The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-04

OEsAr DCCEtllDCL D. L LIZ ~ 4eNA-t
Der 5f Commerce to-day adopted resolU-
rious depIOring the decline of American
shipping and sugges ting. as REMEDY,
the establishment Of a bureau OF com
-nprce under the control of the Secretary
ut The Treasury. The HarbOr Improve
-aao- Committee was asked to incOr-
raraJe in their report to the government
an appeal calling its attention 10 the
present indefensible state OF the haEbor
OF New York, and that the government
he asked to take imme diate steps look
ing to its being put in proper state OF
defense.
sCHoFIELD AND THE REDS.
WAsHNGroN, D cember 2.-Major-
General Schofeld, commanding the
Division of Missouri, says in his annual
rgoort: The Indians are well mounted
having several ponies to each man, well
armed and abundantly supplied with
ammunition. Being trained from child
hood. they are excellent hOrsemen and
evDert marksmen, equal in these re-
spects to the best regular troops
in the world. 1t is mani
testify impossible to permanently
overcome and hold in subsection
such bodies Of sayagpS by the show OF
any force far inferior 10 them IN num-
bers. If the information Of threat
ened outbreak Of any tribe is obtained
IN time. it may be prevented by
rapid concentration of troops by rail.
This has been done in several instances
AS IN that of the CheyenneS last sum-
ner, but if TWO or three tribes become
4 Saffected at the same time, or any
tribe takes advantage of the tenn porary
absence of troops, as they frequently do
10 manifest their latent hostility.
it may be impossible to prevent
Il general uprising which must result
n q vast destruction of life and
property. Considerable progress
mas doubtless been made toward the
civilization Of some of the tribes, but
-neir savage nature has not yet been
greatly changed, and their love Of war
5 nos vet diminished, while the tempta-
lions to engage in hostilities and Op
9ortunities to injure have been vastly
increased. The reservations are now
surrounded BY great herds of horses
and cattle, and by vast fields of wheat
and corn aud by thousands OF
6efenceless settlers. When a lapse Of
few years has dulled the reeo' lections
Of past punishment, only a Slight pro-
Teccti0n viii be needed To induce young
warriors to yield to such a tempting OPP
pOrJunitY to satiate their native thirst
:or blood and plumber and their brutal
lust. A great majority of the frontier
population are strangers to the earlier
aistory OF the Indian country. They
nave settled there since the Indians
we're located upon the reservations.
Relying upon the government for pro
-ecuon they are apparently uncOn-
sclous OF any danger, while IN the
simple truth they are liable, at
any moment, TO experience all
be horrors of savage warfare.
The number of Indians on this
division reported by the Interior De
2artment are about 175 900; of these
about So, 900 are rated as peaeeable, the
remaIning $4,000 b ing more or less
1nciVllized and Warlike. The warriors
number at least % 900, equal to the en-
5ire strength Of the United States army
Or tWO-thirds more than the whole
number of troops serving in this divi
sion. The question to be now cOnsid
cred is whether the vast increase of in
cerests Of life and property involved
does not now demand that such
military measures be adopted as will
surely prevent in the future any whole
sale destruction of life and property by
" L
beg leave to submit that in this country
Of 90, 100000 of people, $1,000 men woald
De a small army to be retained with the
sole reference to possible foreign wars,
but when the country has the constant
daily use for nine-tenths Of that Fore
70 protect its citizen and their property,
70 prevent the destruction by savage
tribes IN their midst, it is extremely I'M
wise ID limit the army to its present
str Myth"
GENERAL CROOK REPORT.
Brigadier- General Crook, command
ing the department. of Arizona, in his
annual report. describes at considerable
-eagih the circumstances which attend
Cd the outbreak of ChiricahuAs under
Geronlmo, Mangus, and other chiefs
ast spring, and declares substantially
mat the want of harmony between the
1gshIs and the Interior Department
ana the military makes such outbreaks
POSSIBLE. he says that upon re-
turning 70 the department of Ari-
tona IN 1882, he found the Apaches
hudaled about the agency; there was
no land for them TO cultivate. The
Indians complained of this aud the
aaSent. Mr.. Wilcox, acknowledged the
justice or the complaint. but said he
was acting N strict compliance with his
orders IN keeping them there. He said,
however. that if General Crook would
take the whole Responsibility of their
management he { wilcox would make
no objection 10 their removal to other
l9caii0es within the reservation. The
Chlricahuas were then out, and it was
agreea Oh all hands that it was
the best to bring in ali that
could not be killed. This whole
matter writes General Crook - was
iulIy understood before started for
SIERRA Madre. Imagine my sur
prise when I reached the border. on
my return from Sierra Madre, with
portion of the ChiricahuaS captiveS. 10
learn that The agent had telesraphed 10
W aShtngion protesting against their
oelng brought on the reservation.