| Show BOISE BARRACKS War Department Does Not Contemplate Contem-plate Abandonment Washington Nov 19The people of Idaho have been deeply stirred by the recommendation made by General Merriam Mer-riam commanding the department of the Columbia that the United States military post at Boise barracks be abandoned They have made some strong representations to the war department de-partment on the subject with the result re-sult that it is now formally announced i that the secretary of war does not contemplate con-template the abandonment of the post 11 |