, 1880-01-19
ARMY ECONOMY.
II IL Cheaper to Have Moro Men ThnRi
tn pny Bills for Transportation.

tn PNy lxlllk Tor iHfANbpnElAtG0us
Special Correspondence n 1ht Chicago Tribune
AStMAs yA1d.Ey, CoIo., jan. t.-Tho army
n,,tl It's organization llas been subject for
nyitntton before tho Nntionnl Congress for /"
stvcrit years. At every session plans llnve
bccn s,,b1utttctt for Il reorganization or resll,c-
t[o1,, Nl of which l,nye been based OIL the
Necessity for less expenditure, md MI have
failed nfter n thorough discussion, because
tho more tllnt Information wns obtained re-
lartltng tho work required Of tho army, tho
less the possibility Of reduction iti numbers
was evident If the required work was TO DO
tlo,,c. Tito mare FREQ anl thorough tllo Ills
c,,sson of nrny matters Inns been, the moro
Inns 1t bcGu developed tlne no reduction ot tho
rank al,tl tilu WIS possible; but sttll tllo te.
n,nlMl for economy exists, and tho present
Uoagress lnH appolntesl colnlnltteeon army
reorganization.
1Wrts, and It las lNril CASUALLY repeated III |
Cnnsrcss by friends Or tlio army. tliat tne
true way to ,Go!!oll'l7e IL expenditure would
llH to Increase tl,e lnnlher Or cltllstcH mGn.
,l,ass Of the CENTRAL public To llN an anomaly;
Tint statistics Of thu relative cost Of tho lly
ur tue PRESENT force of enlisted men, and
TIE COST FOIL NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION
OF TllNOrs
from localities whero they md heen required
10 dIstnnt points wt1cre they were ngnin rt.
4uirctl. statistics enSerlnE tllo time tue nray
lias numbered 1000 cl,listetl men, would
e"ssie slse osss %n sva s 70 s' % @
| br stationed that tho sum Of tho Increased
| my md allowances Of tho men cnIllsi have
Geeu more tlia1 savWl by Tho decrease In tho
e'ii Tbe ~ rccors 'rS of tho War Department wuul
no tonbt cnabe MI industrious, MN, ono
fond Of statistics to tabunte tho different ex.
tlloso Win only kl,ow Tint tho army, costs
CERTAIN sim To sustain II, and naturally tniik
! That, ii 1000 men cost il certain sim, 900
wo'aI sT N r me-! ssIt a Gte t Syaiso
IN l0calitIcs wlcrn tr!"t's have pceii nett.ea'
It 1s n question whether tho cost to tho Goy-
ernme!lt wou!l not l1av9 been less tiall It
actually WIS to trllnsp0rt THO required men
nlni lnnteriul frnin distant points ald RETURN
Ing them. Iii tho nhscllcc OF exact intornia-
tion un this subject, rs
ONE INSTANCE: OF MANY
description Of the experiences of part q
years, II it does not establish the fact tint our
PRESENT systcn, Of II skeietun army Is not eco
ilaluiral, It viii go fnr towards It.:
stationed nt tho pests on THO Northern I.akcs,
extending from Buffalo, n. T., to SaMtt Ste.
MarIc, M!cii. Aftcr: tho disaster g Gen.
Cstcrs Column on the Little e 3is 1Iori,, ~
sec0i,d wcro sent III lE.ste TO Montanil. After
campaigning year there they were hurrieti
into Clicag,', wle,' TINT Gity wns disturbed
|
sent to Pennsylvania ml tt,e SAINT kind OF
duty, md fro,,i t-elice to their posts on tho
lakes. .rcaching then! in Novc!nher, 1877.
y tho sprs Of lsv ttle ynS uweiycSom. ,y Msr,,,.
snt r cnss e%nsf q Of f' L saens Sas q e S s
Michigan, could get out &C tho Ice, tronniH ri
Wern iluct&cd iii li,ste Ill tho Indian Terri.
; tory tn protcct 1t from trcspa3scrs, nnl these
d lnur companies .wrro sent there. After re.
,nninng tlers m ,lnty during tho summer -. o.
18Th tho White River nl,ssacre nccltr red, Htlt
!; these fonr eppaes werc sent te CoIorn;a,lo 10.
i where they still nrc, with the ,,ltlerstn'ltllnt
will s"nne ter oi {%%rc }{%a To yex
participated 1T all OF these tnoynments, mt
/. description Of their travels will give Sill,
- NOMADlC LIFE OF THE LINE or our A1Mf: !:
i l.eaylng the posts Of detroit, Maeklnac, an,' ~,
ost tqy Travelled By ske az s' RI t1 t,dns BIS
by hnat up thu Missouri nrd YeilnwMstoYs, = %
II II cnlnpalgns, summer and winter, avlrngl,1
r., ~ for euuii conpanyn distance ot over .00
~ niles, nnl toos to ears ag9ln III July, 1S5;
ss Sn. % u WfesSsqre 10 M SO ies @
i!e ,lcl, ayeraglnE wo s,3 niSs .sa;S1n heayi,
o5 11kc ss s gt g u II Fors 4{ {&6so s hSy ya vfs 81
On N nortliorn leo to i toTrIsl rcgion, the sigma
!" station ut Fnrt Gibson showing TIE hiEhe:
tSs1rset ,irlnE lis eif sa'ansr II ls7o After cn1np
lhe lnMn orrory !'nrtnE The l,ot ,uttt s', II
tley ft # 's y day II Wsooe1 e[ M9 II fo
l;rantln Railroad, In COLORADO, travelling
j., uil s9o NILES, nll. 4i,o, Eoiag Into eam aI
SS ss asYt SffE Sf % s ss u k ss Ta'ssOs snse %
these three calnpnlilea hive lnatci.eu !.
miles inio the mountains, and M pre on,,, n1w 9 Q
l.. l,ertenrlng severe winter IN no he!a. q
O." 'Iq,i,S %it fro tho great "oFa oS'npaSs''0 S"'
ro NEcAr1ru1.ArE:
During tho past tl,ree and q half years tl!o
no. trnous 1.-Two travelled by rail-, t9at, md on T.
e an ,'53t {sGy e. be o. SS s IL tese ss o .T
1916 uins depends upon tho result Of tho tltp
no nlc Hsyot!ons noW pWgtIiG hefwseM l,i ne
sed s" III detached service fro'n their regular 81
A. t!0sls, whnn thoy nrG M longer neeteu
t;olnrnslo tisest companies i!,lse ], ,tVo niles
rai before te to yet to Tcxns, i 1iA to ~ WI
omn oss the summer il set y the dim future
teS snsi y @ leSt 5 to efsfs this tne If &C.
6ffotlo telr ,nn'y M!'St' Casualties, @ to et q
lit two men, nipi ta.e necessary discharge Of fc
sn'' Il thy eolnen4 en-. BE- traSed AZ iscStly
tic sango ot Sl!atS %Meor or,har 1n SUI, ,xIn
rnr- 70 N9i!aot ii .S1 ,1 ~ thn rra.nnt III
Ohio iloin tutlu VIII ~; ,;. NY ~ ~ ~ nimm"io
,atn, III tho putu inuu.tHa,ns , ~, t,,'ss n1 =,
O. u lnGH Nf9 StrOliH hIl flhOloust niNt Ma y
pre1lnretl M men can be to undergo the str
When It shall l,o required Of tte1ll.,
irhls llttlo history is not MI Isolated O.
w other regiments iye been 90 lug, ,aoyea a
MI instance of what IL required Of tho nrl
ai,d III what manner tic money to supper
il spent, I
Is a -..--
lofs, queer CaaleKenHs
and Indy residing n CoM !s.nu ~ ~ tueT .S
nh|n!nlng hor resl!!onGo, whore sonto 81