Arizona republican., 1896-12-01
THE ARMY IN THE TERRITORY
Annual Report of the Secretary
 of War.
Indian Disturbances in Arizona We're Not of a Sc, iouS Nature-Three Murders by Renegade Apaches. Strength of the Army.

WASHINGTON Nov. 30.-(Special) The report of the secretary of war in referring to army service and sta tions, contains this reference to op- erations of the troops in Arizona:
 During the past year the only act i've operations devolved upon the army consisted of scouting in the mountains of Arizona and in the Mexican terri tory adjacent to the Arizona line, with the object of the capture of renegade Apaches, who, in December, 1895, and March, 1896, raided into Arizona from their resorts south of the boundary line and committed three murders within our own territory. Detach- ments of troops were immediately sent in pursuit; two of the Indians were killed and one captured. The re- mainder of the band of renegades were pursued 150 miles south of the Mexican line where the trail could be no longer followed. The pursuit was
  der an international agreement be- tween the United States and Mexico, which provided for the reciprocal crossing of the frontiers by the armed detachments of either country when in actual pursuit of hostile Indians. The service performed was very ardu- out, and involved over 42,000 miles march of various organized detach- mentS.
 Under the call of the United States marshal made in August last, troops were called out in the department of Arizona to protect the American DOT tion of the town of Nogales against a raid of filibusters and Mexican In dianS. There were no casualties among the troops, but six Mexicans and eight Indians were killed in the Mexican portion of the town before the arrival of the troops. The object of the raid was theHcapture and plum der of the custom house. The timely appearance of the troops probably prevented a serious disturbance and the loss of life and property of Amer ican citizens" A4
 Relative to the strength of the army the secretary says: 'The number of enlisted men in the service on October 31 was 25,426, or 2S4 less than the number authorized by law. Deduct ing the sick, those absent on furlough, recruits not joined, the men employed in the staff departments and on de- tached service, the effective field strength of the army on that day was 22,382 of all arms. The number of officers of the line is 1,619 Of these, 1900 are serving with their regi- ments and 319 are on detached duty.
 "The equivalent of five regiments are now stationed in the Pacific states, fifteen are east of the Missouri river and the meridian of Kansas City and twenty regiments are still located in the plains and mountain country extending westward from the Missouri river to the eastern boundary of the Pacific states. Of the ravalry arm one regiment is on the Pacific, one and One-half regiments are east of the meridian of Kansas City, and the rest seven and one-half regiments, are serving in the prairie and mountain region, where are the homes of nearly all the Indians who are still capable of making trouble. One regiment ot artillery is serving on the Pacific coast one on the gulf and three on the At lantic. Of ten batteries of field artil lery, two are in California, one il Texas, three in Kansas, one in Hi nois, one in Rhode Island, one in New York, and one in the District O Columbia. There are seventy sever military posts in all"