcd en0 miles into tho mountains, md are
| now experiencing severe wintor IN tho field.
cut of frorn tho gseut world by imrnssablo snow
| tlrifls.'
There cat, be no question Tint 1t wostld
!aye been cheaper last year 10 l'nre Ill
| crcasctl the rank anll file Of Tie army from
1900 to 1000 men, no TINT garr1sors could
have been strong enough 10 have handled
the business In their Immediate nclgl,l,0r-
'lootts, tl,an 10 llaye marched these little
su,uts of ,nnn over such immense distances
nj the enorIno,,a Gust Witl for transportation,
thus ,nnking one lnar tto the duty of two.
It Is fa1se economy and poor lcgEs'n-
t!on, laying aside nil other consftt'
crations. rho additional expense Of fncrcas-
Ing tho nr,ny would haye been rs nothing
compared with these immense SUMS paid fot
transportation. If 10000 men had been added
to the atrny, rs Should llnye been done, Il
would not have called for single additional
officer, not even 1'ay1nastor. Tho Govern
.ncnt Inns tho clothing and tho nrn's, md thu
only additional expense would llavo beer
wages and food, which would amount tt
nothing as compared with tile present trans
portation outlay. In addition to this TIL
services Of tie army In protecting pslbll'
property and dealing with tho Indians colllt
have been had without delay, at tho prope
time and In the proper place, fnstend Of Wnst
tng days nt1l weeks III senllng little handful