St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-04

hould be provided plan for the eX-
animation Of officers, to test their fitness
!Or promotion, is of the utmost impor-
iance. This reform has been before
recommended in the reports OF the sec
rotary, and its expectancy is so fully
demonstrated by the argument REPRE-
tented in its favor, that its adoption
should no longer be neglected.
iHERIDAN'S DEATH A NATIONAL AZ
FICTION.
The death of Gen. Sheridan. in Au-
gust last, was national affiictiOn. The
Srmy then lost the grandeStof its chiefs.
The country lost a brave and eXpe-
Fienced soldier, a wise and discreet
counselor, and a modest and sensible
man. Those who in any manner came
within the range of his personal aSSo-
citation will never fail to pay deserved
and willing homage to his greatness
and the glory of his career, but they
will cherish with more tender sensible
lily the loving memory of his simple,
generous and considerable nature.
GERONIMO ANO HIS GANG.
The Apache Indians. whose removal
from their reservation in Arizona, fol-
lowed by the capture Of those of their
number who engaged in bloody and
murderOuS raid during part of the
years 1885 and 1886, are now held as
prisoners of war at Mount Vernon bar
racks in the state of Alabama. They
numbered on the 31St day of October.
the date of the last report, So men, no
women, 20 boys and So girls, in all 3Ss9}
persons. The commanding officer states
that they are in good health and con-
tented. and that they are kept employed
as fully as is possible under the clrcum-
Cfonanc oh n
at q suitable age, are sent to the Indian
schools at Carlisle and Hampton. Last
summer some charitable and kind peo-
pie asked permission to send two teach
ers to these Indians for the purpose OF
inStructing the adults. as well as such
children as should be found there. Such
permission was readily granted, accom-
modations were provided for the teach
ers, and some portions of the buildings
at the barracks were made available
for school purposes. The good work
contemplated has been commenced. and
the teachers engaged are paid by the
ladies with whom the plan originated.
MISTAKEN PHILANTHROPY.
[ am not at all in sympathy with those
benevolent but iniudicious people who
are constantly insisting that these In
dians should be returned to the reserva-
ton. Their removal was an absolute
necessity if the lives and property OF
citizens upon the frontier are to be at
all regarded by the government. Their
continual restraint at q distance from
the scene Of their repeated and cruel
murders and outrages is still necessary.
1t is a mistaken philanthropy, every
way injurious, which prompts the de-
sire TO see these savages returned to
their old haunts. They are IN their
present location as the result of the
best judgment of those having official
responsibility in the matter. and who
are by no means lacking in kind con-
sideration for the Indians. A number
of these prisoners have forfeited their
lives to outraged law and humanity.
INDIANS CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
Experience has proved that they are
dangerous and cannot be trusted. This
is true not only of those who on the
warpath have heretofore been actually
guilty of atrociOuS murder, but OF their
kindred and friends, who while they
remained upon their reservation fur
nished aid and comfort to those absent
with bloody intent.
The prisoners should be treated
kindly and kept in restraint far from
the locality of their former reservation.
They should be subjected to efforts
calculated 10 Ieilu 10 lhelf lhprOFeiHeHt
and to the softening Of their savage and
cruel instincts, but their return to their
old home should be persistently re-
sisted. The secretary in his report
gives a graphic history Of these In
dams, and recites with painful vivid
ness their bloody deeds and the I'M
happy failure of the government to
manage them by peaceful means. 1t
will be amazing if perusal of this his
tory will allow the survival of desire
OF the return of these prisoners to their
reservation upon sentimental or other
grounds