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Show WRITER WILL IK BRIGADE POST HERE j Army and Navy News Sends Representative to Confer With Governor TO INITIATE CAMPAIGN Publication of Natural Ad vantages Expected to Bring Results Bear ng letters from General Hugh L Scott chief of staff of the Un ted States army and other off c als h gh in the war department George W Wuest off c al representative of the Army and Na y Iiews called at the of f ce of Go ernor TV llliam Spry late yes terdav to confer w th him relat ve to a campa gn to make Fort Douglas a br gade post The governor -was in Pro o and Mr Wuest arranged for a con ferenca with h m and -with Adiutant General E 4. 'Wedgwood for todav The ira department favors lort Do rlas for a brigade post and w th a 1 ttle publ c ty on the subject thro gh tl e Anuj and Navy " ews it is be 1 eved congress can be induced to pass the necessar law creat ng the br gade post Air Wuest sa d Will Write Article Tr Wue t called upon Major W Ills Ul ne commanding officer at lort Douglas He and Major tJl ne will col laborate on an art cle dealing with the advantage and necess ty of making the local post a brigade post which will appear m the June number of the Army and Navv Jsews V br rade post at Port Douglas would mean that 6000 men would be garr soned here The post would be greatlv enlarged and would become one of the mo t important military stat ons in the west H gh army officers are agreed, accord mg to Mr Wuest that lt Lake of fers every advantage for a large mill tarv stat on estabb hed m connect on w th pirns for the defense of the west ern coast Isatural Advantages Troops tationed here are with n twenty iour ho rs bv ra 1 of Los Angeles or ''an Franc sco and within thirty six hours of Portland and the northwest coast Furthermore the surround ng raounta ns offer excellent opportnn t es for training troops m maneuvering and march ng j As a s ppl station t has strateg e alne as the hub of numerous railway 4 lines reach ng ou to all parts of the t country Before leaving Salt Lake Mr Wuest w 11 gather detailed lnformat on dealing with the q e tion of a br gade pot and will explo t the proposal m the off c al pnbbcdt on of the annv and navy with the sanction of the h ghest armv of ficers General Hugh L Scott s one of the princ pal stockholders in the period leal |