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The Rock Island Argus
Rock Island, Rock Island County County, Illinois
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General Sheridan's annual report from Chicago details troop strengths in Dakota (4,850), Platte (2,840), Missouri (4,720), and Texas (3,640) departments, deems them inadequate for the territory, praises army efficiency, notes rapid western emigration, recommends permanent posts per Gen. Pope, and highlights railroad companies' role.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 9. - General Sheridan's annual report to the General of the army sets forth that there are in the department of Dakota 4,850 officers and men; in the department of the Platte 2,840; in the department of Missouri 4,720 and in department of Texas 3,640. He wishes again to put himself on record as considering this force entirely inadequate to the great territory and numerous demands upon the army from northern and southern borders. The ratio is about one man to 75 square miles, and in Texas one man to 125 square miles. The result is the troops are frequently overworked and often compelled to take the field against greatly superior numbers.
The officers and men are equal in intelligence, activity and devotion to duty, to any army in the world, and no army of its size accomplished one-third as much hard work from one year to another. He refers to the rapidity with which emigrants are taking up land in the far west, and calls attention to recommendations of Gen. Pope that permanent posts be established in lieu of the present costly and insufficient small posts. He says the railroad companies are the strongest allies of military in the west, and shows what wonders of enterprise are being accomplished by these vigorous corporations in the unsettled regions of the territories.
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Chicago
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Nov. 9
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force inadequate leading to overworked troops and confrontations with superior numbers; recommendations for permanent posts
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General Sheridan's annual report details troop numbers in western departments, deems them insufficient for the territory, praises officers and men for their efficiency and hard work, notes rapid land uptake by emigrants in the far west, endorses Gen. Pope's recommendations for permanent posts over small ones, and emphasizes railroad companies' alliance with the military in developing unsettled territories.