The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-11-16
SHERMAN'S REPORT.
ne Is In Faver OF RedaeinE the xua-
ber OF FostsL
mis- views on the situatIsa OF Iaaiaa
AFFAIR."

Washington. Nov. l5.-The annual
report Of Gen. sherman 70 the secretary
of war is given to the public to-day.
After calling attention TO the various
subordinate reports, sherman says: ]
agree with sheridan, that the army ID
too small In enlisted men To fullfl the
heavy duties now imposed on it, and Is
oyerwofked. ! therefore renew my
recommendation Of last scar, that con-
gress be asked 10 give 20, 900 enlisted
specifically to troops Of the line OF the
army, and TO make separate provision
for detachments Of advance men, engi-
neers' battalion, hospital stewards,
commissary sergeants, West Point de-
tachments, detailed clerks, etc., in the
same manner Us has already been done
for the signal corps.
In this connection will venture to
call your attention TO the fact that the
revised statutes. edition Of 1878. section
LIS. defining the organization OF the
army, limits the strength to not more
than $1,000 enlisted men; but subse-
quent appropriation bills by provisos,
have limited the expenditures to p. 900
enlisted men. stiIl, the legal strength
is $1,000 enlisted men, and that number
is the least possible at which we can
maintain the present organization of
forty regiments in anything like good
order, discipline and economy, and 1
infer that this end can be reached by
emitting the provisos in the next appro-
priation bill.
The prosperous times and easy inan-
cial condition Of the treasury may now
enable congress to provide suitable
armaments for the forts which guard
the chief harbors OF the country.
Speaking Of the Northern Pacific,
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
railroads, Gen. Sherman says: These
railroads have entirely revolutionized
our country In the past few years and
imposed on tho military an entire
change of policy. Hitherto we have
been compelled to maintain small posts
along the wagon and stage routes
OF travel. These are no longer needed
because they are no longer used, and
the settlements which grow up speedily
along the new railroads afford the Sc
curity necessary, and the regular sta
tions built for storage at convenient
distances afford shelter for military
stores and for men when operating In
the nelghborhood. We should now
abandon many Of the smaller posts
hitherto necessary, and concentrate at
strategetic points, generally, near the
national frontier or where railroads in
tersect, so rs to send out detachments
promptly to districts where needed.
Congress alone has power to dispose
OF property Of the United Stsnes, and
we Of the military find ourselves pos
sessed Of houses and lands obtained in
early times, which demand occupation
for their preservation, and earnestly
recommend that provision be made by
law for the sale OF such abandoned mill
tary posts and outbuildings rs Is found
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