Arizona citizen., 1874-10-10

in Arizona, had not Arizonians stated to the division commander that his 1rreg- ularitieS would be exposed if returned to Arizona. He reduced the Arizona forts 10 camps, which was supposed would place the soldiers in the field, but resulted in only making them prisons Of dlsSl- patton for officers who were anxious TOT active service. Were l to ep1tOmlZe the orders that came from Washington, and were reiterated by aj.-General Mcdowell to his officers in Arizona, l should say: You are ordered to keep up the most per Severing activity with your troops in con- quering hostile Indians, but at the great risk of losing your commissions, do not attack any peaceable Indians, and vleilant eastern sentiment opposed to CO., erciOn of the Indians, is inquiring after your movements, and has no certain means Of learning anything about those Indians, will sit as judge whether the Ind ianS you attack are hostile or not' Such are the orders that have always come from Washington, and paraliZed the frontier army unless we have a Crook, Custer or Sheridan in the field; and this is the gen. eral that IS now rapidly stepping under the power of precedent to the command of the armies of the Republic. Could tirey hOtspur, who can drink in thelnSp1ratlonS of a battle and lead hIs soldiers to slaugh- ter, serve in harmony under such gen eral? f Listen to the tale of Capt. Ledgard who performed excellent service in Arizona,
 
 best Captains in the United States Army. Sitting at a dinner table in a foreign cOun- try, in reply 10 the question why he had left the United States Army, he replied: At the commencement of the rebellion l went to President Lincoln and told him was opposed to the rebellion but would rather resign my command in the army than fight my y>Own brothers, as l should have to do if l remained in the army. He told me officers opposed to the rebellion
 
 to my regiment. At the battle of Peters burg, as Adjutant of my regiment, l cOm- manded the regiment, its Colonel not be- ing on the battle ground during the battle. My regiment was all cut to pieces and my own brother surrendered his sword to me, and for the action of the regiment, it's Col onel was promoted to Brigadier-General. On my way to Arizona, Major-General Mcdowell, at San Francisco, invited all the officers of his command to dinner. At the table MajOr-General Mcdowell be- ing relative of mine, knew hated hlm as an officer, yet repeatedly urged me to give toast, which finally gave before all his officers. "Here is to the hero of Bull Run." I followed the Indians that killed the party at the Cienega in Arizona, con sisting of the father, mother and several men, and took the two children into cap tivity. Their track led me directly to the Camp Goodwin reservation, and l would have wiped them out of existence had not the commanding officer at that post drawn up his soldiers in line Of battle and prevented me attacking them upon the reservation. In Arizona, l urged, and felt had a right to the appointment of h. Spector-General,a and it was given to a rel ative of the poet Whittier, who had seen no active service, and had to tell him the words of command on the inspection grounds, Before MajOr-General McDOw- ell, on the first inspection, refused to sa- lute this officer as my superior. Having married and being in San Francisco, was ordered to service 10 an isolated post where there was no probability of active service. l urged upon the Division com mander my claim to active service in Ari- ZOna, which he perSiStently refused, and l refused 10 obey his orders, immediately telegraphing my resignation, and having friends in Washington, they obtained it's acceptance, and when the sergeants came to arrest me for disObedience of orders, I was in citizen clothes and a free man. am covered with wounds received in the to the American Army, and nothing would please me better than to be in con- mand of the army in Arizona, as know could subdue and control the Apache Ind ians. The laws governing the army force promotions without regard to merit.
 You may ask why does not the army purge itself of so much imbecility? The answer may be found in the late worthy reply of a noble officer, the General of the army, q never protest" Under a deS-
 
 type, an inferior officer cannot protest, and information can alone come from the head, which we have seen in Arizona (When the operations of the army were stopped by Eastern sentiment for upwards of a year), is as it should be in Republic the people. Yet how terrible is power without the means being furnished for it's exercise, the continued enor- mity of the follies and crimes of the Agents of the Peace Commissioners in this Territory, do again most sadly illus trate. Will the removal of Indian Agents who pocket the money for sinecure posi- tions; build carts for the Indians at enOr- nous cost to the Government, that will not stand their own weight; or commit any of the fearful crimes that have been charged against some of the Indian Agents in this Territory, produce reform. With more than quarter of century of observing Indian Agents from the Missouri River to the Gulf of Cali fornia, in the most favorable position for observation, l would never open such trap for corruption to another man, but would destroy our whole Indian system as having outlived it's necessity and worthy to die of corruption. What is President Grants Indian Peace Policy as viewed from Arizona? President Grant, when he entered the Presidency, knew from experience, like all square-headed officers of the army, that the iniquities of the Indian system were too great for the | reputation of one man to bear, and urged 1 by steeple-headed enthusiasts who are un able to see but one side of question, | and are made to control this system by | means of shrewd men who use them to