The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-12
ARMY POSTS
BOARD OF RANKING OFFICERS
MAKES ITS REPORT TO WAR
DEPARTMENT
FORT SMELLING FARES WELL,
Two Batteries of Field Artillery
and Twelve Companies of In
fantry to he Stationed
at ST. Paul.

Sluefed the question of army posts was
maze public at the war department to-
day.
The board recommends the establish.
nent Of the following new posts:
One for a regiment Of infantry in the
vicinity of Los Angeles
One for regiment of cavalry on the
camp site on the Nacimiento ranch
one OF regiment of infantry in the
vicinity of Albuquerque. N NJ
one for regiment of infantry at Dover
cross Island, New York harbor.
one for regiment of infantry in the
vicinity of Washington, D. O. north Of
the Potomac river.
One for a battalion of infantry in the
E Red River Valley in the vicinity of
One for a regiment Of infantry on the
camp site in the Conowagn Valley, Pa.
when practicable.
The sites recommended for the fol1r ,er
lnanent camps are:
One in the vicinity of Chicamauga Park
ga; one at Fort Riley. Kan; one in the
ConoWagn Valley, in Lebanon Dauphin
ana Lancaster counties, Pa; one on the
Naclmiento range, in Monterey and San
Luis Obispo counties, Cal.
No less important than the creation of
new posts and camps was the duty as
signed to the board Of indicating which
OF the existing posts might be discon-
tlnued, and also how the accommodations
OF the posts might De changed for the
lions by submitting a table, which, while
it does not indicate any existing post for
immediate abandonment, designates a
number of such posts as temporary in
dieating that they are to be eliminated
gradually from the list of army posts
The board says that it's recommends
tons are based on a total force of 5000
men, infantry, cavalry and field artillery.
The table, which also shows the accom-
modations to be provided at each post
for troops, and which does not include
the seacoast artillery, is as follows:
Character Garrison Recommended
Post
Fort Apache, Arizona, permanent, Tvs
troops of cavalry.
Fort Assiniboine, Montana, permanent,
headquarters and eight troops Of cav
airy.
Benec:a Barracks, acknowledgements
four companies of infantry.
Fort Bliss, Texas-permanent four cons
panieS of Infantry
Boise Barracks, Idaho-temporary che
troop of cavalry.
Fort Brady Michigan-permanent four
companies of infantry.
Fort Brown, Texas-permanent, to be
used if needed.
Fort Clark, Texas-permanent, head
quarters and eight troops of cavalry
Columbus Barracks. Ohio-permanen
four companies of infantry
Fort Crook, Nebraska-permanent
HEADQUARTERS and twelve companies of in
Fort D. A. Russell. Wyoming-perna-
rent, headquarters and twelve companies
OF infantry and one battery field artil-
Fort Davis Acknowledgements one
company of infantry.
Fort Douglas. DISAPPOINTMENT head
quarters and twelve companies of in
fantry and two batteries field artillery
Fort Duchesne, Utah-permanent, 1<o
troops of cavalry.
Eagle Pass. Texas-permanent, to lie
used if needed
Fort EgEert. Alaska-rermanent two
companies of infantry.
Fort Ethan Allen, NermGnt-perma-
nent, four troops of cavalry and two bat
tories of field artillery.
Fort Gibson AlaSka-temporary two
companies of infantry.
Fort Grant, Arizona-permanent four
troops of cavalry
Fort Hamilton. New Ycrk-pernlanent
enc battery Of field artillery.
Fort Harrison, neutrality-suspicious.
four companies of infantry.
Fort HnachCaca, ATiAcna-permanen
headquarters and four troops of cav
airy.
Jefferson Barracks. Missouri. perma-
nent, headquarters and twelve compa-
Fort Keogh. Montana-rermanent four
troops of cavalry.
Fort Leavenworth. Observation-Disclosures,
Lei > anu eve companies Oh III
fantry, four troops Of cavalry, three bat
teries field artillery. one company of the
sjgnM corps. with a completely equipped
telegraph train and four companies Of
engineers
Fort Lawton, Washington-pe
four companies of infantry.
Fort Lincoln, North Dakota; Bismarck,
n. D.,-TempOraGy.
Fort Liscum Alaska-temporary
Fort Logan FL. Roots. Arkansas-tem-
porary.
headquarters and twelve companies Of
infantry
Fort Mackenzie Wyoo,ing-pe
four companies of infantry.
Madison Barracks, New York-perml-
nent. headquarters and eight companies
of infantry
Fort Mcintosh. Texas-permanent, to
be used IL needed.
Fort Mcpherson, Georgia-permanent
headquarters and twelve companies or
infantry.
Fort Meade. South Dabota-permanent
headquarters and eight troops of cav
airy.
Fort Missoula Montana-temporary TO
be used if needed.
Fort Myer. Virginia, including signal
corps post-permanent, headquarters and
four troops of cavalry, two batteries field
artillery, school of instruction and two
companies of the signal corps.
Fort Niagara, New York-permane1t,
headquarters and eight companies Of in
fantry and two batteries of field artillery.
Fort Niobra. Nebraska-temporary
che troop Of cavalry.
Fort Ontario, New York-peImanent
four companies Of infantry.
Plattsburg Barracks, New York-pec-
mianent. headquarters and two companies
Fort Porter. New York-permanent,
four companies of infantry.
Preside OF San F'rancisco-permanent 1
two batteries field artillery and necessa-
ry coast artillery and one company Of the
signal corps, with completely equipped
telegraph train.
Rampant City. A1aska-tempocary
Fort Reno, Oklahoma'--permane four
troops of cavalry.
Fort Riley, KansaS-permanent. head--l
quarters and twelve troops of cavalry and
five batteries field artillery.
Fort Ringgold. TexaS-permanent, 20
be used if needed.
Fort Robinson. Nebraska-permanent
four troops of cavalry.
Fort Sam Houston T2XaS-permanent,
headquarters and twelve companies Of
infantry, four troops Of cavalry and two
batteries field artillery.
headquarters and twelve companies In
fantry, four troons of calvary and two
batteries field artillery.
Fort Sill. Oklahoma-permanen four
skaguay, Alaska permanent, one COM
pany of infantry.
Fort Smelling. Minnesota-headquarte
and twelve companies of infantry anu
two batteries field artillery:
Fort St Michael, Alaska temporary,
one company Of infantry.
Fort Thomas. acknowledgements,
headquarters and eight companies of in
fantry.
Vancouver Barracks, Westinghouse
manent, headquarters and twelve COM
panies of infantry and twelve batteries
field artillery
Fort Walla Walla Washington-temp
Tary. four troops of cavalry.
Fort Washable, Wyoming temporary.
Washington Barracks, D C.-permanent
four companies of engineers.