Year: 1876

WASHINGTON July 7, 1870
ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WAR DE-


PABTMENY IN REFERENCE TO THK SIOUX


wAR-THE EXPEDITION TO BE STRENGTH


ENED-CoNsULTATIoN WITH GENERAL sHER-


MAN-PLANs TO BE KEPT SECRET.


The interval since the receipt OF the news OF
the dreadful fate OF General Custer and his bravo
officers and men, has been filed with comments
upon the disaster AS the details of the light to
hand they the intense and indignant feel
ngs OF resentment against the Indians the socaed
peace policy OF dealing with them. Even prominent
officers OF the War Department have not hesated to
pass severe structures upon the President and his ad
viscrs for the which they have given
the farce and hypocrisy of the peace movement But
few days ago the present Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs, Mr.. Smith, remarked, in
speaking of the general Indian question, that IA
white mans life worth more than an Indiana"
The fact is people are much il not more aroused
against the Indians since tho killing of Custer than
they were by the assassination of Major General
Candy II is not too much say that the prevailing
feeling favors the policy of determination.


Besides the action of Congress in meeting the de-
mands of the moment by the introduction of rcsou-
ton for the organization of three months volunteer
regiments the frontier. tho President, sccre-
tary of War and General Sherman have been
in consultation IN Cabinet to-day. and again at the
White House this evening with view to provide rein
forcements for the troops operating against the
Indians.


General Sherman who seems to counsel great eau
ton and secrecy to what is being and will be done,
interviewed tonight He says that far any
additional concerned about the Gus
ter and what has transpired
IN the past, the public fully informed but
what is being done and what may be done in the fu-
ture, that matter in which conccalment s ncccs-
sary, as military movements, present and prospective,
require for their success that they should
not be dvulgcd This is all that General
Sherman is willing to permit the public to know
at this tme and the axioms Of military science
quoted by his staff officers to bear him out In this
adopted toward the press by General Of the
Army.


General Grant gave dinner this evening to some
friends among whom were Secretary Cameron,
General Sherman, Messrs G. F. Hoar of Massachu ts
and Lapham, OF New York. It was midnight when
General Sherman returned to his hotel. where he i'm
mediately locked himself up and no information could
be had of what the army is to do There Is evidently
somo policy for Indian campaign under dis
cussion, which is to be kept quiet for the present
Lieutenant General Sheridan will be here to
night when probably, fuller details of the plan will be
arranged


Some structures have' been passed upon General
Sheridan in military circles for giving freely a: Chi
cago and elsewhere free explanation Of what is being
done, and it was said that, as he was a subordinate
officer, ho had no right to give out any Information
! without the consent OF his superior officer.


resolution will bc offered in the House to authorize
the recruiting OF the present cavalry regiments up
the full standard In order to provide remedy for the
present embarrassed condition Of the cavalry
on the thnness OF the companies This has
been opposed heretofore but 1t is thought that the
light OF present experience, will pass Congress-