New-York tribune., 1892-09-04

IJE,IJT TOTTEN FOR MILITARY GORDON
HE URGES THAT THE PRESIDENT CALL OUT
$4,000 VOLUNTEERS TO PATROL THE
CANADIAN FRONTIER.
Ncw-IIaven, Conn, Sept. 3-In an interVle" 10
bov relative TO the approach OF the pcstience ITO
fssor Tottcn the agent OF tho Associated esS
that the clIcf danger lay In the urecuon ot N"h"s
and that II In That region that our gates shouio
he most carefully shut and guarded. At present
they are not even shut. and, owing to the Intimate
commercial relations existing between the two coun'
,res md the great length OF the boundary. ho sad
,hcro was but one way effect stringent quaantihc-
TINT Is to establish military ono. pure and simple.
lie would have a Gordon OF military posts estab-
llshed at once all along the b0der, ana the inter
mediate spaces watched and patroled exactly as In
the case OF war. OF this would be a mere
reacerl demonstration and one aimed at cholera sus-
poets only Ito declared that n wise and hocra'
construction Of the Constitution fully warrants the
President Of the United States to call out and muster
into the service such portions OF the Natonai usu
mr. volunteers as NAV be necessary to provide Tor the
public safety
ave are now said the lieutenant, facing real
emergency and II action Is to be taken on this sus'
gcsion 1t must be at once. My proposition Is '"a'
nt least so 900 volunteers be called for by the Pres
dent and duly apportloned throughout the Northern
States that their quotas be mustered Into the regular
service md paced In permanent camps along the
whole border. The term OF enlistment should De Ut
,east four months 70 as to extend Into the season
OF permanent frost.
This Is an opportunity to Kill two birds with
one stone, and should not be lost. ii Is spchuia
ehanc. to learn an excellent lesson In PRACTICAL NIL
itary canlpa gnng, every feature OF which woud ana
should be snila. to service except The presence
OF al armed enemy. In the second place IL VIII
Insure the public safety no other measure can
"Of course, the sole object Of establishing INC
Gordon viii be recognized rs mere pro'ecuOh
against cholera The armies OF European nations arc
,ov- doing lust this sort Of duty Austria and Ger.
many for instance, against Russia ana why shoulu
not we The fact Is, We should. and MAINTAIN thnt
Tho President has ndisputable constitutional powers
I'm the promises and that the exercise of theni W
the fullest limit OF HIS Judgment VIII heo' Ae "P
proval OF all concerned , 4, h.
Wnol nskcd II the number he recommends 70 pe
called out 10000, not rather high Iie rePasu
- No by NO rather the reverse "ert n0'.ci
TO pncc even 900 men upon such coruon auty iOr
one wnoe year, md Al any expense, 'hhn w IN :
800 case, OF the epidemic smugged ncro's the Douer
through lack Of efficient protective measures 'ns no
is real emergency; the scourge Is hhochlhs u.
Inc Atlantic scaprs, and We are Dghng mere, Dul
rc must b. ready for the cases thnt VIII surely cUc
in by the byways and the hedges by the score. mo
tide OF Russian Jew emigration Is now heau'he Sans
w,y md we should AWAKE 10 the situation Inc reg
nI,r ARM Is TOO small to cope with this Question
Now Is tio time 10 concentrate 1t. Let, therefore, the
President begin tni, practical nutnmn manoeuNic III
once and IT, resultant benefits VIII DC seen before
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