The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-12

numerous, and some OF them are very
serious. II may result In the abolition OF
the entire thing II does not II will Ger.
tainly result In an Improvement there The
signal corps, which does almost everything
else except rlgnalling, "a growing to be al
large az the army The army, II Gen, Sher-
man and Gen Sheridan can be taken AZ
exponents OF the wishes Of the army, dooa
not want 1t, The army, through Gen.
Sherman and Secretary Lincoln, tried hard
during thu last congress to have tho
signal corps turned over 10 some other
branch Of the government They did not
indicate what branch would be benefited by
its possession Con, Sherman said he did
not care what became Of II, his only desire
being TO get rid of II. A peculiar charge
was made against ono Of tho officers at Fort
Meyer recently, A woman called at the
war department and presented bill for
work paintingl her husband did on the
quarters Of an officer there. She said that
originally her husband was induced 10 enlist
In the signal corps, After serving there for
six months he took French leave and went
South, After an absence OF year or 10
ho returned 10 this city. He was arrested
on charge Of desertion and taken
10 Fort Meyer, where no was kept for nearly
two months During that time he was kept
at work painting the officers quarters.
When he was through tho Job he was al
lowed 10 escape, Since then, though he has
been In this city all OF tho time, no effort
has been made 10 recapture him, The
woman said she saw no reason why her hus-
band should not be paid for his work, and
that the entire purpose OF his arrest was 10
make him do work for the signal corps ofii-
GERS She said while be was In the corpa
originally he was kept painting all OF the
time, beng required much OF tho time 10
furnish brushes, which hO had 10 pay for
out Of his own pocket.
Tho recently destructive castorly gale
along tho northeast coast, when no many
ships we're driven ashore and lost, such
storms occurring several times each yoar
with even greater loss, has again brought up
the plan before tho navy department 10 give
warning OF these oasterlJ galoa The plan
Ia to lay telegraph cable from Nantucket
three or four hundred miles 10 the east, tho
onds 10 have substantial buoy raft, 10
which Ia 10 bo attached small but strong
steam storm and relief ship, which can telo.
graph TO all prominent points along the coast
tho coming OF destructive oaaterly gale, and
then by means OF drum or flag signals, with
lights at night all ships sailing In sight Of
the coast, day or night, would receive soyer.
al hours warning Of tho coming gale In time
10 reach safe hsrbor II tho storm and ro-
lof ship could not weather tho storm At.
tachod 10 tho buoy, then shO could cut looso
stt.NtI Nha h. la A.
tudo and longitude would bo known, ships
In distreaS might roach hor to bO towcd into
port or assistance tolOgrapod for, She would
servo also as an ocean poStoiiioe, An advo.
cato OF tho plan In communication 10 the
navy department saysi
"lf this plan is tostod by the government
and found practicable thon another storm
and relief ship may DO placed of Nowfound.
land, on tho line OF tho route OF shipping 10
and from Europe and pcrhaps II could bo
connected with one OF tho many lines OF
ocean cables aud not interfere with its bual.
moss, and II no thon tho test could be mado nj
this place first at comparatively small cost
II ono or both OF these teata should prove
successful then a cable may also bO laid 400
miles of Hattoras, with storm and
relief ship, Aud last II all throo shall
provo successful, thon cable may
DO laid from Charleston 10 tho
island OF Bermuda, 600 miles, by which
tho entire coast would DO protected from all
eastorly gales, Also, II this plan shall prove
practical OH our coast for oastorly gales, II
would perhaps DO oven moro valuable In
saving ships, cargoos and lives on tho
European coast from westerly gales Final.
ly, II II should provo OF groat value TO com.
morco, II may bo oven OF creator vOluo 10
agriculture In giving warning 10 farmers In
all tho Atlantic States Of coming long cast.
orly rain storms during haying aud harvest,
with many other crops at all scasops, and
thus save many millions now destroyed an.
nuolly by oostorly storms during harvost,n