The Weekly Arizonian., 1871-01-28
TUCSON A. T.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2S, 1871.

tinued are expensive, and eau be dispensed
 with advantageously to the Government, and
 without other detriment than pecuniary one
 to the people of the Territory in their Immedi--
 ate vicinity, who. of course, will object, as they
 will be unable, as heretofore, to dispose of
 their hay, grain, etc, to the Government, at
 the usual axorhitant prices aa ei Speaking of the reasons given for the di5-
 continuance ofseVeraI posts, he says that in
 on one instance site was selected so disad-
 vantageous that the amount of laborexpended
 in providing comfortable quarters for ore com
 pany would have, under more judicious selec-
 ton, been sufficient to have comfortably estab-
 lished any two company post. The same is
 true of the selection of Fort Whipple, original- l ly located as protection for the residence of the Governor of Arizona. The'expend diture | ot money that the establishment and mainten-
 ance of this post has entaled upon the Govern ] meut, is scarcely oreditable if half what is
 stated IS true. After alluding to the cost of
 keeping up several posts, the use of which
 has long since ceased to be a necessity, he
 says that the most rigid economy has been
 practiced, the purchase of forage limited, and
 purchase of lime, coal and fuel stopped at all of posts, confined to the pay of the authorized numb of civil explcyes and men on extra duty, and in some cases this reduction has been from thousands to as many hundreds. Col. Stoneman next alluded to the efforts ot the constructors to take advantage of the si
 tuation of the troops aud demand the most ex-
 orbitant prices for fuel, forage and beef. The
 order requiring all transaction throughout the
 department to be carried on upon currency
 basis will be hereafter enforced. The class of quartermaster stores furnished the Govern
 meut for the use of troops in this department appears to be on par with the supplies far-
 nished the poor Indian. '"Take, for examples
 oak lumber, sent out for the purpose of re- pairing wagons, etc. In some cases, observa- lion authorizes me to statetRat, instead of good, tough white oak having been furnished, the poorest kind of red-oak, fit only for frewood, has been supplied. The sequence is, breakages are frequent, repairs constant consumption consequent, and expenditures resultant Com plaints, too, are very general in regard tothe quality of nails furnished The glass is blis- tered, warped and discolored to such an ex- tent as to be fit for use only in Arizona. Sta tionery, with the condemnation mark starting one in the face, is considered good enogh for use in this far off region. Water buckets, n- voiced as gutta percha, turn out upon inspec- tion, to have been made of paper, Blankets, marked ''woolen," prove to have been man. ufactured from buffalo hair gathered on the plains and so on to the end of the list,
 2 The troops composing the garrison of Camp Grant and McDowell, in their opera' tions against Indians during the months of June and July last, were unusually success- fuI; and as a result, the number of Indians killed during the period was unexpectedly large and the number of depredations com mitted by Indians during the same period and since has been unusaily small. Herecomends the establishment of three postal routes and that they be so organized as to run with and despatch, there being at pre- sent no certain means of communication with the various important points. A semi weekly mail over each is all that would be required for the present and branch routes can be when warranted by population, Colonel Stoneman speaks ot the condition of Indian affairs as follows:
 "The all-absurbing topic in Arizona, the irrepressible Indian, is approached with no little reluctance, fearing that the authorities at headquarters at San Francisco, as well as Yashingtony may have already become sur feited and wesried with its consideration It l will, however, be proper to state, that, since the organization ofthe Department, the Hual pals Apaches, MojaVes or Yavapais, and the Coyotero Apaches, have become quiet, and |