Show I 1 A RUS WL I 1 Y MILITARY bie bhe fiE reservation UTAH LETTE letten E T T ER P kip tip THE SECRETARY OF WAR ls RE rATION ox TO i the imposition of the rush nunn valley military utan utah ter tee january referred to the committee 0 on military Ulli tary aralua and ordered to bo be printed printe d 1 r t the secretary of war has the honor to invite the attention of the house of representatives to his 1114 letter of march 6 1869 recommending that as the rush valley military reservation utah territory is no ap longer nger required for military purposes e its disposition be authorized by lawe lawr in irl such terms and iu u sue suc sueh such manner as may be deemed most to the United states As the disposition of the sald said sis reservation er has not been berr authorized a copy of a letter from the commanding general beneral en eral department of the platte relative tx to the matter terp tern is herewith transmitted transmit ted and the recommendation contained in above referred to is again madec madeo WM AV BELKNAP s secretary of war war dap department lle ile fitment ait ment jan jab 3 1874 7 headquarters department NT dp i THE platte 14 omaha eb peel peer dee dec 20 sir I 1 havel have the honor to enclose ablat onrush of rush lake military a re reservation erry I 1 learned while in utah ta from the re register rister vister of the laud jaud an d 0 office that the binds janda of this rese reservation had lied not been open to ti sale or sold but r avate parties t i es informed me tei tee af affe pe veral verai ln mills I 1 1 and other build n erect and mat that thab the water courses and lakes were vord of great value to and add As the military make lib lih no use ot the land and exercise no control over it so po farns faras far as I 1 know knoby I 1 think it should be transferred to the thi department of the interior for sale or settlement under the label law ai 31 11 lam iam am vers very respectfully your ybur obedient servant at E 0 C ORD 4 t p brigadier general commanding tho ADJUTANT T GENERAL U S A washington DC through headquarters headquarter a military division of 0 abo missouri chicago lii iii P S I 1 have havo to add that the grean great value of a portion of this re serve servo will induce if fit it has not already induced interested parties to try and secure a large share of it without having a ajust just claim thereto and that on account of the scarcity of water in the vicinity and its necessity to mill owners as a far as ai practicable the tile land should besold bosold be sold with a due regard to the interests cfall of all ali concerned and only after a careful survey aud division odthe water privileges into small lots 4 I 1 I 1 am sir respectfully your obedient lent t servant E R 0 0 ORD brigadier general indorsement endorsement indor headquarters MILITARY 4 s Tr visON DIVISION MISSOURI t s chicago dec 27 IS 1873 3 respectfully forwarded for the action of competent iu authority thorit this reservation was wag established b by Y broo troops ps from the pacific coast I 1 achot ho t familiar with its present f status mus pus and can only onis say we have hake 16 no troops stationed thereon P H SHERIDAN general commanding commanding fi t H and 2nd indorsement endorsement Indor headquarters OP OF tiie aei afi ARMY vly lly kiy washington jan respectfully forwarded to secretary of war c W ft lit lir G general feral lard ard 3rd indorsement endorsement Indor WAR wan department an T ADJUTANT GENEw GENERALS generans VS OFFICE 1 washington jan 7 ISIL respectfully submitted to the Sedrie secretary tary of war with the following report the tho united states military reservation at rush lake valley utah terri territory tory was declared by the president february 4 1855 the subject of the abandonment af this reservation was laid before he the house of representatives by the secretary of war lil ill letteron letter lette 1 I march marjip ja 1869 with recommendation chatas th atas hs it was na no longer r required mor Jor military purposes its disposition be authorized by lawi law upon such terms and in such m manner as might be deemed most advantageous vant ageous to the united 1 tates states but no le legislation isolation appears to have been had in the matter and by war department letter of december 13 1860 the Te reservation wata wasa relinquished linquish ed to the interior department by war department letter of july 29 1873 1673 the attention of the secretary of the interior was invited in this connection to the opinion of the tile attorney general of may 24 1873 relative to the forb port reading military reservation california from froin which it appears that the consent of congress Is is necessary to the re relinquishment iq us h m ent and sale bale of military t ary reservations and such consent not havin havid having irbe been given in this ease case h he a was in informed formed that the custody of the rush lake valley reservation must be retained in the war department until itsu its sale ale was authorized zed by congress in view of which action the papers in the case were returned to the Secre seere secretary office at the opening of the present session of congress E D TOWNSEND adjutant general |