The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12

Secretary Moody, after consultation
with his bureau chiefs, has given or
ders that one of the battleships au-
thorixed at the last seasion Of Con-
gress be constructed at the New York
navy yard. The secretary was under
sy:ong presaure In this matter. Be
sides New York. Norfolk and Boston
were competitors for the work. The
secretary WIS., finally Influenced in his
decision BY these facts: That no less
than two yeArT time would Be ~
quired to bring the plant At Boston
the work Of building batfleship; also
that the &175,OOO authorized by Con-
gress to be expended In making ready
for the construction of the ship would
be insufficient at Boston.
Lieutenant General Miles, command
ing the army, has issued q general or
der naming the members Of the war
college board. The order directs the
board to convene In Washington on the
21st instant and states that the board
viii be governed by the provisions Of
the general order for the establishment
Of the college issued November 9th
last, and such other Instructions ~
may be communicated to 1t by the Sec
Rotary Of war from time to timex An
other order bearing on the same gen.
eral scheme Of advanced military In
structi0n provides that the general ser
vice and stan college at Fort Leayen-
worth, Kansas. will be opened Septem-
Der LIST next and details Brigadier Cen
eral ]. Franklin Bell as president of
that institution.
Senator Warren Of Wyoming called
upon the President few days ago and
suggested that he take a trip this sum-
mer through the northern tier of west
ern states adjoining the Canadian Dor.
der. President Roosevelt had some
time since suggested q horseback ride
across Wyoming. and Mr.. Warren told
the president he would arrange relays
Of horses for such a trip IL the Presi-
dent would take 1t. The plan would be
to give the President taunt Of several
hundred miles through Wyoming and
Montana from the line Of the Union
Pacific to some point on the Northern
Pacific. 1t would take the President
through . part Of the country where
he rode the range when In the cattle
business along the Little Missouri In
the early eighties.
The cattlemen have made final and
wholly unsuccessful effort to secure
some modification of the official order
for the removal of the fences from the
public ranges Of the country. A dele
CATION of western senators and con-
gressmen appealed to the President
few days ago to grant a further extern
sion Of time for the removal OF the
drift fences ON the ranges. The Presi-
dent frankly and firmly declined to
further hold back the enforcement of
the order. The men then appealed to
MI. Hitchcock, secretary Of the in
terror, but were equally unsuccessful.
Special agents of the land department
will give attention to this matter dur
Ing the summer months. Reports OF
violations of the law and the refusal
OF the cattlemen to remove the fences
Will be made to the Department It n
Justice and the violators prosecuted. Il
After the din Of military and naval !
operations on Long Island sound the
first week In August dies away, the
war departments attention and en-
ergy will be turned to the military
naneuvers at Fort Riley, Kansas,
where large body of regular troops
and probably several brigades Of mil
lila from the states In the Missouri
valley will participate. Plans for the
operations at Fort Riley, where Sec
rotary Root hopes will some day be
great military concentration camp.
have not yet been perfected. The
date is not even determined upon, but
1t is hoped they will take place in
October. This would be the ideal sea-
son. In advance 10000 or more troops,
including all branches of the service,
will be concentrated at Fort Riley.
A war problem will be planned which
the opposing forces will work out dur
ing period of a week or ten days.
Actual service conditions will prevail
as far as possible to obtain them.
The President has issued an order
prohibiting the exercise of outside In
tiuence In securing promotions In the
classified civil service. The order Is
an amendment to rule IL of the civil
service code, and is as follows: mo
recommendation for the promotion of
any employee In the classified service
shall be considered by any office con-
cerned in making promotions except
1t be made by the officers or officer
under whose supervision or control
such employe is serving; and such rec
ommendati0n by any other person,
with the knowledge and consent of
the employe, shall be sufficient cause
for declaring him from the promotion
proposed, and repetition of the Of
Tense shall be sufficient cause for re-
moving him from the service" Pres
ident Proctor Of the civil service COM
mission stated that while this rule met
the hearty approval of the commits
sion, 1t did not originate with them,
but with prominent members of Con-
gress, who had gone to the President
and urged the necessity of such rule.
1t has been ascertained that the
presidents speech at Pittsburg, July
4th, In reference to the trust question
was merely the forerunner of deter
mined effort by him to have Congress
IN Ia III. TINT sr1laionf and ana ut do6n.