Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-13
rusE ARMY IN PEACE

rJuHE practical usefulness of the army IN time OF
Il peace probably accounts In large measure for the
small amount OF antagonism toward the military
branch of the government service in this country.
While OF course the privates IN the ranks OF the army
engaged in productive work they a con-
OF public peaoe and safety Army Of
hcerr more than that great many Of them, IN
time peace engaged work that promotes the
Industrial welfare Of nstion. II is
well known that the War Department has ohsrss Of
improvements that Il has established
peaceful governments the hsltcfvilised sssend
sessions that have under supervision ana
that taking the lead in aviation, which IL de-
velopns into commercial Importance Speaking OF the
past record Of the War Department in constructive
work In time Of peace Secretary War Weeks said
in recent address:
THE great Lewis and Clarke expedition which
opened up the Northwest conducted by the army
The army conducted nearly all preliminary explora
early days OF the country II constructed
the early roads bridges and canals It alone
was able conduct the early surveys and make the
maps which essential IN the opening up OF new
region Army engineers initiated most OF the accurate
methods which now employed in the seodetio.
Topographic photographic surveys OF our posses
sons army virtually the pioneer OF the po-
neers AS orr citizens moved west over the praires
and through the forests they travelled routes which
surveyed by army engineers, constructed by ooa-
lions which had surveyed by the army and their
surveys developing the land the settlers pro-
tected against Indians by troops OF the army Finally
when the time link these outposts to east
ern civilization It the army that located and con-
truoted the railroads only after the railroads had
developed engineers OF their and the country had
become safer for travel did the army relinquish it's
tasks turn elsewhere for its mission. The troops
of the line remained tho frontiers.
up to 1855 there was scarcely railroad in this
country that was not projected built operated
large part by the army Army engineers located
structed and managed such we'll known roads the
Baltimore and Ohio; the Northern Central; the Erie;
the Boston Providence; the New York New Haven =
md Hartford and the and Albany. Practically
Ill Of the transcontinenal railroads projected by
he army An army officer built the locomotive OF
his time after his design. widespread his ,,
lame That when the Car of Russia desired 10 build =.
railroad from ST. Petersburg Moscow he CHOSE the o
nsricsn officer for the task oncer Lieutenant :
G. W. whistler before completing the work, but -
he passed another army officer to finish Aneri Ia
proud their railroads. Toy their early
development the army =,
'The army built the Chesapeake and ohio Canal and
tho Erie Canal The effective influence open
ms up Middle the Cumberland Pike Il
running Cumberland, Nd. Louis No. This 8
by the Practically every boundary Of b
the United States state boundaries 81
were surveyed and marked by the army" lit
Most Of those achievements Of the United States 81
army well known the people OF our little State a
which contributed well often to the up :
building glory great branch Of the pub
llc service