The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-14
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BRIGADE b
War Department Bella.
Have Plans in View Thai
Mean Much. E
FORT DOUGLAS BEST
LOCATION IN THE h
Railroad Facilities, u1
and Natural Adyanta,,
UnexceIIed.

The prospect looking 10 N.
ment Of brigade post at -.
mas never been fairer than 4,
and II the action OF the wsr
In inausurating permanent ~
at the local post be a crI,e,I..
ultimate object. Sal, Lakn
won the long looked for boos
,ook for the local post % hse "
bright that the commercial oc9 osc9
OF Denver are making a de,c.sl
10 nave Fort Logan NAMED an
post Instead OF Fort DousIasa as
MAYOR j. NJ. Arrasmith corr
nceE at Fort Douglas. said uaas
ternoon that although he ts,el
at which points the war den.ao ao
estnblish brigade posts he 'hea
tary reservation is large nn,. v
orlgade post. He said thai i",ssn =.
uated In IL very favorable Ioonu'
cially' in regard To railroads 90
four which run into this c,ry
further that the policy OF ,Se
fnsnt Is TO do away with tho xnrav
tary posts and concentrate ,,nosa
gade headquarters. No troons p'
cnt stationed at Fort Ioean
being used only as a rcc5t,i,s
This is believed 10 IndScs,s
Logan is out OF the race.
Would Bring Many Men
In case the recin,entsl non,
Douglas is commissioned TO bec,r,e
gaze post oy the war departmsrt-
lend great financial Impetus ia
conditions. Instead of one rez;r,.
infantry. four regiments OF infs1h
It's complement In cavalry viii 4
toned at the post. This win mss
a number Of hundreds OF thorss'
dollars VIII be spen, In Sali ii
nually by the soldiers and thaf
amounts OF commissary supp,Ies
purchased here. Aside from this
cal military quarters will he 6
TO about four times their pres,
pacity.
In the last annual report AZ
Leonard Wood. chief of staff OF n
ed States army said Major a.
yesterday. "hc advocates the cord
Ing OF troops at brigade posts m
been the policy Of the war departn'
a long time. but II was especlaI,y +,
mended in General Woods most
annual report.
The necessity for small posts "a
throughout the west has gone. Tle
try Is now settled and the Indlans
longer a factor 10 demand the n
attention.
con the other hand, II Is mud
economical for the government io'
tain fewer and larger posts. Tuo|
ba diciplined more thoroughly and
more effectualiy at larger posts.
Favorable Location.
II should think Fort Douglas vo
favorably located for a brigads
However, I have absolutely no n
10 what the war department d
Salt Lake has many ADVANTAGE
most among which is its railros1
tiles Four railroads run into a
which makes il a center in that d
The Fort Douglas military reseFv1
sufficiently large to accommodate
gade heedqua rters.
Following are the brigade posts
west: Sheridan. H.. LeavenVcrth.
Fort Riley, Kan; Fort Sam II
Texas; Presidio. California; Fort
ley. Philippines. and at Honolulu.
That the Denver people are ava
TO the issue is evidenced BY the "a
clipping from a Denver paper:
Fort Douglas. Utah. Is going
made brigade post and For!
Will suffer another setback unlc
commercial organizations OF Denvs!
a more vigorous campaign. Ia
sence Of a letter received today bJ'
dent c. A. Johnson OF the Denver
Der OF Commerce. from A. ]. ~
this city, who Is travelling In rht
while on my trip here" VII
Halter from Los Angeles, = y
visit to Fort Douglas. Salt Lakn
and / found out there that they
that the fort Will be made into q
post and that the amount OF mon
they have spent here lately in nav
ings and other improvements s1
tiates this statement. So you q
our Washington representatives y
us that II was the intention OF tns
officers 10 cut out all internlounNA
did not know what they were
about, and somebody better post
or get posted. When General
comes 10 Denver don't let him ~
out of the above statement. oecz
have 1t on good authority 'hat
Douglas will be a brigade posI