Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-12
IELEGRAPHIC..
|TEv.NILEs'SREPORT.
\, 4 ID. improvement Of The
Coast DsitnSsS'
!, r.crs As THEY ARE TO-DAY


..,.o,oS, d. c.. Nov. IL
wi'n, n,I ,.pot, Of Ger. hils'' COM
th' , '.aI n, srmy, was made Iuello
a,'d''sT n, personnel Is shown to %
'i'N ,, .at condition, well instructed
',''', and attentive to duty ,, h 10,
u ' .'0. ,I arc required 'o .,
ID 'T ar",lsius. at the posts, many Of
able Jun. an, Of repair. Gen. Miles
'al'a "' the posccsble conditions
'a', .,, .a% among the yarioa, In =.
~ ' ,i,~' /, largely attributable to
'n Wv W.. Of troops at suitable points
',,"ios admirable CIV vino bsye
Ioi s'sS Amy tflite,s WIN np,,c cS
laced in charge OF inc p''"''p"
ssoelS.' IN. head Of cOas, def.
Uni,i .u ',,,,s that the condition Of
zen. Mlls ss', !. ,uon as TO require de-
~ ..s . I'd Immediate action ioi ,s 49,
dso ,n- The uuguAfdeu conui-
np' 9, ~, coast 10 known ny every
lon q our s ssr. AID our people should
in'-sisi, y! pI"i pio false security. He
POI 70 w. ,,om hi. report OF 1888
ny, .,Ious srsuneat Iar ,no ND
y Puget scum, anu
.n hat duce that une lew
eos 'D railroad connections have
sa'als,.hl,.hsd there, yet not q single
e0 J. b,en placed In posiiio" Tor
W :" hi. those at the entrance OF
y ,l' Gambia Ars obsolete and OF illIe
. Iti, tfus that some progress
ips made toward defending san
= W. N.so aud few modern guns anu
s,n' 49, BEEN plaost. Thete, how.
". ,,. but a small part OF tho general
W ~, ihe defense OF the hsreor,
.ss, fan Dlesgo is In the came CON
,,,.s !, Puget Sound, entirely NJ the
'n 's q any foreign hsei.
c.s.rl Miles recalls vhat he SAID In
,,nort Of 1859 upon tho absolute
n.o,,,uee Of tho defense OF tho entire
p.rIsec coast, In view OF tho fact that IL
.,,to,lble for any naval power TO
,ss,1s every important port within
.ln.,, DAYS, while II would take maAy
.,.,, make a successful resistance
I'd N, Country might be required 10
AZ an indemnify OF $S,OOu,0O 600.
wbl,lhs railroads mlgnI transport
,rllllop have men TO tho coast, they
-oold b, useless without appliances TO
an, With the modern engines OF war,
IA viii all our intelligence, PRIDE,
s,,,liye genius ard enterprise, We
w i,f behind In the modorn nppli-
pss Of war as China OF japan.
su,h were the conditions six years
NO M, Gen. Miles, anu such arc the
,piliiln, today, with tho exception
h iAs slight progress made Mt Ban
n,cI,co. The entire Gulf coast aud
n ns great citiH Of the Atlantic
NJ noithwsrd TO Philadelphia are
.u,ly without modern guns.
Gen. Miles, In support OF his recon-
nsn.lllon Tor adequate coast defense,
sinh 10 the fact that tho batteries NJ
Dloulris and sumter kept nj bay for
bur ytan the most powerful fleet In
be world. He says that our people
fhsi,hlvo misleading dolusions: hrsi,
bat ,siDsd0ts can be depended upon
protect our coasts, and second, that
OlQ miles Of coast can be defended by
navy. Heshows that torpedo plants
s pnltn without protective batteries,
bod that the water In our principal
liibon l, % deep that light-diaught
sanhlps might pass over torpedo mines
Slihtui danger. While no does not
nllclplls war In the neur future, he
noV, that In the past 200 years In less
han 10 pet cent VI the wars has there
zen any formal warning or declAfa.
On tsisie hoslllilies, and as II would
3oqulie Jean OF time TO construct
poiein weapons Of war, II would be
nvl,e 10 disregard tho Lessons OF his
loy. 10 cut own country for nearly
" years there has never been n period
thl!ly'nve years Ia which II has not
zen ihvolved In war. He points to the
ace Of China, which made the fatal
i1Ake Of relying upon ils vastly
peflof numbers Tor safety, ind
iSuti that the best guarantee Of
saSe 10 q condition OF readiness for
L
ieuehing the infantry, Gen. Miles
eommends the three battalion organ
Auoh aud regimental posts TO keep
= companies OF regiments together.
MINIS that ut least one full repi-
fhlo o. cavalry should be assembled
ron Riley, Kansas, where field
n'u'et might be undertaken aunu-
slhofoughly demonstrate tho util.
u bicycles and motor wagons in
army II 10 recommended that q
M ~ we've companies be equipped
W. 'hete devices, 10 be manned from
WV thices aud and mon In
= Mmy sbie TO use tho bicycle, which
V''p already found extremely use.
~. miles argues for an increase In
Wehg'h OF the army, saying that
,,,,, m no reason why IL should DO
4 ssntel and kept at one .irenglh IN, as
~" lof yeat. II should increase
4 d. "s growth OF the country.
W.. W., alles concludes his report with
ma, recommendations Intended 10
|na he condition OF the officers
k,yir. ~, "a anu alttac! to the military
lnlly. ' VI 'he COM
Mn, Ipeilor strength OF DIR. Prlce,s
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