, 1876-12-08

. pendulum If its strength and opera
tiou~ The aggregate force of the
army now consists Of 2j,33l men, all
Of whom are actively employed as
though war existed. BY subdivision
Of territory every fort OF the country
is under the supervision of general
officers near at hand with part OF
the army proportioned to the sup
posed necessity to maintain order
and peace, whereby the settlement
Of the country may progress and civil
officers he enabled to enforce the
laws of the United States.
On the military division Of the
Atlantic there are no hostile Indians,
but troops have been actively en-
ployed aiding the United States Mar
shals in enforcing the revenue hws
and in protecting the weak against
the prejudices Of the strong. These
duties call for the-Aighest qualities
OF hrmness and prudence.
The care and preservation of ppb[
lie property and of the sea-coast forts
is the chief duty Of the troops of the
Military Division of Missouri, where
a state of active warfare has existed
for many years. In the Department
of the Gulf the troops under Cen
Augur have been shifted from place
to place in aid OFT authorities, un-
der the same state of affairs as in the
Department of the South, with SINH
lar results. On the Texas frontier,
especially the Mexican border, there
has long existed an unsatisfactory
condition of affairs. Civil war has
existed on the border of the Mexican
States, and each faction has at times
sought asylum on this side the Rio
Grande. There are now in Texas
two regiments of cavalry-the 8th
and l0th-which will be filled up as
rapidly as possible to the waximum
standard; also, three regiments of
infantry-the 10th, Oath and 25th-
! which are necessarily very small un-
der the existing laws.
The Indians of New Mexico hay.
been remarkably good, and the Ko-
was, Comanches, Cheyennes and Ar
rapahoes, located ON their reserya.
ton at and near Fort Sill, have been
exceptionally quiet the past season,
though there was required for the
reasonable security Of the Kansas
frontier a pretty strong garrison at
Forts Sill, Elliott, Dodge and Sup
ply, and small garrisons along the
Arkansas river and tie Kansas Pa
ciic Railroad. The chief events to
which Gen. Sherman refers are those
relating to the war with the Sioux,
and after giving detailed history
concerning the late expeditions
against them, and the death of Gus
ter with his command, ETC., he says:
Colonel Hazen, of the Sixth Infan-
try, commanding Fort Buford. has
started up the Missouri river for Fort
Peck with four companies of his reg
iment, to head off Sitting Bull, who
is reported by surrendered chiefs to
have slipped out with 800 lod yes of
his own special followers during, his
retreat down Bid Route creek, and
to have resumed bis course for Fort
Peck or the British Possessions. Col.
Miles reports his purpose to replen-
ish his supplies and to turn north,
and follew this last desperate band
! to the death. Gen. Crook has organ.
ized a new column at Fort Feiter-
man, with which he left on the 9th
October for another early Winters
campaign against that fraction Of the
hostile Sioux under Crazy Horse.
General Sheridan,in his last dispatch
on this subject, uses this language,
which | cordially endorse:
If suecesshll-o which do not doubt
the Sioux war and all other Indian wars
In this country Of any magnitude will be
over forever.
Arrangements made for hemming
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