The sun., 1894-09-24
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Rscent Ar.Y Orders.

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Rsce.t Ar-y ORDERS.
| wAsutNoror SAINT 23.-Wbile every year sees
moro or less Of a spring moving " in the army,
the transfer now effected by General order 45 Il
an remarkable In extent and 90 peculiar in char
actsr as 20 stand on different footing from that
| OF ordinary exchanges OF stations. In these
latter the purpose mainly sought IL 10 give varl-
etv Of soene and employment. 40 that the best
places NAV not always be held BY the same regi-
ments or companies and that those who have
"a -, aoia ar,. -. h.,,o bo.r lons In trv
ing climates. or remote from the comforts Of
thicklv settled reeions may take their turn at
,hs . ~, % S,,Io,, Pnt IN ths rrssent movsme ent
the aim Is that Of the concentration Of troops at
fewer stations. The question is mainly one of
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military poilcy, not OF ihulViuuM coh'enience'
and its results may be far reaching.
sno" w, y, .'V 49, ,s..ui~ ~ ~
20 note tnat they lnVolVe three Ont'eries oi 'no
First Artillery and four OF the Third one a troop
~. ~ a., T,,", -. =, - a,.,L -. 80 ,,,a
SIX OF the Ihira' seven OF tne sihtn. one on ,ne
ana one o, .he ,en.h; one ronpeny VI .no Iiiss
Of the s,,tb M two WOO OF the I seventh G three Of the
Eighth one ~ the Ninth. the whole OF the
Tenth, I'VE companies of the Twelfth, the whole
whole OF the Seventeenth. one company OF the
Nineteenth, all but the Indian company Of the
Twentieth, and the whole of the Twenty-irst.
Thus three-fifths Of the regiments In the army
are concerned in the movements;
"A second note"ortny result @ viii Oe tne ADAM ..
comment % v OF no fewer 'han % nine me-. small posts
in wyoming, Fort sully in south Dakota Fort
Supply In Oklahoma, Fort Mackinac In Michi-
gan. Fort Ontario in New York. Newport Bar-
80. Il, Uo,,,,nI,. a.d 49,, v.rnor, par..rh.
in Alsbsm". The relinPuIsbblne q this last; .s
tnn, pOs' " s Ipp rnny y plS,h itan,rn
now commandlns Indian Company |, Twelfth
ina,an n-,sonars ms t onn, varnan anu psrr.cr.
ancsnt ~ mouh ana hana os aboni
eASsps TT ~ au Is sIh, VI '"O"'
forty san Carlos ~ ~ Indians to Fort sili; "a -
me p9i,cy OF Eyng up sna posts ahd eohGen ons
EcI1s ba' ho a. %Sye%sn, Ys =,
s Unsettled snd WI %has was
ne a SP neeaea from re h0ste
sreat number m ase of posts and the suSdVsion ID OF
shs army made SOME Of the ssrriseps very small.
nut S nhns ago e. whem % yen nn sg ,n cYL,
beea .ne tne n ni nnS OF rsoT, pogy
the early days q the republic nearly every city
he sis. wanted ieIt tSs PfcssciiSR sssn:. PUB
pToperty 81 the United sses and the srmy Is esnraed
Ii Sne Many or e. sa% wh se f1S
present or prospective, and should be disposed Of
viii not mention names. because of LOCAL Feeling. In
s nS great s number 9f ,sy pps
anmstn -, sxs hnsn hcb % nv % H. puc n,n
ress OF :ettemsnt have become obsolete These are
worse than useless because they absorb large frac
tion OF the army which ought b free for action
Anart from the uselessness Of some posts tho
policy OF concentration had sdyantaves OF econ.
omy In hauling supplies while large garrisons
Save better annoptnpities Tor Sriii Tbe bniId
ing of fine new forts, like sheridan. Riley. and
Logan, substituted commodious quarters and
modern conyeniences for the iess we'll provided
bniIdinss Which were obendones and thus The
troons prohted Inv tho change ~
Il Is this policy, pursued to some extent dur
ing the iasf dozen wears which now receives n
Treet impetas in GENERAL Order Is. II bns
been made more and more practicabie by the
ertenaion ~ railroads ali over the Wesf en-
sbiing troops to be sent from the large garrisons
To any noinf perhaps even more promptiy than
when the same end was aimed at by the main
tenance of n great humber of small posts
II the details Of the present movement are
glanced st. IL IA seen that the Fifth infantry'
Soi. O,borne,s regiment hitherto divided
among 81. Francis Barracks. Fla: Mount Yer
non Barracks Ala Fort Ieayenworth Kan.
jackson Barrncks. la. and Fort sam Houston
Tex is vathered mn from ali these Ave ates,
and concentrated IN n siItb"at Fort NcPher
son. Atisnta. Ga. Again. the Tenth Infantry.