Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-19
ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
NOT LIKELY TO BE MOVED TO SUIT
GENERAL CARR.
General McCook Happens TO Be the
Senior Oficer-Several Points OF
View of the Alleged Pro-
posed Change.

In spite OF the often-recurring rumors
about the transfer OF army headquarters
from Los Angeles to Santa Fe, the peo-
pie most interested in the change, the
army officers, view The situation with
the utmost equanimity. The matter Is
of some little importance to them from
two points OF view
There was dispatch sent out from
Washington some days ago, which
stated as an absolutely fixed proposition
that the headquarters of the depart
ment of Arizona, New Mexico and
Southern California would be removed
to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The causes
that were to bring about this change
were numerous but the chief one was
that there would be general shifting
around of commands and command
ers, in order to accommodate all the
surrounding to The promotion of Col
onel Carr to be general. This sounded
plausible enough, but there are other
things to be taken into consideration.
In the first place, General McCook is
an older officer, as regards rank, than
General Carr, and the former would not
be called upon to take station at such
an undesirable post as Santa Fe, in
order to make room for junior officer.
Then, again, with General McCook in
command OF this department (it must
be remembered that Grants old mill
tary apportionment of the territory OF
the United States into three general
divisions has been done away with), it
is not at all probable that any change
in the location of department headquar-
ters would take place without at least
consulting the general, or officer, in
command of such department. In the
present instance, nothing of the kind
has occurred.
However, there is another view OF the
matter which Los Angeles people may
as well look at first as last, and prepare
themselves for the logical result Under
the old regime, with the military divis.
ion extant known as the division OF the
Pacific, the subdivision under it known
as the department. of Arizona consisted
OF the military posts of Arizona and
New Mexico, and the post at San Diego,
California. with headquarters at Whip
| pie Barracks, Arizona. A few years
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Arizona were so changed as to include
the greater portion of Southern Califor-
mia, and the headquarters were removed
to this city. Since this change went
into effect, California has had the dis
tinction of being the only state in the
union having two sets OF army head
quarters within it's borders. According
to the opinion of the acting adjutant.
general of this department, and it il
merely hispersonal and individual opin-
ion, the powers that be will not always
permit such state of affairs to exist
State rivalry, or jealousy, il nothing
else, will eventually bring about a
change.
Aside from this, there is lust one
little bit of reason, which Ia indeed
microscopic in view of the lavish and
increasing use of the telegraph, which
may actuate the head OF the war de
psrtment at Washington in movinl
these department headquarters Il
i nearer the center of its territory, anC
that lie that Santa Fe is about da,
nearer Washington by mail than Lol
i Angeles. This is the only possible
economic question in the whole affair
4 and ia not worth consideration. Such
business as is transacted by mail would
save about one day each way, were th,
headuI1arters at Santa Fa