Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-04-30
SELF PROTECTION.
Second MaEs Meeting Of the CttiEens-Report of the Committee Resolutions Adopted by Sup uiamental MeasinR

that the court room was too small to hold them all. Governor Tritle called the meeting to order, and the Secretary MT. F. B. Pomroy, read the following report of the previously appointed exec utive committee:
 To the chairman of the cifiEsns' meeting of the
 city of Tucsnn. held April 2'th 1882:
 Your committee appointed to devlse ways and means by which an armed and equipped force could be provided to meet the hostile Indians now in the field, beg leave to submit the following partial report:
 The first and most desirable proposi- ton had under consideration by your committee was to increase the mlItia force of the Territory and call them in- to the field equipped and provided, un- der the commander desia mated by law, namely, the Governor.
 After careful examination of the stat utes, it was found that while provisions of law exist for the organization of a Territorial militia, and authorizing the Governor to order a force into actual service to punish any incursIons or en- caoachments Of hostile Indians, yet nc appropriation whatever was made to render the law operative.
 It was hoped that this difficulty might be obviated by acting upon the presump ton that the omission to appropriate funds was a Legislative inadvertenee and that patriotic individuals would b. found to advance money RpOn Terri torial warrants to be issued for payment of supplies and arms, but further ex animation of the statutes revealed thai the possibility of thus using the credit of the Territory in any emergency was absolutely taKen away by the provision' of section 6, chapter LXX, Compiled Laws. How it is that the Territoria Legislative Assembly neglected tL, plain and obvious duty of providinl means to arm and equip the militia fo the organization and use of which pretended to provide. Is inconceivable to your committee.
 The executive of this Territory being found to be powerless by the act of tn, Legislative Assembly of this Territory, the possibility of raising money tor tn, equipment of the militia by privat, suscription was considered, and it was concluded by your committee that this mode of raising money would be made luate to meet the large demlnd. whicL could not be less than Sl50,0OO.
 Under these circumstances we found ourselves reluctantly compelled to have recourse to other expedients.
 After canvassIng many We fnall! adopted the following as the most avail able, though by no means free from objection, namely: To invite tue diff. ierent counties of the Territory, through iheir Supervisors, to pay, equip an provision an aggregate force of about two hundred men to be sent into the field as Deputy Sleriffs of the different .ountes-Pima county to contribute fifty men of the quota.
 At the request of your committee the Board of Supervisors of this county has agreed to this proposition and has tele yraphed to the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of each county to learn now many men each will contribute. We are now awaiting replies to thess ;elegrams. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
 E. B. PoNRoY, Secretary.
 The report was accepted and the Con- mittee requested 10 continue to act and -epOrt what replies are received at au adjourned meeting to be held tonight \ reply had been received from tue Chairman of the Board of Supervisors If Yuma county, regrettiug that arrange nents cannot be perfected in that coun- " to equip quota.
 The Governor then stated that he found himself, as shown by the report of the Committee, to be without any means for maintaining a military force in the ield under the laws of the Territory Desiring, however, to offer protection to the people of the Territory. he would say to the citizens there assembled, that if they would continue the executive con- nittee appointed last night to take charge of Outfitting troops, he would, il he citizens volunteer for service, issue ,o the executive committee vouchers for all bills contracted for this purpose, and yIll recommend to the next Legislature of the Territory that payment of the 'ame be made.
 He also stated that he had asked of Congress an appropriation of sl50,0O0 to suppress lawlessness and violence ill the Territory, and if that should be mad some portion Of the debt created could possibly be taken from said fund
 On sugg stion of NJ Thos. Fitch it was decid q that a roll for volunteers be op ned, which was sig ed by fo'ty men liter the meeting had adjourned, and vas op' at 10 A. 1T. to-day at the sou hous by Col J. H. TOol-.
 Alter the egular ID eting adjourned, Nr. Fitch again called the assembled ople to order and stated [ at h had esolution to ofer which the Gov rho knew nothing about, and which might .ause hlm to el embarrassed if te did: In view of the grand militia y and naval display to take place at Fortress Monroe ,o-mo row. where the President of the United States and Congress will be ban lueting, and hund eds of thousands If dollars vii be expended, Ar zoua should not be altog ther unrep- esented. H., therefore, proposed to have th following | gram nt to the President and Cabinet and both Houses at that place:
 During the reioicings incid' mt to the grand military displays to talk plac at Fortress Monroe, We b- z to offer you, as $ sk tin to sit at your banGu {, the fact that nearly one hundred of our pioneers nave within d few days been wantonly 1 murdered in cold blood by the devilish ] Apaches, whom a cruel and mistaken | policy permits to survive th, 1T crimes. If | some small portion of t expenditure | in your grand display could be devoted to such measu es as would pre- | ,lude t'e p -obability of an inc ease in the list of our mui dered dead. we could | send you greeting of gratitude and ,heer in place of this message of our sor- ow, our helplessness and our desolatiOn.
 Jas. H. TooLE, c airmau.
 l.. C. HUGHEs, Secretary"