Annual Report of the Secretary of War on the Operations of the Department, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Annual Report of the Secretary of War on the Operations of the Department, Vol. 1: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1877In ordinary tlmes our forces are necessarily scattered over a vast territory, engaged in guarding the frontiers or protecting and preserv ing our vast and valuable military stores and property. The necessary consequence is that when hostilities occur in any portion of the coun try, it becomes necessary to transport troops from distant places to meet them. For example, when the recent Indian hostilities broke out in Idaho, the available force under command of General mcdowell was so inadequate that it was found necessary to transport the Second Infantry from Atlanta, Ga., to the scene of the disturbances. This involved a delay of many days in effective operations, and the expenditure of a large sum for transportation. It may also be mentioned that when the recent disturbances occurred in Pennsylvania, involving serious loss, both of life and property, there could not be found, within that great State, so many as fifty Federal soldiers, so that when the call for aid was. Made by the State upon the President, in order to answer it troops were necessarily transported at heavy expense from other parts of the Union. A similar state of affairs was found in all the great States of the interior where these disturbances occurred, and to meet dangers of this character, actual or apprehended, in the interior, it was found necessary to gather our scattered forces from various distant poin ts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.