The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-13

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VOL. XIII---NO. %.
BILE portion, of the army to preserve the
peace and maintain. order in the States
/ Of West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylva-
MIA and Illinois. These disturbances
were so formidable as to defy the local
and State authorities, and the National
| Executive was called upon in the mode
provided by the Constitution and laws to
/ furnish military aid, and / amrgratifed
! to be able to state that the troops sent in
response to these calls foNaid in the sup
preston of domestic. violenceswere able3
by the influence Of their presence in ithe
disturbed regions, to preserve the. peace
and restore order without the use oflforce
in the discharge of this delicate and imS
portant duty. .ii!iiis2o ';,!atVf ti!!s
The disturbances along the Bio Grande
in Texas, to which !, have already re7
f9rred, have rendered necessary the: con;
tstant employment of a military force III
that vicinity: I regret to say that these
lswiess incursions 'into our territory BY
armed hands from the Mexican side OF
the line, for the purpose of robbery have
been of frequent occurrence, and in spite
of che most svigilant efforts Of the conn
mandef Of our forces, the marauders have
generally succeeded in escaping into
Mexico with their plumber. In May last
I gave orders for the'exercise Of the ut
most vigilance on the part of our .troops
fer the suppression: of these raids and
the punishment of the guilty parties, as.
welf.as the recapture Of properly stolen
by them. Z General Ord, ;eemmandingiin;
Texas was directed to- invite the co.ope-t
ration Of the Mexican, authorities iI'
efforts to this end, andsto assure them,
that 4 was" anxious to savoid giving th5s
least offence to- Mexico Z at the same time
he was directed to give notice of myade'i
termination to sputfan end to the inTali
sion of our territory by lawless bands in.i
tent upon the 3plunder. of our peaceful
citizens, even if the effectual punishment
ofthe:outlaws should make the crossing
of,the border'by our'troops in Ltheirdpnrsi
suit necessary It, Is believed that:thisI
policy1has,had thereffect; to cheek some.l
what these depredations, and that withH a.
considerable increase iof our. force upon
that frontier and the establishment of
several additional military posts along
the Rio Grande 80 as more effectuaHy ito
guard that extreme border, peace may he,
preserved; and the lives and property; of,
our citizens. in ) Texas fully protected
Prioraato the first day of;iJnly last the
army Was; in'accordauce with Law, 4re-
duced to- the maximum of525, ,00g enlisted,
men, being reduction of q 800 below
the force previously authorisedio This
reductions was made as requiredebyl daws
entirely from the infantry and artillery
branches of the service, without anyerei
duction of the cavalry, Under sthej law
as it now stands, it is necessary that the
cavalry regiments be recruited TO- lOH
men in each company for service. on the
Mexican and Indian b frontiers The
necessary effect of this, legislation is to re7
duce the infantry and artillery arms OF
the service below the number required
| for efficiency, and I concur with the Sec
retary of War in recommendingithat an4
thority be given to recruit all companies
of infantry to at least 80 men, and all
batteries Of artillery to, at least l75 men,
with the power in case of emergency to
increase the formerto 100 and the latter
to 122 men each. j invite yeuraspecia4
attention to the. following, recommends Al
tions Of the Secretary Of War: First, that
provision be made for supplying to the
army more abundant and.better supply
of reading matter; second, that early ;ac-
ton be taken-by Congress, looking TO q
complete, revision and republication of
the army regulations third, that SEC
ton 1888 of the revised Statute, limiting
the number of officers On theiretired list
be repealed; fourth, that the claims
arising under the Act of July 4th, 1864
for supplies taken by the army during
the war, be taken from the Offices of the
Quartermaster. and Commissary. GeneralA
and transferred to the Southern claims
commission, or some other tribunal hay;
ing more time and better facilities for
their prompt investigation and decision
than are possessed by these officers; fifth,
that Congress provide, for an. annuity
fund for the families of deceased soldiers
as recommended by the Paymaster. Gen
eral of the army. 20. e'-h st'.i.'''" 49,.
giiius fHE PosToFPTcE. ,'E'iS I 8
The report; Of the Postmaster General
contains full and clear statement Of the
operations and condition of the Postofhce
Department. The ordinary revenues OF
the department for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1877, including receipts from
the money order business and from OH.
cialo stamps and stamped envelopes,
amount to the sum of $2 ,5S1, ,bS5,26.
The additional sum Of 81 ,0lS, 600. was re;
allied from appropriations from the gen:
eral treasury for various purposes, max
ing the receipts from all sources $34,6A,'
SS5.26. y. si.is su.' .... s,...;;iii
The ordinary revenues Of the Postofice
Department for the year ending June 30,
1879, are estimated at an increase of three
per cent. over those Of 1877 making $29,-
034,098.28, and the expenditures for the
same year are estimated at S86, ,4N,711,
leaving an estimated deficiency for the
year 1879 of 81, ,S03, ,672.7& The addis
tional legislation recommended BY ;the
Postmaster General. for Improvements of
the mail service, and to protect the postal
revenues from the abuses practiced under
existing laws, is respectfully commended
to the careful considerations of Congress.
THE INDIANS. -
Many if not most of our Indian wars
have had their origin in broken promises
and acts of injustice upon our part and
the advance of the Indians in civilization
has been slow because the treatment they
received did not permit it to be faster
and more general. We cannot. expect