The Arizona sentinel., 1877-06-30
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The agmy III ArlZOn3 unuer
 Kautz; has been too busy writing for the newspapers to do much
 fighting. In Stoneman's time the Hualpais were thrashed so se- verely. that Crook had little diff. culty in completing their conquest and in enlisting them to subdue The Apache Mohaves. The "Bloody 14th, with all its irregu- larties, did some desperate, glori. ous fighting against the Pinaleno and Coyotero Apaches. Winters, Bernard, and immortal Cushing, took alternate victories and de- feats from Cachise and bis Chiri- cahui Indians. Cushing died like a hero, covering the retreat of his command from an overwhelming force, Stoneman had no way of feeding captured Indians and was compelled to turn loose his pris- oners of war at the risk of their renewing depredations. Then
 came Crook, and taught the army
 here two great lessons, which
 their feebler brains have only half learned-and the worst half at that. To secure effective sol.
 diers, he made allies of the h. dians conquered by Stoneman, and with them subdued those still hostile. But he and his off
 cers accompanied them, took their share of soldiers hardships and
 dangers and earned some of the credit they got. Kautz and his subalterns seem to have only learned that lesson as far as the sending out of Indian soldiers; for privations and danger they hank. CT not. For them "the pen is mightier than the sword" ."-and weighs less. Kautz himself has made a record for mere courage that needs no additional scores; but many of his officers are young and unknown. Under his admin. istration they are forgetting that they are hired to fght and not to loaf around camp and send out Indian soldiers. Instead of learn.
 ing to be warriors and winning glory, they are becoming pen- stoned pie. biters and earning con. tempt. In Crooks time the Gov ernment began to feed captive Apachesr and enabled him to hold them. Crook did much valuable service and got credit for it. But he also taught the army another lesson. This was to keep himself and his services ever before the people through the press. He did this with such skill that it pro. noted him in one jump from a Lieut-colonelcy into the first va. cant Brigadier. Generalship. Even now no one is made more well come at his camp, or pumped so full of information and items about Crook, as is 8 newspaper reporter. This course will soon make him Major. General. But the example has ruined most of the officers in this department
 Each of them thinks it easier to win promotion by spreading g papers news ink than by taking the risk of spilling his blood in fighting Indians. Kautz led of in seven solid columns of the Miner, followed up by more and worse in that paper. and in the Whipple Ne,cs-his organ. Some courtmartial chap with Dutch name sneered at the SENTIxEL's ragged garment (the only pro
 motion he got for that was the promise of a sick-leave. ) and Tup' per and a lot more went into print. All hands sent dispatches to all the papers in the country
 Poor idiots! Crook never used newspapers unless he had accom- plished something. Any office, can make good record by faith. ful services; but it takes more skill than all now in Arizona to. gether possess, to win a single grade by manipulating newspa. pers. During the past two years that the army here has been eat. Ing idle bread or getting up am- ateur theatricalsat Whipple, Low.