The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-24
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH.
GEN. Sherman on The Military
Academy.

Gen. Sherman on the Military
- 49,. Academy. ~
WAsHlSGToH, D. G., November 2S.-I
Gen. Sherman, in his annual report 10
he Secretary Of War, says: "By the as.
,iynment Of Major Gen. schoGeld TO the
Iuperintendence Of the Military Acad.
.my, that institution ID made 10 equal
hat Of a division command, and West
Point should rightly constitute a mill.
larry department, 50 that its Superin'
Iendent, as the commanding general Of q
may exeaeiSe all the powers
aud functions Of such 4 commander,
to order general courts.mar-
Iial, 10 approve or disapproye their lind.
ings, and to execute all sentences
not specially reserved BY the articles
Of war to the President and Secretary OF
war. Tho Military Academy in addition
10 its well established character as lit
erary and scientific school, should, form
the model for an army, and the habits Of
the youth, trained therein, should be in
exact accordance with what experience
has demonstrated 10 DO necessary for the
efficient government OF an army in the
Gen. Sherman says that the acade.
nv under Gen. Schofeld's administration
will take rank among the first educa-
tional establishments Of the world.
The aggregate force OF the army now
consists q 25,33l men, all OF whom are
as actively employed Rs though war ex-
isted, BY, the sab-diviaion Of territory
every foot OF the country IS under the
supervision Of q general officer near at
hand, with part Of the army proportioned
to the supposed necessity to maintain
order and peace, whereby the settlement
Of the country may, progress and civil
officers DO enabled TO enforce the laws 81
the United States. On the military dt.
vision OF the Atlantic there are no hostile
Indians, but troops have been actively
aiding U. s. Marshals In en-
forcing the revenue laws and IN pro-
tecting the weak against the prejudices
Of the strong in the frequent cases Of
civil elections. These duties call for the
highest qualities Of firmness and pru::
dence, and am sure the behavior Of
troops in every instance has commanded
the respect Of all men. The care and
preservation OF public property and OF
sea.coast forts is chief duty OF troops.
The chief military events OF the year
have transpired in The military division
Of the Missouri, where state Of actual
war has existed for many years, and still
continues. / am not yet in possession oil
Gen. Sheridan's report but, in anticips-
lion Of It's receipt will endeayor to give a
concise account OF some OF the chief
events, as gathered from reports and let
ters received during their progress.
In the Department Of the Gulf
The troops under command Of Gen.
Anger have been shifted from place
70 place in aid Of the civil authorities,
under the same state OF facts as the De-
partment Of the South, with similar re-
suits, and have always used their power
with consummate discretion and good
ta..
On the Texas frontier, especially the
Mexican border, has long existed an
unsatisfactory condition Of affairs. Civil
war has existed in the border Mexican
States, and each faction has at times
sought an asylum on this side Of the Rio
but from the general orders, let.
ters and reports there seems to be an or
panized system Of robbery by small bands
Of Mexicans and Indians, who cross to
the Texas side, commit murders, steal
horues and cattle &c. and escape back
with their stolen property to the other
side, where they are comparatively
safe from pursuit from our troops,
who rarely hear Of the raid till
il Is too late to intercep. it. l believe no
one supposes the authorities OF the ma.
Lional government Of Mexico can be privy
10 this business, and it is probably carri-
ed on in spite Of the better people on both
aides OF the border. There are now in
Texas two. regiments Of cavalry, the ssh
and 10th, which will be filled up as rap.
idly as possible to the maximum stand
ard; also three regiments Of infantry, the
10th, oath and 25th, which are necessarily
very small under tho existing laws. Still
hope, with increased activity, that these
troops will be sufficient TO protect the
border from incursions which discourage
settlement aud are otherwise very irritat-
ing and demoralizlng.
In the Department Of Missouri the In.
lians OF New Mexico have been remar'
sably good, and Kiowas, Comanches,
md Arapahoes, located on the reservation
and near Fort Sill have been exception
lily quiet this summer, though requiring
Tor the reasonable security OF the Kansas
frontier pretty strong garrisons at Forts
Sill, Elliot, Dodge, and Supply, and small
,arrisons along the Arkansas river and
he Kansas Pacific Railaoad.
The chief events to which General
Sherman refers are those relating to the
war with the Sioux, and after giving
detailed history concerning the late expe..
litions against them, and the death OF
Custer and his command, &C., General
Sherman says that Col. Hazen, OF the
Sixth Infantry, commanding at Fort Bu'
lord, has started up the Missouri river
Tor Fort Peck; with four companies Of his
regiment 10 head off Sitting Bull, who
mas been reported by surrendered
,hieis to have slipped out with thirty
lodges OF his especial followers during the
retreat down Dead Route Creek, and to
have resumed his course for Fort Peck
Dr. the British Possessions.
Col. Miles reports his purpose TO re.
plenish his supplies and to turn north
ind follow this last desperate band to the
General Crook re.organized new col.
1mn, at, Fort Fetterman, with which he
eft for another early winter campaign
against that fraction Of the hostile Sioux
lnder Crazy Horse. General Sheridan,
IN his last dispatch on this subject uses
his language, which I cordially endorse:
II successful, Of which ! do not doubt,
he Sioux war, and ali other Indian wars
IN this country Of any magnitude, will
DO over forever" .
Tho arrangements made for hemming
n and capturing the remainder OF the
hostile Sioux during the winter must re.
Iult in comparative or complete sue.
.ess. In the meantime no change can DO
attempted this year at the agencies, but !
rust that next year all the Sioux nation
will be compelled to remove TO the Mis-.
Iouri river near Fort Randall, where
hey can be guarded and fed at one-halt Of
he present cost, and where, II there be
my chance to civilize them, the opportu.
lity will DO far better than in their pres