Arizona citizen., 1877-03-24

Ncheral halIZ attempts 10 convey
 ihe impression that ! am in favor c protracung the war, winch has oc casioned my zeal in lhe many futIl,
 attempts I have made 10 get him to dc something to put a stop to the shed
 ding of blood. No one knows better
 than he, how unjust and maliciousl, false such a statement is. If I had de sired tO protract the war, his imbecilC administration of affairs would have been just what l should have most de sired. This charge of the Generals
 has been made by every inefficient
 army officer and corrupt Indian agent since our Indian difficulties commenc
 ed. The time was when they used this argument at the East, against the poor frOntiersman, with telling effect
 but it has been several years since imbeciles and corrupt men could cover
 their own bad conduct by telling the
 eastern people that the miners, stock
 raisers, farmers, teamsters and travellers
 desired 10 sacrifice their lives, abandon
 their homes and loose their property
 for the luxury of protracting an In
 dian war, and had not General Kau,z
 been rusticating in a fossilized state
 during the past few years, he would
 not have attempted to revamp and pat
 into life thrcadbare falsehood, that
 never had the least foundation in
 fact.
 General Kautz slips over the charge
 I made,-that the murderers of Spence, Rogers and Lewis, and the balance of the tribe who had dcfied and shot al the soldiers, came into Camp Bowie, and no effort was made to arrest or punish any of them,-by trying to throw the blame on the agent; and as I am no defender of the latter, and was among the first 10 ask for his re moval, l will simply again repeat the testimony in the case, as given by McLellan,-then and now in command of Camp Bowie. Over his own sig nature, Mcclellan wrote to Agent lief fords, under d-te of May g, 1876, as follows: "The first knowledge I had of their (the murderers) return was conveyed to me officially by you. l never asked you whether you intended to take measures 10 have them arrested nor did you refuse to take any action Tn the matter but on the contrary re- ported to me that you were at all times ready to assist in making the arrest of the murderers." This Is the tes- timony of Captain Mcclellan. The were well known; one of them rode into the Post a large fine American horse, that every one knew belonged tO the murdered man Lewis. And this is 8 far sample of the energy our paid defenders have in protecting the people and punishing our foes. And the reason why General Kautz is angry is because after forbearance ceased to be a virtue, I have made these ugly facts pub lie.
 The General gives currency io the newspaper report that the bIll to| raise volunteers for the Territory and appropriatIng $1O,OOO to pay for the. same, twas put through 10 secure. some of the funds of the Territorial Treasury 10 Tucson pockets before the. Capital removal" As General kautz sees stealing in every thing, l will state for his benefit that there is not al dollar in the Territorial Treasury; that. myself and others have been obliged
 in order to send this scout into the. field, to advance money without in-I crest and wait until the money does come into the Treasury. And if heI would like to take stock in the steal, will pay him two per cent per month 'or what I have advanced, as l have been compelled tO borrow the money ,t that rate of interest, and for which receive nothing,
 General Kautz says the alleged out break (of the Chirlcahua Indians) answered its purpose, and fifty thou. .and dollars additional appropriation vas hurried through Congress, and to put this job through I hurried to Pres ,ott to get him to put it itthrough. There s neither the semblance nor color of ruth in this assertion I had no part ,r lot in putting this appropriation through, and the ;dea of getting hIw O put it through never entered my. head; if I had had any interest in Its passage, ! should have as soon applied O Papago Papoose to assist me as toI he General, with any hope that he. ,ould do me any good The fact is, ! he appropriation for purchasing food or the Indians was exhausted, and the Indians had either to starve, steal or le fed: and the Commissioner of In. lian Affairs asked Congress to provIdeI or this emergency, with the provisot hat such portion as was found neces-| ary be used to move the Chiricahua Indians, and but about d twentieth ,art of the money was used for theI alter purpose. This Is the plain truth . bout a job for which the General eeks to cast odium upon nc. as the. ecords will show. 1 went to Prescott. !.