Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-18
WLAJ0A--CARR.
TIE TROUBLE BETWEEN TWO OFFICERS
OF THE ARMY.
Something that Grew Out Of Last Years
Indian War IN Arizona Territory
Some Comments.
IChicago Tribune.l

ana malicious purpose VI OhS OIAiSei "
annoy the other. Wilcox is the ranking
officer by few weeks or months. His
army.rank is that of Colonel OF an infantry
regiment, while that Of Carr is Colonel OF
cavalry regiment. Cars record is fully
as good as thst of Wilcox, if not better.
The American Press dispatches first stated
that General Carr had been arrested by Or
der of the President, bus this report is
false. Tie President has not had any
thing to 40 with the squabble. The arrest
is the sole work Of Wilcox, and when IN
vestigated by Court-martial viii be found
to have precious little cause for the act.
Captain john Z. Finerty, who was out in
the recent Apache campaign, thus writes
in the Citizen Of General Carr, whom he
accompaui,J in pursuit Of the redskins last
summer:
General Carr Is glorious veteran, and
bears the 5eaIs Of battle thick upon his
person He was not alone distinguished in
the Civil War. nu5 also IN the various cam
paigus against Indians since peace was
concluded Nith the South. His record is
so familiar tina. IL Is unnecessary to reca-
pit2l2te lis many deeds of bravery. 1t IS
unfortunate that IN the army, as IN civil
life. factions and eabals are not unknown.
1t may he truthfully SAID that jealousy
and ambition have served to demoralize
many regiments, AID that feeling of in
tense bitterness too often exists between
officers Of the ssne corps, who ought to
have the the spirit Of brothers IN arms.
In ian c5upsi gus are prover5ially I'M
sati,flctoIy Even the very best OF
Indian fighters have occasionally sui
fered de=st at the hands OF the willy
natives. There is 4 disposition among the
ignorant pepp}a-We mean Ignorant IN the
sense Of ieexp erIence-to undefrste the
fighting qualities of the Indians. The lat
ter are as brave, at least, as the average
wa.ta man. c. any race, and much Iaore
ETH ;leut il their peculiar style of warfare.
TIE troops have, as . rule, TO fight them at
a disadvEu.ag-. THIS led to the annihila-
ticn Of FestsIman IN 1866 and of Custer
ten years later. II would have Led 20 the
extinction Of Z large portion Of Crooks
force five years ago, if that General had
not, by profound knowledge Of the Indian
character, OWNED the trap into which the
savagss attempted to draw one battalion of
the Third Cavalry and portion also OF
the Second.
General Carr, SO far as the writer
knows, could not have averted the Cibicu
outbreak last August. He had previously
notified the department commander of the
situation. He recommended the arrest of
tie tn; bulen5 medicine man at an earlier
period, and, 1t last, GA the urgent repre-
sent4tion Of Indian Agent Tiffany, Car
was ordered TO bring in the savage high
priest. He had il his command company
of Indian scouts-the White Mountain
l., - L. L, -,
in garrison. The medicine man belonged 60
the same band, but Gensral Carr had no
reason to doubt the fidelity of the ma
tive allies, as they had on many trying
occasions proved their loyalty to the
troops. 1t was, therefore, an establishment
10 him, as to all the army in Arizona,
when, on the arrival Of the aboriginal
prophet, they revolted and shot down Cap
1ain Hentig and few soldiers. The writer
has heard from the lips Of the officers and
soldiers engaged In that unfortunate affair
nc hing but praise for General Carr. He
kept his GOODNESS and impaired it to his
command. He walked around the fire of
the Apaches while his men called on him to
st under cover. No. he answered !;
-a--n en-, they can't shoot me = The re-
fr=.J n Fort Apache was well conducted.
- %, licine man, who had been a pris-
cur attempted to escape and was killed.
ri'nc d-9d were buried and the wounded all
8,rou 80 into the post.
g 81 zen the Indians attacked Fort
Apac.s. the General exposed himself with
l.Is usv.l fearlessness, and the enemy soon
fcu i 3. prudent to retire. It was soon
axe -aJ event that the writer joined
Cars column at Fort Apache, having
accon ,.a.ed Captain Tupper's company
anu s..Ls Mojave Indians from Camp
Ta3u General Carr, pursuant to or.
de- ..om Headquarters in the field
{on le railroad at Wilcox) marched
30 Us Cibicu and reburied the dead
that FAD been uptorn by the Indians. Then
he caused, still pursuant to orders, both
the Cibicu and Cedar creek valleys to
be thoroughly secuted, crossed the Black
river and marched on San Carlos
agency, where he successfully arrested
the remnant of the White Mountain
band. Interference from headquarters pre-
vented the arrest of the Chirjcahua tribe
at the sub agency-the same that subse-
quently did so much damage between ella
river and the Dragon Mountains. In
everything that General Carr did from
the time the writer joined him, he
acted under orders. We asked an officer
of the Sixth Cavalry why General
Carr did not assume mere responsibility.
He daren't, was the reply. He IS
chained by orders, and if he disobeyed,
even to follow fresh trail, he'd be made a
scapegoat OF at the end of the campaign.
5 melody has always got to be sacrificed
to somebody elses reputation when things
don't 60 right.
The Tri6Hne under date of January 2Sth
adds There is danger that General Carr's
" disrespect to General Wilcox will be.
come epidemic and spread all over the Pa
ciic Slope. It seems to have already in
fected the leading newspaper in Tucson,
the Daily Citizen, which publishes the fol-
lowing disrespectful and libelous article {:
q 4 Washington dispatch briefly announces
the arrest of General Carr upon charges
growing out of the testimony elected at
the recent Indian Court martial. The
citizen some time since intimated that this
was a possible part OF the programme
of General Wixcox and his top.heavy
and ambitious staff. This would seem
to be q realization of our sus.
pcons. 1t seems q shame that an
officer who is so much the superior
ence OF the department commander
should be made victim of base con-
spiracy brought about by the envy which
imbecility and incompetency always feel
towards merit. II General Carr is tried
by a Court-martial OF General Wilcox S
sycophants, no matter how trivial the
charge, conviction is sure. If he has fair
trial, however, we have no doubt his de-
l. a 1
Carr has committed the objectionable
crime of accomplishing something during
the late Indian troubles, and in this respect
his career contrasts unfavorably with the
utter and ignominious failure of the depart
ment commander. The Citizen will try
and get at the bottom of this matter. F"
We are surprised at the audacity of the
Citizen. 1t will try and get at the bottom
of this matter" will it! 1t will get into
the guard house Much as we dis
like to advise summary measures