| Show v 5 J SHOULD hOULD ENLARGE FORT DOUGLAS DOUGL S Sif Scy if rr HE II i PROSPECT T for fot IM ie t p edy y enlargement ellla at of THE 1 1 so as 88 to make it available M s a full fuU regiment post will be gratifying to all aU Salt Sait 1 Jokers krs It is is good business judgment too to for the 5 moment to ta spend a sufficient amount of money on 5 5 1 this historic t old Cla post pest t make inake it a home for a 3 large largeS S number of nf the fighting men There TheN is i plenty of land Jand YIH fr all Li ry purposes and the climatic and gee geo geeS V S tra conditions are ideal Absolutely fro f from marria high and dry and Douglas Dou offers mOlt moio advantages as a place placer 5 f r returning retuning from front the Philippines than any anyS o S 6 IK r post t in the country No Xo morS mor moi wholesome an con cont tat t t could be presented than that t at found in the t com comi 11 i MB kou I of Fort Douglas with the barracks in in u the Phil PhilS a S S lupine 5 On the other side of the water disease e lurks S r in th ib soil anil 8 il Malaria and its kindred evils and 1 f i nl way to t the sickness out JUt of the th bodie bodies of the if i 5 j rn O is to tD send atM to t some me higher II her altitude e I Ft Df 9 furnisher the happy medium It is 18 0 1 rrt c t too tao n nut nt t too to O low ow It l is t whore all yI allo j o I Joc x of modern modem civilization t S 1 a je e S ad end is is y yet t far enough away from the thery i ry I to afford absolute lutc seclusion 8 whenever w never necessary S r t men raen h h lave hive ve offered their lives to their country i 1 entitled to all the h substantial sul gratitude that country 0 on 81 U Another advantage Fort Douglas offers is its i ix S 2 x mity to 10 the coast In a little litt more than twenty i r hours houtS should the occasion on arise ariae they can 11 make makei 1 i journey to San S u Francisco there to board the Phil i n transports llis It Iti is easy to get supplies of every ki info TO r rd iri d or C of or the post target ranges and drill are MM the only wonder ia it tit that the tie C 4 l war department d has hu not long since taken the step now contemplated Salt Lake would derive immense profit from hav hay having having haying ing a full regiment of 1272 officers and men at Fort Douglas Dou D las The TIle payroll would be upwards of a month mouth and most moat mo t of the he money would uld w be he spent local merchants m and business neA men The Utah tah delegation delegation delegation tion in congress should insist st on the tile immediate ed te begin beginning beginning ning fling of the work of enlargement Secretary Root might be invited out here bere in order to see for himself sOme somo of the advantages ad ge gas dialled d aB d When he once appreciates the full value valne of Fort ort Doug Douglas DougIn las In he lie will spare no efforts in iii making it in every re respect respect respect an ideal idl i l home for the tha nations nati ns defenders The present lr q are entirely on inadequate besides being antiquated and out of date |
