The sun., 1888-05-20
THE ARMY G{ANGES STATIONS,
The Regulars H, Mny Msvins Of Un.
usual DimiSisns This Year.

WASHINGTON, Ny 19.-The troops in
Texas who are to e&o Dakota and Utah have
begun marching to b various rendezvous this
week for tho purpoSwhi!e those on tho Can
ada border are nowmdy to start for the Gulf.
Some OF the champ, particularly those in
which the Eighth CARRY and Fifth Infantry are
concerned, involve tousands Of miles OF
travel: and soldersho have been for years
stationed In tho rdpn OF b!izzards, where
mercury occasionall.reezes. will now try tor
rid posts where th,thermometer registers,
when 1t tries, muchnore than 100 degrees
in tho shade. and vbre only the pen OF
John PhTnix could dull justice to tho heat.
Rather oddly. the kimcnts which have to
make tho greatest Aps in latitude, giving
them vivid idea, froaoersonal experience. Of
tho extent OF their c9ntry, are those which
have been unusually ldz in their present posi-
tions. The Eighth Cayry, which now goes to
Dakota. has been in T9s nearly thirteen con-
secutive years, having pne there in October,
1875; while the Fifth Rantry. which proceeds
to Texas from Montanlaas been in the latter
Territory since the sunler of 1876. Many OF
tho regiments now chRing made their last
previous moves in the nr 1880. This is true OF
tho Sixteenth Infantry which transfers its
Headquarters from Tss to Fort Douglas.
Utah; OF the Twenty-tih. which exchanges
with the Third withinhe Department of
Dakota; Of the poi tpn Of the Sixth
which goes from Ut4 to Colorado; Of
tho Thirteenth and ihe Twenty-fourth,
which exchange with cn other. the former
proceeding from tho DeWtment of Arizona.
and tho latter from the Dlartment Of the Mis-
souri,; The IWGnty,sechd Infantry which
a N N NJ. md hnlf vaa ara
ago. which is much less tip the average But
the Seventh Cavalry musthve been more than
doTen yearH In M9ntas and Dakot from
Riley. Kansas. where Col. brsyth commands
the new cavalry school. having proceeded
sss' sa Eh four ons soRi aer hi cns atsy ns
will be that Of Battery G. FIT Artillery, which,
having been at Fort Monre{wenty- -one years.
co. and will be replaced tSBattery + Of the
same ,SJ; ,rSeJG;iment' which haspeen in California
Taking together tho distsces covered and
the number OF forces movedfhis is the most
extensive exchange OF stains that over oc-
CURED in the O. army n :. in time ( peace. Those
week must begin before the .H of the month.
The total cost Of the affair VII be about $780,
9@ ana Tpi sa woay Pe1 thr the
are changes OF stations. but Il present one in
v2yss about f"nr'h OF the " Of the army
when not too freauent are enefcial to the
service. They furnish varid of experience.
and enliven monotony by new wtcenes and du-
ties. They make, n fairer dAribution, OF tho
desirable and undesirable plaf. To give one
regiment a lifetime Of duty in izona. chasing
Apaches, while another is occlEing itself with
parades at Fort Leavenworth. tou!d be unjust
to the former. and probably ut well for tho
efficiency Of the latter The Viiety OF climate
and surroundings must also bsakcn into con-
sideratiOn, since the dfferencei enormous be-
tween the dreary and arid sitetpf some posts
and the comforts and aGrceali concomitants
OF others. Even those who go rom better to
worse stations will have at leasthe temporary
charm OF novelty to ocompensanhem.