The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-11-18
The ARMY /!
II Has an Abundance of Off
GERS But Not Quite
Enough Men.
Lieuf-GeD. shsridan's Repor'
Contains some Pithy and
Pointed suggestiOns.
what He Thinks Should be
Done with the Uniamed
Red Man.
He Wants Congress to ID, eide
and Legislate Upon Some
Important Matters.


WIN
Its weakness and Its Needs.
WASHINGTON, November 1.-THE
annual report of the lieutenant-gcn
eral of tho army is made public to- day.
AT the date of the last of the consoli-
dateu returns, the army consisted of
2,l54 officers and 2I,705 men. "Noth-
ing" says the report, "has yet been
done in the division of the Atlantic
for the protection of our seaboard by
the improvement, enlargement or the
increase of the armament of our forti-
flcations, so that many of our large
cities are still at the mercy of the
ironclads of foreign nations, in case
ola rupture of our relations, but il Is
hoped that public sentiment will, be-
fore long, prevail on congress for lib
eral appropriation in this respect"
The division of Missouri has had dis
turbances which have severely taxed
the troops and the supply depart
ments of the government. First came
the "Oklahcma INVADERS" ''The sim
certify of the leaders OF the Oklahoma
COLONY writes Gen. Sheridan. "may
well be doubted, but they were
bold In their movements and carried
their scheme to the verge of blood
shed. Tho belief of their intention
was. not actual settlement, but to call
the attention of congress to the open.
ing up OF the Indian Territory, and
that money was subscribed for their
purposes by interested corporations.
Following the Oklahoma invasion,
came the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe disturbances, which threatened
for time, all the horrors of an
Indian war. For the cause of this
trouble and the particulars of its set
Element refer to my report to the
president, made in July last. In the
southwestern corner of New Mexico
many lives have been lost by the in-
vasion of small body of Chiricahua
Apaches from Arizona and large
number of troops are at present OPP
Grating in that district with view of
its protection, aud am In
hopes of an early settlement
of the Apache trouble In such man
ner as win forever prevent re-ocur-
renee of the raids of those indians.
In the northwest, General Terry,
commanding the department ofDako-
ta::was obliged to keep large number
OF troops In the field on account of the
Riel outbreak. General Howard,
commanding the department of the
Platte, in addition to furnishing
troops to department of missouri for
the apprhended difficulties with the
Cheyenes, had and now has to provide
troops on account of the Chinese la
Dor troubles at Rock Springs, in Wy
oming, aud other points on the I'm
ion Pacific railway. When we come
to estimate the duties performed by
the troops in the division of the Mis-
souri,, il will be seen that they have
been most arduous and responsible,
requiring degree of activity far
beyond the anticipation and often &C.
curing under trying disadvantages.
In so far as relates TO means OF field
transportation in cases of emergency,
they are expensive, unsatisfactory and
vexatious'
"The department of Texas" he
says; "haS enjoy cd unusual quiet but
has furnished aid In the New MeXi.
eau aud Indian territory troubles of
the division of the Pacific. The gen
eral movemt nis of the division com
prising the southwestern portion OF
the departmental Arizona has been,
regret TO say, far from satisfactory
So long AZ Gen. Crook had control Of
the Apaches under the agreement
between the secretary of was and the
secretary of the interior,matlers were
very well in Arizona, but when con
tentions began under the divided au-
thority that existed year ago, dis
trust and trouble arose among the
Indians and continued until the out
break of the Chiriccahuas in Ma!
last. The outbreak was peinlant and
without cause and embraced only q
part of the tribe, but this element
comprised the Young and most vigor'
Gus. The conduct OF this band, moi
exceedind foriy-two men and ninety
two squaws in number, was
flendish in the extreme. I'm
protected and unarmed people were
murdered whenever met, ami when
pressed by troops tho Indians scatter
ed like flock of quail and came
together again at some designated
point, from 1--WE to 100 miles distant
They shall all be exterminated oil
captured, and have the greatest con
| hdence in General Crooks ability tc
accomplish this, though the difficult
ties are very great. beg the people
| in that section to bear in minc
that General Crook Is the besi
man we have, to deal will
the hostile Indians, and will accom-
plish in the end more than perhaps
ANY other man in the army. lie i
familiar with the Indians and thu
country and, unfortunate as the PEG
pie of Arizona and New Mexico hay,
| been, there is no other man IN tn
army who could do any better or VIII,
| is more wrapped up in the welfare o
the people In that section, as regard
life, property and bushes III
tercsts. In the pursuit Q
this hostile band in Mexico
under the agreement with that couu
ltry. our'oflicers and men have bee
treated with consideration and kind
fess, which it is my duty to acknowl
edge, in commencing General Croo
tor the admirable disposition of hi
troops aud his steady perseverance
under disheartening circumstances
No events have occurred In the d'
partment OF California of any specia
Importance aud the same may be sal
ofthe department of the Columbi'
commanded by General Gibbon. II
Nez Percos Indians were sent baC
TO the department from the India
Territory but no appropriation W,
made for their sustenanee, and
keep them from want, II small amoui
of army rations have been dea
out to them"
ON the Indian question, Gener
Sheridan's views are almost iden
cal to the replies he made to Il repo
ter few days ago, aud which ha
been going the rounds Of the pre-