Show PROTESTS PASS PUSS UNHEEDED Artillery Will Be Withdrawn From Prom Tort Port Snelling and Assiniboine and Keogh Abandoned Washington D C May olay Upon his return to Washington Secretary Taft will find awaiting him a number of telegrams and letters from various arious points in the west protesting against the reduction of ot military garrisons in that part of ot the country c Particularly Particular strong remon have hare come from Minnesota and Montana where the senators and representatives representatives representatives have all joined forces to pre prevent prevent prevent vent the withdrawal of the artillery from Fort Snelling Minn and the abandon abandonment abandonment abandonment ment dT d Forts Assiniboine and Keogh Montana In the absence of ot Secretary Taft no response has been made to these appeals but it is stated at the war department that they cannot be heeded as the move movements movements movements ments ordered are deemed indispensable to the successful working out of ot the plans of the war department d for the gradual abandonment of ot small smaiL useless posts and the erection of brigade posts which will afford the troops necessary drill and dis discipline discipline discipline in the larger military formation Another reason for the change Is the necessity of meeting new conditions cre created created by the he division of coast field artil artillery artillery lery and the formation of the latter into regimental organizations |