, 1880-11-22
"NEW PROBABILITIES
The Coming Chief Signal Officer
Hard After the Cold
Wave.
His Arrival nt bismarck, nm Il His
Remarks to Cores pond
cllty.
Personal Views Of the Great Indian
Fighter, Retrospective and
Prospective.

Special Dtpatea Ia Tas catedoo Tribune.
n1sAAftcK. Dak, Nov. 2l.-uon. Miles and
family arrived this morning, and leave tn NOR
row for Washington. lio came overland from
Fort Kcogl tn tho ond of tho track Of tho North
cr3l Fnclflc III nlts west, and thoncc by special
cur. As to hs promotion, he snys lto was ordered
to Washington with mn intltnatIon that l1o Ind
better close up llis Affairs, with the vlow Of maxi
trK m lntfGflnit etay. lte hnd no official knoWl-
CtlHr Of the 1,iacG hc wAa 10 I'LL. md would nat
state That It wa8 Nun. Myers old position rs
signnl Diiccr OF aorno other. IlG was not anrn,
nnd II was not prnpor. for him to anticipate tho
appointing power. Iicruving such an intfmas
ton as ho did, TO could not leave his command,
without
4 FAREWELL,
hence a s1ress pnrntte and q short speech, in I,
which no expressed his sincere Obligation tu tho
officers and soldiers fur thcIr splendid service.
liz was eorry to rart With them, but he wns'
Under orders and would hnvo To obey. Therr ist
no 1utlbt TINT his command will deeply regroti
hs departure, md feel as II tlloy hntl Lost tho!r,
fIcst frfcnll. Thcro was tho closest union bc-t
tween tho soldiers md tho Gcnernl. Tho officers
and men nil loved him, and beloved their CONF
mnnder WIS
T1TE FLOWER OF rrfE ARMY.
As TO tho o'llco io Ia to ILL., 1t Is not hnrti to pre-
dict TINT he is to be tho Signal officer Of the
army. Gen. Miles thinks thlt ofl1co Ia full Of |
work nnd opportunities. that tho scrrtco Ia get
in its infnncy, and TINT for tho SUCCESSOR Of Old
Probabilities, whoever he may he. therp will bo.t
II large field Of tho most useful lnbor. 1t Is erl-
dent that he Inns q tust appreciation Of tho I'm
1'ortant statEon mud. when III 1t. he will give his
best ertlenyuts tn Its advancement. Tho stoux
question he regards as substantially acc0m-
lAlshctl. 1t Is nov ,nattcr Of governing those
VIC havo under control. ard milking thorn
PRODUCERS 1SBTEAp or pEsrRoyEsts.
As to Sitting lIt!l nnd hts outlaws, 1t IS qucs-
pf hftrr iprt u
one Of war. Ills 'ntcst information Is that Sit
ting 1nlt is l,aif-n.n,llo north Of tho boun'1ury
linc, with about .n0 fighting mon. At Fort
kcogh there nrc 1000 hostile Indians. who havo
surrendered to Miles. Niles bus required thon
to turn over 400 acrcs, and prepare for crnp
mkt eenson sufficient to support thcm for n
year. To sum up. tho General has practically
cIoscd ont tho Sioux business, brought uspcacc,
and IL now going TO n moro Hctive fold.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
srsetai Dttrateh 10 The Chteapo Trtbunr
1}rs4AnCH, p. r., Nov, :l-Gen. Miles arrived
tn-lay from Fort Kcogh, on routo to Washing
ton. He would no, sar, for puenuon. that ho
would be Con. Myers SUCCESSOR. lie had Dccn
orlcrcl to Washington with tho supplementary
advice that he hsd better come With II view OF
stopping time. lie could not leave bis cenl-
tnand without a formal fnrcwell md he there
foru met thom on tho rnrndo ground md bid
thoM good-by. Ills hcnrt wns In his regrets.
md tho veterans felt It. Thcro Is no command
on tho frontier where there IS such wnsm friend
ship md SO mich mutual filth nud nfln1tratlon+
Epcnklng on tho Sioux InltAn question, Gen.
3Ica says tho .snr end Of It Ia practically
clisfch,
T1sEHE AnE TWO THOUSAND s1oux At Kro0H
snrrcndcred M 10 10 sics. siit.nr- ,nli. wild ID
cons :er, sitting. till subject q iatern!l-
partment to crack. Sitting IjHii ts sim