Year: 1871

have a place to the exclusion ot cur rent local matter

 In accordance with authority and orders received from the War Depart ment, the following instructions are given for the government of Indians subject to military control in the Territory of Arizona:

 ALI rowing bands of Indians for which Reservations have been set apart by the Indian Commissioner, under the authority of the President of the United States, will be required to go at once upon their Reservations, and not to leave them again upon any pretext whatever.

 So long as they remain upon their Reservations, in due subordination to the Government, they will be fully protected and provided for ; otherwise they will be regarded as hostile, and punished accordingly.

 The Reservations heretofore set apart will be publicly declared in General Orders from Headquarters of the Department of Arizona, and an officer of the army will be desi ignated by the Department Cnmmander to act as Indian Agent for each Reservation.

 All male Indians (old enough to go upon the warpath) will be recorded ill book kept for that purpose, with full and accurate descriptive list of each person. Each Indian will be fur nished with copy of his descriptive list, and will be required to carry it always with him.

 The mum bers of women and children belonging to each head of family will also be recorded opposite his name in the descriptive book.

 The presence on the Reservation of every male adult will be verified once day, or oftener if found necessary, to prevent the possibility of any leaving the Reservation and returning without the knowledge of the officer in charge. Care will be taken to inform the Indi- ans that this precaution is intended to insure the protection of the innocent and punishment of the guilty, and that 1t is to their interest to assist in the detection of guilty individuals, so that the whole tribe may not suffer for the crimes of few.

 And as far as possible the Indians will be held responsible only for their own individual acts. Punishment will not be inflicted upon tribe for the acts of individuals, unless they are guilty of complicity with the criminals by harboring or otherwise. But when any enrolled Indian is found absent from his Reservation without permis- sion, all his family will be arrested and kept ill close custody until he has been captured and punished accorcing to his desserts.

 Every Indian found off his Reserva- tion without permission, after time to be fixed by the Department Com mander, will be regarded and treated as hostile; and any Indian who shall so leave his Reservation shall be pre- stunned to have done so for hostile purposes, and upon his return to the Reservation shall be arrested and punished accrdingly. No Indian will be given permission to leave his Res rvation except upon such conditions as the Department Commander may prescribe.

 No persons, excepting those in the United States service, will be allowed upon any Indian Reservation without the permission of the officer in charge.

 Citizens desiring to enter or cross a Reservation for any legitimate purpose will, when 1t is deemed practicable and proper, be permitted to doso but will always be escorted by a sufficient detachment of troops to prevent any collision with the Indians.

 The ration for issue to adult Indians will consist of one pound of meat and one pound of breadstuff, two quarts of salt to each hundred rations, and four pounds of soap to hundred rations once a week. Rations in half of the above proportions will be issued to children under twelve years of age. Beef will be issued on the hoof. An officer will always be present to wit ness and direct the slaughtering of beef, and the distribution of food the separate bands and fam flies, and will certify to the Command ing Officer that it IS fairly done.

 The utmost care will be taken to see that rations are issued only for the number of Indians actually present, and that no 0nnnrtnnitv iS affnrdnd