The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-05-13
COLONEL ST0NEMAH AND HIS RE-
 PORT, AGAIN.

lAs pursued since lANIh- NS"i4t.'''' ~ '''.' A~ More ,hln twothirds O, al! the Amer | leans, Mexican, and Europeans in tho Territory l denouncr him and h'. policy, and attribute all their recent misfortune. to bim Having published his entire rcpor', and com nlcnts thereon by Federal officer ot ,hl- place, in last issue of the MNrR, sc now propose to dls. cu-s points in the report, the criticism, and, also, review Colonel Stoneman's policy and work. ln discussing the report, il vii he our purpo-c 70 select those points wh,cu have hereto ore escaped s,tenilon or been merely alluded to.
 As the MINER was the hr-, paper in the Terri ritory to publish a tclcsraPhic synopsis of Co. sionem.n's report, and com uent pretty freely and earnestly thereon aud as it is the only picr tlnt has proicssed 10 see anything good ia Stoncmln ,nd his policy, its remarks, upon thi, occasion, will bc In keeping with its past course and pro. fessions, upon the subject
 First, then, in beating ahou; for an excuse 10 return 10 California, and establish headquarters at Wilmington, California, where, t is said, he has landed and other interests, Colonel stone Ssan says that upon arriving at Fort Whipplc snd Prescott, (thc latter having been the point ,e lectcd by General sherman for hcAdQuartcrs), De- was unable to find quarters for himself stad and clerks, al either place, and that himself and party took mp their abode m tents
 So far, so good The tent portion Of this asScr. ton is true to the letter But, we think, yes know. that the Colonel could have found quarter, in Prescott, hnd ho expressed desire to have them furnished. Not, perhaps, such quarter, a, would have exactly suited him, bui IS good as t..t town and country afforded.
 Secondly, in speaking Of the force then iu the Territory, be, we think, committed a grave blum der in asserting that when the recruits then on the way would arrive, the strength or the cJ:n mand will be all that is desired, if properly used and located" They have arrived, and without doubtng that they have been properly located, Colonel SiUnculn's entire command has been, is now, inadequate to the service required of R, that of protecting the lives and property oi citizens, their own lives, and tue Government property entrusted to their care Less than 2,500 soldiers, 10 do the work oi twelve or fourteen posts and depots, guard mails, and trains, escor, paymas- ters and other officers herd stock, watch friendly Indians, protect settlers. hunt de-crtcrS and Apaches etc, in a rugged, mountainous Territory three times as large as the State Of New York Impossible. IL would take 5000 men 10 do all this work properly, and the Government would show good sensc were it to send 10000 troop: here, at once, and wind up the war and the lndi ans in one year.
 Third, H. thought several of the old posts vcry expensive, and stralghtway set to work to hre,L them up. and establish new ones, which, if W, are not very much mistaken, he will find nor, expensive, if Ee has not already found them 90 Of course, we have no reference 10 Goodwin ~ .t. places.
 Speaking Of For, whipplc Colonel Stonemar makes the broad assertion that it was cstahlishei solely for the protection of the Governor of th Territory, and, unless we mistake his langurg and reasoning, tries to convey the impression that, the Governor and "government" having gon to Tucson, WhippIc is a useless post. having nC body and no interests to protect. Stranger reading this portion of his report, would nttr rally arrive at this conclusion. Now, COlon' Stoneman's ignorance Of the early history ot tn portion of the Territory may have caused him [ shoot so widely of the mark, but we cannot cor ceiye why he should have held out the ide1 th there was nobody 10 protect; no interests 10 io ter in the immediate vicinity of Fort Wuippi' when all Arizonans know that around i' nt th present time cluster hundreds of miner and f,rn ers tha: from the orIaniz uion Of the rerrtor! It has been the guard and guardian of portio of Arizona upon which the hopes of our cntir population, for wealth ana power, are centere whlpple was needed at the start is needed V yes, much more SO than Camps Date Creek, Hu' pal, Verde, Thomas, Infantry Camp. and oth posts we might name But, the people of tl vicinity seem to have offended Colonel sloncmi and must forsooih. be deprived Of proper pr ,ection, and forced to rely upon themselves.
 not this, some designing person or persons nu have misinformed hin, and poisoned his oiI against this people, their wants, and the sectit of country they inhabt.
 To further strengthen his position that WhipI should be abandoned, h: wrings in tar-fetched f ures of speech about the great amount of mon it has cost to build and maintain the post, win such talk Is entirely irrelevant 10 the qucstO Even were it not, Arizona and her citizens are II responsible for any extrayagance that may Ina arisen in establishing and running Fort Whipr Then, he must have learned, that the diy Of rx, btant prices for supplies for Whipple had passe
 that, in fact, hay, grain and wood, three great
 sentials for running post, were delivered
 Whpple for much less that at any other post
 this vicinity. Twentynne dollars per ton
 hay, (delivered), was not we think, Il very eK,
 bitant prcei that Of grain, TAO per pound, W
 not outrageous when ihe shortncss of grain cro for the past years, owing to the drouth,is taken in
 consideration and, we are very sure, that wo
 (dellvered) at si27 and si 9 per cord, was qu
 cheap. Not word Is said concerning prices
 Colonel stoneman's pet post on the Verde, wh,
 hay has cost, at least, si3 ger ton where wood
 scarce; where facilities and material for buiIdl
 large post, tsueh as is now there), were scar