, 1890-10-29

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.-In the annual
report upon the operations of the army in
the department of Arizona Brigadier
General Grierson. commanding, says now
that Forts Mcdowell and Verde have been
abandoned with a view to their early
transfer to the interior department for In
dian school purposes the authorities should
consider the advisability Of reducing with
the least possible delay the number Of In
dams in the vicinity of the San Carlos
agency by the removal OF the Yuma and
Mojaye Indians to those reservations
Keeping SO many Indians at San Carlos
is detrimental TO their advancement and
tends to the renewal of old feuds. The
white men have taken up nearly all of the
hunting and grazing grounds Of the peace
able Yavai Suppai Indians in Cataract
canon, Arizona, Ind those Indians have
become exasperated to such degree that
trouble is likely to arise at any time.
Therefore, Grierson recommends that
Black Tanks, their hereditary wiater
camp, taken from them by white men two
years ago, be restored to them, that their
reservation be enlarged and defined and
their title made good,
Grerson ~disapproves OF the proposition
made by the lndian inspector to organize
a regiment OF Indians as a dangerous ex-
pertinent. "The posts at Forts Lowell,
Grant and Bayard," says the general,
can be abandoned without detriment to
the service and such OF the troops sta
toned there as can not be provided for in
New Mexico aud Arizona, may be re-
moved elsewhere. The post at Fort I'm
ina oof,ld ha ahandnnaI a. nn-a kp trona-
f%erring troop G, Sixth Cavalry, TO Fort
Wingate; company G, Seventh Infantry, to
Fort Marcy, and company II of that regi-
ment to Fort Stanton" Grierson renews
the recommendation that the present mill
tary reservation at San Pedro. Gala. be
enlarged as it is the most available place
for a harbor adjacent to Los Angeles.
The small, poorly situated lost of San
Diego. Gala, should be disposed of and
a more suitable reservation obtained with
out delay in order that a large post may
be permanently established at that impor-
tant seaport aud facilities afforded for the
proper f~ortification OF Point Iona. The
best site is at North Island and the Pen
Ursula on the east side OF the bay en-
trance. Grierson say congress should
make liberal appropriations tor the pur-
chase oil such tracts and the construction
OF permanent posts for the accommoda-
ton Of troops now at inland posts where
they are no longer need and which must
soon be abandoned.
The railroads obviate the necessity of
keeping SO many troops in the territories
where hardships and privations have to
be endured, and they should be concen-
trated on the sea coast, where they can be
made comfortable, instructed and disci-
plined. In view of the recent unwar-
ranted attempt to grasp Lower California
from Mexico, the present time is auspi-
cious for the establishment of these per-
manent posts. The general speaks with
satisfaction OF the marked improvement
in the condition of the Indians of the
White Mountains and recommends that
they have a separate agency and that a
good school be established at Fort Apache.
Grierson says the Jicarillas still attached
to the Ute agency should have a separate
agent.