The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-12-12


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n wns many years aco sanctioned, apparently
Tor purpose regarded as temporary, anu relaV-
Cd TO II 5,rioy VI onr coast HAVING shllou u
IDlHco In TN appropriations maze by congress
il has grad ANY taken u ltseit powers hlla on
gscts not auutymplntvd M ~ croauth' aiit eN-
ndod 10 operations LN-i 10 atdIy HsSus leo D.
lativo attention.
DlA'oNIlNtINi h'Hh IN. 90,
! SO far rs n lurtl't survey or our coast n t"i'-
crruod, there seems 20 o. li"lIlt'l az "n ~!
i.rrnl TINT work 90 the Navy Department, The
ICtA.r duties now in charge or th7 telH"ii7n-
mont II th"y cannot ne lf'AttFll HV Hihed 70
some cNatiut department or o'utI ouI"uu'
sAo.Ii na prosecute GL',' - trT yi5 "a
lnH their scope ANA PUT '' ei'l WIN y VIivi "a
dis r1u.uHlau between V' N'i,Il'uG inquiries
which may properly pc assumes 10y .ne N9',in-
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Tho ,gr,~f NJ the Secretary 81 War ia here
win submitted. INC pttution Of Congress is
t,,it, tltro ,.tail.,i nrcount which II contains
~ ann, - bI5 ,.,,,rf,,'.,. and i,i4
,,.,,,.', .ri..,.s and ,,,,rs ,5r tbe inn.
,,r,,..',,,,','t rf The service,
/ Tho army consisted, at the date of the last
~ I HFl
,rIis-oi mon. The expruass a. the d,unTtmo'nts
f5r Tina r,csJ yaar ending June 10 l--5 including
IA III l,i M Tor ri,llc vlorls od ,;,r ami lnr
| - i,,t,r.lyer-,ut, were 4!i si,o1o "A
| y IN tj,c trnIna vgb;ch 0,cIro disrs+cbed in
,,.l,-l,;t ~ Tho small LrnJ NJ Irdi,rs y-lo lrft
thrir reservation in Arizona nnd committed muir
dora mud 0,ltrnues two rppi,nrr,ts OF cavalry and
o,s ~ infantry vera sent lnst Inv To- the Iniinn
/ n, rri-ory tn prcveut Avn put6rouk witch seemed
i,,,',in,nt ibsv remained IN Md ifnecrssnry
ia tbs ovnulsi, n ~ infrudcrs mon tbo rcsoryn-
/ vInrug tle Indiana bnt tho Evcruti va uro.ln-
,,,I+il1 yynr,,iuu th,,n IN reu,oy, was clp,lieI
] with without interference
/ Troops were also sent to Rock SPRINGS in Wv
| orniug Territory after the massacre 0f Chinese
/ there tn proycnt further disturbances aud M
| tnry,nrd to seattle, in Washington Territory to
a. crt n tlrf ut ned atsack upon Chine sc lab0rers
/ nud domestic violence there In both cases tho
/ mere presence Of the troops had the desired eff
! feet
/ -
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te So @lii m Incl 5i,"im-
! ighl 800 disni,,,iro aud treat
| r,"pt INT tho r,inishmcnt sbould
| Lp ircrenscd for rcpaatrd offeusos
/ These Irsertions might also he reduced by
/ IpsscDiup the term of first eplistmtnts thus
allowing a Disconnected recruit to contemplate Il
| nraro. diacLnryn nnd the prrly "A profitable rid
/ dance After ono term of service Il re-enlist-
| Input woula be quite ant to secure a eoIteusod
/ recruit nnd a Good soldier
COURTS MARTIAL
! The acting Judge Advocate General reports
! TINT the number of trials by general COURTS
| martial during the yenr was , 32s and that Sjt
trials took mace before Garrison and rogilucnrgl
/ cnn,ts-,narti,l The suprostion that prob
| 1lly more tnnn hulf tLa armV has been
! tried for offences great md small in
one wear. may well arrest attention.
OF cuurs. many Of these trials before garrison
and reri,u.ntaI courts martial W rp for oHeuses
almost I'M lors. ami there should think, be Il
| wlv Devised 20 d.surse OF these i'm a more sum-
mary md less iugonycnint manner than by
| court lDgr,igI If some If the proceedings OF
| courts nar,ial which have had occasion to eS-
| anime +. sent the ideus Of Justice which gen
! orally prevail IN these tritunals aln satisfied
! that they should be much reformed II lhe hunpf
ana tne honesty of the army una navy are by
! their msLrnusEtality ID be yindlca.ed ind pro-
| teCted.
SlA-CoAsT pErENSES.
The Board II foulhcatIous or Other Defense7,
| appointed N pursuance g the act OF Congress
approved March 3, 1880, VIII IN snort time pre-
sent their report Hud it is hoped that this may
greatly aid the legialntiou SO necessary to rtme-
dy the Pre- sent dcfcuselssa condition Vi our sea-
| coasts.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Tho work Of the Signal Service has been pros
| cclitcd duriur the Inst year with result of in
| crepsinr benefits to the country The field of
! instruction has been enlarged with Il view of
! gddiup Ia it4 usefulness The number of sta
| tious In Cpcry.ion june 3d. 1850 was 49,
| Telpgrnuuir reports are received duily from 40
| stations Eyl,,rts nre also received from Is Gu
| radipr ,tations 375 volunteer observers y army
srroaops .t military ,osts and 3E3 foreign sta
| tons The ryp,use OF service during the fiscal
,onr oft,r dpdnctiur rcceipt5 from military tel
| egrnnh Ioe4 WIS S7,t7 j0lgT In view of the fact
| referred To bv the Secretary of War that the
work nf This service ordinarily Is of a scientific
| nature and the further fuct that it is assuming
| lurg,r proporcious constantly and becoming
| more and more unsuitcd to the liked rules,
| which must govern the army [ am inclined
| 10 acreo with him in the opinion
| that il should be sepnrately sstabis she'd,
II this il done the scope aud extent Of it's opera
tions should rs nearly us Dos sb!e be detinlt "
| prescribed by law and always clp.bls Of exact
! ascertaiulIa.nt.
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