Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-12-02


repel invaions, the term of service I'M
der any call to be limited to nine
MONTHS that the president be author
lied on the request of the governor
of any state, to detail officers of the
regular army for instruction, staff,
and inspection duties with the nation
al guard; that the war department be
authorized to furnish transportation
rations, and tentage to officers and
men of national guard organizations
who shall take part with the forces of
the regular army in annual encamp-
ment and maneuyers at national mill
tary camps that the department be
authorized to allow travel pay, com.
mutation of rations and quarters, or
Communication of quarters, to officers
of the national guard attending and
regularly taking part in the courses
of instruction at the general service
and staff college at Fort Leavenworth
Signal Corps.
The signal corps has done a great
amount of work The telegraph sys-
tenn of Porto Rico was transferred to
the civil authorities on the LIST of Feb
ruary, 1901. The corps has operated
during the year telegraph system in
Cuba Of 3,418 miles, mos tot which it
had built or rebuilt. 1t has been bus
lily engaged in training Cubans in the
telegraph Offices, so that they may be
prepared to operate the system upon
our retirement 1t has continued the
construction of the Alaskan telegraph
system. Great advance has been
made toward perefcting the system OF
communication in the Philippines, ex.
tending through more than 1000 miles
from north to south, the lines amount
ing on the 1st of July, 1901, to 1851
miles, an increase during the year of
2,054 miles The military cable sys-
tenn of the Philippines now covers 749
miles, connecting Manila over our own
lines with the islands Of Mindoro,
Martinique, Masbate, Samar, Leyte,
Cebu, Negros, Mindanao, Jolo, Siasi,
and Panay.
Pacific Gable.
The requireents for the use of a
trans Pacific cable by our own gov
ernent in Hawaii and in the Philip
pine islands are so great that either it.
should be constructed and owned by
the government, or if constructed by a
private corporation the landing rights
should be granted upon such condi-
tions that the owners shall always re-
main, in fact, an American corpora
ton, and shall be subject to such con-
troll when necessary, and commercial
freedom in the use of the cable at all
times.
Civil War Records.
The great work of compiling and
publishing the official records of the
union and confederate armies in the
war of the rebellion, which was com
menced under Secretary Stanton, and
the first volume of which was pub
lished 20 years ago, has during the
past year been completed. The COM
pleted work contains 128 books Of
1850 pages and 1,006 maps and
sketches. The cost has been $685.
514.67, not including the pay of the
army officers detailed from time to
time for duty in connection with the
work.
Alaska.
With the creation of orderly So
cial conditions at Cape Nome the ex.
igency which led us to make Alaska
a separate department and to send
general officer there with troops has
passed, and the department has been
discontinued and the number of
troops has been greatly reduced. The
principal duty left for them has been
the construction of the military tele-
graph lines at the international boun-
Diary on the Yukon river on the east
to Fort st. Michaels on the west,
there connecting with Cape Nome by
cable, and includes line from Fort
Egbert to Valdez; and the construc-
ton of the trans-Alaskan military
road from Valdez to the Yukon river,
Both of these works have been pushed
forward as rapidly as practicable.
The total length OF telegraph lines
constructed to date aggregates ap-
proximately 400 miles. The work OF
construction is slow and it will be i'm
practicable to complete it during the