New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17
A GOOD INSPECTION SEASON.
EVERY AVAILABLE OFFICIAL WILL GET
A CHANCE At THE WORK.
NOT A DESIRABLE LOCALITY WILL BE OMITTED.
AND IF THE NATIONAL DEFENcEs ARE NOT
IL GOOD ORDER IT WILL not BE
THE JvNKETERs' FAULT.
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THE JlSktIttS fAl IL.
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Washington June lG-Thc prospect Of a brilliant
and successful season OF Official inspections never
onr.arel brighter than az the present time; In
fac, success seems to be assured. II opened with
the Alaskan tour OF Assistant secretary hamlin'
os tho Treasury Department. which Is expected TO
result IN immense benefit 10 that rar-away ana
moist territory as well as to the country In gem
eraL Onical inspections and INVESTIGATIONS in that
-crno,c region have been somewhat numerous In the
past ana also somewhat unproductve. but Mr.
Harnl,n has undoubtedly obtained an enormous
amount Of wholly fresh and original Information
which will prove be OF the highest practical
value
THO rigid and severe official scrutiny TO which
tho National defcnces are subjected thls season
must awaken the admiration and excite the graft
fud. n well ne inspire the confidence OF every pat
r,otlc citizen II our beloved country Several weeks
aro Ilcu,enant-Gc General Schoheli. accompanied ny
members or his family and several o'hcers ot MS
STAFF left Washington on An ON tour OF lhspec-
lion. which s to include al the military posts as
far west as Puget Sound AM rs FAR south as
r,,,a Under ordinary circumstances AMI by less
alert an, patriotic Administration this pFohao.y
would h. regarded Sufficient amount or oih''a
inspection 81 those posts I'm IL single season. ana
that "a season II peace. especially as Lieutenant
General Schofeld is an officer 81 long experience
whose distinguished military services were ht-
trrly recognized ard rewarded last winter when
Congress elevated him to the high rank he now
holds and which hal been held hy only four 81 his
pre- .eccssors. including George Washington.
lut the alert AMI patriotic Secretary of war was
not satisfied. and he therefore determined 10 cast
MS own ,igllnt oiNca. eye over the military held
and accordingly he Will leave Washington to-
morrow accompanied hy Quartcgwaster-i General
HltchcIi,r On tour ~ Inspection which II II rN-
pcctcA VIII occupy month or moro HIS hr'' "D-
scrva,ions viii be- devoted To- the military posts In
Nebraska wyoming and Montana, ahd II Is lnU'
mated that they viii ais, be- cxtrn ED 20 the faciAc
Coast and viii probably cover North Dakota ana
Minnesota as well as the military posts on the
Great Lakes The fact has not yet been officially
announced. but II H. lntimat'd that soon ar''r IN"
return ~ Secretary Lamont the Asslstant-Secrc-
,ary of war. Mr.. Doe Will SGT ont on tour Oh
official inspection Whether be- VII follow In the
footsteps % Lieutenant, General SchoAcld and Secre
tary Lamont or seek fresh fields and pastures new
has not We, been asccrtalned. but. however that
may be- every intelligent man VIII At once perceive
that the military posts OF tho West are TO be kept
I'm an effective condition II there Is any virtue IN
official inspections.
While the military eye - the Government Is
thus watchrul that " ~" Navy VIII by no means
he asleep Whatever may have been the dsap-
poln.mcnt OF Secretary Herbert on account OF the
T." ,trni the KieI ceebraticn VIII never known
but 1t * certain that his f'llow-clilzens WA .,
glad to have him remain IN ms own country ana
concentrate his energies and ysilSnces upon trS
official INSPECTIONS ~ 'Nr Northern Navy
wards and the Naval War College at Newport That
other "nl salt" Assistant Secretary Nc 1900, ms
already Developed abilities of high order as an
Official Inspector and be Sill continue TO act In thIt
capacity from time 10 time as the sood or the
Navy anl the country may require H. expects
H. leave Washington almost Immediately on Ai
other official voyage. for lich purpose the Dol
phln has been rented AMI rroYlsioncd Another OF
nclal of the Navy Department OF nigh rank-Ad
,nrAl Walker already On his way g. the PACING
coast To look after the lighthouses tbs trip VII
not take in Honolulu. the Aiminis;rat ION not c".
string to hear anything further from the Admiral
I'm regard to Hawaii or the interests OF the United
States I'm that part of tn" world
SIN another Official Of the Government who Is now
on his way to .he Pacific Coast "on official busi-
nos. ls Assistant Attorney General Whitney, OF
the Department OF Justice What his o.heal irspcc-
ton VIII cover has not yet been disclosed Ihe
Pacific States, II VIII he observed, offer attractive
fields for official inspection. ana appear 10 require
a good deal Of II. It Is by no means improbtble
that the Secretary OF Agriculture. whose Western
cattle Investigations were interrupted some time
aco by "A summons to return 10 Washington. may
nnd IT necessary TO extend his oni;iel inspections
when he resumes II not Only 70 the cattle ranges OF
wyoming and Montana but also to the Pacific
States where. II Is UNDERSTOOD new industry
which promises TO become OF cons.cerable impor-
tance-that OF saughtering horses and packing the
meat-has recently been established
IL will be seen, therefore. that the crop of or
dcial inslec Ons this season promises 10 be an un-
usually large one. and everybody Will hope that
the Yield may be a b)untiful one.