Arizona citizen., 1876-12-09
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER lS76.
Annual Report of General Sher.
 man.

WASHINGTON, November 23d.-Gen- eral Sherman, Tn his annual report tO
 the Secretary of War, says:
 Il By the assignment of Major General |. Schoficld to the uperintcndency of ihe Military Academy it is made equal
 to that of a division command, and
 West Point should rightfully constitute
 a military department, so that lis Su-
 perintendent, as Commanding General
 of Department, may exercise all the ! powers and functions, of such com
 mander, especially 10 order general cnurtsmartIal, to approve or disapprove their findings, and 10 execute all sen
 tences not especially reserved by the ! Articles of War tO inc President and Secretary of War. The Military Aca- ] demv, in addition to its well-estabish-
 ed character as a literary and scien- tfic school, should form the model of
 an army. and the habits of youth train
 ed therein should be III effect in ac- ! cnrdance with what experience has demon Sfrated to be necessary for the
 efficient government of an army in the
 field. The academy under General Schnfield's administration will take
 rank among the first educational esta- I bllshments in the world.
 THE AGGREGATE FORCE
 | Of the army now consists of 25.331
 men. all actively employed, as though
 war existed By a subdivision of ter
 ritOry every fort Is under the superyi- SIon of a general officer near at hand,
 with a part of Ihe army propnrtinned
 to the supposed necessity of maInlain-
 ing peace, whereby the settlement of the country may progress and civil Of | ticers be anabled 10 enforce the laws of 1 the United Sales.
 In the Military Division of the Allan
 tic there are no hostile Indians. but the troops have been actively employed in aiding United States marShalS in en- forcing the revenue laws and in pro lecting the weak against the prejudices of the strong in the frequent civil elections. These duileS call for the
 highest qualities of firmness and
 prudence, and 1 am sure the behavior
 of the troops in every instance has commanded tho respect of all men.
 The care and preservation of public properly and of the SeacOast forts is a
 chief duty of the troops
 The chief military events of the
 year have occurred Tn the Military
 Division of the Missouri. I am mt
 yet in possession of Sherilans report, but will endeavOr to give concise re
 port of some of ihe chief points as gathered from reports and letters.
 IN THE DISTRICT OF THE GULF, The troops under General Auger have been shifted from place 10 place in aid of lhe civil authorities, under the same statement of facts a. in the Deparimeni of the South, with similar results, and have always used their power with cOnsummale discretion and gond iudg mrnt On he Texas frontier, especial ly the Mexican border, has long ex. istrd an unsatisfactory condition of affairs. Il has existed in the b ,rder Mexican siate>, and each faction has at times sought asylum on this side of the Rio GEande; but from General O.d's letters and reports there seems 10 ba an organized system of robbery by small bands nf Mexicans, who cross tp the Texas side, commit murders and steal hOr>eS and cattle, and cross back with their stolen property 10 the other side, where they are comparatively safe from pursuit from our troops, who rarely hear of the raid until it is too late to intercept them. 1 believe mol one suppOSes the national government of Mexico is privy io this nefari0us business, and il Is probably carried on ia spite of lhe better people on both sides of the border. There are now in | Texas two regiments of cavalry, the | Eighth and Tenth, which will be filled | up as rapidly as possible 10 the maxi l mum standard; also three regiments of. infatry. the Tenth, Fourth and I've Itv- sixth, which are necessarily very small | under the existing laws. Sill, I hope | with increased activity these trnops | will suffice lOjpro;ect the border from
 invasion.
 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MIssOUBI. The Indians of New Mexico have beer good, and the Kiowas, Ga | Cheyennes and Arapahnes. | located on reservations at and near Fort Sill, have been exceptionally | quiet this summer, through requiring. | for the reasonable security of the Kan ' saS frontier posts, strong garr srns all | along ihe Al kansas river and Kansas Pacific Railroad
 THE WAR WITH THE SIOUX.
 The chief events tO which General | Sherman refers relate 10 lhe war with | the Sioux, and af1er giving a detailed . history concerning lhe late expedition against them and the death of Custer with his command, etc, Sherman says: ' Colonel Hagen, of the Sixth Infantry, in Fort Buford. has start | ed up the Missouri rIver for Fort Peck. 'i with four companies of his regiment of Sixth Infantry, tn head off Sitting Bull, who is reported by surrendered chiefs t0 have slipped out with thirty lodges of his own special followers, during the retreat down Bad Route Il creek, and 10 have resumed his course for Fort Peck or the British pnsse-- sionS. Colonel Miles reports his pur- pose to repleni>h his supplies and tn urn north and follow this last band to the death General Crook organized a new column at Felerman, with which he left on the 21th of October for another winter campaign against the fraction of hostile Sioux under Crazy Horse. General Sheridan in his last dispatch on this subject uses this Ian gnage, which cordially indorse: If successful, of which 1 do not doubt, rl.. al Tv. wars in this country of any magnitude, will be over forever" The arrange meniS f hemming in and capturing the remainder of the hostile Sioux dur ing the winter must result m compar ative or complete success. In the meantime, no change can e attempted ! this year at tine agencies, but l trust | next year all the Sioux will be com |