, 1879-02-19
,,.u Make an Inspection Of the Arrno-
w. ries and Equipments Of
the Troops.
u,,,cs officials Explain the Posai-
tls Dangers In Case Of An
other Riot.

rner,bers OF The COMMITTED "elo uiiat''HHuua III
a.of,,on that It WIS sllamo for tho State to
w. .p n aid the military after tho individual
s.mbers had done so much for themselves.
gza roum;ttce met at tic Grind Pacific at
,...nt o o'clock in the morning, but held no
sssn,, meeting. They wcro soon aftcrwarf1
.sI .s,nsd Nv Gcu Ducat, Col. Appleton, and other
sSs.srs nf the militia, md numerous citIzcns.
:. t s., srree,l that the Committee should first
~, the office Of tho Superintendent Of Police,
vi ~, the views Of tic city ol]lcias regarding
the feasibility OF DANGEROUS Communicate out
t.s.t n Chicago, and the necessity Of keeping
W rhey % we're mst BY Assistant Superintendent
Dro5,. atler having hccn referred TO TINT gcn-
trman by Superintendent Seavey, who stated
si',t III. Dixon lind exclusive charge Of the arm
IN, ,nl} drilling OF tic ppice f3rce.
Mr Dixon told The Committee, In reply to
.ore,tou, tlmt 1t wns absolutely true TINT there
~ jarre number Of private citizens In this
III Ebo we're arrliDE themselves outside the
ngular mIlita ORGANIZATIONS. These wero
known as Socialists or communists, n,'ti they
Trra not bows, armIng themselves for ap0rt and
rrtrcfse, but were men, and they 1nenut bust-
n,u, Tie Communist organization lie said was
dtsciolncd, the greater number OF the numbers
tM,cot hagtng SEEN service before In tile Old
rauntrY, They wera rs rule 4 rCsolute set Of
fellows, With no particular interests at stake,
eYcept 10 destroy everything IN the shape OF
property that tl.cr could lny their hands on.
THEY WE'RE RECKLESS,
md In force, under discipline and organization,
would become q terror to the community. II
mi bcer, fully demonstrated that they were
defiant Of The civil authorities, as committees
h.d wai,cd upon the Superintendent in bis own
oIier and made thrcats TINT the police and the
authorities would some day llavo to 'ttake back
se.t," md thut they would 10 blown up like
ehaF Nothing could exceed tllcie insolcncc
and defiance before the military commands uf
tae city we're orEuntzed. At the time Of the
riots tier tuccumbcd to superior force
md discipline, but they said, "Wo arc
ss1 s v ' be plepsca sas o4 sSt vot f oas nsft
iIcksplItcs, ,"-rcfcrring to the militia regt-
menls Since that time the process OF o.ganiz-
Ing and Gsmlng citlzons had been goinG on
quietly bnt earnestly. The total force could
not be found out, but It was believed to bo
1ss IT,. Il this state Of aatrs was VS. alloweato g
BE- topasdIzel. lie thought tint 1t wns the
d1.Y of The State to meet any oYert nets OF these
ptopla By force, promptly antl effcctually. In
hA Judgment founded upon experience. lio did
not think that sheritf's posso coinitatus
amounted to anything, In the first place It
would not Or could not TO sufficiently organized
or disciplined to do my good, aud defeat
NuuM mnk0 matters ten times worse.
alr. Dixon nlso expressed 1t Us bis opinion
tlIat The police force should not be made part
ofthc Stne militia on oceastous OF thts ktu1. 1T
cssa Ola riot Immediate action should bo taken,
shIsh could not be tic case II the Eoltce wcre
tabselsent to order from the State. There
would have to be too much red tape.
epeaktnE VI tic riots Of last yeas, Mr.. Dixon
-sai too nileh praise could not be bestowed
upon TUG First Brigade. The members per.
ioIued their duties crcdltably mud bravcly, md
hh1tJ1 i
amets salutarE effect upon the rioters. In re-
gasd to tile payment Of mi1ftinnen, he said he
vas IN 1asor Of any Inv that would give Chicago
IN EFFICIENT MILITARY ORGANIZATION.
Here wss city Of 50O, ,00o inhabitants with
police ioice Of 80O men to protect them, over
1a y afca 0t territory second to no city on tic
Continent. With tho certainty that there was
sao'a 40 sIsd Hgd disciplined military forco at their
paeka to enforce order, IN case they wcre ovcr-
Powered; tl'e present polite force might answer,
uut let the military be diBhaplc1, ard We should
soon s. lee wherc VIC would be. In 1lts opinion,
tmsa St1cas9 would very soon be In mob power. llo
slessd ~. h.at had 1t not been for the orenuiza.
tsnt, sua " s'lhen cara'ry and the troops Of IN,
,afo'fy, ~ a. 'asee portion Of tic business part
ashes. he thought colnpauy @ of
easalry was Indispensable, ID time like this, 10
Iiask'ng sias: 9pGn the crowd and keeping tlc1n IN
fsfsx % s} w.! tllo heavier fighting material could
liz ..M iuto lne HcIus 4ne HOf6cfuen were
a'm aFalable IN tlank!ng the mob aud getting
afoand behind ticIr bnrrscadcs,
ossJ oaader, also OF the Police Department,
~ ~ Questioned by the Committee, and i,ts Views
soaS1aed III viii those Of Col. DIxon. "Why,n
sau @;, ae II the time OF The riots saw woman
otGo, sallo upon One arnl md brick In the
he mtlltarY,n "' s'S roANe "'~
n al little after II o'clock Senator Mum and
iiSInsssssaIalscs iSsa.s alOek, Shprinnu, aud IInrts
spa'uI H. oaah having returned to Springfield
Ill., H. lant oetorc). accompanied by Mini. Gen.
numbs, % ~. ~ APPLETON, Col. Lipplncott, and
Er.t " others, repaired to tho arnory Of the
Ini It amaa anEne9t, und met there by appointments
mu..s' mv,. SWAN Quartcrmaster Dan9s, and other
inIiaaefs ol the First. An hour wns consumed
a,j's j'Et'hg MI over thu building, the main drill.
torn, nv nnd deo.alnany roomu, TIC officers, drum
ietr. I,a ~ asan rooms, mid the ahootng.Gal-
JsIn1s,K IN, nxIK REPRESENTATIVE Mock, Senator Mum,
t,ro.. .oa alld others, tried their l,und UPON tho
nf ~ tlle JourHal representative carving
tu,r II T. pam with q bull's-eyc. At every
the ,yMe,nu u MsahecTs expressed their delight at
apse Il i; cyurvtG;,a ecgs9l and sold!eEly appear.
Casenunv,, u,og!ns H Of tho sevefnl companies III TIC
Stand H. y he gentlemen wcrs given to untler-
nsNs, l,lat IN lifting up tipee rouns tic cum.
iunS. t.a. uaa !. tot used dollar Of tic gauoral
wv al1 expehso had been borne
.,a, bY BrEolAL ASSESSMENT,
o1 tty ~ !nalsldual contribution from the norkcta
h,t IT, IT,! members themselves, aud not dullur
Of iha ~! y. obtained from outside, The n,cnbers
thMS ,Lh ,GLonihltteo spoke In high prAlsc Of every
toaf .Ma5 10y saw, tnl said II tho citizen soldiers
inv asn 40 enthusiastic interest III tho mill.
lAt at1sa ii they should bv supported by
touId ~ ~, II all tha members OF tho Assctnbly
the tn.t,ss "aue 10 lee Us the Commltte did about
III. hn.,Fns completed the our o, investigation In
toliowsso,i OF ts First, tho committee md lis
ilr 8rcn1n%% %%GnlaGa y their way 10 the quarters OF
Ing. iirruu neethtnt, ~ !n tlle Exposition Uui,d-
ls otlrrr. W ", 'tssy had bcrn wurnat1 by some Of
,hlnys nu;,n " " tlle see0nl, they did not lnl
ot tGc Ean,,s 80 comfortable, and the sYrupathcs
fiji 4 Witch had mt buot 60 furtu,,ate A. the
ii ms.na alaYlag Membership compoacd ff men
tuft,hIa WI il, not l,eIuy abla to aec,,re a
saoe ssra .. building for M ar1aory. The visitors
luz haa,ny Set by cos. Quirk, Eommauder Of
he h,,I ,9Issona, sS, wtIo snuw.a thetn whit
hen wr+', ~" Mhat iiu required. The COMMITTEES
hltunnyv ,iEIsto EIssl 70 understand that the utmost
ilw Fi,yy, ealstea between the two orrautZ atjona
I'D nof nj. ~ tae Second Itcgin,entsl, alui pne
leeeiye. AVE aaFtlttG TINT The other did not
t,t r. ~ inspsetors continued their Journey to tho
ils u,ss,u VI lie building, whcre ware 1nrotrti
~ Repjme.s ot thu battery and tho First Cayai-
md tInift,'t., The Ga,Ifng uun was draws olt
had nty.r =. 10 tllc admiration OF those Vic
nehta. Ih's hsea one Of these lnut4croua imDio.
anythn,, W. stala tthcy could staycly b. cntlcd
tlaiutae,l a't ul the cayrlry coN pautcs were
ahe batss,ra VIZ ihen the Coaliittce returned 10
ei9Aous. ''o'la' ind proceeded to draw cou.