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ton, and consequently the been less elective
| in its operations.
THE RED roS
The committee also give the s OF their inouires
on the Red river expedition, 3, in conclusion.
Your committee wonld state that ub,,o IN. oA. 49,.
In view by General Halleck in urging this expedition was
military one with the expectation PERHAPS Of accom-
pshing some important political result by the occupa-
ton OF some point in Texas the general the
expedition (Banks) appears 10 have had IN the two
objects OF carving out measures for the establishment OF
State government In Texas and OF aording eress
for cotton and other products Of that region of country
and manv OF the witnesses express opinion In which
e committee concur that the attention. directed 70 tho
able influence upon the expedition This expedition pre-
sents many remarkable features II was undertaken
without the direction OF any one 40 far as the evdcncs
shows. The authorities at Washington did not furnish
the troops which the rcnoral commanding the expedition
considered for the purpose suggested that
they might DO obtained as matter OF favor from Gene
rails Grant Sherman and steele; and appears from tho
evidence that General Sherman soancd for the expc-
dtion ter thousand men for thirty days. under the
mand of General A. J. Smith. The only orders emana
nns from Washington in relation to the expedition,
oefeoped oy the evidence those OF the President
contained In permit he gave Casey and Butler 'to
go up Red river and purchase cotton in which he di-
assistance might be desirable In tho absence Of all
orders requiring this expedition to be undertaken and
nish tho troops asked for il entered upon by
commanding general, as shown by the evidence against
fall and II was prosecuted at immense sacrifice pro-
pert of life and of valuable time after the developments
did not seek accomplish sny Oh oscy
! avowed military object, and, a. military
capacity discretion It's ouy In addition to the
disgraceful military disasters that attended IL OF
commercial and political character. The commercial
TRANSACTIONS were conducted by those who ascended Red
river by authority Of the Presidents permit before
stated and in part by speculeors who without any per-
NIT or other authority go fur as Is shown by the evidence
OF the commanding general came up the heaGquar-
ters boat OF the army bringing with them baggug and
rope for the cotton they might Tho political
transactions shown by the holding of elections in
the camps OF the while engaged in the expedition
with the view of reorganzing civil government in
Louisiana. The attempt to do this was clearly usurpa-
ton on the part of the military authorities the execution
OF which was as weak and Inefficient as the attempt
improper and illegal
Tho report is signed by B. r. Wade, Chairman; e.
Chandler, Geo. w. Julian, d. F. Loan. D. W. Gooch
dissens from tho views Of the majority concluding his
report as foows:-
Whatever there may have been Of feeling between tho
army and the navy In relation to the seizure Of cotton
an examination OF all the testimony will show that the
military operations not delayed nterfered with
by any operations In cotton The delays at the points
wholly by other causes Daring the progress Of the
pediton meetings were held at two places-Aexandr,a
and Grand EcorefOr the election Of delegates to
vention then about to meet for the organization OF
Slate government In Louisiana II docs not appear that
expedition IN any way lnterfered with or partcipaied
In these elections or that they caused the slightest delay
70 the movements OF the influenced
controlled the expedition In the ighcst degree.
FORT FISHER
The committee in their report the Fort Fisher
pedItion, say
From all tho testimony before them the deter.
mna.on Of General Bur not to assault tho fort seems
TO have been fully justified by all the Facts and circuul
stances then known or efterward asceftaned
MONITORS.
The committee on the subject light draft monitors
say
When found that these vessels were failures
originally designed and constructed Mr. Sinners
moved from the position he had held In relation To the
and they placed in charge of other officers, and
examine them The Ave changed into torpedo boats
altered ut cost from Afty thousand TO sixty thou
dollars each The other fifteen altered at
cost Of from eighty to hundred thousand dollars each
With these alterations they would appear to be very
servceabc class OF vessos though scrvceable
they should be- considering tho expenditure Of tim'
and money upon their construction, except those
fitted up as torpedo boats which OF but LITTLE
utility. Your committee cannot rofa'n from the OK
preston OF the opinion that unwise TO order tho
construction OF many vessels upon precisely the
plan without first testing questions involved by the
construction Of or two at least carrying them so far
understand and remedy the detects which have been
shown " exist In those light draft monitors
CHEYENNE
The committee having examined the subject Of the
| massacre Of the Cheyenne Indians say
II dlcIlt to believe that being the form OF men
and wearing the Uniform OF the Uuited States,
soldiers could commit or countepahce the COM
mission OF such acts of cruelty, or barbari,y as
| nre detailed In the testimony. There hostile
Indians not far distant against whom Colonel Cbirington
could have led the fierce under his command they con
ciude follows-Your committee most sincerely trust
that the result OF their inquiry will bo tho adoption OF
measures which will render impossible the emp,oyment
OF officers civil and military such have heretofore
made the administration of Indian AFFAIRS 10 this country
byword aud reproach aud your committee OF the
opinion that for purpose Wind eating the cause
justice and upholdng tho honor of the natoa prompt
and energetic measures should be AT once takaa 10
from Oalcc those who have thus sgracc the gov
1 M hu Nx n.n nyaI md ntntg
their crimes deserve those who hayo been guilty OF those
brutal aud cowardy acts
| GENERAL SHERMAN BEFORE THE WAR COMMITTEE.
| General Sherman appeared to-day before tho Com.
| m'ttce the Couduc. Of the war. His deposition
| oc .upied nearly all day. His statements Gu
rcly satisfactory to the committee who consider that
Geueral sherman In all tha, he did. actug from 'ht
most patriotic motives, and doing what he beloved
would best subserve tho public interest, Ills deposition
will be published rs soon cao be written oct by th
reporter Of the committee This will be the ast deros.
| ton taken by the commtco, which viii close ~
| labors for tho season.
| General sherman, In company with lis brother seus
tor Sherman, passed down Fennsyivs,'s svsuns this
| evening His appearance caused The gs'hs.;cs of
crowds who repeatedly chccrod him. whs ladies' waved
their hsndkerchiefs A isrgs cUmbss OF persons fol
lowed him, and the press becams 50 greG tba be
was compelled TO call carriage escape tho 'abo. Of
| severe handshaking, which had already commencei
| PREPARATIONS FOR THE GRAND MILITARY PAGEANT.
The crowd Of people already 10 the city is unprecs
dcnted. Where they all TO 1nd accommodations Is q
puzzle All kind, - scop.lg accommodation afa IA 'he
greatest domand and large pces freely oncr'c fol
,hc priviiegc o. sleeping chair aofas ovcn ou
noprsin fart .ay place u shelter irot tao uat air
" s 0snatsd that seventeen ,houesn1 ler-ors nsr '
lote On The MORNING train, ana iee influx increases IA
4 volume hourly. Ino streets @Ee tArouscd flu. astos
\ trans and crowded with horsemen and vehicles
| All day soldiers In companies and regiments, have
been passing through our streets, changing their loca
tons DO position for the demonstration TO morrow
| Army wagons have increasingly rolled and rumblod
through the streets, not now on their way 10 bloody
battle Gelds but preparatory to the grand display OF
military power Of great nation which has Just emerged
triumphant from four years struggle for exsanoe against
rebellion Of such formidable proportions that no otle'