The Ordway new era., 1905-06-16

~or mcnt has frequently been
made the occasion OF Gnu
rism In debates in Congress, senator
lrodre. among others, having more ihah
once pointed 10 this as one OF the sIa''
mistakes In the conduct OF the Gu
crai Administration.
A striking instance Of This lAeh ~
cooperation which he's just come 10
sight Is the failure Of the War bepaIl.
YDeuf and the General stan TO arah
themselves of the maps. irValuAhie
f-om military standpoint which are
ruuunlly being produced under the d.
-rctian Of Professor Milton Whitney
az the Rurcnu af soils. SO far rs can
he nsrcrtu med. the General stan has
meter even learned .ha; the Bureau Of
Soils Is conducting soil survey OF the
entire country and preparing maps
which contain most Of the important
features usunuy shown on military
mans urepnrcd as the result Df recon
u1issuuccs.
Tor the last ave years the Bureau
n soils hns maintained approximately
twenty parties Of Ec0ioc.sts and snH
experts IN the field. and the results
a. their observations have been en-
lrndi-d in maps which now ei'resent al
most $1,000 square miles of the United
States The vHluc Of this work 70 the
agricultural interests of the country
hHs led Congress % appropriate con
ErHutly increasing amounts FOR the car
rvluE OF o. the work. and as the maps
E~g furnished 10 all foreign agricultural
institutions. II is probable that Euro
peHu military authorities have better
knowledge to-dHy Of the topography
and soil conditions uf the United States
than have American military OftccrS
Ge-tulu general officers Of the army
have long urged that military maps oi
an parts o. the country. and especially
o.. th0se paris adjacent 10 the scaba1rd,
Doe prepared hy The engineer corps, but
little or 10 work Ia that line tas been
accomplished by the army. and the
valuable data compiled 10y the Bureau
q Soils have been peers - eutly ignored.
-l- soil maps give moi only the general
topography Of thu country. using the
base maps of tho Geological. Survey
10y that purpose. but 10 addition thereto
the uafErg % The soil Tor depth o. not
Jess tIaa three feet. thus indicating the
rlc-arfer q the roads 20 be ue; with.
fha probable eject which heavy rains
vuuE have on them. etc. Taken 81
connection with thc maps uf the Geo
l7=l-r Survey. they furnish p-lrTIe1l'y
g.. -aH Information Necessary from a
rE-rT standpoint. with the advan-
-H-r s~ur- s-a.a-r.g.s.... a.r9Hsa rrHr.a IN
ylI-a she rl..5s1ry comma oder usually
s. compelled 20 depguI, that they arc
. prepared ty exports who have ample
tE+ 10 devote 90 tbsi- surveys and OBJ
ss-TEfl1ls and every facility Tor CON.
z-- ne tEr.s % paper.
TtE s15L NAYS. The feasibility ~
E~ eEr-EuE-Es, tltrsuclmsnts,
49, car y EaterEzlued ~ a glance.
1-1-=-TH-. -ls EtErv qZaTterulaster.
-l- EEs- llEEs careful calculations as
-r - ara lEtl.T q the local rOads 70
FzszE-- --s -z-ssss-r5ly heavy ;rafBe en-
z--- g --E --zEs71rElrl1a o: the sup
, 5ls - .-szt army. can easily per
-z7- - sl1ls ua-z. with the aid Of a
- ~ = =ru Iez-a whether the
] -1lsZf r-s- -Llah hEs heavy wagons
H. -rrEl are e earth. cay o. stone
- ~ s--r q 2 base th.y are con
s--z-s-- -aF l5El-lry 20 cosllas during
-[-r EEzS s-E.
$40 =-Err experts vho have re-
, -z-E E-szl-aE these rru. point 70
: - EEe- -Er; hs1 the Information tssy
$780, t=-z 17El--h'z 81 the beginning
+ e - -lsh-Azg-5szu War the War
! Ez----Ez- -uzI have BEEN saved
Z - es-g- % selecting the site
etsz- - CL-Ezzau-z fo- a great
z--E e-EF- hsez1se. from the sol
zTs- . --Ell have learned that the
80 wEs --ET q few fsEt lsep and IN.
--'1a- E-.-l 4 strl-ztl os rock which
=-z- l-sT4tzh,y frrce the drainage
: Az ssesz-s bGtE 20 the surface. TNe
E---- 6. F.tel-= TIE Ch5ckamaura camp
g -1- ste Ezs COS the Government
{ = ss1sl1-s % fboss whose health suf.
;s-e1 E-1 - tse families q those who
: I'D i-1z TYPHOID fever probably more
Z. t1I- t-s sl-lre cost q the soil survey
: . tas U-lts1 States 70 date.
: IL sane proposition s doubtless
'-1F q CAMP AiSs-- A more thorough
{ k15E ls7--e q the topography and
: c--t-'-s features of that site would
: e'la;less have led TO the selection Of
: i5,ztlca more favorable TO the health
= q tAe tru5ls CHARTERED there. In this
: ca-1t-etloa i Is noteworthy that the
: east q tie sol maps TO the Govern,
: 1s-t does 70; exceed an average o,
t-sa : square nile. while their vaiu,
Q hsTlc1lture Is regarded by those In
= position 70 know as ample TO warrant
! tts expense On that ground sione.
: IN most Countries military maps no,
riessy eissiuilAr from the mans OF m,
: bs-eau Of soils are being prepared nm
eer Tie supervisors OF the military au
tno-1ties, and as far back as ihc earl,
Seventies II was urged by members a,