The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-22

VI TAI. road coald hold no communication,
department headquazter4 ave ny
.ssseEsaph. III the blockade had h.ea nnr.-
1870. 1870, communities living sad troozs
neo - different points On the road
fro,-, - uanysr oil starvation. resulting
800 'De s'oppsge OK sappiy ssains-"
oen. Merritt tells in detais no. he dis
poseo nis forces 10 meet the emergency
~aa open up communication, and says:
IL Is especially gratifying 20 note that
80 THESE movements. which involved in
instances considerable marching
100. .n.el tae least pleasant conditions, were
creditabIe manner. The disrst~h wIrh
which the troops moved. without being
cautioned 10 that effect; the a.Acrity with
which they reached their several de.tfna-
lions, and the eiea-neSs With which orders
were UNDERWOOD and reports we're made.
Ienecs on The soldierty instincts Of the re-
sponsiote officers af the posts and in the
Held l have no doubt that, If ampse
measures Rad been taken in time to pre-
vent IT. destruction OF railroad prop
srsy, even TO the efFacegnent OF the road
ior considerable time, would have been
brought OF the lawIsss elemen. whose
character has besn limited at in the fore
going"
In conclusion. Gen. Merritt returns his
thanks to the officers OF his staff. and 10
Cola Wayne and Burt especially. for their
excellent management OF the operations
In their care. In connection With the
labor troubles, he q lso calls attention to
the necessity OF a system OF tactics for
machine guns
The following telegraphic correspond
encs In reference TO a Inooted paragraph in
Ten. Miles annual report Is seize xplana-
tory:
This paragraph ia your recent annual
report Is being much quoted and COM
menfed upon by the press and public:
he conduct of the troops in restoring or
der and confidence where a reign of terror
existed In Chicago sas marked oy great
forbearauce, fortitude and excellent disci-
pine. and their presence aud action here
very greatly contributed 10 the mainte-
nance OF civil Law. and, in my opinion,
saved this country from serious rebellion,
when one had been publicly declared to
exist by the one most responsible for It's
existence IL has been said that the one
you refer To Is President Cleveland. and IL
has been explained by your friends that
you probably meant Eugene V. Debs.
VIII you pleese wire a statement about the
matter TO the Associated Press for dissem-
ination throughout the country. and
thereby favor us7
General Manager Associated Press"
The language of my annual report does
not warrant any such absurd rnisconsiru-
Ing as Is contained in your dispatch. The
earnest desire and purpose of the president
In maintaining the supremacy of the law
and civil government aud the restoration
of peace with the least possible delay is
too veil known TO be misunderstood or
lightly appreciated.
"NELsos MILES, Major General"
CHICAGO, OCT. 1e.-The Fifteenth regi-
ment OF infantry. United States army,
commanded by Col. X. A. Crofton. was
presented with stand of colors at Fort
Sheridan today by Chicago citizens, in
recognition Of ITS services during the great
strike. This Is tho first presentation of
the kind that has ever occurred.
Adjt. Gen. Rnggles has made . report
10 Gen. Schoheld. commanding the army,
In which il q recommendation that the
enlisted strength of the army DO increased
to 30,0o0. so As to give a maximum OF 25.-
oc0 to the regimen tai fighting force.