New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-25

| MAIL sERvICE-AFFAIRs IN TENNESSEE.
| lBY TELEGRAPH TO TIKI TRlBUNRl
WASHINGTON Thursday, March "a. 1870.
| In the House, to-day, Gen. Logan presented final
report from the Military Committee on the Military ana
Naval Cadetshp Investigations accompanied by several
resolutions all OF which adopted The opinion Is
general that Committee did not make as thorough an
investigation Of the matter expected The Tarin
bill taken up late In the day. and Mr. Allison led
of with exhaustive speech In the interest OF Tree
trade The time Of the arrived before ne had
finished, and he will conclude tomorrow. In the evening
session Gen. Morgan spoke
The Military Committee examined four witnesses In
the Of Representative Churchill Of the oswego Dis
trct, NewYork not OF whom gave testimony In the
least particular duplicating Mr. Churchill In having sod
his cadetshp. Tho names OF the witnesses were j. A.
Place, Vim. A McNall A. p. Grant, and W. 8. Malcolm,
all OF Oswego Place testified that Mr. McNall had said
that Churchill had received money for his West Point APP
polntment McNal testified that he did not know OF his
own knowledge that Mr.. Churchill paid money, but
that he had heard Grant intimate much.
Grant testified that what he knew OF the
matter came from Malcom, and tho latter swore that
Col. Blunt whose received the appointment, had
limited to him that he paid Churchill for the appoint
ment, and finally Blunt made affidavit that Mt
Churchill had appointed his son, but never received
cent or pecunary consideration OF any kind from hin
or any other person. Of his knowledge for doing 1t
was solely q matter Of personal friendship between
them
Senator Wilson. Chairman Of the Senate Military Com
mitee requested Gen. Sherman TO give his views upon
the Army dill passed recently in the House. and now be-
fore the Senate Military Committee. Gen. Sherman re-
spends a long letter, in which he opposes the bill with
emphasis in nearly all its features He quite severe
on Logan, opposes the reduction OF the army gives
figures to prove that instead OF reducing the army ex
penses as Cen Logan asserted. tho blu increases the
necessary expenses over 100000 and that the pay
Ia raha OF lipHIa
than doubled by that added to the lower grades
He denounces tho attempt TO cut of any OF the
Major Generals favors the continuance OF the
era and Lieutenant General and says would be base TO
take an officer from grade and lower him to another
or compel him to resign This he says never done III
any army IN the world except where nocers convicted
by courtmartial and sentenced, etc He objects
to the reduction OF the pay Of any grade OF
officers. and thinks in some Of them the pay
shoud be increased He Is In favor OF the retired list
being $50 and says that what with those retired and those
who are rapidly dying off, the officers are being depleted
fast enough. He denounces the aspersiohs
OF Gen. Logan made on the noor Oh
the House. against Quarermasters and Commissares'
as Inspectors Of and bran soup and cites the ser
vices Of officers through whose hands hundreds OF mil
lions dollars passed. aud who are the checking officers
TO hundreds OF millions dollars Of claims against the
Government He denies the statement that breveted
officers paid for their breyot rank, they being paid
only the rank which they actually hold IN the army
He is not opposed to abolshng the breyet rank but
retain IL. lie says just at the close Of the war
this broyet business carried to an outrageous
extreme many breveted more by political In
uences ard for political purposes than for mertorious
conduct Gen. Sherman is very frank in expressing his
opinion az the reduction Of his pay He the
President told him ne couldn't live In Washington, as
OF the army, and pay houseren He tells OF the
being made to him. and says lie Is not
able entertain and receive the countrys represen-
and Others he will not visit any OF them fo
said he 81 will not accept the hospitality OF any one,
unless able to recprocate." He gives figures In
reference the different armies Of Europe and shows that
they are all than thrice Differed in comparison to
rank with He dlsproyes in these tabular state
ments many OF the points made by Gen. Logan in his
advocacy the bll thinks it humilatng to the Army
rank and file that such bin should have passed one OF
the Houses OF Congress- and feels that It's provisions
were not understood by many OF those who voted for its
passage He states that the President opposed to the
bill as passed by the House Gen. Sherman is decidedly
in favor OF the retired officers, whose pay,
he says, Is inadequate to sustain life respect
ably Having the privilege TO enter the
civil service why should not retired officer be magis
trate sheriff Of the county where he residesi Why
should he be member Of the State Legislature OF his
stated 1t is allowed all the world. md why not
heref says that Gen. Sickles is retired officer. III
the bill is passed. he will have resign either his rank
as an officer the place of Minister He gives reas
why retired officers should have this privilege, and
cites France and England countries that rather seek
those out who have done their country service and for
age OF wounds been retired to elevate them to places Of
profit and honor In the civil service Senator Wilson has
returned note of thanks to Gen. Sherman for the letter.
OF which the above is but brief synopsis. and
the General that the bil If reported at ALL will be much
modified by Committee of which he has the honor to
be Chairman.
Gen. Sherman has written the following letter in reply
to that received by him from LleutGen. Sheridan,
copy of which was sent yesterday:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY UNITED STATES,
WASHINGTON March "a, 1870. )
Gen P. H. SHERIDAN. Commanding Military DiriSion Of
GESERAL: Your letter of March IS is received. have
supposed that of people prefer believe the
story Of the Piegan massacre rs trumped up by inter
than the official report OF Col Baker, who was the
spot, and is the responsible party prefer to believe
were warriors that the firing ceased the moment resist
ance end that quarter was gwen to all who
allowed TO go join the other bands OF the same
tribe TO be camped near by rather than the an
surd report that there only IL warriors killed. and
that ali the remainder were women aud children more
or afflicted with smallpox The Indians on tne Res
dian Bureau, but the Bureau officers had officially not
fled the Department OF their Inability TO restrain tnese
them for their repeated and uneeasng rob6eres ana ur
for Winter surprise and attack, which plan was mme'
datey the Indian Bureau, eliciting no rem0n-
that there Ia no
biI,ty save and except only AZ to whether Col Baker
waptonly and cruelty killed women aud children unre-
sisting and this never believed The army cannot re-
sist the tide emigration that Is flowing toward those
Indian lands Is IL our province 10 determine the
question OF boundaries, when called on We must 10 the
extent OF our power protect the settlers and proper
demand have also TO protect the Indian lands against
the Intrusion OF the settlers. Thus placed be-
tween two fires, most unpleasant dilemma from which
we cannot escape, and must sustain the officers Oh
the spot who fulfill their orders. repeat, therefore,
that you do the beet you can in each instance aud
trust TO the sound Judgment OF the country after all the
| truth is revealed. am truly yours.
| W. L. SHERMAN, General.
| Senator Cole today submitted to the Senate Postal