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Day
17
Month
November
Year
1887
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Public Domain
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J.AN AND SEA FO Washington-, Nov. 16.- L:eutenant-General P. H. Bhertdan in liis animal report saya that aocordlng to the las; eousolidated returns the army cousists oL 2,200 offioers and L'l.L'ÜÜ men, including Indian scouts. Touchinjj tlie recent Indian troubles the Geiif-ral s.iys that in order to quiet the restles.i young men among: the Crow lndians General Ruger has been authorized to enliat about thirty of their number as scouts and take them to Fort Custor. The Crows have aiways been friendiy and make it a boast thatthey have never killed a white man, and it would be a great pity if any thinsr should now occur to disturb the peaceful relations of so a ftanding. General Sheridan is confident that General Bugcr will be ableto effect a permanent settlement that will be saüafactory to the Crows as veil ís to the Government. In regard to the concentration of the army in the larger poste, the report saya that work on the new post at Denver will shortly be commenced; that at San Antonio has been progressing favorabïy during the year; the ground for the new post near Chicago will pass into the possession of the Government at an early day, and at Fort Snelling both the reservation and other attendant conditions are favorable for the establishment of a large garrison. An additional appropriation will be uecessary to nnisn me reconstruction of I ort P.iley. The General concludes as follows: "lam stronftly in favor o! the general Government extending all possible aid to the Na tional Guard or the different States, as they constitute a body or troops that. In any emergency, would forin an important part of our military force. They should be armed with the best weapons, amply prov:ded with complete camp and garrison equipage, and instrueted in the various drills and exercises according to the tactics and systems followod in the regular ftrmy. According to my observat oa and experience, most of the State troops now marca well and handle the gun well, but they ara deficiënt in discipline and in all the duties that teach a soldier to take care of himself while ia . camp or upon a march. This defect can best ba I overeóme by establishlng some system of en campment under the control and direction and at the entire expense of the general government. In the development of such a measure the entire army, as well as myself personally, will ba . glad torender such assistance as l;es in our powei; and I recommend that the favorable , conslderation of the subject may be commendBd to Congress." Washington, Nov. 1 6. -Commodore T. D. Wilson, chief of the bureau of construction and repar of the Navy Department, has submitted his annual report to toe Secre tary of the Navy. He renews hia recommendation that two new vessels of about 1,000 tona eaca be built to replace the training-ships Saratoga, Xamestown and Portsmouth, which can not possibly be kept in service much longer, and he asks that special authority be giren for the repair of the historie aioop-of-war Hartford, at a cost of $173,000. In conslusion the report says: "The outlook for the navy in the near futura Is a very hopeful one, and with the completion of the vessels now projected the navy will consist of anumber of modern vessels, admirably ttdapted to the varied needs of the service. Tha character of the work being done on the vesseU now building and those lately completed showj that our ship-builders are able to turn out vessels of war second to none in the world. Tha establishment of the gun factory at Washington and int.-oduction by the Bethlehem ironworks of a plant to furnish heavy armor and gun forgings makes the United States absolutely Independent of other countries in the oonstruction aM armament of her ships-of-war, and if the worlt of rebuildng the navy is only ept up as it is now goiiig we shall soon have a navy that will be a credit as well as a protection to our country and our country's interests.'1

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