St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-24
A BIG ARMY POST.
Should be Established at
COyingtOn.
Plan Endorsed by PrOmt'
nent Army Officers.

nent Army Officers.
The expressed intention OF Al
iutant General Corbin to c"ncen-
trate troops in the South between
the 3Oth aud the 35th parallels ana
keep them there for the winter OF
until needed in Cuba or Porto Kico'
makes strongly appropriate move
ment on tue part Of the business
men of New Orleans u obtain .
norton OF the mobilizing army AS
nointed out in the otates time ana
again, and substautiated by the ap'
nrobat,on of Major General Lawton,
BRIG adler General Carpenter. bri-
oadier General Simon Snyder, Col.
Duncan, N. Hood and Major Frank
Edmunds, the establishment OF .
permanent army post at Covinyton,
La. would rebound in every way
to the benefit Of the service. us
proximity to New Orleane, one Of
the twelve large war supply depots,
and to her miles and miles OF
wharyes with RAILROAD tracks running
along thereon, makes it commend
able. even outside Of the health
proposition. 1t is but utteIlng .
plati:ude to tell the people Ut New
Orleans that Covington is consider
ed, and Justly, one Of the hcalthlest
spots in the whole country. 1t
has every natural facility for the
proper maintenance of . big army
post; pure running water, high
land and sandy soil, pine trees, aud
another considerali0n-very few OF
the pests of this SECTION Of the coun-
try-mosquitoes.
The health of Col. Hoods COM
mand while encamped over at Cow
ington for two months or more, Is
striking illustration Of the salubri-
BUSINESS OF the climate and its &C.
tual benefit to the troops. Aside
from the usual commlssaty COM
plants there were no kicks agsins,
camp life at Covington. And with
this must be considered the fac,
that Hoods men were ''roughing''
it for a good part Of the time. and,
being . volunteer regiment, tue
men were unused to camp life.
Now that seasoned volunteers and
veteran regulars are 10 be sent e
the South, il can be seen easily how
advantageously Covings0n could be
used. Fever is an unknown guam
tity to the place. Last year it will
be remembered, the inhabitants Of
CoviDgton did not deem it neces'
sary to even quarantine agains. New
Orleans, and yet there was no fevel
there. The place has been tested
and found adequate and can b'
made all the more SO ii deliberate
and competent plans are laid. i
is an assured fact that the railroad:
will do all they can to facilitate
the handling of men out and in
The East Louisiana makes tue run il
about TWO hours and with dem ant
Of larger traffic the road can b.
looked to to give every advantage
to the troops which should go on
there or be brought back for embark
alton at our wharves for Cuba o.
Porto Rico.
Captain Wimberly. Collector o.
the Port. has expressed his periec
willingness to use his influence u
Washington to secure IN army pOsl
at Covington. He has already
stated that the matter il being dis
cussed in official circles while ht
was at the Capitol some weeks ago
Major West, purchasing commits
sary Of subsistence, to whose in
fluence it was largely due that New
Orleans was put upon the list Of
war supply depots, has been quietly
working Oh the matter for some,
in fact, for . long time past, and, n
his advice carries weight with the
adjutant general Of the United States
army, 1t can be assured that the
appreciation means considerable.
1t is, however, incumbent upon
the merchants Of this city to proper
~ organize and make . definite
move in the right direction as to
this army post. The iron is now
Lot, aud by striking Immediately
the chance of good resulting is al
the more probable.
1.-The commercial exchanges
should get together" SAID = promi.
nent business man to the States
representative, this morning, land
boom this thing for al it Is worth.
it means to be dllatory, in the
They have had an example Of what
case OF the war supply depot, and
tins time not q moment should be
LOST
The Apjutant General OF the
army has stated officially that troops
would be distributed in camps in
tue South, south Of the 35th parxl.
lei New Orleans is just on the
3Oth parallel, and so approximately
is COvington. so we come within the
limit. There is no reason in the
world why We should not get 4
large number Of troops at that lat
ter point. II is up to the mer.
chants Of New Orleans to push the
matter. They have done good
work by united effort before. and
there is absolutely no reason Why
they should not do SO this time.
Everything is in their fsvor. The
points Of concentration in the South,
with the exception OF Hnntsville and
Admission, Ala, have not been
designated, but it is certain that
other camps will have to be chosen.
The danger OF putting thousands
and thousands Of soldiers in one
camp has been toe sadly proven.
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