Arizona citizen., 1877-08-18

to send it to the War Office. wIl however, append few remarks touch
 ing some of the points referred to b, Gen. Sherman and Gen. Kautz, anC
 trust they will have some effect.
 : As to whether my telegram of May IF, 1877, was discourteous or not, de Ipends on how we view it. don't in
 tend to discuss that point It was my
 intention to tell Gen. Kautz that I haC
 not asked him for troops and that
 would not accept any from his De
 partment. believe my telegram con iveys my meaning pretty nearly. ] would act the same today under ths same circumstances. As review the past, l compliment this action. I make no apology.
 It is well known to your Depart ment that Gen. Kautz never cooper ated with the civil officers in spirit and only in the letter when compelled to do so by positive orders. At the time 1 removed the White Mountain Indians to the Gila in 1875, Gen. Kautz was asked to cooperate, but he would not. When l was ordered to remove the Chiricahua Indians 10 the Gila in 1876, Gen KaUtz was politely asked to cooperate, but he refused to move a man or lean a gun, although the graves of murdered men were yet fresh, and the Chiricahua Indians were turbulent. Through the energy of Governor Stafford, an order was ob- tained from tine Secretary of War, directing Gen. Kautz to give me all military assistance necessary 10 re- move the Chiricahuas. Being com lpelled to move, Gen. Kautz came down with great pomp and parapher- nalia of war, and with relays of horses swept over the country to Apache Pass. He remained there a day or two until I had started for San Carlos with all the peaceable Indians. He then ordered all his troops back to their respective posts, and with his relays swept back again to his comfortable quarters at Fort Whipple. This was the Generals first bold charge" and his last. Governor Stafford enireated Gen. Kautz 10 leave one Indian Con- pany near the Chiricahua Reservation 10 pick up stray Indians, but Gen. Kautz refused, and immediately order ed his scouts to safe, but useless posi- tions. The whole of southeastern Arizona was thus left at the mercy of bands of raiding savagos. The many depredalions and murders committed by these savages since, are evidences of the criminality of Gen. Kautz in this matter.
 Now we come to the removal of the Warm Spring Indians from New Mexi- co 10 San Carlos, Arizona. As rene gades from the Warm Springs Agency had been ralding Tn Arizona, very politely requested Gen. Kautz to Co., operate in the capture of these rene gades, as per my telegram of March %, 1877. Gen. Kautz could have CO., operated in this movement by guard ing the eastern Arizona line, thus pre- venting the escape of rcnegades from New Mexico into Sonora by their old trails through Arizona. Gen. KautZ might have replied that he would CO., operate heartily as far as he was able But instead of this. he replies Tn his sarcastic telegram of March 31, 1S7T in which he avoids the subject of CO., operation entirely, but deigns to proffer some useful information. He says that no doubt General Pope and Gen eral Hatch will cooperate with me. Thus leaving the inference clear that Gen. Kautz will not.
 No doubt it was very kind in Gen. Kautz to suggest that the proper thing for me to do was to apply to Gen. Hatch for troops, but when this sug- gestion was made, l already had a telegraphic reply from Gen. Hatch, stating that he (Hatch) had ordered nine companies of troops into the field to cooperate with me, so that all Gen. Kautz's telegram of March 31, amount ed to, was "polite refusal to CO., operate in the capture of the Warm Spring renegades. The General was as good as his word, and did nothing to protect the Arizona line during the time we were arresting and removing the renegades at Warm Springs, New Mexico.
 After the labors and dangers were all over, ana we were Wltnln q lew miles of home, crowned with success, then Gen. Kautz was very willing to meet us with an escort march with us to the Reservation, and then proclaim his great Indian conquest to the world. But I had resolved never to again ask for or accept troops from Gen. Kautz. 1 knew I could control my reservation get along without the "Kautz military" and hence when Gen Kautz prOffered his escort, I promptly and plainly told him that his escort had not been asked for, and certainly would not be ac- cepled. IL may be discourteous to speak SD Dlain to a Department Commander