Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-01

ent and said Real gent 1emen, here
is most extra rdinary unanimity Of
Iopinion s address q ertain set OF
I questions toa young Colonel, the young.
est Colonel perhaps, Isl the army, ID
whom one might expect to lind i youth
| ful enthusi and 4 too sangnine view
of matters, and a receive . certain set Of
answers. IL address the same set Of ques-
stionss to the oldest and most distin-
guished Of our scientific gen eral officers
rich in the experience of two wars,
and from him I receive almost identi-
cally the same set of answers. How
can we explain such unanimity Of
opinion Gentle men, the only way u
can explain il 10 myself is & that 1T must
be of their trade that they have been
speaking, and they speak from its prin-
ciples. Then, growing more serious,
the aged genera1-in chief said, impress
siyely 'G Gentlemen, this matter has
now, unfortuna telyy, gone beyond pol
itics, and has become q military ques-
| ton. Most unto tunately it is SO, most
unfortunately! and now soldiers
must settle it. q Such being the
case, since, unfortunately soldiers
must settle it, you must allow
the solalels vo 90 Nhata tney know tney
ougnt g go, ana you l must pe care1nl
not 70 lor e, Them en- TODD What they ought
not t,1 70 CO. 70 :,
Inere nave noW arrived yea and are IN
service seventy-fve thousand three
months men. There are rapidly com
ing in three hundred thousand two
years alid three- years men: What the
s SC, q know ongnt 20 pc done IS thls: :
Inc cnIee-nontns men s =, ne used
70 guara the Dlstrlct OF Co1um 70!
Whole Dls ST., OF Colu UNI e. Inc two
years ana tn 2 Is men as 1hey :, ar
rive ana ., as tney shaA arrive , should De
piaceo N large camps amp o. instruction at
stfaGeglo polnIs! along the Ifontler, say
sixteen Ghonsan ,'i5l men az fort Washlng
Ton on tne 5Fotomac; al equal force at
Annapolls' Mo- announcer mere IN the
Capital another moth say at Frederlck, Md,
announcer at 3Cum t' Nd, perhaps
another at Plttsburg. Penn; certainly
one at Wheeling, Va, and one at Mari
cite, OHIO; also at CINCINNATI, Ohio;
Louisville, KY; Cairo, ILL, and other
points on the frontier There they
should z drill and drill and drill and dis
cipllne, guarding always the frontier:
meantime our gallant little tile navy should
40 all that 1t can TO Keep up block
ade OF the entire southern coast. -
by the last days OF September, or
the first days OF October, we can have
the gun-boats ready on the ONO River.
by way, Mr. Secretary, said he, turning
quickly to Mr.. Cameron, have you or
dereds; for me that naval constructor I
asked you for, to 60 under my orders
to the West?" s:r..." Is.
mo, General, not yet" said Mr.
Cameron; but, General, l can furnish
you with as many steamboats, as you
want on the. Ohio river within seven
days by contract" y.
General Scott said, little impatient
ly. "Mr. Secretary, l do not want there
even one old rotten contract steamboat.
l want gun boats, built to draw just as
many feet OF water as l say, to carry
Just as many guns as l say, and OF just
such callber as say. Sir, there is
plenty OF material for such gun boats
on those Western waters; there is plen-
ty of mechanical skill there, and, sir,
there is plenty OF time!" ~
MIR. Cameron fastened to say to the
Chief: General, you shall have every
thing you want. -.
General Scott-Thanks, MIR. Secre-
tary. Every thing want is all that
l want! Thanks! Well, then, want
the best practical naval constructor in
the United States sent immediately to
Louisville, Ky, to design and see con-
structed gun,boats These boats can
easily be finished before the hrst frost.
Our southern friends, seeing the govern
ment apparently content with guarding
the frontier, may not believe they are
to be attacked, and may relax in their
preparations. In any case our prepare
t1ons being made on sound principles,
would have. by the LIST day Of October
next, assembled at the junction OF the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers an army OF
l5O,OoO armed men. would send that
western army, accompanied by the gun
boats, down to the Gulf OF Mexico! At
the same time would send this army OF
l5o,ooo men hence TO Richmond py the
2rlghI ROAD! ..,-s....s -
~ you aet mus, II you alloW $, th ne
ssoldlers 70 90 what they Know they
ought to 90, Will answer tor 1t that
the government OF the United states
snali nave It's nag ana us au1norlSy rec
ognlzed throughout the land, every inch
OF Its territory, by the 9Th FL day Of next It
March, OF at the latest by the 4th day
o. July 1ollowlng. II you 90 not a mus