| Show W WOULD UL ABANDON ULf f T L f f MaJ laJ Sumner Would oula With Withdraw Wih draw tr w Soldiers the Country Co 11 t rJ OTHER OIlIER OTIER POSTS ALSO USELESS That hot Should tic Given Up VI Arc lors Grant nail onil a Sept Pt 1 fa JO t 8 I B S Homner the comprising the of ot Tea Te end all tb lbs Colorado In his hll um i inual nual report makes wine some radical tacoma recommendations looking tn to of or military oita ll In thole division re ia regarded l lAred Ared of tile lite II greatest Importance In Inthe Inthe inthe the old da of warfare Some host he to 10 be I brought up II to 10 date In time matter mitter ot or water ater supply amid other oilier convenIences convenience as R in 11 tile the OSlO case of Fort I orl He lie wants want this post enlarged and Rh If that Oal II Is done he lie Mig UI Rests gaits this the abandonment of ot Tort Port l or Orant Ora III which h Ii is I too 10 distant trans from thus the Ih railroad Fort Clark Is ii I mid hi to be In iii a I tumbled down dOln condition ton ten miles from rm the railroad on n a limestone ledge alit In iii a most mOIl no so 1 helm Gen Sumner mye that thuat for tor strategic r reasons It would i em am well wall to 10 abandon the site lite of ot Poet Fort Clark Cla k and amid establish a blest 1111 ot at like hike SIZ size the present sits alt le of or Catsup Kagle leagle Pase Iaea J Port Fort on the Rio Illo 10 Grande bamide opposIte It II Is II aitI the tho road connecting It with wih havana Halla on this the ml railroad I road Is la practically Impassably In wet tit weather HO so 10 den Un Sunnier recommends that roll Kort ll gold gohl got be he at al an aim 11 dale and the time garrisons at al Fort J orl Brown arid and Kort he 1 Increased If U I these n o therl wi will sIli b be n a line Ilium lne of ot 1111 on un the time Mexican border bonIer covering nil n I rail communication between time the United States and ammil Mexico Other Oher posts POM that Ihal might IM lie II abandoned are Ports ForiR Ingol and while Fort Apache Is II salil salmi to 10 be remote mm dud expensive to nt at It full ful post should b b be ei to 10 a I lea Gen Sumner thoroughly Indorses loin lrI suggestIons If I by h his ps s to 10 the col colleR leR le s In this lie division In hIm Il which he lie says the te military colleges college oit o UI carry hit It I 1 III u Ii It i o I u t I I He lit il 1 Ih ii I a ii no i tie be hI Ii h reu ft r nt It it l t II ii i 1111 I t I a II 01 el mi leas the mn nf or the theMar lh I with withe wil Mar 1 I II ar order orders ir a complied compiled Hen Oe e Sunnier Runnier MM I us he hj ll Intends to 10 hl next lul autumn ali on Oil 01 sm Ill II aiva III Kale lule hi lii II the tho division dhillon end t nd U Is pro pl paring arll to 10 submit It problems problem for the aim sunn aimIn tu In the war IU department He It lt Fort Furt 1 and all mu Fort I frt Ruse Reno us up desirable fields Acids for tor the 11 maneuver but hut It If It II Is ii I considered advisable to 10 go 0 further south IU 11 th then n the country north of ot San Ian generally leral known ah aim 1 Leon Springs Spring la II I said Ild to 10 possess 1101 many advantages mud V It 0 T 1 |
