Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03
THE SMALL POSTS
u;ll Practically be Abandoned
by the Government,
rur OUTCOME OF THE STRIKE

-, Troops Now Gathered at Chicago
U;u Constitute Fort Sheridan's Per-
,apt Garrison-The Commander on
mia way to Bar Harbor.
w,sH1NGroN, July 1S.-Daily reports
lived at the War Department from
troOps engaged in preventing disturb
Soas on the railroads in the West show
~. the disturbance of the strikers has
.aDerallv diminished from formidable
soting to petty operations and obstruc-
SONS General Merritt at st. Paul re-
-o-,sobstructions have been encountered
n the Great Northern running north
tom St. Paul, likewise at Livingston,
uort There is friction on all the Pa
40 roads, From San Francisco Gen
.,ol Ringer reports that it will be neces-
..rv to send the trains under guard for
..oe time. General Miles reported the
S;ghtful accident at Chicago day before
vesterday, and will take steps to ascer-
AIN how it occurred, and may appoint
hoard for this purpose,
Az soon as in General Miles Judgment
aTill be advisable to do SO, the regulars
IN Chicago will be withdrawn, but until
General Miles so recommends no sugges-
tion of the outside or request will have
anv effect with the authorities. The
history of the Chicago riots has con-
armed in official circles here belief in
the soundness of General Schofield's
nolicy of concentrating troops at great
central points near the large cities. 1t
+ the intention now to carry out this
idea as far as practicable. The first man
;iestation of this decision will be at Chi
cago, for, although the troops will be
Wibbdrawn from the city, they will go to
Fort Sheridan, fifteen miles distant, and
none of the companies of batteries and
troops that have been brought to Chi
7 caOo from Eastern and Western points
viii be sent back to their posts. They
will constitute the permanent garrison
If Fort Sheridan, which, with this pow
oriul force SO located as to be easily and
0uicklv marched to Chicago or to any
pont Of disturbance, will become one of
the first units of the new system OF army
Dosts. Unless Congress shall provide
hr a substantial increase OF the regular
smy this may involve the practical
Abandonment of many of the small posts
nthe West.
GENERAL sCHOFIELD's VIEWS.
BosroN. Mass, July 18.-Major- Gen
/ mSchofeld, commanding the United
Sates army, arrived in Boston last night
On his way to Bar Harbor. In CONVEX
sation with reporter he. said that the
late strike in Chicago had caused him to
modify somewhat his views expressed
in a recently published article signed by
him, in which he had taken the ground
that a small but well-disciplined army
with better coast defense would be sufii-
Gent to protect the country from inva-
sion. The question of interior disturb
ances had not been reached at that time.
The General said:
~ think upon considering the events
which have recently taken place that an
increase of the army's forces is needed.
Several thousand men should be added
at once. A small army well disciplined
sobviously superior to a large one ILL
trained, but larger army well drilled
SNOW absolutely required"
In speaking of the massing of troops
near large cities he said
1t has been the policy OF the govern
ment to mobilize troops near railroad
centers, and as these centers have been
large cities, the problem has been solved
toa great extent. The troops are placed
near Chicago, for instance. | was in
command of that division in 1884. AT
that time this mobilization of soldiers
was done. 1t is done yet because Chi
esgo is large city and because it is the
railroad center of the entire Northern
frontier. We can send a large force I'M
der this system to any desired point"