Show ha fORT DOUGlAS AS I y STRATEGIC POINT l I I Robert obert N N. N Campbell Former Officer Outlines Necessity Nei Ne Ne- Army f i ces sit Y for Brigade Posts r r t tL LL CONDITIONS ARE IDEAL f y Advantages of gf Salt Lake Military Military Military Mil Mil- r Site Sit Pointed Out in Trenchant Paper L' L Robert obert N N. Campbell a Salt Sail Lake man mana mant 1 a formerly a lieutenant t In ln the tho United t lid sd Ales tes arm army at tho regular ular meeting the Salt LIt Lake Real Estate rb nhe Interesting OD Wednesday read an nn oa the Importance of at Fort upon Fort t r per uglas as a brigade military post Mr pointed out Is pool pon po- po as well as hs Its Importance as a ant ol irion n ant nt at of ot mobilization from tram which can be moved and distributed s I tOOls oops 4 I th dispatch Sr r. r Campbell said r Announcement of ot tho ho Intention of at war department to establish e 0 ou the he country brigade post posts the t which tho troops comprising tho the reg- reg be stationed was should army Ian ar t tide Ide ade some months a ago o. o This tnt ent nt was made the sl signal al for tor the tho be- be of political activities acU s upon the theart art rt rI of those whoso whose business would woul Increased eased direct directly or Indirectly by bye e designation of or any particular millO mill- mill 4 O post ost now by b troops I r enlargement enlargement to meet the require require- cents of or a brigade Where the tho inter inter- ted led communities are arc represented b by Commercial clubs or other allIer associations similar If f representative citizens with these bodies have ha ver very prop prop- assumed tho the leadership I in n the e cement Ity directed to securing for their the tho establishment of or a bride bride bri- bri de post As ls 5 the conception of the general bUc as to the full tull mean meaning in in a busies busi- busi ess es way of the establishment and maintenance In their community of a a n brigade post and as the method method of or In lending their assistance o the effort to secure such a post Is ce Iscore Isore 1 core ore or less lass Issa a vague uc It Is believed that aws in effort to make malce them conversant conversant ill Ith these points It It not out of or place plat platt k t this time It should be said raid here that the com com- of or tho Commercial club an ant and andt t Lake Real Roal E Estate tatt association app ap- ap p for tor urging tho the interests of Fort Fortt Uglas are thoroughly thorough con er conversant ant t cons Kith Ith the thO various phases of or this sul sub sub- Wt et ct and fully rully awake to the great reat In- In ement to the business of or Salt La Laty Lake ty tf that tho the conversion of at Fort Dc Doug Doug- Into a brigade post would offe effect i I t. t is also known that at least on one e ember of or the Utah delegation atlon In ConS Conas Con- Con MSS as S Mr Smoot has as thoroughly thorough I 1 md nd technically informed himself on the abject as any military man might cave ht l Iud and nd that he lie is determined to leave ostone unturned In an his effort to have ort art o Douglas las made a brigade post So Cn n Och Is not known concerning the at- at of the other members of ConTess Con- Con Is hoped that Tess 3 from Utah but It ne hey arc are equally well Informed on the and equally as Interested Subject abject ct and determined in the tho matter t Object of or Brigade Potts Posts objects of or the announced d iSo man many pose of the war vat department to con- con tho the mobile troops of the r reg- reg alu u tarm army in brigade ado po posts ts have been that tho the general public in may mayL L u JI t f h A i d 1 iro 1 i r o C AC es In A A. be DC DC as ao tot I LV U a to n g LY way wa of such concentration To thoroughly conversant cOn with the tho sub- sub t it Is necessary to understand In IOn al way nay ay what the advantages cs of ot Ch a. a n 4 c Jango c neo in the military policy rould euld o ld be b As the coast artillery is Js not Deluded eluded under the head of or mobile pops oops that branch of ot the service Is IsCoL CoL at- at taken into consideration In the de post plan he present plan of ot stationing c oe s In small bodies at posts seat scat throughout the country Is a relic Indian warfare days and in no way ways wayts ts is s tho the requirements of at the vastly vastl situation of or tOda today ted need military r bUels the plan of or concentration of ot arm army Into fewer and larger posts often Uen occurred to military men In fn authority but has not been really urged on account of ot that often insurmountable object object expense The Tho expense of abandoning the man many call all military posts and of at enlar enlarging inS inS' to accommodate great Ireat bodies if troops will be considerable but the pause penso of ot administration afterwards I Jill be much loss than under the tho pros pt system However the present chief chieft t staff start of ot the arm army Major General I Onard Wood being beluS' a er very ng lesYe les Ye and e man hat hak vcr very little ct for tor obstacles and has gone on ead with his plan for tOI concentration I The lite war operations and experiences arlous countries at various times I lie to e been replete with Illustrations of or advantages of such a plan of or sta- sta i Din line aing troops as it is proposed to put putto to effect In our own country countr but butIng butIng Vine Ing to the gre greater ter familiarity of or the abbe with the experiences of the States during the Spanish Spanish- war that war is taken for tor 11 il- Owing to the fact that the forces were Involved In In tho the rations at that time the lessons are quite as conclusive and not quite I applicable to the present discussion the they might have been had anI only the ull ular r troops been Involved In however Y f certainly apply on a smaller scale id to lesser leser degree As ls la all tit 1111 iii recall the first orders r the movement of or troops In 1898 di dieted dieted dieted di- di eted their concentration in various arlous camps from tram which they ere re sent to tho the points of a n or mobilization Everyone E will remember at what terrible cost to life the lessons of or mp gap sanitation were learned at these c camps It ma may mayy bo be ar- ar that not only was th the personnel f i those these camps camp ma made e up largely of but the medical corps was 8 s well V composed largely largel of or volunteer officers whose knowledge of roper camp sanitation was limited nd na such was unquestionably the tho case ut at the same time it does not alter altero 0 o fact that when lar large c bodies of at troops e brought together be the they regular r 1 volunteer the chances of ot an nn epi- epi 1 mic 1 of typhoid or other disease are ure I really multiplied and the problems the ine officers of ot the medical corps as asas I 11 as of ot the other staff officers arid and I the ine lino IIno are made more complex The Thee e officers at such times must be bere be ore re sure of at the discipline of or their and in war discipline If It not nol I ng Is 18 the thing upon which else depends The rhe nearer c size sire of ot the units to which the probe 8 e II of the quartermasters quartermaster's department O b mience department and medical I apply in peace approaches the size the o units to which which tese these departments oat more administer In war var the tho more nearly LII e C the training of or the arm army approach g e requirements It ll will have hae to meet War The Problem of or administration fl P plied cd eIA to large e bodies of at bemes be- be ll m mes much more complex than when plied Piled cd to small bodies i ro Avoid A Confusion iH If opportunity to gain the experience ened b by service with lar large bodies troops Is denied officers and aDel men menn iMi til the h hour r of or national peril who n n. n reasonably expect not to witness scent C ne Of or con contusion confusion u for tor a time The fie i dT n maneuver camps at which large I dies es ot of tr troops ops of at different arms of o e fl service are aro assembled for tor tune the pure pur- pur e 0 or of working out war Problems have ha J nc ne much luch to correct the Previous doD do- do DC 08 or of f officers lc sra ant and men t in tho the thou uch u D ove respects but they still sUIl h leave leavo leaveck t to 0 be loot e desired A training of or a arn atC ck ek k n or two business t tC rn years yeara In n ones one's business Is hi sufficient to make him efficient ere n. n JU Just l hero it should be he ob- ob t that Lat there is a rapidly nc to direct ct the soldiers soldier s I I n th nl more mora oro lo toward ard efficiency In bat- bat I the i. i toward precision on parade latter Is 18 unquestionably del denol de- de a able b bl e It l Is s not nol so desirable aa as H th the e I mer tine the the most valuable cle- cle 0 I I I I I meat ment In war war war-is is never so desirable as during the tho opening stages of oC tho the varBy war var D By recalling the experiences of at tho the United States during the Spanish Spanish- American war It will be seen that much time was lost in getting our troops to the theatre of war owing to the necessity ne- ne of first concentrating Had the tho there re regular ular troops at ut that time been concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- In brigade posts much of at this time would have hl been saved In general gen gen- eral cral terms then the tho objects of at brig brigade ado posts are arc these To make the tho peace pence training of the flue h arm army approach as nearly as p possible the conditions o of Its war service EUI Efficiency the Goal Gosh To so dispose the tho military forces of or the United States Slates with respect to locations that the tho greatest dispatch will be he possible In moving mo these troops to the probable points of oC I I attack of ot a tort foreign foe toe The above e should hould make malee clear clear at least in a a. general wa way the o of or orthe the tho war department In deciding deciding to bring together together In brigade posts the troops of oC the regular ular army army and and anel with an nn understanding understanding of at the n advantages l to be derived from tram such a plan one is better prepared to appreciate the tho arguments ar arguments arguments ar- ar In favor of oC an any particular lo location location lo- lo cation for tor a brigade post HUN JIliN Importance The composition of or the normal brigade Is as follows Headquarters and three re regiments of Infantry To house this body of ot troops tho the construction construction construction tion of at barracks and anel quarters Involving oh In ing the expenditure of or f several hundred hundred hun hun- dred thousand dollars would be san sary Such building operations would turn Into the channels of oC local trade practically practical this entire amount The The maintenance of the great number of f bull buildings building ln H that would be necessary an anthe and tho the subsistence sub of at so largo large a n body bath of or troops would constitute a fixed source of ut revenue rC for tor local business which would annually run Into largo large amounts As every ever one knows sol soldiers lers as good gooel spen spenders spenders' ers Conen Conservatively estimated tho the average boel body of ot soldiers stationed nt at Fort Dou Douglas will pt put eighty eight i per percent percent percent cent of ot their their pa pay ay Into el circulation ion In Salt Bait Lake The The pay roll of or f a brigade would woul 1 be In tho neighborhood net of oC a month These considerations sur surely b. b make It worth while for tor at least every o Salt SnIt Lake Lako business man mart to take an active e part art In the effort to have Fort Dou Douglas Douglas las designated a brigade post In Is Up to the Secretary No o le legislation h b by Congress will be necessary in the designation of ot posts to become brigade 1 posts The rhe only part art that Congress as a legislative e body bod body will wll play Illar In the matter will bo be In Inthe inthe the tho appropriation of at the tho necessary nece money mane to carr carry the plan into effect The Tho designation of ot posts to become brigade ade posts will be made malle b by the sec- sec rotary of ot war who will be largely largel guided In his decisions It la is fair to assume bj by the chief of at sta staff Major General Leonard Wood and b by the re rePorts reports reports re- re ports of at such boards of at officers as mn may r be bo appointed to consider and make recommendations in tho the matter Such boards would In all probability bo be composed composed composed com com- posed of or members of at the general staff of at tho the army or of or general officers These Thes boar boards s would consider on only I tho the military phases of ot the subject In their several relations to the established policy of at national defense defense and would I. I base the their recommendations solely thereon so that if It the matter of or finally designating the tho posts to become brigade posts pasts devolved do tul fully ully u upon them there there would be little for tor interested Interested cit cit- citizens citIzens citizens to accomplish They would aim sim simply ply ph have to await lt results which those Interested In Fort Dou Douglas could do with composure and assurance so complete complete com corn are arc our claims in this respect When rhen the matter has been thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- gone over It will be bo found that man many more possible locations for brigade brigade brigade brig brig- ade posts will satisfy the military re requirements to- to than there are aro needed brigade pouts posts This condition opens the tho way say way for tor political influence which to be e effective e must mUt be personal and brou brought ht t to t bear ear upon tho the secretary of ot war However Howe conscientious an official official official cial ma may be he ea cannot n refuse use hearings to members of ot Congress Cong cress s seeking to advance the claims of at f some military post whoso whose maintenance contributes to the interests of at his constituents Members Mem Iem- bers of Con Congress ress will be o zealous in their efforts in proportion to the zeal of their constituents and and this er very consideration con con- sl pro l t the sU suggestion that every public lUblic spirited citizen en write a aletter aletter letter Jetter to each ach of tho the members of or Congress Congress Con Con- gress from tram Utah as s wen well as at to nn any friends h he ma may have In Congress s from other states wl whose ose constituents have no claims to advance for tor r a brigade post and In this letter ur urge ge e the claims of ot Fort Dougla Douglas The passing of resolutions resolutions reso reso- and th the appointment of or committees com con- b by ly 1 or organized n bodies have aye their places laces and andare are good n ns as far tar a as the they go Gut but but are n not f calculated to o is la lay ay voters voter t under an any obligations to men who hold their offices b by race raco of at tho the people personal effort must bo made and this cannot he emphasized too point much Letters such at as a sU BUgg suggested sted Asted d should show an acquaintance nce acquaintance with the tho e fact tact that Fort Douglas not only l possesses esses all the tho thon n necessary ce s r requirements for such l a n post but bU possesses them to 10 a a. b great greater eater degree than posts having rival claims In the tho same geographical section Every Ever letter should plainly show that the writers writer's Interest In the matter Is not of or a perfunctory nature In Insisting in insisting insisting In- In upon the conversion of ot Fort Douglas into a brigade post we are not In any anyway way guilty IU II t of or placing self- self interest ahead of at patriotism as all the requirements for tor such Ruch a post are arc so |