Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-25
GcReral Sherman Reviews IFS Operations
During the Past Year, and, Alto
gether, is Proud Of his Rank
and File.
In View OF The Demands Of Our Ex-
tended Frontier, he Recommends
the FILLING Up Of Now SkeIe-
ton Regiments.

WASHINGTON, November 23. - General
Sherman, an MS annual report TO the secre-
tary Of war says thatby The assignment Of
Nsipr-teneal Schoefeld to the Euperin-
tcndeney Of thcmlitary academy, that iIlsti-
tuition i made to equal that OF division
command and that West Point should right
fully constitute military department 50 that
us superintendent. as The commanding gen
eTal Of a department may eNerciSe all the
powers and functions Of such commander
especially TO order gencrrl courts, to approve
pr disapprove .:cir findings. and to execute
I'll the sentences not specially reserved by the
articles Of war TO the President and the sec
retary Of war. The military academy, in ad-
dition to lis well established character as a
literary and scientific school, should forIn the
model for an army. and that the habits of the
youth trained there should be IN exact ac-
cordance with what experience has demon
strated to he necessa'@ for the efficient gov
cInment Of an army IN the field General
Sherman says that The acaflcmy under Gen
cral Schoekeld's administration will take
rank among the first education
al establishments Of the world.
The aggregate force of the army now consists
OF twenty-five thousand three hundred and
thirtF-one 4,lsn. all Of whom are as actively
employed as though war existed. Bv the
subdivision of territory every foot of the coun-
Try Is under the supervision of . general Off
Ger near at hand, with a part Of the army pro-
pOr6Oned to the supposed necessity, 10 mann
tam order and peace whereby the settlement
of the country may progress and civil officers
he enabled to enforce the laws Of the United
- Al Ia, .l
lantic there are mo hostile Indians. but troops
have been actively employed in aiding the
United States in enforcing the revenue laws
and in protecting the weak against the preiu
dices Of the strong in the irednent cases of
Civl elections. These duties call for the high
Isl qualities Of tirlnncss and of prudence and
J am sure the behavior Of the troops in every
instance has commanded the respect of
all men. The care and preservation
of public property and the seacoast forts
Is q chef duty Of the troops The chief mill
taTy events of the year have tTanspired in the
military division Of The Missouri, where a state
Of actual war has existed for many years, and
still continues. ! I'm not yet in possession of
iieneral Sheridan report, but, in anticipa
-tIOn Of It's receipt, viii eIdedv0T to give a
concise account Of some Of its chef events as
.athered from reports and letters received
during their progress -in the department of
the gulf, the troops under General Auger
have been shifted from place to place, in aid
rof the civil authorizes. under the same State
acts aS in the department of the south, with
similar results, and have always used their
power with consumAiate discretion and good
Judgment. On the Texas frontier-espeeially
uic Mexican hOrder-haS lolg existed an un-
satisfactory condition of affairs. Civil war
has existed IN the border Mexican States, and
each faction has at times sought an asvlum
on tbs isile Of the Rio Grande; bat,
from General 0rd's letters and reports, there
seems to be anorganized system Of robbery by
small bands of MeKieaRs and Indians, who
cross to the Texas side. commit murders. steal
horses, eaftle. etc, and escape back with their
{ stolen properly to the other side, where they
are comparatively safe from punishment and
pursuit from our troops, who IErely hear Of
the raid untilit is too late 10 Intercept it. !
lFslieVe no one SupylosCs thatthc authorities Of
the national government Of Mexico can be
- priyy 10 tins netaIiOuS business. and II IS
probably carried on in spite OF the better peo-
pie on both sides Of the border. There are
now in Texas two regiments Of cavalry, the
Eight and Tenth, which will I've filled mp as
rapidly as poSsibletO the maximum standard;
also the Tenth, Second, Fourth and Fifth
regiments Of infantry, which are necessarily
very Slllflll ultttl Allt tAlNlailA tttfN. DOill
hope. with increased activity. these troops viii
suffice to protect the border from incuISi0rs,
which discourage settlement and are otherwise
very irritating and demoralizing. In the de-
partment of Missouri tie Indians of New
Mexico have been remarkably good. and the
Kiowas, COmmanches. Cheyennes and Arap-
pahOes, located on the reservation at and near
Fort Sill, have been exceptionally quiet
this summer, though requiring for reason
able security to the Kansas frontier pretty
strong gaTTisons at Forts Sill, Elliott, Dodge
and Supply, md smaIl garrisOns along the
Arkansas nver and the Kansas and Pacific
railroad. The chef events, to which General
Sherman refers, are those relating to the war
with the Sioux, and after giving detailed
history concerning the iate expeditions against
them and the death Of Custer with his COM
nand General Sherman says: Colonel Ha-
zen's Sixth infantry, commanding Fort Bu-
ford, has started up the Missouri liver for
Fort Peak with four companies Of his regi-
Inent and the Sixth infantry to head OF Sit
ting-Bull, who Is reported by surrendered
chiefs, to have skipped out with twenty lodges
of his own special followers during the retreat
down Bad Route Creek and 10 have re-
sumed his course for Fort Peck. or
British possessions. Colonel Miles reports his
purpose TO replenish h;s supplies and to turn
nOrth and follow TINS last desperate band TO.
the death. General Crockreorgauizsd a new
column at Fort FetterTnan. with which he left
on the twenty-seventh OF October for another
early winter campaign against that fraction Of
hostile Sioux under Crazy-Horse. General
Sheridan, in his last dispatch on this subject,
uses this language, which cordially indoISe:
IF successful, Of which do not doubt, the
Sioux war. and al other Indian wars in this
country of any magnitude, viii be ever to--
ever. The arrangements made for heIn-
ming in and capturing the remainder Of the
hostile Sioux dunRg the winter mas result
in a comIaiative Oh complete success Mean
while no change can be attempted this year
at the agencies, but tI7asttist next year the
whole Of the Sioux nation viii b. compelled
10 remove TO the Missouri river. near Fort
Randall, where they can be guarded and fed
a. one-half the present oOst, and where If
there be any chance 70 civilizc them. the 'oI3-
portunity VIII be far better than IN theirpr-s-