The St. Johns herald., 1885-06-11
PRESS COMMENTS
On the Recent Outbreak of the
 Apache Indians.
The Ineficiency of the Regular
 Army to Subdue Them.

Army to Subdue Them.
 Tombstone Record: Gen. Croob is sorelv grieved over President Cleveland's last order, wherein hC demands the suppression of thi: Indian outbreak and the extermi nation of the renegades, as it pre- vents treaty with the darlings and if there is one thing Crook knows less about than another, fl is treating with Geronimo and his pals, as proven by past experience. The people ofthe frontier have had enough of Crooks sOft-shelled In dian treaties.
 Albuquerque Journal: This is the fourth time that Geronimo has escaped from the reservation where he is fed, clothed and cared for by the United States government. Each time he has gone forth on an erran of blood. It has been the same story every time-men mur- dered, women outraged, little chil- dren hacked to pieces, houses burn ed cattle stolen, the future for prominent settlements thrown back for years. Three times the troops of the United States have pursued, captured and brought him back.
 Alta California When the hos tile Apaches approached the town of Deming volunteers were called for among the citizens, but, as the telegraph explains, lowing to the lack of arms, ammunition, saddles, etc.. only posse of ten men could be gotten together. In q sparsely settled country like this it is almost impossible to arm and equip a par ty of men on short notice" We had no idea that arms and ammu- milton were so scarce in New Mexico town. Down there, where every live mining camp has a man for breakfast, and where "bad men" are as plenty as blackberries, such a scarcity of weapons just at a crit ical moment could not have been anticipated. It is a pity that this untoward circumstance prevented the exterminating of the Apaches.
 The Tombstone: When the War Department issaeI Crook an order the other day to call for all the troops he wanted, he telegraphed back that he had all he wanted. We say that he has not Let hIm iut iu soldiers here by the thou sands and surround these Indians and eXterminate them all-men, women and children. We call upon the press of Arizona and New Mexico to stand by Us in this fight against the Apaches and against this Christ of the frontier, and if he goes down in the Sierra Madres and makes terms with these red handed savages, and attempts to return to the reservation with them, to call upon the people to exter- minate them before they reach there, and to exterminate Gen. Crook or any one who dares say nay.
 Prescott Journal: A dispatch from Silver City, New Mexico says although the Indians have appar- ently left the immediate vicinity of thls city, many fresh trails haze been seen in the country about here. Trails are mostly small, indicating that the bands are broken up and wandering through out the country, doubtless seeking a way out. The people are thor oughly aroused and it seems i'm possible for the Indians to get back to the reservation. If they fail to escape to Mexico, it is prob able that the campaign will last sixty to ninety days, with the kill ing of isolated prospectors and TancherS wherever the Indians can come upon them. Military inefficiency to cope with the In dians on the warDath is demon strated fully,and much indignation is expressed by the people. Cap