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Show A MOUNTAINEER CORPS. Ailjiitunt-Genoral Kknnedv of Colo-r:ulr Colo-r:ulr will have bill introilured into tho noxt u;eniiral assetfilily to jirovide fur tlio oi'iratii.atioD anil equipment of a mmiMtaincor corps of the national guard of that state. His idea is to form 11 corps with a hundred carefully se-lccted se-lccted men, who ate proficient in horsemanship horse-manship and have a thorough knowledge, knowl-edge, of the Rocky Mountain region. 'J hoy are to be well mounted, armed with long-range lilies, and equipped with field glasses and a complete outfit fofrOOgh mountain life. Tho corps is tn be divided into four companies, to be Flationed at various prominent points on the Rocky Mountain range. He proposes pro-poses thus to establish a line of signals bji which news could be conveyed Serosa the si ate very rapidly in ease t he telegraph lines were destroyed or rendered useless. lie thinks such a corps would be able to do good service in mountain warfare abroad if called on. |