The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-21

assist the state troqg. r. the execution Of the s.:
| you THIS morning al your once md that in your
opinion, you have such rlsht. Therefore most re.
| troops. DAVIS " warn, Governor Of Colorado.
Gen. McCook calls attention 20 the difIersnce
| In language in the two different letters thaV he
received from GOV. Waite, and questions that
| officials veracity In plain words, Through the
intervention oi the supreme curt INC trouble
their station at Fort Logan.
On July / tho insurrection Of railway en-
along The railway lines throughout the ders TPs
ment. most Of the roads being In the hands Of
quelled at Trinidad. Ration, Las Vegas Pueblo
Grand Junction, and other points. The strikers
cut the telegraph wins In all directions, and Gid
everything In their power to prevent the de-
spatch Of troops. but Gen. McCook during most
Of, July kept the greater part Of his forces from
all the posts constantly In motion, and at the
time Of reporting they were still guarding prop
erty against lawlessness.
dian depredatipns Gen McCook strongly urges
the strengthening Of Fort Logan, near Denver.
Judging the future by what has occurred In the
airy, and " there il any objection to the expense
inyolyed ~ moving the required reenforcements
be abandoned, he proposes TO march the two
troops OF cavalry from there TO Fort Logan. The
forty days. Fort stanton could also be advan-
tageously abandoned to add TO Fort Logan's
The signal corps in Gen. McCooks command
Is the most famous In the world. II was here,
month ago, that the great feat of heRographing
Glassford, the Department Signal Officer, rec
ommends through Gen. McCOpk the adoption OF
the bicycle 10 the army, especially for the ser
geants OF the signal corps. The report says
that the use Of the bicycle for military purposes
has passed the experimental stage. Most II not
all, Of the European armies have adopted
y for certain OF their forces, and. while
the question seems unsettled whether
fully take the place Of mounted infantry or
cavalry, the consensus Of authoritative opinion
Is that, as substitute for the horse for the men
engaged In signaling and the allied duties OF
accommodating and keeping communication
open. the bicycle is an eminent success: As
quircs no food nor water. and little or no care;
IL i noseless in its movement; It Is no more, but
rather less. likely than a horse 20 get out OF
order. and II can average double the distance In
"A day that horse can.
The distance that can be made by bicyclist
under favorable conditions Is vastly in excess OF
the possibilities Of IA horse, while under adverse
at least equal to those Of u horse. As early as
1875 hiCyClists were used successfully ~
despatch bearers in the Italian army, and by the
Department authorized their use for making
accents Of mountains or high points from which
Ia signal.
The signal corps is rated rs cavalry though
I he enlisted men have never been furnished, at
Least since the war, with horses nor indeed, Is
and duties and of the cost and care of "A horse,
that they should he 80 mounted: but the equip.
mcnt Of the signal corps with bicycles would
seem to exactly meet the conditions, besides |
being In line with the action taken years since |
In other armies and in the militia signal corps |
~ several Of our States. Not only would the |
wheel be useful in active field operations to sig
irng and the rapid transmission Of informntion |
when ordinary means of sending dispatches by |
signals failed. but its use by some at least, OF |
the sergernts Of the signal corps, can be made of |
present practical profit as the most available |
means of transport, in enabling such OF them as |
serve as operators and repair men of some Sec |
lions Of military telegraph TO rapidly patrol |
heir sections Of line, and 20 quickly detect line
troubles which cause tclegraphic interruption |
and for which duty horses have,
IN many cases, to be hired at high rates.