Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-01

June 1, 1875, snd September l, 1876, or
account Of five companies Of the frontier
battalion.
The act of organization Is tie act Of
| April 10, 1874, discussed 10 the review Of
series s.
ARMS.
Pistols to the amount Of $500 were
| purchased, but no evidence OF nnal dis
| position il sub omitted.
SUBSISTENCE AND FORAGE
| In settling the clsim for expenditures
| on account of these suppli 8, the costs al
the following military posts were taken
as the standard of comparisons:
The cost of sn army ration, with trans
portaIion from ST. Louis included, Was,
in the years 1915 rs, at For Grlf11,
go cents; at Fort Concho, 2s.45 cents /;
st Fort Mc1ntosh, 20 20 cents; and al
for the four posts being 2s5 cents.
The amount allowed upon the claim
| for subsistence, on proper vouchers, is
less thsn the am nunt allowed and paid in
| 1S75-'76 BY the United States for similar
suppliss (st prices quoted) for al equal
number OF her soldiers then serving at
The allowance for forage was similarly
calculated, but the quantities fed by Tex
as were much less than the army allow
ances.
The allowances are calculated in the
manner described In previous series, and
conform to the stipulations Of the act of
| 1882
EVIDENCE AS TO NATURE OF SERVICE
PERFORMED.
The sworn statements OF Ex-Governor
Richard Coke, N. o. R3ynold, Ira Long,
| G W. Stevens, and j. W. Martin are sub
mitted in evidence of the fact that this
force was employed in active service in
the field in defense against Mexican raids
orilnvssious or Indian hostilities and for
no other purpose. See copies marked
Nos. 80 10 81, inclusive
The commanding general, Military De-
partment OF Texas, in his annual report
for the year 1876. says: SIN regard to
expeditions after hostile Indians, al the
Indians who come into or temporarily
occupy this state are, and have been for
years, hostile"
They never come around the settle.
ments except to rob and murder, and the
peculiarly wild, rugg d, and inhospitable
character of the immense and almost
unknown portion of Texas extending
from the one hundredth meridian In 8
| line due west to FL Paso del Norte, dis
lance Of 400 miles, and from the Red
river south to the Rio Bravo, q distance
along that meridisn Of $50 miles, makes /,
next to impossible, with the limited force
st my command to do more than guard 8
few important settlements along the Ric
Grsnde, protect, and occasionally pursue
q rsiding band, etc. Some oil
the settlements along the Rio Grande have
been almost abandoned by the stock ran
cheros because Of the want Of safety to
life or property.
| The above is quoted as evidence of tbs
fact that in the opinion Of this military
commander the United States troops II
Texas were insufficient to give the neces
sary protection to her people.
| For results of the operations OF this
force in 1875 see special report of the
Adj1tAnt- General OF Texas, of September
1884, exhi its and s. [Prin!ed copy
marked X
sERIEs 10.-FR0NTIER BATTALION, 1876
| vi,
The clAin OF this series for expeudi
lures on account Of the service from Sep
TENDER l, 1876, to September 1, 1877, @
slx composites Of the Frontier Battalion
organized under the Texas act of Apri
10, 1874.
Seven thousand one hundred and nine.
ty-three dollars was expended for arms
but NO evidence Is submitted to accoun
properly for their fl al disposition.
SUBSISTENCE AND FORAGE.
Toe Cost OF an army ration purchased
in ST. Louis sad delivered at the militar,
posts in Texas at or in the vicinity O
which this force w.s employed, wal
found TO be for 1876 III; at Fort ClsrE
20 67 cents, St Fort McK,vett % s!
cents, and at Fort Griff1a % 80 cents
TIE average cost was taken as % 8:
cents.
The amount expended by Texas, TO-
| which proper vouchers were prese nted
exceeds, at III rate of 25S 80 cents pc
ration. the amount to which the state il
entitled under the terms OF the act o
1882, and the excess is deducted from
wnat was allowed in scaling the vouchers
in order that the allowances should con
form to the Statute.
Forage was settled upon c like basis
out this command did not consume tn
tinel government allowance.
PAY.
The allowances for psy were ADJUSTED
upon principles explained In previou
series.
EVIDENCE AS TO THE NATURE OF TIL
SERVICE PERFORMED.
Some of the vouchers to abstract I o
this series are conclusive evidence tina
detachmen's Of the forces of this periot
were employed upon "peacs" duty, O
that Of state police, namely: Vouche
No. IL is for the expense Of photograph
. ing ) murderer. Attached to voucne
} NJ. IA there is 8 printed notice, date(
Msrc1 81, 1877, that the Frontier Battal
ion will aid in hunting stolen stock
|: Vouchers No. 20, %. 90, q, 20, 26 and q
, sre for expenses Incident to state polio,
} duty. Voucher No. 20 is for expense
consequent upon the removal of q count,
. sest. Vouchers 10. SO, AZ, Is, 69, IL, "a
! 70, 81, 81, 81, Sc, SO. SO, 80, 81, and To-
are for expenses incident to the pursuit
capture, or conveying to jsii Of criminal
who had broken the law of Texas.
} Voucher No. 81 is for fees Of justic
, of peace, and No. "A for detective ser
vice.
J The problem Is to determine the tim
, of active service In the field for defens
against Mexican raids or Indian hostili
| &,ao 1aIr