Arizona citizen., 1872-01-06

Cldoo ueSet Fe> protection, aHu HdS
 failed to recei7e #. Large di tricts of
 Arizona, settled by the Mex;cans 8
 hundred yeas ago, and once full of
 prosperous rnches, have been depop-
 ulated by tn3 Indian wars, and have
 relapsed imo desert solitude. At
 present, ths settlers are mostly
 gathered (eIept on the lower Gila,
 and ill narrow strip of country along
 the Colorado in a few principal towns,
 and even hee they do not feel secure 1;
 while trayeLng, even on the main
 highways, Is perilous indeed, as the recent massacre Of the gifted Loring
 and his fellow-passengers on the
 Wickenburg stage bears witness.
 The reservation system, thus far as
 applied to the Apa3hes, is apparently
 failure. They ale not an organized community, capable of concluding and keeping treaties and there is positive evidence that they lse the reservations and rations provided by the Govern mtnt as the bass of their hostile operations. This $ the result partly of the character of the Indians them selves, partly of the criminal laxity of the agents of the Government, and of @ collision of policy tween the War ano Indian Departu its, in the highest degree unfortunat Nothing could be worse, in dealing with such
 savages, than iced them with one hand and fight them with the other. Crook killing and Colyer cajoling, naturally lead he Apaches 70 continue their corrse of alternate plunder and pow-wow.
 We tIink he decision cf the ad- ministra ion to put the Apache ques- tion enti ly uto the hands of the War ent or this i3 our interpreta- ton of the Tc ITS confded to General Schofeld IT tE natter is the wisest that can be made under the circum- stances. Moreover, the military force ill Arizona should be increased, if and maintained in thor ough equipment and efficiency.
 But the army in Arizona needs besides endorsements or namely, an improvement in and morals, especially among officers. The manner in which many of then behave is calculated to make any gov Hrnent policy unsuccessful. The gr ud jury of Pima County, in it's ofici report, last month, made the following presentation
 "We find that the habit of beastly lrunkenness has generally prevailed with few marked exceptions among the offers comnandinE at Camp Grant, Camp -yJodniu md Camp Apache, where ne Apache Indians nave been fed ; that the rations issued It these camps to the Indians have been insufficient for their and unjustly distributed, bones being issued instead ,f meat; thar one Quartermaster of he United States said he made sur olus of 10000 pounds of corn in issu- ng rations to the Indians of Camp Goodwin. We find that a command ng officar, tt Camp Apacbe, gave lquor to the Apache Indians, and got ,eastly unk with them from whisky 'elonging to the Hospital Department if the United States Government .lso, that another officer of he United States army gave iquor to the said indians al said camp; that officers of he United States army tt nose camps where the Indians are fed gre in the labit of using their ofiicial position to 'reak the chastity Of the Indian that the present. regulations f Camp Grant with the Apache In- ians on tho reservation are such that he who'll body of Indians on said eservation might leave the reserva- ion and be gone many days without I he knowledge of the commanding of cer."
 It strikes us that these accusations ad better be investigated by courts lartial, and an example made of the runken, dishonest and licentious carers of spaulets If this is the ehavior of our officers, no wonder IT soldiers desert and the Apaches K oth hate us and aespise us.
 OUR latest storm news Is to Dec. 27. l he Genital route east of Corinne