St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-21
t Fort Myer and the services of the signal

at Fort Myer and the services of the signal
corps attached to Gen. Miles commanding
the Geronimo campaign. which are cited as
an evidence of the utility and necessity of
trained signal officers. Regret is expressed
at the action of congress in falling to pro-
vide for a continuance of Fort Myer as a
post of instruction. On this subject
GEN. HAZEN SAYS:
The present plan must inevitably bring into
the service many men not fit for it, and the
fact cannot be learned until much time and
money is lost and the service impaired.
Concerning the want of the meteorologi-
cal division the report says:
Many very important laws have been re-
Gently deduced theoretically and confirmed
b observations and experiment. Solar and
terrestrial radiation, the conditions determin-
ing temperature, the relations between the
amount of solar heat received by different
parts of the earths surface and the corre-
spending resulting temperature, the effect Of
the detecting forces of the earth's rotation
on the mechanics of the atmosphere. and the
theory of the general motion of the atrlos-
phere, and of cyclones, tornadoes, etc., and
subjects which have recently received much
attention.
1t is stated that the plan of securing as
observers young men, qualified by educa-
tion for the pursuit of scientific studies, and
thus
RAISING THE STANDARD
of the enlisted force of the signal corps, has
now been in operation five years, and of the
37S enlStmentS made during that time, 81
were college graduates. and it has proved of
benefit to the service. Touching the weather
forecasts and special warnings issued dur
ing the year, it is said that the increasing
demand for these forecasts may be taken
as evidence of their value. The Office is
unable to comply with the numerous re-
quests received from cities, towns and cor
pOrations for the special warnings owing
to the limited appropriation for this branch
of the service. Gen. Hazen says that the
progress made in indicating the approach of
cold waves has been highly satisfactory.
and he is convinced that property to the
value of many millions of dollars has been
saved through the agency of this service.
THE COLD WAVE SIGNAL
is now displayed by orders from the CEN
trail office at 290 cities and towns in the
United States. and from these points dis
tributed by telephone and railways to about
20, 600 stations An appropriation of S5, 600
is recommended for the extension of the
service, and the opinion is expressed that
no appropriation would be more acceptable
to the people. Of the LOGS cold wave sig
nails displayed during the year. Oil, or S5.5
per cent. were justified. The number of
signal stations in operation j June 80, 1856,
in the United States was 452. These in
clude the telegraph stations, display. special
river. cotton region. sunset and twelve re-
pair stations. In addition. reports are de-
rived from fwenty-four Canadian stations
by the cooperation of the Canadian mete-
geological service. The Office has con-
tinued to cooperate with foreign observers
in collecting simultaneous meteorological
reports and in this work reports have been
received from 294 foreign stations and SIG
naval and merchant marine vessels. Being
desirous eff ascertaining the opinion of the
public as to the value of the system of
warning and indications by the display of
flags, the chief signal officer says he ad-
dressed
A CIRCULAR LETTER
to those in charge of the display of the sig
nails at various points requesting that they
report to what extent they give satisfaction.
More than $50 replies were received COM
mend ing in the highest terms the new fea-
ture of the signal service which gives to
many cities and towns the advantage of the
signal service station without expense to
the government. An appropriation of S1O.-
900 is recommended to enable the bureau to
furnish and transmit kilograms to the vol