Arizona citizen., 1873-11-08
MOST WELCOME NEWS.
Crook Full Brigadler General

with this despatch Tn advance of pub lioation in his own paper:
 WAsHINGToN, October 3O.-Gen. P. St. George Cooke, commanding Department of the Lakes, is placed on the retired list and that Department is abolished. Crook Of Arizona, is promoted to the vacancy making him full brigadier, and insures his stay in Arizona.
 Since the receipt of the despatch announcing Gen. Crooks assign ment to command this Department, no such glorious and cheerful news has come to us from Washington. It Is absolute evidence that President Grant recognizes and rewards true merit, and knows full we'll who call command aright in Arizona. When he cut red tape and assigned him on his brevet rank, he gave evidence of knowing who could and would accom- plish task which had been too much for many higher in rank. The Pres ident knows as we'll as we of Arizona, under what trying conditions Gen. Crook has labored and forced success, and he has em braced the first oppor- tunlty in the plomptest and most sig nlhcsnt manner to recognize the fact The President has in obedience to his knowledge of the reward due Gen. Crook as well for demonstrated abili- ty, as for eminent services in Idaho, Oregon and Arizona among the sav- ages and in behalf of the struggling and exposed pioneers of the nation, manfully reached away down over all the colonels and several ieuten- snt-colonels of the army, and lifted the earnest, hard working, successful and never complaining lieutenant colonel up to fnll brigadier general ship. A more conspicuous recogni- tion of public worth is not within our knowledge. The press of the country has of late noted the Generals special fitness for his present duties, and, to some extent has expressed a hope that 8 brigadiership would be his early reward. A promotion of this kind in times of peace, is striking and can but carry with it national noto- riety at once graceful end highly complimentary to the recipient.
 In 1866, the savages of Oregon, Idaho and northwestern Nevada were slaughtering citizens at as frightful rate as ever did the Apaches in Ari- zona. We then published paper in Silver City, Idaho, and weekly print ed accounts of massacres, and many times attended the funerals of the victims, and once of four most excel lent citizens and personal friends in one day and in one sad procession. The commander of the military sub- district of Boise was as completely worthless as was the one of Arizona from early in 1870 to June 1871, and the files of The Owyhee Avalanche show how unrelentingly and merci- lessly we rasped him until officially Asaufed that he would soon be dis
 i2oed by competent officer. Gen.
 A.hIieck was in command of the Di- vif1}n of the Pacific and Gen. Grant. Eeheral of the Army. Gen. Crook V fk assigned to do there what all his astndecessors had not only failed to do |9as Aggravated the work by embold- .as1liig the savages-as was the case in Al|Eona. He went there as he came |4fih He lost no time in organizing forces and took .thei6eld in per and in a few months of night U A5''3 day pursuit and fighting the sav-
 in their own strongholds, in sp cahons, on high mountains, in cavernous lava beds, he~made them beg for peace which has been sub-