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Show Fort to Remain, Says Washington Report VASHINQTON, Jan. 16. Aban-donment Aban-donment of Fort Douglas, an active: military post Is not contemplated by j the War department, iut, on the con-, trary, plans are proposed to Increase, the garrison to full regimental Use whenever the detail ot troops along! the Mexican border is reduced, according accord-ing to information given out hero yes-1 lerday. If there Is any plan looking, to th. conversion of Fort Douglas Intoi a training st tiOOl for disabled soldiers, the proposal has not yet been brought to the attention of the general staff I at Washington. The quarters now available at Fort I 'oticrhus are not ample I 1 accommodate accommo-date regiment under the plan of or-ca or-ca in, it ..n now standard In the army, but If congress paswes the bill now pending, cutting down the size of the anny to ir0.0"0. wnr department offl-. offl-. .ais expect that the number of men in the regiment will be reduced. If such a reduction Is made, they believe be-lieve Fort Douglas can comfortably house a complete regiment. No definite defin-ite plDHS for Increasing the garrison at Fort Douplas nr.' being considered now. because the necessity for troops on the Mexican border still continues, bui H those troops should be relotused, Fort Douglas will become a regimental regi-mental post once more. ThO chief of the ordnance bureau re. ommended to congress last month thai barracks be erected at the Dgden arsenal .. accommodate one company Hon was Ignored, and there Is no llke-lih llke-lih I that these barracks will be authorized au-thorized at the present session of congress. con-gress. . As a matter of fact, the general staff eef no necessity for .stationing B company com-pany of artillery men nt the (igden ar- senal, holding thnt there is necessity for only a few men civilians or service ser-vice men. to act as watchmen In charge of the nm'monltlon stored there, because there arc no quarters at "igden. The general staff states that it cannot can-not and Will not order any troops in number detailed at that point. |