Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-01-19
enyERNnr ,r.corp.s REPORT.

The JcURxAL-MNER is in receipt = of 8 copy oi Governor McCord's
 report to the Secretary of the In
 terior. l. Is a paophlet Of l52
 pages. aud treats very exhaustively
 of the resources of Arizona, its
 social and financial condition. The
 report IS very PrOfusely illustrated,
 the subjects being all new and not
 having appeared heretofore in any
 similar publication. His recom-
 meudations In regard to the military posts Of Arizona, are significant,
 aud are oI special interest to the / people Of this section. On this sub
 5ect he says:
 q assume that it is not unreasOn-
 able ss expect that, in lieu Of the
 present smaller outlying posts, it will
 probably be considered desirable,
 within 6 few years, 10 concentrate
 the troops now distributed about
 the territory at two or three prin-
 cipal points. With such a prospect
 in view, and having in mind the
 commercial interests heretofore re-
 ferred So. insist that it would be
 Ilnwiss and unjust to Arizona and
 her citizans for the general govern
 meut uoT or hereafter Co restrict
 ao3 narroTv the strong and beneficial influences now being realized as the
 result of the maintenance of the
 various military posts in the terri tory without first seriously consid- tug the requirements that will in all probability exist and be fully dem oustralsd within the next few years as result Of a continuation of the present extensive development of the tegritoEy's natural resources. sIt mightnOt be out of place for me to call attention to the fact that during the strike or 1894. which so seriously affected all transportation companies, every available soldier stationed at Whipple Barracks was called into service to protect the United States mails and the travel ing public. as we'll as life and prop eriy, within the territory, and was Uu duty for weeks. While 1t is to be hoped we shall not be afflicted with ] @ similar occurrence, yet no one can foretell: aud with the hundreds of | miles of railroad stretching across sparsely settled districts, feel that Arizouz has a right to ask liberal consideration at the hands ot the general govsrament, in order that every possible safety may be guar antead to her citizens. at least until ssich iine as Arizona wifi have been admitted as a state, and be better able 10 depend upon her own re- sources in protecting her largely ex- posed frontier.
 1t hardly seems just that troops should be centralized in and about the larger cities, where they are net needed, al the expense of new terri tory. While it is true that we have very little fear at this time from the various tribes Of Indian within our border. the tact remains neverthe- less, that there is always pOssi- oiiity of trouble so long as they exist in present numbers. Their quiet and peaceable condition of the present day Is largely due, 1t can not be denied, to the presence of { troops at the various posts. T. Arizona were better un- iers.O0d. withdrawal of troops would not prove such 8 serious mat ter; but a large majority of the pee pie Of tue United States today asso- .;ste with the name of Arizona the of Indian outbreaks and border warfare and the consequent horrors. Leaving out the possibility )f trouble With Indians, We have -ast commercial interests, as hereto ore stated, to be considered, ex- ending over large territory to the Mexican border, and the presence of government troops, though they 2 asy never be called into active ser q ice sgain. is, and will continue to $ ,a- au important factor in the de- 5 Of Arizonas limitless [ sources"