Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
if Camp Drum. Wilmington. California.

at Camp Drum, Wilmington, California
 uThis army was intended for operations In Ari- zoua and New Mexico and just prior Co leaving Fort Yuma and O.sing the Colorado, wac dssig- hated in orders by General Carleton as the Col ann from California
 The troops composing thIs expedition consisted of-uie Fifsi California infantry, Colonel Edvih A Rigc, commanding. Fifth California lnianiryi Colonel George ". Bowie First Battalion 0i CAlifognh Cavalry, LieutenaDtCOlonc Y. E Eyre, commanding tsince raired to a fnli Tegt msntl; one eOIRpany of the Second Cayalry' com handed by Capian John C. Crenony, aud on' battery U. :. Artillery Lieutenant John '. shinti '. <. A, cOmmanding-in all about tweuiynN hundred men. The march Of tbis column frOsi San Pedro Co the Rio braude vas decided sue cess and redects much credit upon the command Ing General and the endurance O! the officers nDe men. To those who have never served either it Arizona or New Mexico, Inc fatigue. trials, harf' ships and pri,ations Co which tbese troops ha't been subjected can hardly te Imagined, knco1n' teTing arid wastes. tropical suns, deseris alnosi totally devoid of water, hafassed constantly by Indians, urged Co deeds Of brutal violence nDd murder by Mormon cmissarics and secessioni..s, repeat that the courage and endurance ds- played is Of the highest character"
 Captain Morris then gives ssynopsis of the Indian scouts made in New Mexico and Ari- zona by the volunteers, together with an ac- count of the establishment and prosperity Of the Navajo reservation at the Bosque kedoa- do. He alludcs to the eminent services d Generals Canby, Carleton, Connor and MasoO
 He nobly comments the volunteers, says tkey should meet every respect now that they have returned to civil life, urges the training of the State militis, pitches into those who refuse the disbanded volunteer political Is r. erment, oyerhauls the late Legislature Of Cal foyHia, gives 1t kick, compliments Goyeraor Low, General Drum, and Acjutant GeDers | Evans, hits the radicals, and closes bis spicy, but sorneN hat discursivc address, with a warm tribute to the memory of General Wright, of whom he says:
 That so good and purc a man should have en- emles would seem passing strange, but since there was one found Co betray Him who died 10 save world of sin, so were there these shO c0Hspired 10 overthrow General Wright, and have him de prived of bic command. The Judas IscnuOts are k,s0eR. Posterity and the faithful historian Will do this noble man Justice; and the monument 10 his memory, which our last Legislature btiled to authorize the construction of, gill yet be rai-ed upon lts pedestal by the grateful State ur CAii nia- See that you all enact yonr part in having this done.
 -' Your attention has been called to tbe peace and unexnmpled prOspcrity Of this State during the recent rebellion. The whole indebtedness is due iO the masterly. energetic and MOtgAtf1i pol. icy naugurated al the commencement Of the war and steadily adhered 10. by General Wright
 He had the implicit confidence and trnsi of our inartyred President The policy pursued nere was approved by him, and dictated, might cay, by bis own hand l fain would read you an autograph letter from President Lincoln 10 Gen eral Wright. letter that would forever silence the vile slsndorrrs who irsduced him during life, Unt h ss not bere where is hy floating unseen upon the broad expanse of The Pacific, where the eye or the Almighty rests alone upon k When treasoa was most odous here. and blatant traitors were becoming offensive 10 Union men, loud were the denupeiatiOns of General Wright But that stern. grave old soldier stood at the head Of this Department, knOTing the reefs. shoals and quick sands that threatened to euL-ulIh him and nolay pilOted the State into hArbor Of safety and peace iui quiet Never until the secret history Of the var is written will the people Of California know how much they owe to him His death was a na- iion's lOss."
 As whole the address of Captain Morris is a feryent and appropriate recognition Of the services of the California volunteers, of whom we have repeatedly said, that while they were not permitted to take part in the ex- citing battles in the East, they performed patriotic and important work upon the iron tier, and New Mexico and Arizona are much in their debt. .In the first volume of the MINER we began record of their services, but as the facts and figures 10 continue it could not then be had, we trust our copiOus extracts from the address of Captain Morris will be taken as a completion of the work we then projected.
 Better men than iIiost os :5s California volunteers proved themselves to be have new CT carried the old flag to victory. In most instances, prompted to leave their comforta- ble homes and profitable ca!Iings by patri- otic sense of duty to their country, they were animated by She nshls=t motive, and if they did not snbdue the Apache, they made him feel their power, and did all they could in view of the red-tape with which they were constantly bound, and the obstacles which in New Mexico and Arizona are form idable to all other than native troops.