Arizona citizen., 1875-07-31
Hint to the Military.

Prof. Marsh of Yale College, has set
 about reforming the Indian service by
 addressing a letter to President Grant,
 by way of the New York Tribune. Els pecially is he devoted to renOvating
 the Red Cloud agency. If the Profes- sor had selected most any other paper in the country, he would have shown more sense, if not sincerity, in the means he has taken to air his profes- siOnal views. It may. be well enough to await the other side of the story be- fore prOnOuncing Judgment. We mo- tice a lengthy editorial in a morning paper devoted to the rottenness and i'm perfect. character of the Indian policy of the country. It reads as though it might have been penned by aman who had sought and failed to get place as missionary (agenD in the peace policy service. Comedy young squaws are perhaps to be congratulated under the circumstances. We venture the asser- tion that there have more United States army officers gotten rich off low down, secretly manipulated Indian affairs, than Indian agents proper.
 The above is from the Oakland Daily Tribune. The morning paper referred to is The Alta. The Indian service is probably not pure, and to say the least the military is no purer, and THE Orr TEEN freely states that so far as Ari- zona operations are concerned under the successful fighting administration of Gen. Crook, it would have been much better for the consistency and reputation Of it, had it made better records about Beale Springs, San Car los, and in general on its business !" features, or have thrown many less stones at the Indian service. Cap tain Ogilby at Camp Apache, has re- gently made some history in this line, which so far has not banned out very grandly, and the full facts would prob ably not brighten the case one iota. This one-sided damning has gone pretty nearly far enough without a word of caution. We have not spared Indian agents when we believed them wrong ing the. public or Indians, but we have military officers. Field records are one thing and business transactions an- other. The military under Gen. Crooks administration did most valuable ser vice in fighting Indians, and all were as amply praised as the General was paid therefor. Gen. Pope has recently blown blast against the Indian ser vice, and it may have been just; but is It possible he IS unaware of the sick ening blast that might be justly blown against the business transactions of the military, directly in connection with its Indian management? Do not the military sometimes think they had better drop the business of throwing stones at another branch of the United States service?
 Gentlemen of the army, completely expose all frauds you know of in con- nection with the Indian service, and not part of them, and we will join you with all our might But in recent conversations throughout the country, we learn that there is a disposition tol air your transactions in connection with othcrbranrhes or puDTrc sGT'y''Ic7 -s7ci unmercifully handled, and remember when the enginery of the press is turn ed on you, that like other branches off government force, you'll hardly getI off with a mere statement of yOurI shortcomings. Don't think the merei plea of honesty connected with char ges against another branch of the pub lie service, will always serve you. We'll always be just with you; hereto fore we've been too generous.