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United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 34
t in Texas, Indian hostilities had diminished both in frequency and importance; that permanent positions on the Rio Grande, the boundary between Mexico and the United States, had been strengthened, especially a strong post opposite El Paso; that it was in contemplation to establish a large post at the point where the great trail oelation to the value of money that it bore when the compensation was fixed; for the increase of the comforts of troops in barracks; and for the distribution of United States arms to the several States according to Congressional representation instead of in proportion to the number of militia in each. He drew attention to the need recting the Secretary of War to report to Congress whether, in his opinion, it would not be more economical, proper, and advisable to cause all the arms of the United States to be made by contracts, Mr. Davis declared it essential that the army should be under the control of the War Department, and advantageous, if not necessary, t
Columbia River (United States) (search for this): chapter 34
sion by the exhibition of a power adequate to punish. The Indians will not be likely to engage in hostilities if their families are in the power of the troops in their absence. He urged that armament for the most important points in Texas and the Pacific coast should be forwarded at the earliest practicable period, and that there should also be sent to the Pacific coast, and stored at suitable points, the ordnance and ordnance stores needed for its defence, and to the arsenals on the Columbia River, and on the Bay of San Francisco, the machinery and other means needed for the construction, equipment, and repair of the materiel of war. He recommended that depots should be formed of such other supplies as are not perishable in their character. With a water transportation of sixteen thousand miles, and land routes impracticable for the transportation of heavy supplies, it will be too late to adopt these measures when the communication by sea is liable to interruption; and no prudent
Stanton (search for this): chapter 34
ecessary to bring this supply from the great Falls of the Potomac through a conduit nine feet in diameter. The work was energetically prosecuted, and when finished was found capable of delivering nearly seventy million gallons of water, at an elevation of fourteen feet above the upper floor of the Capitol. A splendid stone aqueduct, a few miles from Washington, built during Mr. Davis's term as Secretary of War, still remains a monument to his earnest labors for the benefit of the Capitol. It is known as Cabin John Bridge, it has a span of 220 feet, and is the longest in the world. During the war between the States his name, deeply cut in the solid granite blocks, was, either by the order of Secretary of War Stanton, or the Secretary of the Interior, Caleb B. Smith, erased. Mr. Davis recommended the erection of a fire-proof building adequate to the needs of the War Department; but this work was not undertaken until after the inauguration of the war against the Southern States.
Caleb B. Smith (search for this): chapter 34
ecessary to bring this supply from the great Falls of the Potomac through a conduit nine feet in diameter. The work was energetically prosecuted, and when finished was found capable of delivering nearly seventy million gallons of water, at an elevation of fourteen feet above the upper floor of the Capitol. A splendid stone aqueduct, a few miles from Washington, built during Mr. Davis's term as Secretary of War, still remains a monument to his earnest labors for the benefit of the Capitol. It is known as Cabin John Bridge, it has a span of 220 feet, and is the longest in the world. During the war between the States his name, deeply cut in the solid granite blocks, was, either by the order of Secretary of War Stanton, or the Secretary of the Interior, Caleb B. Smith, erased. Mr. Davis recommended the erection of a fire-proof building adequate to the needs of the War Department; but this work was not undertaken until after the inauguration of the war against the Southern States.
Samuel Emory Davis (search for this): chapter 34
Chapter 34: first year in the Cabinet. Mr. Davis's first report as Secretary of War was trans troops rapidly across the desert. Under Mr. Davis's energetic direction the pending works of hf the United States to be made by contracts, Mr. Davis declared it essential that the army should bing that private enterprise can accomplish. Mr. Davis elaborately gave the reasons for his decisioas the policy been reversed to this day. Mr. Davis went further, and as heavy guns and cannon h East. This action, as well as every act of Mr. Davis's administration of the War Department, shownse of the North and West. No single act of Mr. Davis in office shows the faintest trace of any der Department, also during this first year of Mr. Davis's administration, the work for the extensiont, a few miles from Washington, built during Mr. Davis's term as Secretary of War, still remains a ary of the Interior, Caleb B. Smith, erased. Mr. Davis recommended the erection of a fire-proof bui
M. C. Meigs (search for this): chapter 34
Davis in office shows the faintest trace of any desire to take advantage of the power entrusted to him for any sectional aggrandizement. Representing in his office the entire Union of States, he was equally mindful and watchful of the interests and rights of every section of it. Under the supervision of the War Department, also during this first year of Mr. Davis's administration, the work for the extension of the capitol was energetically prosecuted, under the special charge of Captain M. C. Meigs, of the Corps of Engineers, detailed by the Secretary for the purpose. The War Department was also intrusted with the work of bringing an adequate supply of water into the city of Washington. It was necessary to bring this supply from the great Falls of the Potomac through a conduit nine feet in diameter. The work was energetically prosecuted, and when finished was found capable of delivering nearly seventy million gallons of water, at an elevation of fourteen feet above the up
1846 AD (search for this): chapter 34
war with Mexico the excess of the legal over the actual strength of the army had been nineteen per cent., and the average losses from all causes twenty-eight per cent. Desertions gave sixteen per cent.; but a part of the percentage of the desertions was due to the excitement on account of the discovery of gold in California--the excess from that cause, in one year alone, being fifty-three per cent. over the average of the three succeeding years. An analysis of the desertions from 1826 to 1846 shows that there was a gradual diminution in the proportion of desertions as the condition of the soldier was ameliorated by increase of pay, etc.; and that when the difference between the pay of the soldier and the value of the corresponding class of labor in civil life was slight, desertions were comparatively infrequent, being, at two different periods, only seven and one-half and four and one-half per cent. of the actual strength of the army, and that they were increased in a direct ratio
December 1st, 1853 AD (search for this): chapter 34
Chapter 34: first year in the Cabinet. Mr. Davis's first report as Secretary of War was transmitted to Congress on December 1, 1853. Like all his public documents, it was marked by a lucidity and dignity of style which not only invested the dead facts with living interest, but added an irresistible force to his arguments and recommendations. The report showed that, during the preceding year, the War Department, with an army the actual strength of which was only a little over 10,000 men, actively and constantly employed, had been unusually successful in protecting the inhabitants of the frontier; that Indian depredations had been infrequent; that new posts were being established, west of the Mississippi, for the protection of emigration across the plains; that in Texas, Indian hostilities had diminished both in frequency and importance; that permanent positions on the Rio Grande, the boundary between Mexico and the United States, had been strengthened, especially a strong pos
1826 AD (search for this): chapter 34
ing had been unsuccessful during the preceding year, owing to the great demand for labor. Four thousand six hundred recruits were required for the next year, and at the current rates of pay it was not expected to obtain them. He showed that from 1826 to the opening of the war with Mexico, the average excess of the legal over the actual strength of the army was eighteen per cent. of the latter; that the average actual loss by desertions had been twelve and three-fourths per cent.; by dischargessertions was due to the excitement on account of the discovery of gold in California--the excess from that cause, in one year alone, being fifty-three per cent. over the average of the three succeeding years. An analysis of the desertions from 1826 to 1846 shows that there was a gradual diminution in the proportion of desertions as the condition of the soldier was ameliorated by increase of pay, etc.; and that when the difference between the pay of the soldier and the value of the correspond
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