FCFH03154 to FCFH03215 - Arizona Department of Water Resources

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REPORT OI¡ THA SECBD'TÀRY OF IVAB. 

It appoars that in mauy rcrnote 1ilaces no servarts can possibly bo 

obtained, arrd oflìcers must not ouly cook tl¡eir own meals, but grqorn 

tl¡oir horses, or violate tbs law as it now stands. ft ¡voukl seeur clear 

tJr¿t no offioer can habitually do such wolk antl properly supervise his 

c,ompeny n¡rrl comrnaud. 

fu a¡Idition to the mea,ns for exteud.ed pr¿pticalinstructionforofrçrs 

now giveu at the Artillery School at tr'ortress Molr.oe¡ antl the, Engi- ' 

ueer Dsüablishment at Wiilots PoinÇ New York, s*.rÐDgemonts are so 

far matle for a School of Appliaation for úho cavalry and. infan-try at 

Fort l¿eavenrvortl¡ that it will probably be in operetioa before Janua,ry 

uoxt. Îl¡ero will be, habitually, a garrisou of oue e,ompauy of arfillpry, 

four companies of irfantry aud four of cavalry, to which will be attaçl¡ed, 

for instruction, one, officer of eaoh regiment of infantry and of cryolry 

for a detail of two ygârs. Ttueso will receive.instruotiou in,the.military 

art, and ùhen rejóiu their Bro¡rer regiments¡ to bo succee.ded by p.s¡mjlar 

detoil every two. years, so tbat iu tiure the whole Armf will,.th¡s be 

enabled to keep up with the rapid proglesg in.the soieuce and practico 

of van 

The Sigua.I School at tr'ort Myer proride¡ for the irlstruction of ,Oight 

subalterns each yoar iu that brauoh of knowledge; but as it tekeg,,û.ve 

.r-ears thue to iustrucü oue officor of oach of tho forty regimonte, pnacti. 

ca,l instruetign i¡r all,the signaliug which is essoutiâl to theArmy iqåIso 

trughù a! \{rost Point, at F'ortress Monroe, aud will l¡e rùt Fort Iæayenrr-orth, 

tbus eurbracing the whole A¡ny. 

The earnest ¿tteution of Congress is ca,Iled to the neod of:Ieg.islrt¡on 

to prevent intrusion upon fudiau lands, espeaially frorn'Kprrsas into 

the fndiun lerritory. A large military forrce, at geat êxf)€rser.now 

¡ratrols the boundary line ; tbe only ponalty which can be inflicted _u¡ron 

the i¡rtntcler being reuroval by fotce aud a p€cuniery f.ne, the mágnitude 

of nhich is not of the sn¡a,llest importanee to him, its collection. 

beiug inrpossible. Ser:tion 2148 of the Rovieed Stotutes should .b€' 

amcnderl b.r proriding for imprisonment as well as ûne in sueh cases. 

aDJurÀNT.cENIrE,r r.rs DEpj,n,TMENT. 

The ,\d.iutaut.(ieneral nrgenttry recor¡rme.nds thatlegislativo authorit¡j 

Ile given for the em¡rloyment of civilian clerks at divisiou anrl'depart'. 

r¡¡ental headqnarters, to clo the n'ork uow performetl by persons ontistiid 

in tl¡e general son'ice, as it is calletl, whó are in name sokliers, bbt iu 

fbat clerks. Snch a rueasrre rvould rcstore 147 mon to active duty.as 

soldiers, orrd they could be replacetl, it is estimated, by 113 clerks 

employerl at ealnries tbe aggregato of rvhich woukl bo,uear.ly Q20r000 

te'ri tb¿n now paid. llhis recom¡nendation' is approveA, pu* I ylinn 

algo recommenrl a like en¿ctment iu respeot to General Service clerks 

uow.employed i¡r the'IV'ar Depnrt¡nent. The systom'gt.r out,of iùe 

¡recessities of' ths war, atrtl crerùtee a oertain emount.o{ oonfusion, iis 

.,(*e¡reral Servicet clerkrr'being nominolly onlisterl men'of the Ârm¡ 

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FCFH03158

6. REPORT OF THE SDCRETARY OF }Y.AA. 

¿re not borne ou the clerical rolls. lhis eletical work must be had, 

but it ought to be performetl by regular cletks. 

The å,cl.int¿nt.Gonäral also c¿ìils atterrtion to a discrirnination, in the 

ntatter' of compensatioñ, agaÍnst the clerks uuder him, which woulel be 

corrected. by tlie abolition of the olass of ó(General Service'clerks, ancl 

r n€w arrângement sucb as iE shown in his roportl which l re¿ommend. 

îhe Codiûed Ärm.v Begulations, preparetl nnd.er the direction of my 

predecessor, â,re now being issueal. 

, The Adjutont Ge¡reral recommeuds that tho Secretnry of '!Var be 

authorized, to m*ke a proper allowance to oflieors on court-martial or 

rnititary boa¡d duties, to onable them to meot tho excbptioual oxponses 

caus€d by such duties. 

llhe rapidly increasing number of oalls from the Pension Offios fot 

information ftom ths rolls of the Ârmy, in connection with olaims for 

Ilension, led to the formation by the Adiutont-General of a new branch 

iu his ofrce last April¡ dosignated ae the .. Enlisted Yolunteor Pensiou 

. Branch.ú By the aot of }Ia,rch 3, 1881, twenty-ûve additional clerks 

of tbe loweet olass, viz, at an.annnal salary of t1r000, wero authorized. 

to bo employed in tbis office, but t'heir ¡vaut of acquaiutance with tl¡e 

nånuüðæ of Army rolls and records, and tho consequent necossity dovolviug 

on the older olerks to dovote much üime to ühoir inetructionr hes 

necessarily prevented the ¿tiainmeut of the highest results. The fol. 

lowing table, however, is a gratifying exhibit of tho labors of this 

b¡s,üch ¿nd of other ilivisions of tJre office engaged in bnsinose rolatiug 

to claims for pension, bounty, homest¿ad grants, &o. : 

N.nber of asllg (from alleouroes): 

On hanil Ooùobsr l, 18fl)...- 31,9Y/ 

Reeeiveil ilurlng the year 150,449 

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Itemaiuiug on lla¡rd Octobor I, lESl 28,101 

rNspEoroß-eENEEALtg DDp.ÀRTMENT. 

.The report of the Inspector-General ehows tha,ttho sccouuts of alt 

offie,ers of the Army who have disbursetl public moneys dnring tlre 

past yea¡ have been oarefully examinod, autl the reports of balances 

veriffetl. 

lfearly all ühe military posts. havo beon iuspecüetl dur{ng the yenr.. 

Tlro ilisoiplíuo of the troops is reported ao very good. lfhey aro well 

a¡ured. aud well fed antl clotbetl. 

"Gtreoü ¡ttontion has beon paid to target practice, anrl m¿rke¡l im¡rruvemónt 

is noted. Ä regular sompetitíon ig now osteblisl¡orl tluoughout 

the Â,rm¡ prizes being giveu ennually in militory departments ol¡tl 

dlvirions, antl bienuiolly afær a'contest Uetleen the best marksrnen of 

tbe úhree militarY clÍvisÍons. 

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The hrspector-General's corps of officels, norv limitetl to flve, is too 

sm¿rll a luurber for the im¡nrtont ¡lnties wl¡ich elevolve on tl¡e,¡1. lhe 

Iuspector-Gener¿r,l mugt necessarily lrc stationed. iu TV'ashingtoit, aurt 

sl¡onld have at least one competent aeeistalrt with hi¡n. lfltore are tlree 

rnilitpry tlivisions and nine departments, eirch of which ought to haçe 

au inspector-genera,I. This rvoulcl necessit¿to fourteen officers in all:an 

increase in this corps of ni¡re ofüc;er¡, eaeh of nùou¡ should l¡ave t)ro 

right to emplo¡'one clerk, nittr the ñ{rmo couU)eltsotitxt which is'¡low 

tllorverl to ¡raymasterst clerks. 

BUITEÁ.1; O¡t ÌIILTTÊT JtTSt,rCE. 

The uur¡rber of gôueral court-rnartial records recêived in tl¡e Bure¿rn 

of Militaly Justice during tho yea,r ending Ootob'er 1., 18S1, was lr?f)?, 

an iucrease of 940 over the recoi¡rts of the previous yean Thp recorü 

of cases brought before inferior courts, r'evien'ed antL filetl ilr the 9træl 

of the judge-advocatps of the differcnt military depa,r.tments tlu:i:rg the 

same periotl, was 8rõ00, an incrrase over the ¡rrevious year of 26? caae& 

The Jnrlgo-Arlrrccate.General refors briofly to the vatious military 

tribuuals, aud to the irsual Gourse of procedure by which tbeir pro 

ceerliugs reaoh the Bureau of Military Justice for consirleration, a¡tl in 

tlris conuection invites attoution to the fact tbat, rvhile ohe Jptten¡ 

Àdvocate-Geue¡ál'id empoweretl by statute to receilrc antl rcvise the 

proceedings of courts-uartial, )'et tl¡e Soeretary of lüar, whose subo¡ 

dinate he is, has uo stetutory autluity to give effect to reports ot 

rovisious iu sucrh ca,sss, even tbough he ehoold, c¡oncur thetein, anrl 

remarks thaü to tbis oxt¿nt the law ie tlsfective 

In couuectiou wiír tho natu¡e, qnality, and qnautity of the work ûo 

be per{ornred, aütcntio¡r is inrtted to t'he fact thot, in view of tho 

interests involvedr ou &dequâto foree of clerks, posoessing in the highert 

dogree bðth eapacit¡ and, ûdelit¡ is imperatively neecssa,r¡r, and. thÊú 

the present inadequate clerical force I¡as necessiteted thg transfer of 

o¡.'lficers of tl¡o co4ls of judge-ulvocatos to duty in the Bureau of Mili-, 

ta4v Justice, while their sorvices &re muoh needed at the headquarters 

of the various military delrartnrents. 

T.[¡e necessity for suitsble furnihrrt to replace that now i¡r use, which 

is \rorn out and rickety, antl the great need for an applopriatiou elrfrcient 

to funrish the library, at present incompleto aud'antiquatoclr dth 

text books and report's of recent date, is fully sot forth. . : 

Ílhe rlutiee of the Jutlge-Advocate-Gensral antl of the colps of judgoadvocates 

are Gnumeratod, antl in view of the advieebility,of having gn 

offioer of tbe eorps of eoch of the tou geographical militøry tlepaæt'mentq 

and at ttre Militory Acadomy as professor of law, tfre rcpeal of the law 

limiting the numbor of judge-advoastos to fonr, anrl the organlzotion of , 

úbo corps on tho same bÐsis as the other ettfr enrps of the.Ârräy;;art 

reoommended, thie beiug tho only corps in which there ls no proqotion, 

to Eewe âß rn inoentive tó duty. In ¿ll other branahes of thtr ¡errviæ , 

ofreers can look forwa¡d to reaohlng tho nrnk of colonol, wüilö"i¡il ijb,-' 

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collrs of judgo-¿ìdvocntes all are of one rank-tl¡aú of Dqior-rvhich bas 

brieu l¡eld by its m€Drbers for periods ranging fmIrt eight to nineteeu 

J'c¿tls. It ie not perceived wby such ¿ disorimination sltould exist 

agaiùst aD expert oorps, requiring in tl¡e exercise of its firnctions pmfessional 

attai¡rments of a high o¡der, a.nd f reoomu¡end eppropr¡eto 

legislation to rernove it. With a ¡rroperly organized corps, of sufficient 

s.tteugth to furnish each military departmeut with one of its officert, it 

is lrelieved that many trials by courts-martial could bo avoided by thoiough 

¡rrelirninary exauin¿tion, and much expenso to the govornrnent 

saved theroby. 

Attention is invited to defects and. omissions in the Articles of War 

(6¿L7I inclusive) rolating to the arrest and. conûnement of ofreere and 

soldiers accused of crime, duratiou of conflnement. copy of eha,rges, aud 

time of trial, beiug the only provisious of tho Articles of fi'or nrlating 

to this irnportanù portion of the criminal procedure before courts'm&rtial, 

on account of tllo unjust discriminaùions involved a,nd tl¡o iuacle. 

qurùt€ provieiou f'or the subjects mentioued. 

ft is atèo recornmended that the sco¡n of the glst å.rticle be so 

enlarged as to provide f'or tbe.tafuiug of dãpositions in certain instances, 

to l¡e used. at ths trial as secondary evidencrer where, for any suftcient 

reason, primary evidence of the fa¡:ts cannot be procured coTsistently 

with the pnbtio iuterests, the extended jurisdiction of courde-martial 

renderiug it difücult, if not impossible, at times, to obtain the øùrø aoce 

testimony of material witnesses at tho tims of trial. 

Recommendations aro also mado for authorit¡r, u¡¡der proper regulation, 

tbr the revisiou of chargos beforo a,rraigument and plea; for cour. 

pelling tl¡e atteudauce of witnesses iu certaiu casesi for ¡rreventing tlro 

abuse of authorit¡ by uon-commissioned officers; for nmendnrenú of tbs 

12tl Artiole of l\¡ar, by expressly authorizing oolouelscommantling separate 

dopartments to.a¡rpoint general courts-martial whe4 necessary; for 

a penal s¿uctiou of tho authoriiy conferred u¡ton ajudge.advoc¿te of a 

court-martial, bysectiou 1202 ofthe Ilovised Statutes, (rto issue p¡ocess 

and com¡rel rvitnesses to ap¡rear,tt rtc.; for authority for a judge.adrocate, 

or otl¡er officer of a court-martial, to administer oatbs to witnesses 

or other persons ilr t¡ials by courts-nrartial; and for amendmenü of th¿t 

portion of the 90th :l,r'ticlo of Wa.r wl¡ich requÍres the jurlge-advocato 

to prosecute, as, rvell as to a cer'tain exteut to consider himself as counsel 

for the prisoner, in order to ¡rrevent coufusion aud misunderstoucling. 

Accornpanying tho report aro extracts from tlre reports of jutlgeath'ocates 

of rlepartrnents (or officers act!_-l]g aurl perfornring thrr tluties 

'of thoss ofticers)r-ernbodyÍng recomrnelulafìbl¡s ou v¿trious mattert pertaining 

to ùheir respeotivo departrnonts. 

MILIT.ô.EY PIÙISON. 

Tho atlrnirristl'atiou of tho affairs of the lnilitruy prisorr nt Forb 

L¡oarelrwort.hr l(ans., rluring tbe ¡rast, .year bos boen ir¡ n mall¡ed ilegrno 

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I)nrirrg tl¡o flscal year endin¡¡ Juuo 30, 1&Sl, tl¡crc wer'ô 3?3 me¡r 

re¡eivr.tl ir¡to tl¡o ¡xison arrd ll?3 tliúharg'ut. I'iut 1 tleatb occurretl 

during tho yoar, antl on[.v $ prisoncrs esoaped rluring thc ¡larhe petiotl. 

'fhe actual nun¡ber of rnen conffned ou June 30. l88I-? w¿¡s 447. 

The l¡oartl of cr¡¡nruissiouers l¡ave ruade tbe inspections required by 

larv; hase, at each visit, aftbrtled the prisonets the fullest op¡rortunity 

to urake such.,irepreesutatious or compltints as they desired to present 

fbr couside¡atioil; l¡ave carofully noted the character of tho purrishments 

imposed by tl-re prison authorities for riolations of the establisbed 

nrles aud regulations, the methods antl kintls of lalnr', tho 

quality ¡¡f food provided; and they have lrcen fnlly satisfied, iu all 

respects, nith the co¡dition antl govenipent of tho prison. Tbe goveruor, 

while ou duty uuder his brevet rauk of colonel, actua.lly receives 

outy the pny and ollowances of his aciual rank, viz, that of captain. 

Colrsidering tbot his position denranrle the posõessiou, iu tho irtcumbert, 

of administrative.ability of the highest dogree, combinetl with 

the rare rnecbanical porvers requiretl for tÞo successful mouagement of 

au iuetitutiou embracing uany aud varied. l¡rauches of iudrrstr¡ I 

most earnestly recornurend tbat the local rank of colonel, vith the pay 

and allowances of that grade, be attached to the oüice of the governor 

of the prisou. This officer l¡as a greater amount of labor and responsibility 

than auy regimental commander. Ife governg and. controls 

betweerr 500 aud 6(Xl persons. Pract'ieally, he is at one and the same 

time tl¡e superintendeut of a large manuf¿cturiug establishnentrembracilrg 

diversified branohes of indnst'ry, aud the military director of a.ll 

alfairs n'it'l¡iu the prison. 

I beg to renew the lecourmendatiou of last ¡ear that legisìativo 

authority ìre obt¿rinetl to appl.v the err,rnings of the prison to its u¡ai¡rtenance. 

r\ bill with thÍs eucl in riew ¡vas peudiug in the Senate last 

wínter', and I sinoerely hope it urtry become a law during the next 

sessiou of 0ougress 

There rrele nrauufhcturetl at the ¡xisotr duritrg tlre year 34'1{i3 pairs 

. of boots, zirg+l pairs of sboes, 41350 corn broours, 11656 barrack--ohairs, 

110 alu-chairs, 1ü) chair'-rungs, 220 chairboltsr 11263 packing boxes, 

8(l crateß, lfi) stts of four-mulo ambulanco ha,rness, 75 sets of six'mule 

wagorr hanress, antl, iu addition to tl¡e above, nll the doore, sasbes, &e., 

for new buildings, and the rrork irrcirlent to the necessary re¡l4irs to 

buildirrgs'alrend¡ erected. The ptison fitrnr pnxlucetl a lttgo qu¿ùntity' 

ofvegetables, all from the labon ofthe couvicts. 

f¿u.a.R TEIÌ M¿,SrUntS DEPÀR TMENT, 

'['he molre¡'s ap¡rropriated for the servics of the Quarter:mastsds I)ep¿¡r'tment 

rlrrrirrgthe fiscal yeerrrero t13r857r187.57; the bnlances of 

firr.nrer appro¡lriatione, remniniug in Treasury at beginning of flscal 

)'e¿rr, r'ere S1,097,815.68. Theso were opplicable only to oxpensos inculrerl 

irr lrrior ¡'r'ars but l¡ot setüled. 

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10 REpoRT or rIrE sucnn'rÀRy o!' \vAR, 

' Thort¡ rvele rolr¡ittetl to disbur.sitrg otücers tlttrirrg tlte yelr'. S11'203,i-ÍJ6.03 

; ¡raid throngh tho Treasur.r', $718,:105.13; carried to sut'pltts 

fund, S230,113.69; artd thero renr¿¡inetl in Treasur¡', tttttlt'Ílwlt olr J¡tuo 

30; 1{t81, S1,705,906.04. 

The ptopriety of allowing to tho oftìcels of the line n'ho are placetl 

on duty as acting ¿ussist¿¡n't quarternasterg sonte courpenstrtiou fbr tl¡e 

great ¡recuuiary responsibility, to szr¡ uothing of the lrrbot', itttposed b.1' 

these tluties, is agoin metttiolred by tltc Qnarterurastt¡r-Gent:ntl. Sur:h 

¡ur a.llowauctr ¿rs iB by larv gralted to *cting cou¡tuiss¿trie* of suhsistencr.r 

rrruler the same circumstauees is lec()nnlendetl. 

TIle diflìculty arising ir¡ the exhanstion of tl¡e clepot stock of clothiug 

ancl eqnipage, mentiorted last year, has coutinuecl to be felt, thorgh in 

a some\qlrat less degree because, tbe appropriation being made earlier, 

¿¡ü the last or short sessiort, it was possiblo to make contracts earlier, 

and thus the deficiency of supply in the earlier months of the year ça,s 

less felt. The noed of a special ap¡rropriation, however, to provide a 

working stock to be placetl in depoù to meet emergencies aud to provitle 

for the spring antl surumer dietribution to tho Army, renu.ins, aúd 

unlees an appropriation fbr this pur¡)os€ is granted this $¡i¡rter, the oltl 

difficulties rvill be severely felt again next ssason. 

Under several joiut resolut'ious of Congreos, tents autl camþ equi¡râge 

were loaued. to va¡ious orgouizations during the ¡'ear, at a cost, iu 

expenses, damages to material, and loósesr of S21038.31. 

Ifelmets have been introduced both for officers aud soldiers. I¡or 

troops in sever€ climates buffa.lo coats, ful caps and gloves, and arctic 

oversboes are supplied by the Uúitotl States. Their use h¿s mado caurpaigns 

pössible without loss by frost in the severe clim¿ts of the U¡r¡rer' 

Missouri ¿nd the C¿nndian boundary. 

the ooustruction of I.32 .nerv rnilítary builclings by the Quartermrrsær"s 

Deþartnrent ha^g been authorized during tho ¡;ear, at an estimatetl 

cost of S940,000. They a,re rtt military posts in tweuty-ouo differeut 

Statos and Territories. 

Repair of existing buildings has been authorizotl to the extent or' 

t41?r902; 8I3r428 of the above sum have been tlevoted to uen' building* 

for sohools'aud cha¡rels at rnilitary posts, under the larv of Jnly 23, 

1860; anrl$6rõ17 h¿vo been devoted to repair of rvl¡arveg at nrilitar¡' 

posts. 

' Of the SZA,tnO appropriatetl for hospital eo¡lstructiou, S?4,588 hove 

been ex¡loutled. 

Seveuty-eix okl l¡uildings, no longer ¡reeded for the ruilitary ßorvice, 

l¡a,ve l¡een sold, aud Ureir Jiroceeds tur¡ted into the general lreasury 

balaueæs. 

With so mar¡y bnildings under its cltalgc, scattered throughout tho 

country, tl¡ore hns been some loes by ffre. fourteert such ûrus havo 

boorr roported, bnt, conside.ring that the de¡rat'tutent is estimoted to be 

in chnrge of .ir000 bniltlitrgs, tl¡o losses ltave been corrrporativoly small. 

FCFH03163

REPORT O}' THE SECRÈTÅRY OI- WÄR. 11 

The norv heatlquarters at Forù Snellirrg have been completed, excepting 

somo of the nrinor builclings. lhe Quarterm¿ster'General has lately 

inspectetl thctu, nnd reports the¡n exceller¡t buildings, of economic¿rl 

constrnction. 

The Qunrterm¡rster'-General lerìews ltis re@lnnreudation for the. erec' 

tiorr of er, building for the safe-keeping of records of the eseentive 

tlepartlnents not in freelttent use. Suclt ¿r building neetl. not be costly; 

it should be fÌr'o-¡rloof and safe, nnd so arrattged th¿t the records of the 

dÍft'erent departrnents could bc storeü in separate fire'proof rooms. 

there c¿rn be no tloubt as to the valne atrtl economy of suah a builclingt 

and. the Quartermastet-General has sublnitted a design for such a,n one. 

.A.n appropriation therefor has passed thc Sen¿tte un¿nimously, but in 

the last hoirrs of the late Congress it failett iu couferenoe. 

Oongress, at the last seqsionr passecl a law provitling for the erection 

of a uew building for the Pensiolr Office. As the law imposed upotr the 

Quartermaster-Getreral of the Arnry the tlnty of selectipg a site, subject 

to tbo approval of the Seclstaries of W¿rr and of tho fuhrior, he reports 

tho ¡xogress made thereuntler. It seems to have beett ths i¡rtontion of 

the authors of this measurd to provitÌe, by the appropriation of $250rü)O 

whicl¡ xas made, for the purchase of a site ¡,¡ro for the erection of the 

building, but the omistiott, afparently an accitleut, of the wortl az¿d in 

tho law has preventetl any attempt to eoustruct a building, aud the 

rvhole matter has therefore remainecl undetormined, anrl neixls fnrtber 

tegislatite ¿ction. The Quartermaster-Gelteral has, under the law, performed.his 

duty of selectiugand submitting forapproval a site; he has 

also snbmitted. plans for such a buitding as he believeEr on information, 

to have beea iutentled b.y the authors of this law; but in consequouce 

of tho omisrjion of the important word noterl above, prercnting the 

construction óf euch a buitding as was belioved by the Secretary of the 

fnterior antÌ rnyself to have been actnally intondetl by Congress, it was 

not thought advisablo b.y us to select a site nnt'il further legÍslation 

is had. 

There are oigbty u¿rtio¡r¿rl military cenreterie¡ decl¿red ¿urd establißhçtl 

u¡lder the law, Ín which there have been 3181859interments. These are 

Ínrlopentlent of tho celneteries nt militnry posts,.which generally cannot 

be considerecl pernranertt, being vac¿ted olr the aborttlonment of posts 

as the frontier p¿sses beyontl then. 

It Ís expected tl¡at the public road fronr Vicksbrug to the military I 

cemeteiy rrill be completetl this fall. Fnrther appropliations are asketl ' 

to complete tl¡o ro¿thvays to the Fort Scott a¡td. to the Chattarrooga 

rnilitary r:emeteriex, as thc sums grunterl by Cougress rvere uot suflcie¡t 

for tbe contpletiou of eithen 

An appropri¿tiorr for repairing tÌe roatl from ühe oapital to the Arling- . 

tôn Cometery is reoommentletl. The Quartermaater-General renews hie 

tebommsr¡tlation tbat tbis cemeteryr cont$iuing 208 acresr in wl¡iah ferv 

nórc rnllitary ílrterments are probnble in ths fïrtrue, be constitutsd'a,url 

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12 RupoRT oI' TrrE SDCRET.{RY ot' w.A,R. 

'estal¡lisherl b.-v l¿w a national oflùcial cemetery t'or i¡ttenllenù of offlcars 

of the government, member.s of Congress, aud others ilr the public seiv' 

ice, d¡ing rr.t'TVastringtou or elsewhere, wbose frie¡¡ds may tlesiro t'heir 

interment in a cemetory maiutainetl by the natiou. Tbere is spaae for 

tbis pirrposo. The cemetery is sufficienùly rernote f¡um tho oity to be 

uuolrjectioual¡le on the score of bealth, and yot nea,r euoqh for çasy 

comnunicatiou. Being sepa,rated from the city lty a grcat river, it is. 

not lial¡le to be encroached upon and ultirn¿tel.r¡desttoyed by the grorvth 

of po¡ulrrtion. 

U¡der tl¡e law of July, 1864, 3,813 claims for quartermastefe stoies 

were iuvegtigatetl eluring the yoar b.y ùho egents of'the Quartermastsrte 

De¡rartment. Their amount as prosentetl was 9212871729.22. the cost 

of ttris work was .9139,604.63. The total number of these olainrs ou file 

for exauination was 22rg3õ, calling for $12,03417õ0.29. Of tbeso ths 

Quarternraster-General reportcil to tl¡e Tl¡ird Autlitor 1,149 with recomneptla.tio¡r 

for settleruont at S227,680.39, which is S344,898.93.lees tl¡an 

cl¿ri¡ued. During the year 1,99õ claims, calling for S1,88ã,1?lì.32, wert 

rojoctetl. The Quartermaster-General has not'during the year been 

¡ble to take up 21018 other'claims which l¡ad beslr prepared for sucl¡ 

actìou. Thus, 51162 cases wero prepared duriug tlre year for adjudication. 

Tbo"Quarterruastærts Department moved, during tbe yearr 46,6õ8 per. 

sons, 10135õ beasts, antl 1301632 tons of materiol. 

Soue of üho railroads whieh purchased on credit, uuder þxecutivo 

orders, railroatl material at tho close of the war, conüinue ilr default. 

-A.ttentiou is called to ths faot that, while appropriation has beon 

made to pa.v land-grauù raih'oads for serv¡co rentlered in tbe years endiug 

Juue 30, 1880 antl 1882, no pror:ision bas been matle in appropriatious 

for paying for such serr:Íce rer¡dered in the yoar ending June 3Q 

188f. Thirs inflicüs lobs upon thoso companies wbich havo fa,itbfully 

done their duty to tho government during thot aud other¡'ea,rs. 

Alnut 10ril)0 horses a¡rd tho same number of mules are kept ir¡ the 

nrilitary service. The loss of anilnals rluring tbe yerr.r was 2rOS6lronses 

autl 11281 mules. Tho proceecls of sales thereof, deposited in the f¡easur'¡'iu 

úhe.year, aud not availablo uuder eristing la¡rs to replaco those 

tlietl, lost, or soltl, was S801207.9?. Tho arerage cosü of 1,+tt|8 cavalry 

and ¿r.rtillery horses purchasetl during the year was $125.12-total 

$179,996.71. Ífhe cost of 1,006 uules ¿ntl 29 draft.horsos purchaoed for 

tl¡e tr&ins was S117r074,80i tho.Rverage being for n¡nlss S11I.07 each, 

aud for draft-borses tlSS.?9. $us the sales of atrimals, n'orn out, ¡rrotlucetl 

about o¡¡e-fburtl of tbe côst of replacing tl¡err¡. 

îhe dnty of suppl.yirrg ligbts to the .A,uny, heretoforo pt'r'formed by 

tl¡e Subsistence Department, having beert tlansferred to tho Quartarnlaeter.'s 

Departmenù, coutraats fot mineral oil antl for lam¡ts ltavo beeu 

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ing rvill cost al¡out S2rõ00 por onuutn more thou tl¡e old. As the Àrgauil 

þurnor used gives the light ofsixteen candles, the comforü ofthetroops 

*will be vory much increased þy substitution of mineral oil for canflles. 

T\eimoralc of tbo troops ie reported to har.e irnprovetl at posts rvhere 

the new lights have been introtlnced. Tho ursn' beitlg able to reatl 

witbout injury to their eyes, spend more time in rational anlusements 

aud less time at tl¡e sutler etore, at tl¡e g¡rog'shops, antl in tho guald' 

house. 

Tl¡e la¡s rvhich abolishetl issne of fuol to officors cflnses great hardship 

to those rrho aro stationed at mititary posts in iuclemenü climates 

¿nd en the ¡rrairies, where fnol is sca,rcs and. oostly. It is much to be 

desired. that this allorvafrce þo restored. It is considered by officers of 

the Á.rm.r'even more unjust to those in the wiltlerness than the abolition 

of the forage-ration was to those living east of the Mississippi. îh¿t 

complaiut has b:eu put an eud to by the law of Fobruâry 24, 1881, but 

the r¡uestion of ftrel has failed'to meet Congressional remedy. 

¡JLIBSISI'.EN C'D DEPABTìIÍINT. 

Attentio¡r is invited to the clause in the appropriation acts requiring 

ton per eontum to be charged offiaers and enlist€d uren iu excess of 

original cost prioe to the frnit,ed Stetes on all subsiste¡ce stores sold 

then, and, as.this addltio¡r is coneifler€d by officers anti e¡rlisted men to 

be ouerous and unjust to them, legislation isrecommended bythe Cour' 

rnissa,ry-Goneral by ¡chioh salos vill hereaf'ter be ¡na'de to officers and 

enligted men at, cost ¡trices, a,s was formerly the case. 

îhe oxisting systern of füruishing tobacco to enlisted men, by caus' 

ing the small mouey values of the quant'ities drawn by each mau to be 

chnrged ou the pay-rolls antl collected by the paymasters, to be subso. 

quently transferred to the credit of the appropriationß of the Subsisteqco 

Departtnent upon thc books of the îreasury on settlements made 

in the offices of the accounting officers, enta.ils a rery co¡¡sid,erable 

expense to tho government for clerical services in the I'ay antl Sul¡sistenco 

Departmonts which might, to a great ertout, be saved by so modi' 

fying existing laws as to causo tobacco to lrc placed orr sale in the Snbsistenco 

Department in the sÈme ma,n¡er 8s othor artÍales are held for 

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sale to officers antl enlÍetÉ.rl mou under .seotion 1144' Revised St¡tutss. 

This can be easily eft'ectetl b¡r repealing sections 1149 and 1301, Reviseil 

Btatntes, and. insertiug tþe wortls "including tobaccoD in eeotion 1144. 

îhe issuert of snbsistence for tl¡e Snbsistence l)epartment of the 

Army to fndians during the ffscal year 1881are t*bulatetl bythe Commissary-Gene,ral 

of Subsistenoe.. It is a matter of aunu¿rl rscnrronc€ 

tbrøt if, from arry crùnso, en app¡'ollriation of tho Ittdian Bureau for the 

su¡rporü and care of an futlia¡l tribe becomes ut auy timo oxhauntedr reqnests 

are immodiatelymade u¡ion the War Depurtmentto furnish subsistonce 

wíth which to feed. the bartl or trÍbe unprovitletl fc¡r until nu 

appropriation eon be obtainetl from Congress; cntl, tlthough o€ction 

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BEPONT OT T,TE gÊCRETABY OF WA¡. 

S0?8, llevieed Stntutes, pnescribos tl¡at ¡úsll ßu¡nß eppn)priate{ fbr tlre 

ïerious braltchos of oxpouditu¡e i¡¡ tfue publie rcrvioo sball be applial 

solely to the objects for whicl¡ they aru rctlpect¡r'ollr ruude, af,ìl lot no 

othercrt tl¡s overmliug dir:tatct of re¿sou rtnd sourtd ¡xrlioy towortl there 

s&veges, w[o are copeblo of inllicting such uutold uriuery npon individuùIs 

a¡ld expenm uÈ)n tl¡e governmout, f-o¡tro execntive officere to t[e 

a,rloptiou of erpedients ¡yhicl¡ oro of doubtful legalitv. Such an instenoo 

occurned iu ìtoy en(l Jrr¡e last in regp€ct to oertain ludionr¡ in t'he Iudisn 

TemitorJ¡, w[o, for w¿nt of nuæssary fuuds ou tlre pfft (]f tl¡o In. 

dí¿u Bumau, had to be subsisted f'rcn¡ tLe appropriation for the sub' 

sist.rnce of tho A?my until the sppropriotiou for tlre ûsc¿tl year ltl89 bc. 

e¿me â,vÐileble. This tvas done upon the express promise of tl¡e Inte' 

rior Departme¡rt to &prrsont tbe subject to Cougrcss upotr tbo earliost 

opporturúty, and urge upon thet body the nocessity for an appropriotion 

to reimbuÌse tl¡e'WarDopartrnerrt for such erpoutliúuree fls shall bo in' 

cunretl in.proüding for these ludiaus.t It woultl spp€er tl¡et tl¡e ll'ar 

Do¡rartmeut'dronld noü l¡e lefq by inadequate provision for tho ludian 

Burnanr, to l¡e nade Fubjoct to c,ontribution for tho mainten&ne,e of tlto 

furli¿ns whenever the appropriatio¡ts for thelndiau'ßureau become, for 

eny FeÐÐou, cxhausted. 

The introductiou of enlisterl cooks into the Artuy, to preparc tbe 

ration¡ of tl¡e compnnieq troopt, and b¿ttories, undor such rogulatious ' 

asl mey be prescribetl unrler sôction 117{, ßevisod Statutês, is recon' 

meuded. 

The question of tl¡e snfrciot¡cy or insufflciency of the Arnry ration 

for satisfyiug tJre requiremeutsof the eoldier for food is a)ly tliscussed, 

by oftcers rrho have giverr grent attontion to the sulrject, in reports 

eppended to the aunnal re¡ntt of tho ConmÍssory-Generol. the ont' 

come of tbe whole tliscussiotr woultl geem to ir¡dicate tho suñciency of 

tlre prosent ration as a wlìole, if issued to and consumed by the ment 

or if the ¡rroduct of such of ìü as rna.v be sokl is appllerl exelusively to 

the purrclrase of food tbr the r¡ten. 

TTDIO¡¡ DEPÂB,IUENT. 

Tho nrr¡nbor of de¿ths of eoldiers wils 1S0 fiour lliseasor rrnrl 67 fmttt 

rvounds antl injuries, boing fl por 1rüÐ of mean stlttrgthr the f'atll 

rrsults in osse.s treated lrcing as I to 190. 

îhe uurnl¡er of ¡¡ow ofrcisl dotu¿utls upon the Ilecod aud Por¡sion 

Divisiou duúug the ûeoal.your, for informotiou os to tlto c&uso of desth 

iu tl¡e c¡so of d,ooea¡ed þldierË and the hospittl rcoonl of iuvalidq wes 

5iir040. îhe overa¡B numtrer of ¡uah demonds, during tlto pttvious 

ton yearg had l¡een 22r:¿{6 nnnurlly, ¡nd the numbor tluring tl¡e ûçc¡l 

yeor torurinating June 30, lEE0, wae ål9r24l ; tho numlnr ¡ernivetl dur. 

íug tho fisoal yerr errding Juuo å10, l88lr beilrg *n ino¡saso of 40 per 

cout. ovor tfte prrcviou¡ üscsl yerrr oud of l{? ¡rer oonh ovol tho ¡¡rnu¡tr 

Ðvor&go ofthe provioua tcn yoerr. 

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¿lü tt¡€ c$n¡t¡e¡rc€merrt of the ñecal yoer $904 ceses reüleined uu' 

:rnswenrl, ru¿¡Lin$ li9,ür4 q¡sos to be tlis¡rotod eif rluring tbo ¡'mr. 

lþarch was r¡larle rnd rn¡rlies furnisüotl to tJrs proper authoritiee in 

40rõfl8 of theec 9aæs, leaviug 91rgÀ9 ttnalrswenxl e&sr.s ott h*nd on tho 

lst of Jul.v, 1Siì,1. 

fl¡is work l¡eeo¡¡¡es ¡nore difticrüt as the ¡reriul elaprxl silrcs th€ cÌoso 

of the war iucretses, firr the reasolt that clninr¿rrts are in many cases 

ulrable to fi¡rnish accurste or defiuito det¿ as to timo cud plaao of 

trentnrent; alHo, tlre volttmes of hoepital rtcortls ot¡ ûle in this ofhce 

are becoming so Yery tlilapidtrted, fmm const¿nt l¡aûdlíng, thst the 

utruost carsmugt lrcexercised iu order tbat tbo entriéscoutuiuerl thercin 

n¡tJ¡ not þe irrotriovably lost, the clerical forco not baviug beon eufrcieut 

duriug ttre past ffr+cal year, or et auy prer¡oug time, to porrrit of 

the copyiug of tl¡ese original re{rords. 

The clel.ioul fo¡te of tl¡e office rvas iucreaseù by forty r:lerks l¿ßt 

Marrb, nlrdtrr tbe ¡lrovisiou; of the act of Congreos appnor'øl March 3t 

1&31, but r¡¡t, on ar:couut of tl¡e ¡nculitr neture of the work, uewly ap' 

¡roirrted clerks erperieucne eousider¿blo dittculty in learuiug it, sonre 

tiure musü uer:essarily eltpsO l¡efore tlrey can be oxpectal to porform it 

with thc facility anrl accurncy exbit¡itetl by those wbo, fnrm long ex¡lerience, 

ûne mono f¿¡nilior with the reoonle. 

îhe Srrrgeol-Ge.neml agaiu i¡rrite¡ atteution to the nu:essity for e 

new firt-prruof buitdirrg for the .{rmy Morficd Museum rnd lribreryr end 

refers to lbe fiülowiug cxtrect from tl¡e Eessage of the Presidelttto Cougres.s 

nt tl¡e coulueninurentof its la¡¡ts€ssionrartdreqttestethstthosul¡- 

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16 REpoRT oF TfID sDcnETABr Or' ìr.aa. 

' Ee oall¡ attention to tl¡o hanlsüi¡r n¡ron officers at reuroto stations, 

c¿tused by the tlerluctirttt of ono-half their ¡lny duriug that ¡rart of a 

leave which is iu excoss of thirty da.t's i¡r enJ¡ one.TeÐrr renr¿ùrkiug that 

uloeü of tlronr tlesírc to'come to the Ë¿stern Sta.tes, aucl tl¡¿rt tlre great 

loes of time antl the ex¡rertsos of travel plaen tùern ¡¡t a di¡latlvantage; 

ar¡d reeomurends:r re¡rcal of tllo larvs olt tlro sut¡iect, tlte ffrst of wl¡ir:h 

wrts pns.sed i¡r 1863. 

IIe asks for t¡ro a¡ltlition¿rl clerks. nntl ret'.om¡uends thr¡t ¡taymflstt',rst 

clerl¡s sh¿ll be cl:tssctl arrd ¡raid as other clerks. 

Eo ag¡irr ¡rges tbo ¡ecessity of eonsolidl,tiug the approprintions fbi 

llny of the Army, nrileagd, attd generzrl expensot ttt¡der one title. 

Tl¡e amonnts to bt' disbt¡rsed ttndt'I'tlte abote titles are, with trvo or 

three exceptions, lirr¡itetl b.v statute larv. If the a¡r¡rro¡r¡intio¡t i* iu 

excess of tbese dtur:tIttls, the e.xcess caunot be dieburcecl, bnt rvill lrc 

cÀrried by o¡re.r'ation of law to the snrplus funtl; ì¡ut if the appro¡rriation 

is Dot Bultcient to meet tl¡e demarlds, tbe excess bec'rmes a rÐlid 

olaim aga.inet the Uuited States, and the ôubieat of a deffciency esti' 

mote, tbus forting ¡ù t'er¡- rvortlty class of cla,iutal¡ts to rt tlelay tl¡at is 

ofte¡iímes ver¡ embarnrssing. IVI*ny öf tlirf fteìuläiä estimaterl ¡1ton 

er¡rcnditurers of ¡rrior )-earÁ¡r tbe best dota obtainoble. Tl¡is esüimate 

rnay be i¡r some cases excessive a¡¡cl iu others not sufficient, but ilr tl¡o 

aggregate the ¿mouut appropliated rrill l¡e suftaient to meet all deurands 

if tt¡e e)icess irt one ¡rf tbellr catr be nsed to sup¡rl.y tho ûe'ñcicncy in 

¿tnothen Again, tl¡e tlivision of the appropriatious into three heatlst 

f'or each year, mahes it r¡ecess¿riy to keep in the l¡ands of e¿eb disbnrs. 

ing ofücer a balance of f'uuds much larger thrun if there l'ere but one 

rp¡rro¡xiotior¡ for ear:h ¡-ear, as he i¡r obliged to carty a rvolliirrg b¿lance 

un¡ler eat:,h a¡pro¡rriatiou. Tlris, iu case of ¿r, limitcd a¡r¡tro¡xiationt 

r¡mkes it ver'.v diñionlt to propcrl.y tlisùribute the funtls over so sc¿rtteretl 

¿ lìckl as tlrat' occu¡rietl b"v pa,.)üaeters. 

ENGINEER'ßUEEÀIÏ. 

I iuvite espec:id ¿tteutidn to that part of the re¡rort of the Ohief of 

Ilugineers rvl¡ich refers to our sea.coast defbuses. For nany ]'€arst 

rlnrirrg wl¡ich rro work rrbatever t¡ae been ct¡uo npon tl¡ess tlefenses 

efcept fot tl¡eir prrcse¡vation t¡td repair, nnder smnll a¡r¡tropriations 

conûned to these purlþBes by law, tl¡e Cltief of Engiueeru b¡w calletl 

¿¡ttentiou in hie atruunl re¡rorts to the very great danger n'hich rest¡lts 

from lenviug onr fortiffcotioue iu their prresent contlitiol¡. 

Tl¡e casemated works, whir:h necessarily form u lnrge ¡rart of our 

s€a-Goast defenses, u'ore built l¡ofore the invention of moder¡t srtnoÌt 

untl l¡efors the introdnatio¡t t¡f rifled guus itrto mariti¡ne n&rfûre, They 

¿¡re bnilt of masotrry, unprotected by nrtnor, autl althougb in tlreir dny 

tbe¡ were eqnrl to any in tbe worltl, thoy are utterly unflttrxl to wlthctand 

the ass¿ult¡ of mrxlern shipe of rvan 

îlre Chiof of Iltrgitretrrs shows tl¡at' a def'ouse by fortiflcttion¡ urtl 

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R$PORT OF TH$ SI:C&¡:TARY OF WAB. 1?.' 'i:ìì 

torpodoes is tl¡e only oue which is ai all practicable for coasts es ex- ,; 

tended &B onrÊ, oorn¡rrising so m¿r¡.v rich ma'ritime cities, extonsive r¡avy' ,'j, 

yartle, autl tlepots of sup¡rly; t'hat auy attenr¡rt at auy ot'l¡er u¡ode of ii 

defþnse wot¡ltl be enormousl.-v expeusive l¡oth for ffrtt cost aucl cost of .ì 

maiute¡nuce, autl that it is the olly motle atlr4rtecl by nraritinre nationg. 

Experieuce shorvs tl¡at rnt¡derD wars come oD sutltleul¡ ; that setious :1 

intern¡rtiona.l dis¡lutes oe,cur l¡etrveelr natÍons tlrc lelatious of rrltich ale ,, 

apprrrertly tLg most uuliliely to be other tl¡au f'riendl¡', ancl th¿ü a con- . ii 

tlition of re¿diuess fo¡: tlefe¡rse alrtl ¿u attitucle of beltigeleucy arê somê' ii 

times the best preveutives of actua,l war. \\¡e kuotv that tbe neces' 

sftr.v ne$' rvorks and. the propet rnodiñcations of ottt old rvolks will 

rcquire nrflnJi years fit their cornpletiotr, aurl it see¡ùs sinrply a luatter 

of cornmon prudence tb¿t'we eonmeuce rrithout clela.v, aud under 

liberal a¡rpro¡rriatious, to ¡rut our coasts in au efficient coutlition of :i 

defe¡¡se. 

I also co¡nurend attention to that part of the report of tJre Chief of 

Iingineers n'bicb speaks of the needs of our torpetlo system, dud tho 

importauce of iucreasiug the strength of the Engineer Battalion to õ90 

meu, tlre,rninimu¡n uur¡Úer consistent rvith rcasonal¡le effioioucy. The 

work of enginoer troops is more technic¡rl than is required in auy other 

part of the A,nny, anrl rvhile tl¡is is so, they are regnlar soldiers, 

thoroughly instructed in infautry tactics, aud are as *sailable in an 

emergonoy as rùny other troops of the lino for auy tlut'y that may be 

nrguired of sokliers. Ou our torpedo gervice much will depend. in 

future wars, ond. 520 ulen iu traiuiuþ for th¿t service, for all our coasts 

aud all our' ha.rbors, seeIDS but a small number, ancl the desire of the 

Chief of Ëugineers for au i¡rcrease of 320 ¡nen above tl¡e ?00 to whicb 

the bnttalion is limited by orders, under the retluction of the Army to 

251000 men, is a reasonal¡le oue, aud shoultl be grantetl. ìfo iucrease 

of officors is rrecesslry, siurply a provision of law anthorizing the J 

recruitment of the Dugiueer Battaliou lry the ¡ruurber uecessory to 

mise it¡s strength to õ90 enlisted uen, tltis uumber to ìre in a{dition to 

the 2510ü) rnen who now coustibute the entire Armyr Íf my rosou- ' 

mend¿rtion for a relreal of recent ¡estrictions as to tl¡e onlisted forrce of 

the Army is uot eoneumed in. The mtximum strougth of the bat., 

taliorr, as authorized by existing l:rn', is 7õ!, or 93ll more than the 

strength recommeudetl. 

Ttre fuude æpplied to the iurprovement of rivers and harbors durinþ: 

tbo pnst ffscal yeor rçere dcrivod from t'he tppropri¿tion of June 14, 

1E80, and bal&nces remaining unexpended of previous eppropriationq 

the tot¿rl arnount ¿v¿ril¿ble tbr ex¡reuditure ou July Ir l8E0r beiug 

ÜL3r649r4!.-ti.4l. To tl¡o above should be ndtled certnin ¡moll amounts 

from the appropriation of Marcl¡ ir, 18E1r which wero"matle avnilabls 

before the comnrencoment of the pnrseut flscol yean Operatious hlve 

been ca¡rieel 1tu uutlor approved projectu for the improvomonts to whloh 

they r'{nte, wíth reenlts whicl¡ havo beon gouenrlly sotiefacüory. 

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18 BEPOBT OF TEE SECBET.AAY OF WAB. 

p-etairca infounatiou in regard to the varions worts in progrese duririg 

the year will bo fonntl in the roport of the Ohief of Ilngineere. rr I 

Iho preliminar¡r arrongements which were in progxoss at tl¡e dat¿'of 

Iasü ¿nnu¿l report for making a practical test of the flumo inventetl by 

Mt. M. J. Adams for increasing tho depth of watsr in the Mississippi 

ßivor, for which the suu of S20,mO was provided by ant of lWarch St 

1879, havo been continued duriug tbe ûscal year, untler the directiou 

and snpervision of the inventor. 

The surveys and examinations of rivers a,¡rcl harbore, called for by 

the act of March 3, 1881, a.ro in process uf execution, and it is expected 

that the rnports and. maps will be ready ftx transmission to Congress 

in tbe earily pært of the session. 

The Miseissippi Ëiver OommÍslsion has been engagetl in the further 

prosecution of surveys of the river antl ite tributaries, and. in considering 

plans for the improvement of the main river, antl in mnting tho 

nesess¿ry arrangeme¡rts for the application of übe a,¡rpropiation of 

S1r00O,000 iu the river aud barbor acü of Margh 3, 1881, f'or the improvemeut 

of tbe river below Cairo. Reports from the ¿uruurissiort will 

bo foun¡l a¡rpendetl to ths report of tl¡e Chief of ßngiueers. 

On the.snrvey of the nortleru anrl northwestern lates, a new cha,rt 

of the n'est entl of Lake Erio has been complotetl and publishetl. Tbe 

ûnal roport ofthis Burvey is rtow iu courge ofpreparation. 

fn the survey of the territory of tlre Ilnitetl Statos west of the one 

hundredth rnerirlian rvork has been eonûned to the rednctiou of uotes 

and tho construction' of maps. Six atlas slteetfr have lrceu cornpleted, 

Yolume VI[, the last of tho quarto report"{ of the forùieth parallol 

survoy, has been published. 

Eight offieers of thç Oorps of Engineers have been on tluty'at the 

headquartens of tl¡e military divisio¡rs antl departtnentr, ¿nd have been 

engagerl in making such snrveys atrtl prepariug such malls añ are re. 

quired for tl¡e r¡se of the Army. The ruaps pre¡lared by theso officere 

aro of great value in the mo'vsment of troops, a¡¡tl tbo establisl¡ment of 

poets for controlling the Indians antl protecting Eettlers. There is o 

great demand for tho maps f'rom citizens fbr use in t'be locatiou of railroads, 

mines, nnd valuable lauds. The suall appropriation asked fbr 

the uext ffscai year fbr cotrtinuing these ßnrvoJ¡s antl l'or publiørtiorr of 

mapo requircd f'or military purposes is earuestl-r'recomrlrenrìed. 

ONDN.{NCE DEPABT¡TSNÎ. 

The reporü of tl¡e Ohicf of Oxlnnnco shorrs thot ou July I we brul 

in store only 37,52tì sm¡ll-ar¡ns. Tl¡is is but litt'ls ruoro thrur tho 

¡lumr¿¡l consunrption, nttd I eouct¡r iu hi¡¡ opinion thr¡t iucrensetl a¡l¡rro. 

prfultions for accunrulttiug c Inrgo reserve are of grtat nccessity. 

Tl¡e Cl¡ief of Ortlnnuce rocou¡lnends tl¡¡lt tùs st¡rr¡ding rurnuul ¡U)pno. 

¡riatiorr of tt2fi)r000, ntutlu itt 180ß, f'or arrrring tho rnilitin, sl¡oultl bs 

largely íncrctsetl. llfy o¡rirriorr, tlerivetl lþoú nr¡ exu¡ninctiou of tlte 

FCFH03171

REPORT OF THE SECRETÀRY OA WAA. 

I 

,dobits antl oretlits of the States, as they now stand under that law, is 

tha! it would be at loast advisable to givo legislatÍr-e authority to the 

Becreta.ry of 'War to'Sive, after a specrterl time in each year, the allotments 

of States not calletl for to such StateÂ as make requisition thers. 

for to arm their militia. Under the ¡rtactieal wotking of tbo present 

systom, advances of arms strictly unlawful arc matle to those States 

whieh have a Iarge foreo of orgonizetl militia, and a credit ie left standing 

on the recortl to States which tako no such steps for the public 

protection. 

Ithe 'úacü m¿king appropriatious for fbrtiflcat'io¡rs ancl bther works of 

defense, antl for the ar'¡nament thereof for the fiscal year ending Juno 

30,1889, and for other purposesrt approved Marah 3r 1881r provides: 

Ând the President ie autborizoal to s€lect o bo*rrl, to consist of one eugiueer officer, 

two ordncnoe ofrcors, anil two ofroc¡c of artiUory, whoso ttuty it shail bo to ur¡ko 

.exarninstious of oll inventÍoùs of heavy ord¡aneæ and iruproveruente of heavy ortlnonce 

ond.projectilee that urey be pre$ehted to thern, including guns t¡o'tv boing constructeal 

or convertetl u¡der di¡ectiou of the Orduauce Boreau; ¿ntl ssial boerdub¡ll 

make iletailed report to tbe Secretary of lVnr, for trnnun¡ieeion to Congrees, of such 

oxamiú¡tion, rvith recou¡u¡eudation ¡e to $h¡t invoutions are worthy of actual teet, 

aud tho esti¡¡¡¡tetl cost bf such test; 'ouil tl¡e sum of trvent¡'iive thonsand dollart, or 

eo much thereof aa mey be necessory, ie heroby appropriatcd for snch purposo. 

fn confornrily with the forogoing aotr a board. of officers has been 

appointed and is'norv in session for tbe purposo of uraking eraminations 

of ¿rll inveutions refcrred tò in tl¡e larv, aud m¿kiug a ttetailottr, 

repr.nt of snch exàmi¡ratious, rvith recommeudatiou as to what iuventions 

aro wortb.v of actu¿rl test, and tho estimatetl cost of such test. 

Its report will undoul¡tedly bo ma¡ls and tr¿r,nsmittecl to Congless early 

the next sessio¡r. 

A specia,l rctr)ort fmm the Ctrief of Ortlnance shcies th¿ü unrler tho 

æE of March S, 1881, there wns sold, prior toJuly lr 1881,2Ðrõ00 pountls 

of unserviceerble aud unsnit¿rble powtler', at I cents per pountl, ttud that 

on Ju¡re 2{,'1881, ¿r contracù rvas nra¡ls for tl¡e pnocurement of õ001000 . 

porrüils of hexagonal ¡rowder, at 25.4 conts per pound. 

Congress at its last session provitled for conveuirrg a boald of officers 

to esamine utatgazine gutts, wiült a view to tho seleotionof sot¡¡eof the 

lrc..at for trial in scrvit'e. The boanl iu now iu session. 

REPOIIT O.r TIIE CIIII'F SÍGNÀL OFFICDR. 

Eight oflict,rs ure, utrder presettt reguiations, auuually ttet¿iierl for 

ir¡stnrctiorr in Inilitary signaling tü Fort Myer, antl, tluring the past year; 

.íu¡ overage numlrcr of seventy-nino strlist€d men l¡avebeett present subject 

to i¡lstnrction in sigu:lling ¡rud ift tho dntie¡¡ of ot¡scrvsrs ¡ùt wenther 

¡rtati¡r¡ls. 

Six l¡n¡ulretl and teu tniles of \re{ù.coÍù$t tolugrnph lines ars opertted 

by the Chir:f lgignnl Oilltrcr for the t¡sr¡ of the Woather liureau. 

!-ir.e thous:r¡¡rl ¿r¡¡tl reveuty.sovsn ¡¡tilce of fnurticr telegra¡lh liues ¡rrg 

atro

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anPonr oF TEE SEcRETABy ou wan. 

Â very brief sumuary of the work of ùhe Cl¡ief SÍgnal Officer includes 

ühe prcparation of new Íustructions for observers; tbe preparation of 

new and. irnproved forms for the recordingand presorvatio¡r of meteorologioal 

tlata; tbe preparation of special bulletius for úhe preÈs, con- 

taiuing weather ilrformrtiou of public interest ; the forecasts of l'eother, 

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of hot or coltl wa,yes fbr ¡re.riods exceeding twenty-fbur hours ¡ the fore- 

- câsts of úr northerstt for tl¡e iuterior plateau; tbe ado¡rt'iotr of a lterv 

stor:n signal (the Cautiolaly Northwest) for the i¡rterior lakes; the 

arra'ugernouü for iucrease of river service, a,ntl rvitlcr publicatiou of 

warnings of floorls ol ics gotges ; the chauges ancl im¡rroveueuts iu tl¡e 

publicatiou of Ure futcrrua.tioual Bulletin, arul tlte Íllouthl.v ll'eatber 

ßeyiew, with tbeir aoco¡npaùI'ing cha'rts; tho increaeed iuformatiolr 

adtletl totbeF¿.r'nerstaurlto theRailwa¡ Bulletius ; the otgauizatiou of a 

sen'ice for the s¡recialbenefltof the cottouinterestsof the South; theextersion 

oftho upecialflostn-aruing to ths fruit interest* ofthe couutry; 

the iuvestigations i¡rto tl¡erruometric sttrndanls, and iuto tràrorneþic 

standords; the ¡lreparation of new hygromstria tablos contaiuing correction 

for altitude; the revised detormiuations of ùlto alüitndes of Signal 

Service stations; tbe ærnputation of monthly coustants for the reduction 

of obsen'ed barometrie pres-ques to sea-lei'ol; tho arrangeruents 

for original investig¿tion in atmospheric eleotricity, in anemomotry aud 

in actínometr'.v, anrl, in the'last subject, especially with roference to the 

importa,nco of solar ratli¿tion in agriculturo and tho absorption of the 

rtrnts hea.t by ttre atuosphete; the co-operation in an expeditiou to tire 

suurrnit of ]lfonut \flritue¡;, Califoruia, for tbs iletermination of problems 

in solar' ¡llrysics; in meteorology, the preparation of cor¡vereiou tablcs 

for ùhe English antl u¡etric s¡'stems; the co-operation in the clroppiug 

of time balls at Sigual Selvice stations; the ¡rublication in quarto form 

ofs¡recÍal professional papers; the offering ofprizes for essays of great, 

merit ou meteorological sulrjects ; the orgauizati.on of Stato rveatl¡erserr'. 

ices ; thencw iuvestigationofclangel lines on rvegtern rivers; tlie orgau. 

izatiot aud equi¡rruent of tryo expeditio¡rs for ureteorological obsorvatiou 

and research in the Atctic regions of Arnerica, oue to be st¿tioned at 

Latly Fmuklin tsny, the other at Point Batrow, Al*ska, both co-operating 

in this worh with a system of st¿tions established iu the Polar 

region by internntioual couforerce i the establishment of a s¡;steur of 

stations of obson'ation in Alaska; tlre arroug¡ements for org'aniziug-a 

Pacílis Coaßt TVeather Service; tho tlisplay at the Paris.Ðlectrica.l Dxpoeition; 

the ex¡lerimonts lbr irnprovÍng lewspaper weether charts ; tho 

increase since Juue 1 oftelegrophio woather service, exceedinginvaluo 

S34r000 per annum, rvithout adtlitioual exper¡sea to the Unitert Stntes, 

end tbe ext¿ngion and constt'uotion of military telegrn¡rh liuts. 

I'ull details of theec operatiotrs rvill l¡e fonnd Íu tho rcport. 

,:ìlÎbs tot¡¡l uumber of statio¡rg of obsorvatiou 'wÐs, on Jnue 30, trvo 

lrunrlrerl auil uinety-six, in tho urauagog¡ent of rvhiob tl¡e enlisted folro 

of flve huudrcrt men (exoe¡rting those urder inst'ructiou) is cousta.rrtly 

employed. 

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ßEPORT OF THE SECRETABY OE, WÂR. 2I 

'Ihe plan of oxhibiting as widely as possible in tl¡o agricultural tlis' 

dricts througbouü tho Unitecl States, the results of ühe tlaily ofilce stnd' 

ie's, in the form of printod foreoasts, for the benefit of the agticultural 

popnletigus, fl'equently rlescribed in former reports, hm been continued 

in operatioo. 

The railway bulletin service has been i¡rcreased tluriug the year, and. 

continues to givo satisfàotiou as a ra¡ricl moatrs of tlisseminating the Inflications 

issued from the office. Ninety-three companies' with a total 

of trvo thons¿nrl nine huntlred and thirty-seven stat'ions, &re now cooperating 

in this servÌce. 

SJorur signals are displa¡'ecl, when rlecessaryr at 116 ports. 

During thc past year statious of obserr'¿tion on the habits a¡fl rav- 

Agês of tne noìty Mouuta.i¡r loousts or gI¿sshoppers were established 

ny tne Chief Sigual Offieer in those sections rvhich tho experience of 

past ye¡rs h¿s shown to be most exposed to the rav&ges of these pestS. 

It is gr¿,tifying to state that uot a single report of the ravages of locusts 

was rcceived. 

Att'ention is earnestly inyitetl to the remarks of the Chief Signal Offi.cer 

upon tbe subject ofa permanent orgauization, to obviate ths necessity 

of catling for dota.ils of officers from regiments. The rvork d'one lryl 

him urrdoubtedly reguires tbs tssistance of a ¡rumber of officers in adrlitiou 

to the scieutiffc staffbf civilia¡¡s. Officers of tho Engiueer a.ud O¡d. 

tr&nce Corps ca¡lnot properly be detailetl on such rluty, not only for the 

reaso¡t tl¡at, their actual serdees in their own clepartme¡rts a.re constantly 

required, but bccnuse it rroultl be nn act of Ínjnstiee to take them away 

from tlnties antl studies of a very techlical character', proficÍency in 

r,çhich is a contlition precetlent to liromotion. 

The taking of oflicers 

from the line of tho Army is now the onlycourse left, but this is objec. 

tionable, as tbe offiser is uearþ a.lways eletailed iu opposition to tho. 

wishes of his commanding ofrìcers; the tletail removes him fmm his 

proper nrilitary rluties, imposes an undue sharo of compâny antl regi- : 

ment¿rl tluty u¡ron his brothor ofllcers remainiug with tl¡o troopsr aud, 

at last, if the offict¡rts SerçÍces arb valuable, results in eonllicting cilaims 

for his return alrtl his reteution,.ahvays atrltoyiug, antl sometimes tlifû' 

eult to tlccide. 

Iù rvill be .scen frorn thc el¡rbonrte antl illterestirrg roport of tho Oldof 

Signal Ofticer that tbe work of the \Yeothel llttreau is ltigltly scientiftc. , 

and wholly'unmilitary, atrrl tltnt it tlepentls for its v¿r,luo upou gonstsnt , 

obserçatiolrs marl$ at mony station$, and coutinuous recordg of thoss' 

observ¿tions. ;\ny intemuption, horvever short, rùt any station, makes 

oe EùI, in tl¡e complete recortls, ttpolr rvhqge pert'ection rcste the ooculacy 

of c¿lcutated results. This rvork occupies e¡lt the timo of the fbroo 

uruler the Ohief Signal Ofllcer, tletailed olffcers, civilinn onrploy6e, arrfl 

enlisterl meu, and wortl¡l require ou equal forco under t perrnflront 

orgtrnizution; anrl tl¡e detach¡¡eut of nuy of thcu¡ for signul duty in 

the ftel.l in tilne r¡f w¿r woukl couso & great and lastiug iuJuryr'if uo 

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22 REpo+ã oF TEE ËECAETÂRY OF W¡tB. 

deÉtruction, to the'wJather Bureau service. 

congress 

as it is not suppose¿ 

intends to make 

ttat,, 

ite succoss or itq e*i"tuoce 

the'n'ppeniug of 

ónfingeut upori., 

a' w',r' and as tu" eror.y iu rrirrr"¡oãä witn the puf:,. 

n::t-ying pre,pared' forwar, it is earnesuyrocomm"o¿u¿ 

rn any pernauent rry me 

o'ganizatiou that 

trre*e shau, be 

separation a ctean- an¿ 


permanoirt 

trre force of omrer. u"a mo' engaged 

sigrral officer untrer 

in tre rçork 

tt¡e crrief 

of t¡e weatner Bureaî F"o*iu. cer-s and.nren who 

force of offi., 

are to be ava,irarrle in time 

ûeld iu 

or **" the perfornrance r* service in 


flre 

sigual a,rti¿s. 

ÎITE UILITÅEY ACá.DEIUY. 

u,l},i,îiit'al i'eport of the stt¡,oirttentleut shows a satisfacror¡. staüe of 

T'e 'eport of the Board of visitors tg th9 luilitar¡. :rcadenr.r. is rrerewith.snb¡nittetr, 

n'd attentio. is inriied to its recomruencratio's. 

It is grati$'ing trrat ilie rroa.r.d is of o-DÍnion that the*e rras re'er been 

at the Academy â *o'e conrpetêrrt ucarùuric ¡no",i il;;î ¡rr.esent. 

Trre r¡oarcr rrneo.s flrt', reõo¡n'renrr¿tior¡ to",,o ,ffirüation l.or thc. 

constrnction of a b¿fl¡-r.rouse, sri'iurrning-ta'k, a¡¡d tbË ,r.'álur""y rrcating 

å¡r¡raratns, iu rçhisrr r r:oncnr. Trre oniy *roír"¡r" ;l;;ä; batbirrg a'd 

Srvirnnring i-q'er.T dangernns, aucl the want of a Droper pm'isiou has 

äìH"#iÏ ä:.î ri* neceËser} expeu d i ture *,o u I¿iiãt iï iö ;; 

Attention is especiaily inçited t, the viervs of trre Boartl of \risitors 

on tbc surt'ecr of rlr standard of acquircm"i;;lä;;;i"r atrnrission 

to tl¡e acadenry, wrricrr is properly to be considererr iu co¡¡uectiou with 

tbe lengtrr of tbe üounse aiter a¿riission. r coueur i¡r fl¡c viervs of my 

predeeessor thât it wo.rd uot be welr to raise tbo stan¿ar,¿ of arlmis. 

sion. The resurt of tt¡e rast exa'riuatÍo', in. which 49 o*t of 1Ig c¡udidates 

were rtiiectcrr, srrows that the siand¿rrl is arready so higrr as to 

prcveut the adrrissior¡ of n¡an' rurro wourtr, unrroubtedry, if trrcy had 

bee' so -sit*ated as to reee-iv" pì'u¡u," prerinrinary tJ"ììã,irr"ve valtu_ 

ble oflìce¡s. It l¡as lecerrtt¡. t¡e*oìu"å*n¡enderl to mo tj.v fllc ¿tc¿¡lenric 

l¡r¡a*d to permit the disc'¡liiuuanbe of certai¡l presorirrerr sturri.s in tI¡e 

cour\qer for tr¡o pur¡loseof gir.ing tirne ror.others ttre i,u¡rortar¡ce of n hicl¡ 

n'as a¡r¡rare't. -{. con.si¡leratiou of the sr¡r¡iect *ugg"*tä i.r. ,rii" r0(,ror¡r, 

me¡lrlation learls lut¡ to tl¡e bcliet' that iü rroulrl be best to e.xteud tbe 

(iourse so as to cot.er five Ieâ,Ì.s. ft is btrlicve,l ttr,,t t.r.',Jo tloilrg, not 

orrly would tbe lrcnefits of tl¡e Acarlerrr¡. be rnore *iù[: Jitenrtetl, trut 

that the gtntlttntes s'r¡ulrl bo prc¡rared to rer¡tler l¡otter se¡.r.icc. to t'e 

c(,ll iltr J¡. 

Tbe existing l¿ìws p.oïido for 3lg catlttsr'n¡rrl th¿rt fionl n.¿ attur Juty 

I ucxt at g'atruates fbr rvr¡rm tiãrtr ¿o ¡rot .xist ïoc¡rrrcirrs irr the 

Arm.y on tbe lst d¿y of July i¡r each ¡.oar shnll bc Oisctrnrgtrt. No 

p'ovision is mrd* frrr,:t rcdirct¡on irr ihc uunlber of those to be irrßtructed, 

nnd it in prorxrbry tbc se¡rse r.rf congre.ra grut'g."'ux¡renso of 

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NDPOBT O}' THE BDCAÞTAAY OF JWIB, 28 

edueating the number aut,horizotl by law, evon if some of theu nevor 

oRter the .Regular Army, is well repaid by tbeir availability in time of 

need as ofrcers of Yoluutoers, or of an i4creased rogular forrce. 

If the full numbor authorized b¡ la.w is educeteal at the Acarlemy, no 

additional annual oxlÞnse is incurred by keepiug the cadets through a 

ûve ycarst course, and ít ie not unlikely that the decrease in ths a,verege 

number of aunual graduates (one-flftli of the whole ¡nmþs¡ being gratluatetl 

each ¡'ear, inste¿d of one-fourth) would be eo much afiect¿rl by a 

decreage in the ¡rercenta,ge of rejectious and of disnrissals for deficieircy, 

that the graduates frrom the Academy worild more nearly equal the ' 

allnnal casualties in the drury tlran is now the c¿se. Drrring tbe decade 

entling June, 18S0, of ueail¡' ?.50 ap¡rointmeuts to tl¡e grade of see,ouel 

lieutenaut in the Arnyrouly ¿rbout two-tl¡irtls were graduates of tùe Military 

Academl', so tbat r¡nderr the ¡rresenü systern less tha¡r trro-thirde of ' 

tlre rumber of cadcrts ¡lobsilile, aud provitletl lbr under the lav, 4re 

gradrrated. Frorn sucl¡ co¡lsitkratio¡r as I h¡r,çe been al¡le to give the 

srrbject, I believe that this lalge deñcieucy is mainly orving to tl¡e compression 

of ar¡ urlrlúe aurount of work into ¿t term of four J:eersr (:eusing 

uot only manl failutes lry tlie way, but necqssitatiltg au exceedingly 

rigid preliminar¡ exanrination. fn a course of ûvo Jearsr uot only 

would rnore time be giveu for tl¡e ¡recessarJ¡ ottrdies,l¡ut a part of the 

frst year could be'co¡rsidererl as a period of probation, aroitling the 

necessity of n very Beyere prelimiuary examiuation, ntrd bettel enabliug 

the acatlemic board to form a just idea of tho geuelal ûtness of tbe 

yourìg codet to grapple with the higher studíes. 

EDLIC^TION IN TIIE ÀR,ilY. 

Chaplain }lullirrs, thu oflicer ltow iu charge of this work, rc¡urts that 4 

¿t ths variotrs scl-rtnls at military posts nov in operat'iou lhere is an ,i 

everage attentlauce of tf12 eulistetl men and 11390 chÍld.ren of oflìcers, :'ì 

eulisted men, antl civiliarrs. Ee calls atteutiou to tho diffie;ulty of fud.- . i 

ing competeut teachers among the errlistctl tneu, autl the intetruptio-us :, 

r:¿rused b.y their rrrilitary tluties, rro¡re of sl¡ich ale omitted. I approve 

his reco¡b¡nentlatio¡r f'or statutor¡r autilority for the e¡rlist¡nent of 150 ij¡ 

competent rneu t() l¡e rated as schoolurasters, rçitll tbe rank ¿ud pay of ' . 

courrniss*r¡.sorgea¡¡t. ', 

I'he rrxuling-r'oou¡s cstal¡lished at ¡trost of tl¡e posts are very po¡rular 'ii 

wjtl¡ enliste¿l rnelr a.s rvell as oflìr,ers. Tlre average tlaily atte¡¡dauce I .i 

rr¡ion tbeln is al¡ottt *11800. ,: 

TÍTE SOLDII'RS' H()ilE 

'Ihe loport rrf tl¡e ll¡rnrd of Co¡nmi¡rsioue¡s of tl¡e Soldiers' ffomr. shows 

that 550 u¡emberg rrcre receiving tha beneflts of tho llono ou Se¡ltom- 

.30, 1880. Durirrg tl¡e .r'ear 318 ¡lernraneut ¿rnd tern¡lora.ry nrembers woro 

adnrítted; 46 u¡ourlrcrs ilíetl; l0? were dropped, r'oluutarily snd ot'l¡er-l 

wi:te1 leuviug ã88 rnemtrers on Septerubor ilO, 1881. 

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REPORT OTI TEE SECAETÁRY OF WÄR, 

not affor{ zulequato sec¡rÍty to the prrblio records. It ís of the g¡reatest 

importauoo tþat theso rosolds,shonlcl be placed beygnd the danger of ' 

flestruction by fre at tho e¿rliest possible moment, and their gâ,fety 

cannot be assurect until the rew buikling is completed. 

IMPR,OVEITENT OF ÎTIE SOUTIT PASS OF lHE MISSISSTPPI 'RI\rEB. 

îbo last arruual report from this tlepartluent brought the hÍstory of 

this $ork to Ailgust 9, 1880, rvheu there hatl been from JuIy 81 1879t 

a fnll yearts maintonance of tho chaunel required by lnw, after exclutling 

tlays of non-mailtte.nauce, all of which oecurred in the ffrst two 

quarters. Unittterrnptetl maintenauce was continued for the two quar' 

ters euding Febrtrary 0, 1S81. the engineerts certificate for the suc- 

Ceetling quarüer sl¡orved that there w¿rs full mainten¿rtce, excepting 

through the pass itself, itr which, as me¿r,sured fro¡n tlie plane of the 

estaì lisberl gauge.mark, thete wfts & stight failure for a distance of 

240 feet; but d,nring the tirne iu question the stage of the river was 

such as to make its actual level, at low tide, 1.9 feet bigher than the 

oetâblishetl low.water mark, so that the requirerl cha.nnel was in fact 

uraiut¿inetl duriug the quarter. Tho facts being strbmitted by me to 

the Attorney-General for his opiuion as to rvhether trIr. Eatls was enti' 

tled to pa.vurent.for maintenanco during the cluarter ending May It 

1881, he ansrçeretl in the afürmative, aud payment was made accordingly, 

The next quarter extentled to ìuclntle Augnst 13, 1881, fbur 

days beiug exclnderl in colrr¡rutation ou aecouut of the chan¡rel bein$ 

in thaü time reclucetl to 110 feet in rvitltt¡ at one point and given tho 

reqnired widúh by dretlgírrg. $our quarterþ payments of S25r000 each 

for maintenance, antl two semi-anuual paymeuts of 8251000 each for 

interest on tbe ß1rü)0,000 retaiuetl, bave aeeordingly been made to Mr. 

Ea

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tq'bese e prop€r call for bids, and logally no fttnds ouú of wl¡ich to pay 

for tbe advertisoments for proposals. 

f bave no doubt th¿t, the wisest cour.st ie to use tlro ¡riers of t'úp 

prosont á.queduct Bridge, for which au altornato proüsiou is mado Íu ' 

the acù. fl is,however, own€d byone corpr.rlatiot¡ and leased to anotheri 

for a long term of yeare. The lessee offers to sell for the price named' 

.in the aat, but the lessor refhses to seil. The Uuited States acquired' 

some interest in the oltl bridgo, whose effect and extent must be deter- 

¡nined judioially, if er.er settletl, by al adva¡ce of S3001000 to tlte corj" 

poratiou of Aløxantlria in 183?, which snlr¡ rv¿ìs trxpeudetl in eourpleting 

the canal and briilge. Dids for the constrnction of an entirely new' 

bridge have beeu called. fot, but the reeult is not yet reported to me:' 

ft nõ Ui¿ is accepted, it i* my o¡rinion that such a,tlclitioual legislntiou 

shoultl be had as to autlrorize a .iutlicial oontleuuatiou of tl¡e present 

Aquetluct Bridge, the claÍms to tlle aurount of conrpensat'Ìor¡. awa'rrdsd 

to be settletl as ma¡i be provided, autl the okl ¡riel's to be useit for tho 

construotion of tùe free bridge. Iu this way the equitaþle rìghts of tho 

govermnent and of atl parties in i¡rterest can be ¡lrotected, and' the 

actually needless constructÍon of nerv ¡liers for ¿r free blidge be avoitled. 

The subject, horvever, requiles ¿ì more estended consider¡rtion thau can 

be giren at this timer'and the attettion of Congress will probably bo 

invitetl to it in a special communicatio¡t. 

cowPnNS lfo:Yu\fnNr. 

I3y the joiut r.esolution of Cougress a¡r¡rrovcd lltay ?6, 1880r the duty 

devolved upon the Secretary of W'ar to bause to bo matle a brouzs status 

of Geueral Daniel .Morgau, tlle commantlsr of the Ameuicau forcos at 

the battle of Oorvpens, South Oarolina, and to ca,Irse the same tu be de' 

Iiveretl, through the goreruor of that State, to tbe Cow¡rens Ceutonnial 

Comnittee, iu üime lo be placæd in position upo¡¡ the lnomorial columu 

before the L?ttr day of January, 1881, the e,eutenuial auniversary of tho 

l¡attle. \\¡ith the approval of the Presideut, ny ltretlecessol sèloated 

ìfir. J. Q. .¿1, lVa.rd, of Nerr York Cit¡', as tlte artist to execute the sta'tue, 

¡¡nd ¿ contract was eutered into rvith l¡in fbr the suur uaured iu the lawt 

$:¿0,000. 

October 26, 18S0, Mn 'Williau A. Courtenay, the ol¡airruau of the Con' 

tenuial Cornmittee, ath'ised IIr. 't{'artt of the inability of the comrnittee 

to conrplote the arrangerueuts for uuveiliug the st¡ltue ott Jauuar'.1' 17, 

1881. 1o give the artist am¡rlo tiure to tericl bis çol'li carefully, the 

time fbr cornpletion antl deliver¡i of tl¡e stntrre rvas extended rr¡ltil lllarcl¡ 

8, L881. The statne was fiuished i¡r brunze I"ebrunry 17, 18ti1r nndt 

after iuspeoüion and acceptatice, was etriplted to Sp*trtanbulg, Souùh 

Oaroliua. I'he chair¡nan of tlre Oorrpeus Octrte¡urial Ooluruitter¡ arrd 

tlre governor of SoutJr C¿roliun hnve certifiect th¿r,t tl¡o stÍùttte w$s l'oceived 

in perfoct order, antl tl¡at thtr tet¡ns of Ùhe coutract rvere fully complied 

witlr. 

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32 aEpoRT oF THE sucRETA&y or' tvAR. 

Ddpa¡tment of \t'est Poirtt, rrurl 1?) of Colonel ¿rnd Brevet lfa,ior-Ccno' 

ralGeùty, commaudirrg Àrtiller'.v School at Fort }Ionr'otr, Yirgilria. 

All tlì-ebe &ro ño fnll ¿rrrtl interesting tlr¡rt I ¡urr suro the.t'will receiçe 

your eareful ¡musnl. flor ¿l short titue, r'iz, ti'ont Jatruary iìlr 188_lr_to 

I\fay 9, I&$lf a Milit:Iry Dir-isioll ..of ,tho Gulf' rY¿¡l r:olrxtitut_ed_.b.t- 

Itrrisiclóut lláyes, emlrmcing f,ouisiana, Tesrts, Arkitttsit.s, ¿ru¡l tl¡e I¡¡diau 

Teuitor.v, rvit:h lìfajor-Geucr'¿rl Schoffeltl i¡t t:ouunolld; brtt as thi.s divisiou 

vus-tbuud to fhlûll uo u.sefirl urilitar.ç eutl. it wtrs discotttiuucrl by 

I,rosident (irrrfìekl, letsing ìxruurlaries rrs tltey trsistctl btrfirre, lhese 

l¡ounrlaries geuerally coufbrrn to ¡rolitical lirres, ttrrl ale tl¡e rcsult of 

loug esperierrce, cìeatl.t'Iimitiug ¿r¡rrl ¡lelilli¡tg the autl¡orit.r' ¡tutl cousr:quen 

t responsi bil it¡' of e¿tch (:out ¡uatrtli n g gelterit l. 

- 

Whilst-the ttuops h¿rre bceu kcpt rerS'lrusy tlurirtg tltc l)ilst' l'ear't 

¡¡o serions lntlialr or otlter. ç¿rr has oecttrretl, lnt great ¡rogrels h:ts 

been rnade in collecting and locatiug lutlialrs, hith(ìrto lrostiltr, o¡t their 

proper reserv¿ttious. Sittiug Full ancl his ittrcrerrtsr, rvho had fled i¡¡to 

Briiish terlitory, fll'e no\r lreld at Fort lìandall, I)ak., as ¡rrisoners of 

waf, and tlre Utcs hat'e been moved. to a uerv reservatiotl in Utab, as 

full-v rlescrilred. iu the reports of Geuerals Terr¡- autl Shebida¡¡. fhe 

eud-den outbreak of a part of the A¡raeìres i¡t Arizona is esplainerl in 

the re¡rorts of Gcnerals \4rillcox ar¡d ìfcl)orvelL Iu the l¿rtter c¿ss iü 

¡vas fiiunrl ilecessarJ¡ to re-enforce for a slìort tinte the usual gnrri.sous iu 

-Arizona b.r a strong detachttrent fÏom New l\lexico, rtnder Colonel 

llfackenzio, of tùe Fourth t-laçall.v. îhe guilù.r Apar:lres arc now l¡eltl 

as prisonerb for ttial. Sou¡e l¡açe esca¡letl iuto llle.vico, l hilst tlte gtflater 

pai.t of the tril¡e reurai¡rs ou their reserçatiou_ a_t_S_qtr CqLlos, rt¡¡tler their 

[rupor civil ageut. I will -lppend to-(ieneral ]Icl)orvell's I'ePolt copies 

of a.ll. papers necessary to illustrate this evr¡¡rt. 

..ttt ihãse anuual reborts, with justice, dwell on tl¡c facú that d¡rr com- 

¡rauitrs arÞ too snrall fõr efticieut tliscitrlline ¿¡ud I'or ecouomir:¡tl sert'ice. 

there are in tlre ,\rtn¡' 430 cotupanies, slrich are uecessàril¡ videly 

seatteled orer our va.st domain, trr ¡¡nard P¡'opertl'and to ¡u'event, as 

far ns foresight'cau, com¡rlicatiolts and troubles of ever'.v virriety antl 

kinrl-at one time ¡inrtecting the settlers ¿gainst Indians, and again 

Iudians agaiust the settlcrs. \Vhtn tltt'se occtrr it is a'lways.sutltlen, 

anrl re.er¡forcementS have to l¡e huuied forsarcl fi'out great tlistauces, 

autl alrrays at heavy cost for tl'ausportrition of nteu, -hotsesr ìr'åtgol¡sr 

and supplies. This õost in lJ'e aggregate sill, iu ruy ìudg-¡neutr l¡e-¡trore 

tlran sùflicient to suppl¡ ¿ut iur:r'ettse of 90 ¡reu cerrt. of Ttrirute eoldiersall 

that f rroultl ask-fbr at, this tinre, br:cause I l¡eliere tl¡is inr:re¿tsc will 

add little, if any, to tl¡e cnt¡u¿rl cost of Ure Armyr arrtl ¡'et givtt great 

relief to oirr overtaxed soldiers. In the last ten J eats oul'f'rontiers hayc 

so exteuded, uncler the ltrotectiotr of our sm¿rll A1ulyt as to arld ¿t least 

a thousand iniltious of dollnrs to thc taxable rvcnltl¡ of the uRtiotr; has 

ouabled elnigrauts to .settle up rentote pnrts of thc couutry, atttl is a 

principal cauÉe of tl¡e grent pros¡rerity rvbich is tþlt throughout all parts 

õf thd'country. lVI¡eñ the natioual Treasury x'Í¡8 pooÌ a¡xl loadecl with 

debt, the Army entloavored, glacefull¡', to subtuit to ovsrnorkr but they 

¡row-afiDeal foi reliof, ¿ud I do rnost ea,rDegtly osli thc ho¡tor¿rblc Seeretor.v 

oi-lVar to appli to Oongress to ropeal thnt cl¡utsc of esistiug law 

which limits the eu=listed forrce of the Alnry to 2õrlÐ0 lrretl, utttl to enact 

thot each oud every comprùny in tùe Arm¡'ma¡' l¡e onlist¿tl to ot lenst 

õO nrivate¡ç. makins 02 e¡llistetl t¡tett and 3 officors to e*ch of t'he 4i|0 eotnnaû¡es, 

thrr:s incre¡îing tho Arul)' proper to 2{ir6f}0 oulistod utert, whic[ 

ãumber in practice will probnllly uerer exceetl 9fr0lÐ. Thin shotdtl 

for¡n the aor¡rbaturt folce; autl, us ex¡lerieuce outl ttnivorsn,l ¡rruotico 

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'fotal iuf*rrtry 

RIìPORT OF TIIR SI.:ERIiTAIÌY OI¡ \V.{N. 

Conrbatauts. 

Ë¡rsineor Bottl¡lio¡r -. - - 

pei'ulAuent ¡Utl rccrr¡itilrg ¡xrrties, Ìrueic bo¡is, ar¡d rccr¡rils in rL.¡rots-- 

Dutieted me¡¡ detoiletl ou- gertcritl serrice. - - - - - 

Ordnanco Dop¡ùrtt¡relrt. 

TÍcst Point detachmeuts. 

hison guord 

Hospita-l ðtorrerds. - -. - 

Ordnance-sergeants... - -. 

Commiesary-Bergerrnte 

fudian eeouts- 

Signal dctacLmont.. - - 

4U, 

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4'¿¿ 

íilO 

5¿l 

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421 

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l.r9 

300 

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10. it3{} 

19. xlír 

liou'comì¡atauts------ -"""'- 3'?tìl 

Totnl e¡listerl f'or.ce of the Arnry of the lJuiterl Statee, October, lE¡Jl . -' - :¿:ì, 59{i 

Thero ere 190 conìprrllies of cavalr¡ r 60 of ¿rtillexyr rùud 250 of i¡rfa¡try. 

By dividing tl¡e total fbrce of eâclt arn of service by tlte ttttm' 

ber oi con¡panies, tçe l¡ave tlte' average strLtngth of coml)¿ÌnJ'- 

For caralryr SS enlisted nrert. 

For artillery, 40 ettlisted rnen. 

For infantry, 4l enlisted nlen. 

ilrese n,r¡nÉérn embrace 12 uonlcomnlissioned ollicers and ntusiciaus, 

leaving only 46, 98, ancl. 20 privates, respective-lJ¡-nulnbers so stttall 

thaü tñe corñpaúies'are a.h¡rost ridiculous, compelling comnrendiug oIÌoers 

to grouÞ two antl even fonr compânies togetber to perform the 

ryork ofono. 

I also invite attention to the absurtlity of styliug in ordors the cour' 

p&nies.of fbot art'illery, ermed with uruskets antl without qutlÈr ¿(bat' 

teúes.t the.y are not liatteries in a,ny intelligent_ !ìense. The s¿nre as 

to (rtmoptt f'or cava,lry. All shonld be styled ¡vhat the.y a.ro in tilctt 

ú¡companies.tt 

Nearly ev'ery geneml oflìcer commantling troops o¡t tlte froutiel asks 

in l¡is ¿nnual ieþort for a larger increa¡¡e than I h¿¡r'o l¡erein indieatêlr 

but tl¡is may be better aceoinplished by giving to tho Presidont' tho 

right to incleirse, at lti.s tlisr:retion, the com¡la¡¡ies most -expos-ed to 

dãncer to any númber of priyates, Dot exoeeding 10(1, Iiulited tlyey$ 

in piactice b¡rthe actual apþropriations of money mther thalr by ¿l flxotl 

nurnber of men. 

fn the report of fltspector-General Sacket yo_u will find two-points 

worthy of nôtice. IJe fe¡lreseuts that his cor'¡rsof ofticers is now limited 

to ffve-, whioh is too small a ¡¡umber for the importrr,nt duties which cle' 

volgs óu tl¡eul. 'Ihe ins¡rector.general mnst nesessarily bo st¿utiot¡etl ilt 

Washi¡¡gtonr ¿ìnd shouki bave aü loast oue compstent &ssisiteut with 

him. llhou'there Íùro Dow, end probri'bly elways rvill ber tlrree goo' 

sraphiaal divieions and ninó departments, oaoh of rvhioh ought tt¡ ltovtr 

ãn iìrspector-goneÌe¡. This rvould nec€ßsitete 14 oflicors i¡r all-a¡t in' 

orìo¿¡sdin this corps of nine majors, e&olì of wl¡oru sltoultl hovo tlto-rigltt 

to emr¡lo.y one clork, rvitl¡ tho same cotn¡ron-\etion wbich iE nott'ollowerl 

t¿r'palmästerst clofÉs. I cordinlly urrite with (iouerol Secket iu this 

l¿tfer recommeudation, aurl furthsr, that the Prositleut bs allowed to 

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sr.lect, n:n¡' increuse of oftìcels in ttre Inspector-Genernl's_ I)eparturent 

lþr¡ur tho ina.iors and r:a¡ttaius of the Ìir¡o. lhis is tlre only increase of 

(,ornrni$sior¡õtl oftìcers ¿reketl for in the ¡r'ùols Ärnty, attd rvotld, in fact, 

r¡¡rl.v be. ¿r,¡r i¡lcrease of tbe sarne nur¡rber of lieutena¡rts rteett-,d to fìll the 

v¿rc:u¡cies occasiorrerl b.y tl-re prourotion of tl¡o nine tnqiors 

lfhe sccond recomuror¡d¡ttion is in teg*rtl to ollicerst servants. It 

¡ul'sclf; l¡¿vc seen occasions rvhen tro ofIìcer coultl affbrd to hirc ¿l .qetçalit, 

becarrse a, sen'¿rrtts wages exceeded the officerts pay; antl as ¿ rule 

tlru goverument compols its olTicers to livs in reluote places rçhere úo 

serv¿¡nt will go, of his oln fres will, fbr âny wages. It is simply im' 

possible for a¡i oflìcer to hire a servant at a hnndred places wherc_troops 

innst nece.ssarily bo; ancl on ono occasiott, two JiearÈ ago, in Wesfern 

Moutnna, I had an eercorù of a company of gavalryr IIeT_eJ as soon a*s 

rve reachérl cemp, the aaptaiu nnd lieirteriants hatl to þull otr tl¡oir coais, 

gather wood and wrrt€r, cook their own ¡¡reals, and groorn their own 

liorseu. I honor labor as mnch as any man, antl never was ¿shametl to 

crnk rny orv¡r mett,l or saddle my olrn ltorse; but no officer can h¿bitually 

do this nork anrl properly supervise his company and commaud. 

No soldier sboultl evet be compelleil' to do meui¿rl l*bor without compensation, 

or rvitlror¡t his own coìsent; but if a .'¡oldier is willing to cook 

¿rntl rv'ash for l¡is catptaiu, ontl to groom his horse, for'pa,g, thereisno 

rea{¡on wh.y he sl¡ould bo forbirltlen to do itr and I lecommentl that the 

law tn repealed, or nlodifred so as to read: 

SF;(:, l;IJ2. Ño oflìcer sb¡rll r¡go ou eulisted nìou ¡lrr a servauù, itr any case rvbôtæver, 

rvitl¡out pr.op{!t coutperrsation, or çithor¡ù l¡is o\vn contle[t ¿ud tl¡¡rt of his corurnanding 

otücer. 

With this ¡¡rotlification no wroug is possible to auy soldier, and the 

ofücer will uot bo courpelle.d, as uow, to tlo menial scrvice or to violate 

the law. 

There is a subject of great importanco, ueeding Cougreesional action, 

wl¡ich bas lritherto been discussed aud will bear repetition. fn the 

early deys of tho ropublic nearly ever)'z city and l¡arbor on tl¡e.¿ltlantic 

aud Gulf coasts, as well as on the lakee, wanted a fbrt for protection 

against pnblio enemies. These were built aud still reruain the property 

of the United Støtos, and tho A.rm¡ is chargetl, in one *'ary oi auother, 

rvith tl¡eir caro and pre¡rervatiou. Very many of thom are now absolutely 

of no use, present or prospective, and ehould be tlisposed of'. I 

rvill uot rnention nar¡¡es, because of local feeling. Dvery Buch city or 

tÆryn, from III¡rine to Tex¿rs antl t'rom Duluth to lrake George, has a 

local'¡rrÍtle iu its fort and garrison, autl if in tinres ¡rtrst such a folt was 

built by the Uuited Stttes, auy attenr¡rt to rviUrtlr¿lw the garúson or 

removo the flag is nret by'locál op¡losltiou, of'ten im¡lossible to oror- ' 

eomo. I recomrneud thaü you apply to Cougless for authority to snbrnit 

the rvhole qnestion of coasù dsfbuso to a board of bigh oüicers of 

all ar¡¡¡s of servlce, to consider tho wl¡olo questiou, with instrue.tiot¡s ' 

to report to the Seci'et¿ry of W¿rr what coast forts sl¡all l¡e maÍntainerrl, 

n'l¡af sit{rs sl¡all bs retained for future use, and. what may be absolutely 

eold; antl further, that outholity bo grautett tho Prosident to sell ths 

;&me, suÞieoü to any conditions which Oougross Inay iutposo. 

Ilr like rnâ,uner, inlanrl, a gteoü number of militory posts antl stetious 

have eitl¡or lpen roserved from the pnblÍc dontain, or hnve been purclnsetl, 

rvhich, try the progress of settlemont, havo bocomo obsolete; 

yet they need a nÍlitary guard lbr proteation. These are rvorso tbau 

üselessr-because they abloib a large ftection of the small Anuy, rvhiclr 

ought to be free tor aation. For these I wonltl recommontl a Rilnilnr, 

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'&EpoRT o!' Tltlt sF:cRHTABy oÉ' wÀÌt. 

lrut tlistincr, boartl, to u¿rke a tholoug'lr studJ: of the wltolo protlern of 

internitl tlef'ense, rrith sirnilar authority to sell and dis¡rose of all poste, 

oxeept such as'are deemed-neces$try fot' ¡termiruont oe,cupatior¡ al¡d 

lirturìe rrse. ff tbo fnntls arisiug from these s¿les could be appm¡rriated 

lbr the. perma'nent sites, I a'm -sure greet e('ollom.t' would result to the 

heasrrrl', antl durable barracks attd. quarters could I¡e built iu place of 

the tern¡iora.ry ßhelters whicþ, from wear autl iæar, ha,to proven tlro 

wprst possible fbt economy. this is lrothing urore tban wh¿t is occur' 

riirg all over tho llnited States, n'hêro the ol¡l log-cabins arn givirtg 

¡rlrrce to tl¡o uroro lastirrg brick houses of the f¿rmer ¿nd nleohanic. 

' I arn further of opinion that section 1136 of ths Revised Statutes, 

forbitlding the erectiou of permaqetrt buildittgs elcept b.y speoial ¿uthot' 

ity of Cougress, ehould bo wlrolly rop_ealed. {lhe tiurs fbr teuporar¡' 

sli¿r.ties lras passed rùway, autl uo building shoukl hguceforth bs erected 

¿ùt any of the peruranent fbrts anrl drilitary establish¡nents exce.pt of 

stone or brick. This worrld tro true econorn¡, rvhere¿g woodeu lluildirrgs 

with timbcr foundations aud shiuglo roof's ¡ìro i¡l the end tho ¡uost 

costly. Surel.y tìiscretiou as t¡¡ the character of snoh stnucture¡r ca¡t 

srrfely be reposed in the Sectetary of \{ar. 

Be]-orrd qirestion sonle of the old forts are s'ortlt relainitrg, lrccauso 

theyâre ûriisherl, a¡rd are so located as to lrave little ralue fbr sale to 

prii'ate trlarties. 'To ¡rcrserve these tl¡e got'orutne¡rt may, rvith ¡rroJrriet,.y, 

õconorny, rrrd charitr.', utilizo the ¡lresent oorps of retil'ed oflicers, fbr' 

whom now there is nq employrnêut, wbater:er. I'here ¿rre also in thc 

.{,rury mou}- old soldiers who han'e servecl tbis govenrment iu rv¿r aud 

rleace frrithfirlly for tç-entv-fìvs ¿nd more Je&t's, iu the assurance that 

ilre¡ rvoultl bo provirletl fbr in tlreir old age. I recoltt¡ne¡ltl tlraü the 

I'résiclent be autholizr¡d to trattsfer, otrt of this cl¿rss of cltlistBd meu 

tvho have tl¡us served fbr t\\'ettty-five or more J¡ea,N. a number llot to 

exceed õ00, irrcluding the oldl¡¿rnce-sergeattts (now ll2)r and "51¿þli.rh 

a, ú¡Veter¡tir Cor¡lsrtt to ìre st¿tioned at these olcl forts, rvith the nar¡k 

.a,ucl pay they held at tl¡e close of their active ea-reer of.trmy sen'ice, to 

lrc sribjeot to the IÈules and Artioles of \Yar, brtt only to bq lsed. l'or 

guarding pnblic propert¡;. Olre o¡: tn'o ollicer.r of the retÍred class a¡ltl 

äalf a dõzèn of thesti olrl sokliers rçorfllonrpose a good garrison t'or a¡r 

obancloned. post or fort. llrey cbuld hoist tho flag., flro tho evening 

gnu, protect arttl accot¡nt for the ¡rublic propertyr aud tlo rçhàt norv costs 

ãtre 'labor of an orgauizerl conìpanJ. Iì.y grauting tho retired o{licers 

thus detailcd fuol anrl quartersr we rvould ¡rrovide ho¡uee f'orrvortlry 

I'eterans rvl¡icll rvoultt bo urost honora,l¡le alrd chalitablo to theln alrrl 

arlvautageous to tl¡e governnrent. At tl¡o close of onr civil war wo l¡a¡l 

a, similaf arrangemeut i¡r rvhat l'¿s kno¡vn as the (ß\:eteran lloscrve 

()ortls;,, and in Eulo¡te all, or neatl.y all, the gotern¡net¡ts tl¡us or i¡t 

.somê éirnil¿r way provitlo for thc,ir old aud f¿¡ithfìrl rnilitary solyants. 

Tho Adjut'¿Dt-GeueÌâl enn¡neratcs 190 ¡listinat military posts, lli 

.ûr'seunls, 3 r'ecruiting depots, a,nd I engitteer depot. Of these, 84 a¡'o 

'on ths frakes, Atlautic or Gulf coasts; 11 ott the Pacific; orrd tltc rcnnaiuing 

ll¡i'are ¡¿i¡lland.tt Besides tlteso aro nr¿ùtt.v trrnilitary sitesrtt 

Erekl try purchaso long ago, or t'csort'etl out of'tho public domailt, rvhich 

the Atlornsy-General holtlsc¿rnnotbssoltlor¿b¿utdonetl without spor:ifìc 

arrtbority of Oougress. 

fu the annual reports of Gleneruls Sheritla¡t, f[uncock, ttul ñfo- 

Dorvell I ñ¡rd trll subjeats of recert intsrrst so fully tlisoussod tlt*t I 

oüEht lot to repeu,t, but thors is ono of univsrsol interest rvl¡ir:h I 

mtibt rliscuss, ..military ctlucatiott." Tbc rvhols theory nnd pructico 

rf ths Government of tho ljnitetl Statc,s hrts beon, nurl contit¡utrs to lxì, 

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th¡¡t thð ll,egnlar Aurry urust be small, ¿s-small as possible, aud tlrtt 

for great ocòasious rre -as a ¡loo¡rle rnust rol.y _ol lbo v-olutrtgor_masses. 

of sò'Idiery. No class of rnen bctter reoognizo this f¡rct tholr the Regttln_r 

Är¡n-\', a¡ld as the soience of rv¿r is ¡trugtcssil'e, wo rnust keep pace with 

it, sti âs to Írnpart to tt¡e volunteei uiititia, otr the shoúest no-tioer all 

tliaü is known òf tne arb antl ¡rractice of war'up to ths_rnoment of execution. 

In this sonse tho whole regular artny isa sc[ool; t¡ut the l¡ulk of 

the Arrny of tho llnited States is futly cm¡rloyed othern-ise in tlre rl¿il.v 

worh intfrosecl on it, so th¿r,t Cougress has rvisel.l'provitted tl¡¡rt-the Army 

shnll lenä assistaucã ùo militar.v iustruction in thirty of the civil colleges 

of tho tand. E¿cb of these is a separato institutiou, ¿tud tl¡e t'hirty 

otücers thus detaited f¿ll absolutely under the soutrol ancl autloriü¡'of 

the facnlty of the college to whicli each is attached. own belief is 

-My 

tbat. iu¿sñruch ¡rs tl¡e gòvernmel¡t loaus the services of au ofüeer to each 

of túe¡o institutions, t-irey should be subjected to alt inspection by an 

oflióer of that þr¡¡ncli of ¡he nilitnry service, rvhose ¡eporÛ t¡r the Soerstary 

of !Y¡r,r rvould enab-le him to decitlo rrhether this provision of laç' 

h¿i firlfrlled iüs purpOse oi uot. There is nolv a gleat corttæst among_civil 

coltcges for this priiilege, and the benefiü 9f superimposiug-t[e militar¡ 

rtrill ìrrr tlrr¡ cadet"s of eách college shoukl be iuquiretl ittto, fronr time to 

tirnt', ând tcports n¡iulc, sõ th¿ùt tbe largest resnlts possible tu¡l;\'coue 

ti'om tlris invest¡I¡ent. 

. \û-est l'oint, however, has been, attrl ruust cor¡ti¡tttc to Ìre, the fotrutÍtill' 

sourco of rnilitary r:dur:ai;ion ilr ti¡ne of pe*ce. ln the pa^st it h¿s ful' 

filled its tkrstiny ivell, buu we c¿ùn no lnore restore tl¡s corrtlitiou of f¿cts 

of General Tluiyelb.tirne th¿¡u \Ye c&¡l tnrtt the dial of tinro bach_fif'ty 

.yeärs. You uow have the re¡ort of ':be l¿st llo¿rrtl of Visitors. I bereivit[ 

snbnrit t}e report of (Iener¿rt 0. O. ]Iorvard, ühe present S¡r¡rer'iutentlent, 

and I beg you to consider theru both togethe'r'. Sl¡all West 

Poil¡t go'b¿tck to 1819 antl becomo au ertgineer sultool, or shnll it Lle 

:r militär.v acaderny f'or atl nrms of servi-ce Ì Tbe Board of Visitors 

iutrst¿rtütly reeorn"mentl that the Snperirrtirnrlertt of the }tilitary Academ.y 

sl¡oulcl-be ¿r colonel- of engittecrs. The law is, thc sn¡re^riute_uùeut, 

rvl¡ile sorving as such, sl¡a.lt have tl¡e k¡cal rauk of oolonel of eug_iueers. 

Prior to 1ti00; tt¡e seltict'ion of superintendent was coufiued to the Engineer 

Cor.ps, btrt not necessarily ¿ colouel. À lieuteuant colonel' majort 

ór captain, cóukl have been selectetl by the Piesitleut, aucl when acting as 

supeiiuterirleut the law gave hi¡n the local rank and pay of colouel of 

en-girreers. Groat difficrilty then existed iu makilrg ¿ù propet selection 

tniín tne f'ew oflicere etigibló, whicLr difñculty is now forgotton, ¿nd Presitle¡t 

Gnrnt-hirnself a gratluate, autl deopl.y iutorested iu tl¡c succes$ 

of this N¿ttional Acatleury-enlargetl t'he ûeld of selection so as to em' . 

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IÌËr,oll't' oI' THIì s¡icBDTÀIly ol¡ lyâB, 

in 1811. i¡r L8i16. a,ud ilr L86l-'65. \\¡e.st Poiuü is intendccl to utake 

¡¡soldieís,tt t¡ot píofessiortal engineorc, alrd the rvorcl ¡¡soltlisr'l o¡nbraces 

everytbiíg ilr i'¿r. If the erigiueer'be a better soldiel tha¡r the inf¿ntiy 

oftiõer, theu let hinr iu war and pe&co have all the honors and 

ot¡olirments;'but our recenü experietlce-does not fulfill tlre assortion. 

Ths houors óf ttre cÍvil war werc ùot confined to tho engineers: therc. 

foi" i-trJst-you wrlt uso )'onr influence to le¿rt'o the s"electioú of the 

heatl of tlre Military Âcadetny, as norr'' frnm all arms r¡f servico. then 

coutes the quostioir of rank Îor the Ènperintendeut, - Sh¿ll he btl a 

colonrd or a, gcueral I ftr my jndgment it i.q a qtlestion

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In liko mantrct, the Sigunl Scl¡ool at Fort llIygr pro-vitlês for the in' 

rstnrcüior¡ of eiglìú sub¿lltõrns oach yeat in that brauch of knowledgo; 

þgt, ¿¡s it takeíôve yeoru thus to irwtruot ono oflìcer of each of theTorty 

l.eEirne¡ts, l)uacticà,lir¡struction irr all the signaling which is essential to 

ttrõ AruyîS also taught tt West Point, at Fort Monroe, and rvill bs at 

Ilort I-¡ea,r'onworth, thtts embracing the whole Arm¡:. 

Ileretoforo the officers of cavalry and infautry ltave been doomotl to 

everlasting strr'çico in the very romotost pa,rts of wh¿t was kuqwn as 

the (. Wesi.tt ¿hvÍùys in atlvanco of civilization. No soouer ühan the sotülemclrts 

róacberl'their postr rvhich they harl built of sods, or stouer-or: 

rrùorl, ttrey [atl tp ¡rull -¿p stakes, mo\-e trvo or tltree lruuflred miles 

¿llrtrari, tili thç sar¡rõ g¿¡uõ was repeated, aud so orlt utl' inf,nitu,zr r' but 

rrol this also is changetl. Il¿illbatts tntvorse tho continenÙ east autl 

rrest iu tbe iuterest of-tratlc ar¡tl conlnerCe, antl ühese troo¡rs ¿re shOved 

co tl¡o riglrü antl left to gtartl t[e' ornbr¡'o settlemcuts agaiust the fntlians, 

or'the llrtlialrs against tho i¡rtrnsive settlels, aurl tlte tiute l¡as como 

n'hen'these oflicers slioukl receive souro consideration antl some attention. 

\Yiüh your a,pproral' on the ?th of trfay laslr I olcleretl Forü Leave¡ru'ulth-¿r, 

post oiriho l[issouri $ive1, oceupietl siu-cc.1819-to be -goú 

retrrly fbr ¿u sichool of ap¡rlication for the catalry_autl infaltry' similar 

to thãt afi I¡olt llfonroe for the artillety. Untler the supervieion of Geurral 

Po¡re, the uecess¿lry arra,ngeuents are rvell advancetl, aud I feel 

coufirlt¡rt that l¡efore ttre lst of Jauuar.\" 188:Ì, rYe nill have the plau 

cr)uU)lete antl in snccessfirl execution. There rvill be habitnally a-ggri- 

*ou bf one conìpany of nrtillery, fotr courpanies of iufantry, antl foru 

of cavalry, to lvllioh will t¡e attaihett, for ins_truetiou, otte oflicer of e¿rch 

regirnent-óf infautr¡'atrd of cavalryifor ¿l detail of -trvo.¡'ears. Tl¡ese 

rviil rer:eivs instruction in the militàry art, anrl theu rejoiu their propor 

reEilrreuts, to be sttccr¡eded by a siurilar tletail evely trvo ¡'ears, so that 

in:tiuro thô rvholo -i\tltt.y ¡cill thus be en¿rbled to keep up rvith the rapitl 

Þr'ogress iu the sc,ie¡rce-al¡tl ¡tracüice of'ryar. _tl¡is wilt complete thesysil.,¡n] 

¿r¡rrl I aln Ccrùai¡l that uo l¡ratter how sudden wâr rnaJ¡ colne on ugt 

t"e wiI þe prep,'ared for it, and tl¡e llegultr {.nuy will t-hns bo the bst' 

ter en¿lbletl- to impart to the ïâ$t rDass of voluuteers all tbe knpwl-qtlgie ' 

t¡f t¡e ¿rü of war-rvhicl¡ is possessetl by the nrost skillfirl natious of ths 

eaI.fh. 

Ilr colrclnsiou, I þeg to assure yorr tfuat the cnlisted men andoffrcers 

of the ¡rreserrt Arrny ót ttre tinitetl States, i¡l ph.t'sique, iu in-telligenoe, 

irr ¡rrrtriìrtiri der.otiori to tl¡o honor antl flag of the conntr_y, will corupare 

fhr.ornbly rvith atty similar establishment olt eartlt, and n'ith our own 

,\rln.y tt any previons poriorl of our histot¡ 

Dririus tird lrast yetr recriritttrent h¿ts beelr slow, by reason'of the 

Ae¡er'¿l ìirospeiity'of the cotrntry alfortliug botter enployurent to the 

öl¿ss of lieu ¡çho þenerall.v ertlist; but winter ¿rrtl hard times will soolr 

eu¿rl¡le rrs to fll oùr raltkgwith rr good class of nren, autl re.enlistmente 

rvill i¡¡crease'by reasou of tbe adiva.utages tho rlrñy now holtls out in ' 

tho schools, in dire bctter conditio¡r of tllé froutier posts, more abundant . 

fbotl ar¡rl clbthing, ¿u¡tl tJte vastly tlirnínished labor of_ tho past by- the 

completion of rtiiio¡rcls to regious bitberto inaccessiblo oxcgpt by lo¡g 

m,urõl¡es Írcross ir,rid, desol¿to llaius. Norv almost every post in tho 

Alrny h¿s raih'oad cómmnnicatlon ucar, tvith rnails, antl conusc,tign by_ 

tcleg-r':rph to all parts of tho rvorkl. In rny_ jtldgruent, the conttition of 

ttre-.rlrñr.y, ofliceis, nnd mou, is incomparably better ond more comfort' 

¿rble th¿ur íü was twenty'years ago. 

1'or rletails of last yoiri's workf antl fr.rr progless in tlrill a,utl rifls pnùc- 

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GENENAL OF THE ÂRIUY. 

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beucût. wiflr a view to the highest efficienby of the regimetrt. .$bis, i-t 

ivõo"cäite¿. would oblitorato-au evil wl¡icã at any tirno pay, tlrough 

diseust or. dósn¿ií, threatou tlte elemoralizatio¡r of o regiment othorwis-e 

poÑôõ."¿ of riratérial not onþ able, but willing, to stistaiu its hartl' 

äarnetl -'i-----::-¿- reputation' 

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i: +BMY OFFICEBS Á]rBoÂD' 

Bnt few of the officers who have onjo¡'ecl the priyilègg o-f vìui.t'inS f

4f ßEPoBT oF TIIE ßEcRETÄnY o!' wAR. 

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izstiou of ¿¡ schgol at I'ort [.,eavonworth,.by assenrbling at lhqt pointoü 

I east four companies of iufautry, fonr troôps of oavalry, ono light battory 

of drtillerv.anil ¡letaitins for iu-ttruction onelieuteuanb of eaob regimeuü 

of ir¡f¿ntil autt cavalri, tq be eelected by the command,er of rthe regimeut 

and"airnonnced iri Eeneral oiders o¡ or beforo ths lstof July'of 

e*oh alteynate yoar,beginniug witli, Jul.r-r l$8lrfor the tsrm of two. yeaæ-s; 

the o6cers so ¿et¿ileõto ln-attacheil tó the'companies c.ompggip.g the 

school and to perform all the dutíes of oompq,py offfcets, in ¿dditÛon to 

.thosd of instruotion. The d.¿ty of carryiug the above plan into exegu'' 

tion was intrusted to the lrieutloua¡rt'Goneral of tho Army, and tl¡ero is 

êverg niosneet. althotreh delay nocessarily oocurrotl by roagpn of in' 

adeohdcv o:f otcerst oùarters at Fort l-,eavenworth, that ere long tbe 

ôcùoolwitl bo iu succosêful operation, wit'h, ib is confidontlyhopedr marketl 

beneût to those two arms of the service. 

SIGNAT. SCHOOL. 

'SignalinE having becomo a necessary part of the mili_tary instructiolr 

of óftcersr"a. scboof of i¡rstruction haõ õeon establishetl at tr'ort Syelr 

Yirsiuia. óurl an aunnal d.etaiL authorÍzotl of eight officers, soleoted lrreferaily 

íron¡ tbe lieuteuauts of tho line of tho.army who have esrçetl 

no"s ittao four years rvith their regirnentF_ aud are-possessed of souutl 

bealth antl gooä mbra,l character., cousideration being. had also for 

Jerçico in thõ ffekl,iirdustry, soklierly habibs, aud aptitutle for stutl.v. 

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RIFLE PRÀCTICE. 

No teatns f'rorn tl¡e Army participatèd tbis yea,r iu the Creedmoro coDteit 

foi tna,rksrnartghÍp, owi¡ig to t[e lillúted appropriations fÏo¡r which 

the expeuseg'for such- conte-sts coulcl be detayed. . To.con¡rteraclr as 

much ds possible, the alrsoncs 9f ühis¡owerful iucentive to effectiveuess 

ãn¿ to et'courage general excelle¡rge in rua,rkslnanship iu tl¡e Atmy'the : 

followiug plan has been adoPted: 

Three-giades have been establishedfor competition a,url ArmJ p¡dzeslst, 

the eieparüment; 2d, the dÍvisiou; aud, 3d' the A,rmy. 

Érom t¡i reporte of îhe best firiúg at'pgqts and camps end other 

¿.'aitat¡le ìtats -the department co$mandor will seleot tlie-most suitable 

ro¿" rtiú liõ crass [iò*n as ¡rmãrksment of eaah compeny' troop, or 

batte¡v. epil asgemble them at somo côutrel post to contest fbr !þe 

l¡onor'óf a plape iu the departmonù_te*m of twolve. I¡l like m-¿nner the 

cornmanrur of oaah of the tbree military ilivisions will assomble ¿t soùe 

conve¡ieut post in his alivision the severel departmen-t teat¡s to eoltt' 

nete l'or a ndsition in the tlivision team of twelve, and for tbe followiug 

ä"iàst Fiist ¡lrize. a eold medal of the çalue of one hnnd¡td dollars' 

fuitt¡ a suitablã insbdñtion; to the nort threo; Ð lrsrksmeds riflo; with 

iuscriptiou on tho butt; ariA to lhq remainiug.eigl¡t_o_q tbo wiuningtean 

of twõlve eapb n eilver'medal of the v¿lue of ûvo d'ollars. 

Fiually, ovory altornate ¡em, begigDing iu 18E2, tho (*eneral of the 

.å.r.my. fio¡u thõ reports of iifle'prarltice oi the eut'ire Army, will soleat 

¿ teön of twelve-of the best shots to corn¡rete for tho army prizgs. 

The ûr¡t prize will be a gold med4l, ¡vith unitable inscriptions, of !b-o 

ralue of two hunrlred dollars; tbo fl¡rOo nert, a ¡uorksmantu rifler with 

ineóription; aurl tbe renrainin¡i eigt¡t! t s¡lver ¡bednl of the veltre of ten 

tlollars. 

To the public epiritcd aitizen¡ of Ñev*tl¿ the Ar-pf is indebt€d for *n 

¡t¡ìiiä-ùí prñ-io l[t ó.ú"I or bottery eroe'lli-ug in te,rþt t¡¡ng. 

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' REpoRT oF TEs EEcBETá'RY o¡' lT.[R. 

the I)eparürnont of Texas ald tbq-Dlvisíon of the Paeiffo wae coutinued 

duriugitre eutire J¡e&r, aa it entailed no_o¡pendit¡rro fro¡n the^r_ec-r'ultirrg 

fund,ãnd tl¡e @mrnalding generals cif tbo Dopartments of lfissou{it 

' Platte. arrd Dakota wero autborizetl to designate offcers to recruit fôr 

tlre regiùents serviug iú tbese departments, tlÞe points designa.tecl Þui{g 

Fort L,-oaveuwortJr (Konsas)r Fort Omaha (Nebraska), and Fort Snelling 

(Minnosot¿). 

fÈo ouly orghnizatioue having their fnll complement of luen \rere the 

colored reþimouts, aud thereforC'recruiting for them wa{¡ suep_entl_ed.Iest 

September, exception being rnade 'only in cases of men who, havÍug 

.hoñorably servealone term of enlisüment, deeiretl 1o ro'entor tho eorvicè. 

îo remedy tho serio.us injury to the efrcieuoy of the recruitiug,serr. 

ice, resulting from the relief bieuniaìlyof allthe ofticers connected with 

thót service aud roplacing the officers relÍered by others uecessaril.Y 

inerporiornced in the duties of r_earsjting officet iû was determined to 

,inau-gurate t new system, viz, of relieving yeerly only one-half of the 

oficers engaged in this important duty; thus allowingthq new deta,il 

tl¡e beneffüduriug'thefirst year of thei¡ tonr, of the acquired knowledge 

and'oxperience of tlÌe unrelieved officors of theprevious dotail. 

Tne öuperinteudents of the Goneral and. Mounted Secruiting Servico 

have been orderetl to bre¿k up what wore known as tho r\permaueut 

companiesz at the depots and replace th_em by the following o_rganization-of 

the recroits: four compauies to be orgauized at eacli depotj to 

be known as r¿ compBnios of iustruatio¡rt and to consist, each, of uot 

less than eightJr met, with six sergeants (who sball bepermanent); each 

oomBen.y, as nearly.as possible, to be com¡rosed of twelrty four-montl¡st 

menl twbntv th¡ee-ironths'meu, twonty two'rnonthst men, aud twenty 

one-inonth ùren, or, in other ¡vords, dividi-ng tho recruits into fonr classes, 

according to the length of time tlrey havo been in the servipe. Reoruits 

arrir'Íng a,t tbe dopbts to be assigned to theso compauies. lÌ[en roenteninÉ 

the sersico to be considered as recruits of tho firet class aud 

assigleð as such. TI¡e clerke, ban_d, aompa,ny cooks, ertra-duty meu, 

&ç.,-at each depoü to bo organizod. under the command of the depot 

adjutant and bo known as the " depoü detachment.' Dacb company of 

instruction to furúisb at lea¡t threo meu for rluty as aÂsistent cooks, 

that they uray be properly and fully iustruôted il this important duty, 

and tbe-details to !" sp regulatetl as_to have al.ya¡s fou-r,three, and 

two monthgt men under instruetion ; only four monthst men being nssiguable 

to regimeats. 

Á.s an encour¿gement to faiU¡fuI and deserviug nou-e,ommiSsioued 

officere serving at distant stations, aud the better to promoto tl¡e efficiency 

of tho iocruiting servic€, a number of sergeants, not to exceed 

eieht, will be annually dotailed from the infarrtry autl cavalry regiments 

foi sdfvice a,t the goneral depot-s, iu tUe proportion of three to-each of 

tho General Sen'ice dépotg and. two to that of the Mounted Service, 

To inaugurate this q.vstem a sergoont {actqally with his regiment), to 

be selected by ttre reginental cbmmandore of the frct six roginrents of 

ipfsnüry aud from the Firet and Soaonrl Iìegimentn of Oavahy, wero 

ordered by them to report to the Superiutendsnts of the Goneral and 

Monnted B.ecruitiug Service, respoctivoly, ou the lst of July last. These 

detail¡ are, as a rule, to bo foron€ y€eri ¡t tho orpiration of wl¡ioh ternr 

the uren wilt be relioved by sorgeants eolected f¡pm such oüher regiments 

of infantry aud covolry Bs Ðey be indicst€d from generol headquartere. 

The recruitÍng rorvice has, uuder the irnpulse of tho now syeteur, 

furniehed the A¡my with oroelle4t meu, rvho are prepared rt tl¡e de¡>ot 

to at ouco enùer upón oompeny duty as 8q)n &s they join the regiurent 

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sood'discirrline, In some cases tlre faailities for target praotico are not 

ãood. :lhis is especi*lly tlre case as rega.rtls the fieldlattery stationed. 

ãt McPtrerson,Barrsßks. . 

I concur in the views of ttro commatding officer, ['lfth A¡t¡illor¡¡r Lieutenant'Oolonel 

Eamiltou, as to the.etationing of úeld baüteriee of instruction 

pingly at the heíadquarters of regilrentd. It increases the €x- 

' pense of ths aim, makes e¡nulatiou irnpossibler and jn mâny way:s, i¡¡ s¡ 

ãctual eonditionr'injures tho tons aud [arr¡rony_of ,the servie,e.' 

lhegamisor¡sôf Jackson BænacFe and Fort Be¡taucas woro rÊmovecl 

in Juné at'the ap¡rroach of the yellow fever seasolt to McPherson Bar- 

. racks for the summer. \ 

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IfcPherson Barracks, Íf tho post ie to bo rnaiutained, requilbs large 

reuairs. Estimates h'avo'l¡eeu forwalded with tl¡ie viev. They are 

laritly in eoudition to make t'roops comfortable in wìnfer, and lielpa,rtly 

witbiir the limits of the city of Àtlunta, in a positiou vory unf¿t'or¿blo 

for tùe healtù, morale, and discipline of ttoopt. 

If a pt¡st is io be miintained at or r¡ea'r -Atlanta ¿ large space should 

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Steints Mountein, Oregon, Septomber 7 tÐ L7, i¡clueive. Disüa¡cs 

merch€d, 2?S miles. 

Seconó Irieut. J..A..'Eutton, Dighth fnfantay, with detachment of 12 

enliet€d mon, Troop G, First'Cava,hry'r on scont from tr'ort 'Ùlcpelmipt 

Neo., t,o Tbrôo tr'oîke'of Owyhee PJiier, Oregon, Soptember 1 tç 9. 

Distence marched, 120 miles. 

- jùctober.l880.-Â parüy of 2 non-commissioned officers aud 13 privates, 

ftõt G.'FirstCavêiry, -on scouüfrom Fort McDermit, l{ev., to Gre¡rite 

lU-Juätoifqnear Comli itlcGarry, Nov., fxim Oetobor õ to 1õ. Dibtanco 

marcbed. 18O miles. 

- Ñnambw. L880.-Second. Lient. J. Pitcher, tr'irst Cavahy, with rle. 

taahment of Troop G, First Oavalry, on scout from Fort ldcD-.erqiþ 

Ñev.. to lhreo tr'oiks of Owvhee Bivõi, Oregon, from Novemberg to 19. 

Camíe¿ for severel days, äud hunterl ovei counúry in &lt directione. 

Disteuco marohed, 138 miles. 

- ¡ilu.1ti31.-setiond l_,ieut. J. PÍtcher, First Cavalr¡ with detach- 

mentäf 12 enlisted men. ftuoB G, tr'irsú.Oavalr¡r, on edbut from Fort 

McDennit, Nev., ûom Juie 22-to J-ulyl, irylugiver þ {cþity oj King 

Iìiver yaliev. O'¡egon. Rumored Inrtiaú troubles in tbat region pronounced 

fsl#. Dlstence marched, uõ miles. 

--gãtterv K. tr'ourth .A'r6llery, dransferred. from Forü Poin-tr C¿1., to 

Fort, Caiby,'W. [., left Deprirtment of Californit, en rotta for latter 

*åk*Till 

å. roottu .a,¡tilre15., tra,usfen€d from Fort oanbv, Dopert' 

nent õf inã öolumbio, arrivedónd took stetion at -Alcatraz Islaudr Cal't 

-'dattery July 9. 

L,, Fourth Artiller¡ tra¡sferDeù frou .A,lca,traø,Island, CaL, 

arriyerl anA'toot stetion at Fôrü Point, Cal.t July 9. 

- guitory n. nouttl A¡tilleny, Uausfeirrd f¡ou-Fort Pointr Son Josér. 

Cal.;ttlÉod Canby, W. T., iéft. Uopa,rmout of Osliforüi¿' enr¿¿t2-for 

latter -_notñ"I post, July f5. 

M, i'ourth ArtillerS tranefgrnod=ûryt^{otL Ç*qÞU, W. T, 

arrived an¿ ti¡ot stotiou at Fort Poi¡¡ù San Josér OaLr July 10.' 

- Capt. n. trt. Bernanl, tr'irEt Oavrþ, with Sæood-Liout J. Pitchert 

¡'iisf6¿vatÌT, ùd 2õ'onlisted. men, llboop Q, Fira-t CavolSr, oP scolt 

lhroush cou-niry no¡th of Fort McDermit, Nev., from July 12 to 2E. 

Distañcs narahed. 22O milos 

,",-+lffd'"l: j#i:åin+å'f;åo*H.i.1HiT"$HS'ä$ä'fr å':l 

ÃS.*t ã.- '¡iJtõnoe'm¿rrbed fmm Rono, Nov., on Conhal Pacifló Boilroad. 

--õr"*;-ñ. 205 miles. 

nicutn l¡fsut¡rv, traneferr€d from Fort Didwell, CaI., 

.â.ugusiõr-a¡riúedãnd took stetiou aüå.ngel fsbnd, Cal.r Âugugt 15. 

I)istano€ -ma,robedr 2Ðõ miles. 

- S-enientt. fæt.-f¡oop G. f irst Cavalry,Ieftitsstation,FortMeDer' 

mit,'i!Tov., fór ñeld serviès ágainet hostilô Âpacboe in Department of 

Arizons, Soptou¡bor õ. 

i'"ooí I. i¡iret Caval¡r'.left its station, Fort E.aileck,l[ev., for ûeld 

sc.rri,:elugiainst hostilo Ïpaches in Depártmeut of -â,rizono, Septem' 

lrcr 6. 

--À-ttetachrnent of Compauy G, Eighth Infanbyr.left.F'cü Ea,llrck, 

Nov., Soptember 4, enrl_ arrited and took tom¡nrary Èt&lu¡Lt et' -Fort 

McDêro¡ít, Nev., September 8. 

Compenies B'rnô K, Eight} fnfautr¡ from Benicia Boqraoks' and 

Con¡naäies C. D, and ¡', f:¡ettl¡ Infautry'.fhom Angel lelautL Col., lof'ü 

undei oommautl' of Lieirti¡ñant-Oolonel'pYilkius' Eight'lt fnfautryr for 

r:I1ì 

:'i¡:c 

; irll 

FCFH03202

138 BDPOBT OF THE SECBETASY OI'WAR, 

ûeltl'serviee against hostile Äpaches in l)o¡lartmenü of .A'rizona, Bep. 

teml¡er õ¡ 

A' detach¡nent of 10 onlisted men, Battery Ä, ß'ourtb Artill'eryr tnd.e¡ 

comma¡d of I'irst lrieut. Joseph Garrard, . Fourüh *{rtilleryr left_ Forü 

Þoint, Oal., September 1?, to take ternpbiary station at Fort Yuma, 

O¿1. 

Tfoop. C,I'irsù CdÍfalry, left its staùiou, Fort Bid.wellt Calrt for fl-ekl 

sen'ictô ageilrst hosüile .A'þacbes in Departmeut of Arizona, September 

fS. ' Marõhed to Reno, Ñev., 205 nriles, thence by railroad to Lathrop, 

Oal., whero iù arriveil Silptember 22, and' remaiued in oamp till tbe 3d of 

lJcttiber, wheu itwas pent toVlillc

GENER.A,L 8F. TIIE ÀFMY. 

.:, -.1' j 

139' 

?ülr. Beporù of .Oapt" B. B. Keelor, .4.. D. C., utt'ing jtidge'advocate 

of the departmenü. 

8th. Report of tr'irsf lJieut" C. P. Miller, Fourth Artillery, acting sig' 

nal offcer of the rlivision and department 

DEPÀBT¡IENT OF TFT' OOLII}ÍBIÀ. 

I submit herswith the annual r€port of tho goneral cournanding the 

Departpout of tho Oolumbia, togétber with the papers .bo.banemits. 

li a irrevious reporü tho de'þartment commander submittetl his Yiews 

as to the proper þtaco for tlie post neerled -to-the wos-t-of 'X'ort Cæur 

.i'-e,looe, ata ûUicñ, at one timerit wasintended to esÞblish ot thefoot 

of Lake'Cbelan. T6o ñrnds to build this post will require Congtessional 

action, and I ask the attention of tl¡e department to it that the nJcessar'.y 

aþpropriations may be obtained. 

DEÞÀBTìIfI.NT OF ÀBLZONA. 

I trauemit herpwith tho reportr with its acæompanying psporsr of the 

general command.iug the Departfoenü of Arizona", Ejs -toport is mado 

while ¡bsont from ñis Uoaûãuerterur otr accr)unt of fndian hgs$litiest 

wlrich, as he says, rvas the cause of its not being Ú'more extended.t 

Eoetí,títics wítth ttw Arrunhe l;f*r. 

Early ilr Septen¡l¡er a report oÊme up from Arizoua that Co-lonel 

Carr. SixtU Cävahy. comm¿lndiug at tr'ort Apache-wbo had left his 

noit'auil marcbed 'Ëittr tUe bulk oT his command to ths Whitg MoÈntain 

'--- l--rilaiï"Jurd ¡een ttt*red, bis co¡nmand ertorminated, and, 

subsequeugy, Fort A¡raohe takeu. T!'hilo it was ¡ot bslievod ühe fort 

t "d bõn-d;i,ioreA, tttle noports indicated the troops harl mot with dis- 

astor: anrt tile casó was tùe mo¡e e€rious bec¿usê communic¿tion wa{t 

nartiállv out, off from the reåt of the Department of A¡iz'orta,. 

^ îhe fõrt is in the extrsme eastern portion of the lle¡ritory, higb up in 

the mounta,ins; eud the only mad l-eaving to it hed boon'dùmaged by 

recent etot.ps which had washod. out the ¡nrtions going up tltÓ:rucky 

cañons and m¿tle it impasssble even for pach'mulas 

on septomber õ wo¡il cam€ frorn Fort thomç*tng post noa,resf to 

Fort .A.påcbe-that wbile Colone_! Cart's commaud Qqil tÞq fort had'been 

he had rcpnleod the fudians, wÍth considerabl€ loss iir meu 

àn¿ "ftacLeh. mator¡al, had nigained. tbo forti rebisted thei¡ att¿ck upon it, and 

driven ther¡r from ite vioiniüY 

: 

Genoral'Willcox immedisiely left bie treadqnartors at Prcscott. went 

to Fort Thomas and took all meltsu¡€8 in hjs.lx)wor to provitle for s¡pixeiÀins 

tl¡e l¡ostilities in wbich be so unexpectedl¡r found bimself in' ; , 

iolved," Ou bis application the avail¿ble oavalry and infanh¡ i1 

-the 

Depardment of Caiiiornia weTe sertt bim, apd as'tþ mesns-of suppiyiug 

i'óilÀnacte hatl. for the móme¡t, beeri interrgpted by the caqs€b bd' 

¡6]'ã;fiñ"¿.-tiä *ãs ãonpelle,t ¡å, ask ttat su¡iplieo dntl. ammunitiou, 

anrl, subÊequeírtly, re.enfoilcements miglrt be seut to Apache from trlow 

ttle-liãõ. --fnãÉovénãnt in fte nriilnborine Departmen-t of tho 

'Willco¡ 

Missourl 

öfttoops:ordéred bv General seemed, at trst, 

to have so overawed tüe hostiles -tl¡at 

ma4y of them- sut¡þl¡dercd at 

.apacho and .the Indian Agenoy, g4il iÈ was fas_ü $conipB P-Qry o 

âugg' 

tiôn of pnniebment uy põqçiôf laq-tþaq o-f 'ppprg{oqg'in tti${9f$; 

when foi reasons noü j'et fnll"v or setiefactorily oiplainedr most'bf -tho 

l '"rt 

FCFH03204

140 

BEPOBT OF THE SECBETÀBY OF WAR. 

Drimners at the fndù¡n tgoncy broke away and arp etÍU at large; and 

ôoncurrsntly with tbeir escape, if uot becanso of itr auothcr þantlr which 

had b€€ùr ii no way couneatird with tl¡e disturbance at Âpaeiie-the 

Chirie¿huas-took tùe ffelit and comruence*l btxtilitie¡, whiob are still 

maintainetl. Tl¡o ouly ongageneuts sinc€ tho attack on Carr, were o'ne 

with troope uudor Mnjor- Sânf'ordr a.ltl on9 b.v tboss unrl_o-r.-Oaptoin 

Beruard, irirst Oavalry acting u¡rdbr tl¡e orders of Geueral Willcox' 

'I'he oútbreqts of the'\trhite Mouutain -A.paches \¡rtlg so unorpectedt 

and the câ,uso eo'obgcure, that on t[e l2th ult'imo I aaused tbe follow' 

ilg iuquiry to bo mnde of the depmÙment cou¡nander: 

Tho War Department s4f,- tùg coutry-will wau! to---\qow-everyühing connectod 

.wi¡l¡ tbe oommãncoment of ûho hoÐtititios lrcü¡soeu tho lYhito llonotoiu Apachee anù 

tl¡o troopa u¡¡lor Colo¡el Cam; antl tl¡s iliyisio¡ oomu¡onðçr ili¡ectu tbot you maLe o 

fnll inv-estisstion. ¡utt roport st ae oarly o tlay a¡ po¡ail¡le' end ssù fortb: (1) By 

whoss order"aud ât whoó i¡st*nco Coloñol Cari ¡u¡icheet fiour Fott Apaoho to tho 

vitt¿qe or csrnD of the Äpacbeô in qnestiont (l¿) \ry'b¡t w¡s t¡ro olrject to be gnineil? 

f3) Ii wbrt¡v-oyçast[iã obiectelÌ'octe¡l or ettomptcdl (4) Wltlt is suppoeotl tobo 

òh'e immocliate. -enil wh¡t the remote, causs of the ¡rttoakl (5) Iu what s'ay was.tho 

ott¿ck ma,ils aid reuistocl, includiug in this the enbeeguont otùack ou tl¡o fort I 

General Willoox has beon Bo occupied and 8o sep¿Ìratcd fmm thoss 

uecßssar5'to be couspltc,

OENEBÁ.L OF TEE .ÀBUT. 141 \ 

I c¡unot concur, therufore_, in denounoing tþeir oo.nducü as treacherous. 

rf ãicept tho sooúts, çho, fôrnring pa'rt of the milito,ry forco ond-being 

ÀuÙle¡t'ø the nititefo hw, are in ddlferç¡t caso ftÐm the other fndians.) 

ñn-tñfnai""s simplþ msdo war upon the ümogx-in ¡etali¡tiou for the 

õf tnei* leadör', au amosü maão by milita,ryforoo; anil they mado 

"""*i 

the wa¡ oPouI.Y. 

-ú'etbör-orhot they had a.inst cÊuse, or, if a just one, whet¡or a snfficis;tceusô 

for ¡sar i-e anothõr questiori, aia o4e of whiah they tre the 

i"-dqã.. 'We havo for ove¡ a cenfury marie treaties, made war, and-made 

íteaãe with tlie fndian tril¡es, aud. I sge no difrelgnee wbaf,ovor in the 

ã¿"e ót ihe *"" with those Iúdians than th¿ü made herstofore with the 

Ëriõ"i. gt"nocks, Nez Perdq or Sominoles, &c. '!vh$ we m-ay-judgo 

Uoiã. o question of public fmlicy to do wit'h this tribo as their oouã¡1"no"" 

is äuotbor oueãtion; but I tU¡nt thoy a,ro eutitled to ths eemo 

ftoot ã"t as other dostile Iídians, bsth in the way tho war against tbem 

;ñii bo aa¡ried. on end tl¡eir treaiment ¿fter their eurenderorcapünre. 

Oolonel Carr saYs, Âuguet 1?: : 

I hod rlireotærl Lieutenont Cnre6totakei._thegr¡glo-f histcouts¡ft,orSuntlaymola; 

ing iuepootion, on tho 14tb, aud to eay thtt ho rrould keop t'he¡o in .h¡s osco out of 

rhä wét. 

"îúLîn""" been kept tho¡o mr¡ch of tbe time herotofo¡o. Tho ecouls {o aot lik-e it, 

""ã-tfic tii*e¡uiiAoit¿ it o aign of ilicürust' but I coulil not mconcils-it -to^+y flut-V 

iöi,iîå-titîri úããllUã¡r or-s.;hsn tbere wás ao muoh anil ro gonor¡l bslief in their 

åirñ¡iøï.ø îñå;h."J.'-- iìls, ior"over, believed tùot they tntËnil to hold on titl ¡ftor 

äì:ï;ïä;; d;J,;Am wiir ir¡" ose" with rho rime whå rhe,oo¡nvilt bo ripe. 

The tãmper of hie'Indian soouts'being such as to ma-ks i!.h! ilq-ü¡1-tod.isarm 

thoh, thus ceusiug them to fesl they qere {idtrusted; tbe lrcIief 

in their disDósitioü to treacherT being geueral' enrl tùÛttheJr cou¡1¡-only 

î,iîOi6d õñ-tiU tt¡e nexü payïay; it was injuitioiogs,.as_events havo 

;ñ"ñ: i" Óãir"ãiCs to täkä thêÍn, with ar¡ús in their hands, to aitl 

him in'the ax¡ìost of ono of thoir o¡rn lea'ders. 

2d. Âis to tho prosecution of tl¡e wár. 

Cãi"*tõ"* hãving rngained. his post-wìth^ the losg-in. killed and 

rvoänded. óf between "a fffth runtt a sixlh of his force, antl the loss of most 

"t-nìà-t õ".us and ammnuition, it was to be oxpgct{ ho wor¡ld trot feel 

;irtê to*Áãwimtuefudiaus.witb lese than hehâd whon theyattacked 

üi* geïÐs so pla,c€d, as befono menlioned, th¿t he could.for'tho mo. 

siipplied nor re-enforcetl ftom'.â.rizona. Ee is a gnllalt 

"ielt,re¡i,Ue"¡e ú,1¿ô1ñã omcer, ¿iu¿ there can bo uo questlon was moet anrious to 

resume - - ofrensive oPerations. 

CUe ¿Jpa*-entîommander lol¡orerl untlor ths dieattvp.t¡þS_e 9f 

haJi gg 

t¡is-ñort-iãfJf nis commoud so irlaceù that ho was obliged to àsk to 

üäî"'it iopptied an¿ re-enforced by another dgpartment command.er ; and 

ã¡e átàuËiåg aharacter of the co-ntest and thã_i^nterrupti-on of his com- ' 

ro"*õatiõrrfnecessarily caused hirn to vary in hls dgmqnd5 ; but _he w*s 

anäie, ie¡or¡s, oud prórnpt in tl¡e tlischnrgo of his dn_tieer and.impa- . 

tieuü dt tbe tlelays whioh tho distaucÆ he was f'rum supplre$ en¡1 t¡æps ' 

u'Bffi"1"riJliäïfiftiff;iou fLom rho Gen-erarþf tþe 4"^{.**q *- 

¿eivãd. as welf as ofter. Genertl'Wiltcox was left ÍÎeotoaoton his pla4e 

iõ-sorrírress the hostiútien, and eubscquently, in conformity w-itb Ùhe 

;-;firil¿ orelers of the Geuerul of the Almy, the sole conduot of ¿ctive 

ãlá"rtlónswae tlevolved on Oolouel llfcKenzio, X'ourth Cavelryr who has 

lt-a¿. fu" go¡ne time, exclusive command of all the fo¡tes in the ffeld, 

- -rfs muct¡ ¡rnl'avoiablo e¡nrmeut l¡asb'een mado, andiurpatience shoþn 

ttat tnése bostilities rvero not put dowu im-mediatelyt and this soou aftor 

irrõv t"ote out, I think thoreis rniseppreheueion as t-o- ttho oxtênb and 

õUdraater of thó TelTitor'.y of Arizona, aud ns to tho habits of rvarfnrt of 

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FCFH03206

: \.:1;:- .. -:,... 

BEPOBT OS TBE EECEDTAAY OT'WAB. 

þ lndiouq r¡rd I bog to ryUud tq thb t lpooid roport mado ot¡ thic 

tubieot in ÍæO ûseãitb rns,rtod O) vhich, in rlargo degreer opplioe to 

tbs--n¡emut Güb ¡ for çhile the r¡ihoods lr¿ve ahortoned tte timo of 

Settiog tn opß edd supplioo into .Arizona, tbe rn&nuer of using Ùhem 

wl¡en tbors ùcs not aùangpù 

I¡ is not th¿t tl¡e numbor ofhostilo IndÍaus at eny time crn be greatt 

llut tl¡ct tùoir n¡tu¡e, autl tbat of theÍr country, give them gmat facili' 

ties for ¡tt¡ck and es¡rpe. 

Iu jnstico to tboso vÀo hevo tt¡e task of rleoling Yi-tb !Þis-question, I 

ark icouporisou botseen tbi¡ dr¡tbreck and thabof tlto Muloon. 

Tbe Modoo ooüntrJ¡ Tas mor€ aocotsiblo, and nearor su¡rplieo end 

rtmope than theee Âpachecr yet tho llodoc warbegan Detnuber 711872, 

aud was not ended u¡til Juue I' 1873. 

îhe tater-dispstßheõ indicete tbat tl¡o ho¡tileg a're makingforMerico, 

aud tbs offcer luBurruit l¡as decl¡red hÍs iutontion of following,them 

&cnlsa the line, unless pmüibited. by snperior tuthority. His tlis¡ntclt 

wts duly forw-anletl to l\'asltingtour but uo o¡derg h¿ve, nõ yet, been 

rr¡r:eived with ¡'especü to iL 

'â.s bcedng on i,his question of inviolabiliüy of neutral torritory, I ask 

attention ø tt¡e fotlonÍug extract of a goueral ordeq issued-by m-e i4 

l8&ï, in the casê of cert¡iu Coufederates tried lbr violation of tho lan'É 

lrud irscgeo of civilizsd war, in whích it was discuosêd: 

It i¡ t¡¡e th¡t publiatrts ¡ßru tùtt, of dl " principlel of publlc lsw, tberc ¡Do r¡otr6 

mo¡o ¡c¡ed tb¡ltho¡o which æcuro the imuunit-y õ'f uontirl te¡rttorf f¡or¡r the e¡erciso 

of æt¡ of hæ¡ilitv by ¡ fo¡e¡rtr poror.t ¡¡d thrt " tho l¡r of n¡tior¡ forl¡id¡ ¿ll 

rrm of noot¡¡l to¡rito¡ç fór hosùlló púrpo€á.t, ¡¡d dæl¡¡s¡ th¡t tho rlghto of w¡¡ obdl 

onlv bo crc¡otoed vltli¡n tho æ¡ritriry -of thó boillge¡€utr, on tbe hisE !€s¡' or çithout 

tldiurülìct¡on of ruy otbe¡poçent'- Tcù. Dots¡tú¡t¡Ddinx, bad thé ¡ot ¡nrlr,he ¡¡recù 

of tÍe priroue¡¡bee¡-¡u¡ilo¡itthi¡ tbe lid¡it¡clot¡oed by ùho neut¡¡I power of New 

Grc¡¡ár it vould, haro btou r leu dop¡rtr¡¡s f¡om 3ho rule, rnd morc clortþ ea or' 

cootiou to iü th¡n w¡¡ r¡¡do l¡y Cto¡or¡l J¡cÌ¡ol¡ l¡ tbs iuvisiou of tl¡e tbsn Sp¡nirb 

urõvincs of Floriil¡ iù lgtts. or-by 8lr Âllen McN¡b in tbo invasiou of the Stcto of Nsw 

?ork. rt Scbtmon in tu3?.' Anð. Gener¡I J¡ct¡ont¡ ¡ct' wacdefoudcd by John Qdncy 

Aflsú* ¡u¡tci¡ed by our gotr¡onent ¡ ¡n ¡ct of ælf.dofeu¡e, rntl ecqniooccd ln by 

tho Ooi'er¡ne¡t of Fp¡i¡ I ¡¡d tl¡o inv¡¡io¡ of Now York v¡s dpprovod l¡y tbe Britieh 

Gove¡nment ¡¡ l¡¡viú's bebn '3 o¡e íu tho str¡ct€st ser¡sô of ælf-dofe¡¡o, ronderod obeolirtclv 

neoec¡¡v bv tÈ'e circnuðtsr¡e,€t of tùe occrdou for tl¡o ¡¡foty ¿¡d p¡ptsctio¡ of 

Hor ü¡tæùt'¡ ¡-ubliocts, ¡nil jnetifioil by tbo ¡¡me notiver ¡nil prlnclÞles-whiob npou 

cimilù-¡ûdvell-È¡orrn ocr'¡sio¡¡ h¡vô govenr€d tùe eotduot of illuctrious ofrcsrr of 

tbo Iluitoit ßt¡te*n (l[¡. Fox to ll¡. Wsbster, Decelrber ¡9' lBl0.) 

I¡ tbo cou¡¡o of tho-uegoti¡tions to wb¡oh this c¡Eð gove rlce, o¡il l¡sfore tbe ection 

of Grs¡t Brítot¡ w¡¡ ¡&qiriesceil irr by tbe Unitcil Stgteß, ar finelly it, Îlyrs, orrr minietor 

or London. Mr. Steveneou, ¿nd two ofour Secrstcr¡ec of Êtrte, Forsyth aud Webstert 

thourih deùvinq the ¡ppli-c¡bility of it to tho c¡¡e of tho Cerolirre at Sohloesor, conc¡¡r,öä.intbä 

olcoptioif to the rule of inviolability of neutrsl tenitorp cloiured by 

Glr¿at Brit¡i¡ 

'Whsu the Âpacheß pureu€d by our troops are, fro:u wbate.ver @us(t 

Buftþred to enter lifexiõo rrnd remain there.with emls iu thoir haudot only 

to rotu¡r and ronew their attacks ou our people, tbc act of the officer 

who shoultl follow them must, in all justicer boclaimed tobe 3'onoin the 

strictest senso of self'-tlefonse rendered absolutely necessery by t'he cir- 

. cumst¿Do,es of tho odcasion for tl¡e sâfety aud ¡rroteotiout of our citizens' 

Ihe latestdispatch received f¡ou Oolonel rYackenzie, tìrrough Gleuerstr 

'l{'illsox. is to the cffect tbat tl¡ere are no considetable bodies of hostile 

Índiaus'now iu Ärizoua, t'hat most of the White Ùlouutairr .{paches 

havo surreudered, and tIIÐt the Ohiricahuas have goue to Mexico. 

f havs tho honor to be, rery respectl'ully_r¡'our_mosü_obedient se¡'ya.nt. 

IIìVIN McI)OWELI,, 

Mqjor- G e.nerul, Oomma,ndíng Diahdon mtd. I)epørtnent. 

The ^*o¡urÀNr-GENE*a,t oF .ïi"kffi;", D. C. 

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FCFH03207

GENEBAL OF TEE ABTY. 

6e.-REPOBî Ol'COL' D. A. CABB' BIXTE CÄVALBY.' 

' tTsleg¡¡m.l 

gop''',br 5' lBEl' 

A¡uur.rsr-GfsNr* ¡,, rløehingtotrr."ä5t"toorS'txFnexctsco' 

f'ollowfurg Just r',ceivod: 

t4g 

Fond .apr.cun, .g¡fenDcr g-E.iÐ p. m. 

To A-u¡ur.rxt-Gr.nnner, lÍhÍpplc Eaneckt, Åriz. : 

Pu¡rsusut to ordora fmu tho commrntling gonorrl, rlrtod Àugust l3"to ¡me¡t thc 

ftrãi¡n dootor.Noch¡y I)olLliuns, ¡å ¡oo¡-¡r-pr¡ctiõeblor ¡ndIoru¡l roquorÊ ftom 

¡per¡t. d¡ted 14tb. to inost or LilI hin, or both, I lint ho¡rcd to ¡rr€et bim rho¡r he 

õíoJio tot¿ hi¡ órur¡c rnd inc¡ut¡tion berc,birt he did riot Loep hlr oppoþtugut 

I tl¡eu æ¡t two Iuitir¡¡ soouts çith Eo¡¡¡go tlu! I ventód to Þ biE oq s[¡a[¡y_' 

Ã¡uort 2E I ¡eceived ¡u cvt¡ivs ¡nswot-&om ùio, rnd nort d¡Jr m¡robctl with 

är,nuJ*¿9¡'Jå.ï;i"*¡Ë1"1îi"äJ"f !.'f är':'""'ËËHl"tËffi Ë 

ãrtäiã¿ t¡"isdicino ma¡. Eo profoosed ontire williugu€ss to como qithmo, eôid he 

u.or¡kl Uot try to escel¡o, ud there would l¡c no "?tffi attempt-aürercuer b-ntas¡oF€¡€ 

rrrkinq cemDïutoçn scoi¡ts¡nùm¡nlrother Indiona opeuel firð npon oq kille'rlCaptlin 

ff"riUËths th"t ffru. and r¡u ots tl¡e buim¡lo elrerdy-turued out to gmza Tho uo¿lãi"" 

-"sil.r. t¡ilto¿ as soon ¡8 they corumoueæd firiùg, ¿ud we tltov-õ thon¡ ofr a{t¿r o 

*"ó¡e nãUt.in wbich we losü C¡út¡i¡ gouti& ¡hot-i¡ tbo b¡ok by our owu Indi¡u 

u"onts ã3-lå turr6d to got hic grñ; four priiirteo Lillod, I ærgeaut auil 3 privatoe 

"'Æ{*ä"Jli]ti*4. r ¡oturnerl ce npidry ae pncricrbre, rrdvir6on rhe 3rcr. 

Soms of ttõ ¡Ë'¿¡¡nc ürd precodod nre, enä b¡d hilled I ¡¡en ou tho ro¡d to ll¡omas. 

Ñ;;tE;r¡tiiltUoy nrau idomon¡trti-b'r_ ¡griuat pont enil ¡tt¡ctsd it rfternoou' but 

î'""" n"'"rueã. öu¡ tot"t tm i¡¡ Killed, õ¡ptri¡i E. C. Ilontig' g¡¡th Crvrhg; ? 

nrmg"'i*+-3nï'fr"Îi#Y'¡'ijlJJl'Y.?S'itr"Ë:å:.F.$;:Ëfl ¿t'd"ïiff 

i" rhã-l"Lt i *rgernt, lrgo¡i E, ônd 1 privrte, Ttoop D; ¡nù l5 ho¡r6¡ r¡il 10 mulos 

o'+iå'i3jål* 

ìåiTiä'$U tho uruo¡r cool¡o* gqil grlragtry,.¡ud onoou¡tored 

gFr¿*H,îtit'":"if '"åli,Ti|tffi T;l-lliËifr1Ë 

.p*"C t" rüir ¡¡ms-¡ûd "ilåuJ':'ilÈ*'qi'ffi dofe¡t¿d their pleo, rta¡Eaoro, n'nil "#,Tffi eubooquonalLp_*#J 

ffi :,i,*#*#."i;f H;Îit#s#}ffi"r#HåHläålåffi$u'# 

üñ. uo"t-qia¡teñm'tu",'wouniled; Will¡-iri St¡nto¡¡, _comTo.uöog Tloop E' 

-who 

moi'eil forw-o¡rt wiùh stim¡i¡be¡Ë e!¡d moet batiltomoly cloar€d !Ào.l¡Yðgol-oqÛ ot.lns 

h",**lr:'r.'1ffi åHåï',o*;ft';$Tf ,T,*Éäifi "sll',.1iii',iË,ltiff'"fi lHíÅ 

f#Ë-'#rflîä'gïã"*.r¿"¡r,*ffi i3rËË.""töff"äffiiüiË'fiff Ìälfå 

ã[ifUoUlrcrfoioi"À t¡" fimfessional dul.ies, u¡ed c carbilo elfeotivoþ lty young 

son. Cl¿it('¡ú. C¿rr, óccosrpanied the orpodttion,-8[d do8grves t,o tr&ve trla n¡rno'u16trõffi"ã'il-¿ñ 

d;p;t"h. Tbue crs 45 oìvilians hsm who lye qeailtilg i' ilefe¡¡o ot 

i'#f Lff#åñ;Ët'ftîP-f; "å:Ï"îi:.n'ËËT;,*il"f; å$"l}:"'fåi'.mrumrå 

tbat their odËaees be Perilonod. 

"ïïä'i;.å*;; ð¡ö'niõtõi-är- you l_ator theu .Àngueù 14 till ¿fter my rolqrn ¡ tþe* 

ca,me thooe of tboló]b, wbicb ¡r-O thlo lôtc8t uow-st Dang. I am Gonüdont tÀÊ! 

;Ë'i"¡lüñ úät. iruä" $repqring for !bie- outbreäk for ei¡ uontbe. Cooley, who io . 

ñ;.;;y, ;"; atso fUi¡ip, 'wtos¿' employ6 was killetl. Thoro havo boon only o fey 

Iurlíin¡-a¡

õt.--coPrES oF oBDEBE'OF TAE OENED¡,r, OF TIft I.AU.Y TO OENEBII¡ ,,ì 

- f¡cOOUfnf,f. COUCUnXnfe UBE OF IíÂCKEITZIE g 8E'EN¡'OBCDIúENT. 'r 

E¡¡peu¡¡¡tnE or rrrr Anuv, 

Ap¡tmr¡¡r-Gu¡paer,te Orrrcr, 

fr'øø,lírgtoa, 8e$æbar 12, ¡881. 

l&i - or4o¡¡¡¡l üclþr¡r¡"-. 

ecdrt¡e ol 8øt Xlwrcíun, @l.c 

Ilrvlug oonuu¡lc¡tod to the Gle¡¡or¡l òf the .{rmy yonr 11.80 diopatæh of yeotordsy, 

I - hrvc h¡vc ¡&ctvodtboftllo¡rl4! ¡àãctvod tùc ftüowlut ln mûþ¡ 

ãi;1"*t ¡.Tclqr¡pb it e*ed-úóÉJJtt Or¡enl tcDú:voll ù-o-ìhlyu¡e fo ñ¡yu¡e hi¡ rnili¡n Inill¡n ¡ulli¡rio¡ qqbo r¡bo p-teaffË,--oqly 

Þlea¡ocrouly 

thrt'I tË!ËËrljtüo,luo¡r1-ilryü tË!ËËrtrlüo,û¡ool¡ nurü ¡btpinô_ rblp pu¡i_¡h t'Lo_Ä_pæ-heg or thc ctpot-will-til 

siçdt¡il f¡rFu -a, Eu æB ¡vl s¡-ar sG wvus fÆ -ssst B 

Gouo¡¡l'f,lokßEdo Gouô¡¡l'flotßErüo rtll rtu gritfÊ 6nt€Ê Âri.æ¡¡ A¡i.æ¡¡ from toß tbo tùo iliitodon diroottoD, of Wingats lvltrß¡tß or Grri (,'lrig' s¡.n 

ivery,i;dao oi¡t¡lde of, tbe ß¡u C¡¡to¡ Be*¡n¡úlon vill bs t¡o¡ttil.¡¡ bodilo;- Ihere 

-nô puuirh t'Lo Äpæhee' or thc cfcot çill bs 

Drd; Dvry lldl¡h h who vbo ¡id€d rid€d ltr In tbcitû¡cË:of tbc ¡tt¡rct'of Oena¡l o€Da¡l Oi¡d¡ OsÌf! pirrùymueù p¡útylD¡¡tt bc Dc Lillodot ftuod,or 

¡r¡ihèdEå[]ù.rUrul¡.ttti lbr t¡bl. tbc ponen tho',botôcr. tho bottcr. Then. Then' if 'ùc hc ù¡¡ [¡¡hot trot t¡oopr t¡ooltt o¡ousli, eaoug\ 

¡ çttl eñter Äri-m¡r fhom tbs iliitodon of Winq¡to or Grric. ç[cn 

musú Do ¡o bdf Ete¡¡itltt.t' 

t 

B. C. DRIIM, 

Á4iul¿nÞGoætv,l. 

flr¡oqu¿¡u¡no ÀruûT oF Tgt! U¡n¡p Stlræo, 

Vøhînglor, Ð. C., SoItuÃú€r 16, ¡88f. 

Ge¡er¡l tcllowrurn 

-, ftrû&ordbr.&¡r¡dtø, &lifotrdr: 

Tour illsntóh o,f lsù ¡irbù i¡ ¡ooclved, ¡ndl on the tlheory tb¡t ¡ll of . OuoÌrt Wiltco¡lr 

t¡od ¡¡c in fu ûclä bovo¡d, tùc úrcù. of tùe tslcgßtph¡ oouv*ging on't'be hor 

til6d, I *íll iridt rrir¡Itr Oe¡crd l[rkonsis i¡ oo¡oontir¡ûlng ¡t Folt lf,i¡¡g¡úo p¡ju¡¡rf:þsntdÀ¡¡¡æ¡ 

vl¡ Apmùe ¡Dd OcDö¡8I:E¡tGh i¡'¡l¡o-¡t tr'ort GhtlE ptoptrmd 

iò-ìiõ;r-tñfi-Bfu e¡¡tor" oñô hfortt ro¡ll ûrom yo!,to ¡,lvc.t[e rirdc¡c tõ idv-süoô. 

f v¡otthl¡ ¡EDu¡l Àpaohcit¿mpodc to cùd riE-û-t uôv, onil to 6ftot th¡t:¡rrult wlll 

"onã cve¡v ¡vetl¡ble-msû in thõ vhols Å¡m.yìf ugooqiqry. ,But'of.oou¡¡e lt wlll bs 

fsrbot'üciúeGûu¡l$llloo¡c¡uilothhwlthôu extrrüoou!'help. ! muat 5o-to'Chqü' 

tcnoos¡ nort [ondry. d¡d,'woold ltto to mt befo¡o I ßo' ar'it ls'oonfo¡ing to ù¡ve to!con¡m¡"ñllov 

ns,fbr ih¡rsr ¡r¡v from thc ¡oooril¡. -I ¡olt,cr,is th¡t no ilicprtßh or 

ffiarc rot to¡r mo to Glo¡e¡il,Iflilloor ôireot, anô çill ¡oùtill tLo t¡uops tÈom l{or 

üericó'r¡Crcirlled.ou,to bolÞ, when l,ury inûioots B oomnoD cosim¡ndor fo¡ oll tbo 

foroec ernployed againøütho apaohoe. 

w. T. gEEB¡r.ÀN, 

, Gcnø'al, 

Ere¡qur.næFs Anrv os rEB Uxltto.Sretus, 

Yør$rylon, Ð. C., 8atrtãtDrr 17, 1881. 

Glene¡¡l I. MoDowrr.ro 

6&rnndling'-Díoi.íelô¡ Ptwäb, þ* l¡arclaæ: 

Yom ili¡ostoü of vogtord¡y iE !êooiv€dd eûil I will inst^ruot Geusrsl therlilon.,to o*uso 

llaokeuridì fr'roo frroo tõ t{ó adv¡nrË adv¡nob 99q- gear to-Foit to-Fort Äpqplo, Äpqq}o, to eupply'it eupp^ly'it amply--with amp[y--with provldo¡s provldo$ 

ontl, e¡nmmnultlo¡, ¡nd to hold hi¡ fcoo re-a'dy to ¡sist Gsn€ral Willm:.' çbo çillbo 

allowed to pú¡ibb ud'Eb the hostiles in hig hlg owu wa¡ aaril by hio orn ùrrilp-e ùroôpe if he oan. 

In likc m¿n¡er Gcne¡ol E¡toh vill h¡ve ¡¡ eoxilicrlr foroo ¿û Cltig. -L€t Gcne¡ol E¡toh vill h¡ve ¡¡ eoxilic¡y foroo ¿û Cltig. Willoox 

-Iæt Willoox 

Lnow thuo f.æta, ontl tb¡t thc Àpasheo mruô roocive ¡uch oh¡¡tiælüent now tb¡t o 

¡olntftion of the Û¿¡r añhir will bo iopoeaiblo. Ou¡ ooe.ounts fro¡n thoû quotter lrc 

YOry [reagor. 

Tg. T. gEEBtf.[N, 

Gcneral. 

Erroquenruns oF Tr¡E Anut, 

A¡¡ur.rrcr-Ctt¡cun¡ts O¡¡r¡c¡r, 

lEaahíngton, D. C., So¡¡tcarüer'¿8, 1881. 

Mrlor-Ge¡oral McDowær,¿, 

' Prealilio oJ 8øn lrøncíeø, Çdl,: 

Tho Bocrotary of Wor dirootc thrt you orrlo¡ aü oncs Colonol M¡ckenziotù comm¿nù 

¡nd ¡ll otber tioopo bolorgirg to úho Dopertmont of tbo lliesouri, uorv in tbo Doport- 

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nuni¡h ttrs..Àt¡¡obs¡ for tbeir ¡tùeoL upon Colonel Cards col¡trn¿nd. tbo dþp*úcher ,i1i 

:hom Glenerel-Ittillcox. detr¡¡rtmsnt eo¡¡rmantler, wcre tl¡eu ¡o couûioti¡g tl¡tt I ¡¡r'ils¡a¡l i:i 

Mookouzlets comru¡nil tõ l¡s m¿rohcal to ]'oiù ABacbs, end hold cutlro ¡lo ee to l]o ,i 

nmmoùly rcturned to l{erv Me¡ioo'when cslled for' o¡ íù bas l¡een esinoetly by Gloû€r¡l ,,r', 

Þons.'eñd anl¡roved. by Genor¿l Sheriilul. Now eómplicntiono, ar erpet'teil. l¡ovs nou' r: 

o¡ils€í iu ArÎzina. wLícl¡ meke tl¡o prgs€nco of Mackõnzista coú¡mend-¡till ¡norc ¡eces' i 

e¿n'. althousl¡ bi'c troope l¡elo¡s tir auother tlivisioo. It is my offco alono to make 'i 

iüli¡ieö"1¡"a"iãxiãt tho neCeEEAry otderô ."liiã¡r tvtrlcA aro:?olouel &lO: Uoloucl Ù_Iq_c_ho_uzio M¡lcEOuz¡ê rnill ìr¡tl loport l'opoÌ& io-qlal Í, Ar¡C ¡oceivo.ordo¡s ISce¡vO.ol{lG¡E . ,Ì: ,' 

from the defartmeut camurander, Generol ìMillcox, irr Àriz-oua, wbile ærvirrg in tl¡aü :ì. 

:l 

der¡artmebt. 

öoúeral lVilleox rvill be ordored ¿n¡l insüruate,f Þy yqu to givo-imuodiat-o coum&ud ,.:j 

otltre onsr¿tions in tlo ûet¡t asainet tho hoetile -Cpãcl¡es tõ Colonel Ûfeckenzio, trd I 

of tlrc ¡¡õcesso$' etores iu that- qr¡¿rter, and will eujrport bim by all tbo me8n8 aú his ,, i 

. ;;;úã oo¡uursúd to;îtdil to eu[duo ti€ tho tostites hosüiles ïu iu ür¡t th¡t ¡ec¡on. ¡eßion, end i.lie t'l¡e uroment uro¡hontthie ihie ie done to ¡eliove . 

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Colouol Meckerrzie, by ou order in writiufr-n'hen tl¡o lrttgr will ¡oturu to lrie,proper ', 

cornuráud by eaey m¿iche¡, 

IV. T. SIIEß!ÛAN, ljÍi 

Goncral. 

. õ C._BEPOBT OF UÀJ. CEOBCE B. SAIYFOBD, rTEgT CAV.ÀTBÏ. 

lvrr'Lcox' an.o'' Qctobcr 5t 1881' 

Meìor - Ans

,: , 'tU" foOi¡u loss ic r¡où kuorvn, but' tboru ie reûson to l¡elicvo tbaü tl¡ey wero badly 

' :.l¡nrt. 

. "'Þ¡¡ttc¡ visitinu tho fìel¡l hove l¡rouql¡t ln ùwo mi¡tee pickeil onil ôttrer artloler whlcb 

ithãf,I¡luf sb¡¡¡dönod ln thoir lru¡rieìi rotreat, anil slgþre of blooil heve boe'n fountl on 

toilf,ótttåhuond reacl¡e¡l Forù Gra¡¡t. after boviog travelcd 80 miles in two deye, 

, rauotd¿¿ ¡targo bauit of boctile Inili¡r pricouera, anrl fouglrta_voryEoYeDe ongtgomentt 

-Inôtiuq cis boArs, ' ' 

' :îlã"fua¡Áne fõucht wlth sreat boldneas and desporalion, boiug ovidontly ilctermine¡l 

to holil tbeir positÏon longãnough to get offl theü etoöÏ. On ons oceesiolt.sp:out 9p. 

r.- tl¡ev charËefl flo¡vn onlo BornCnl's lÍne, ürinß sefon YoU0¡¡8, autl approochiÉg ttitLiir¡ 

i0 feät of t[e mon. Thoy were, howev€r, finally driven brck. by the couÛinued ètrortg 

.äi iñóäú*tá-*nã--u", n"i f¡ou ilet tiuó conteintod'tho4selvr! wit! ffriug'rt loiger 

:r¡"q"";ft r#¿ä.i1"",'lit,ï:i.1,f; ufi "T¡*,i%*.i*iJlii"gf "ili.'"if #;sift 

Gnr-alrri and Lieut. gl C. l¡¡tts. Twolfth Infontr¡r, commantling ludisl ocoutsr'btl qf 

' whour äie desereine of the higlieeü com¡nonilation, as ¡Ieo tl¡o lnen of thslr conna,grl' ..... 

I rvouhl hovo renüeretl this leport' earlier', bnt m.v illneso prevouted. 

Very respeotfirlly, your oliedient sorvanù, 

GDO. A. SANFOBD; . 

tr[aior, Filat ëata\y. 

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()F AR¡zoN¡\' 

' III TEE ¡rffir,o, 

. ,i. Tweon, AtÞ., Octobcr ll, 1881. 

,' . Rrai¡ectfirlly fonverdcù to hoadr¡rarters-mitiú3ry divieìon of thoæfgi_tf_çl ffl-3f 

,'üilÏiiiipi¡*ffi i¡liîîil.åT$:*î{þiîliffi Fi"qî1l:iffiffiåFH.e"r. 

;iñ;;;ùg€;iì"ïom"¡t" ,ioá next nrorniug I sterted south, in whioh diibotion ùhe hos' 

'tilee äËïüäfft s'6re moVing. ti?l-i1äü-*itt'-ã S¡nioñ" commentl to ¡iuqrdprteong¡-o Éua¡d prisono¡s ea en rorlc;'riril rorlc; and 

to to.tre tre av¡tlabls iñ tl¡e õoîrthern õoirthern port of the the- Territory, :ferJitory, nos nos' ¡-t¡ifpe. atri¡Pgtl 8tÌlDP9c. of- of ot. oll-glvlfÌy.- oll o_lt.9lvlFY: crvalty; A: Ae Â9 

s{r,ru üs rve anived at Ceiler Spfrngs onil founil t-holntli¡ns.iP Yieinityt,l'o.Itl,o¡!d' 

-t+Ðq 

Ïirr""*¿, õr-Sñn,¡rr'À Èoitatioi, to"qqvo out eutl-attaek yit'h,liiq t*gprqdÎ\tJ9}9 

çf¡a ñiliä,it"ñs €xallunlng iültr,õïã"tõu Úf&¡rBr ttvol'Lou än¿ ¡¡lru Cl¡*s u¡r¡w arrív_etl, Ür¡ ¡ Y tut wtrÎn.I r! s€¡¡.¡ ordoreil.So!fo{!9.*.$au 

;ñúi;ifi;i-i[ei¡"uiriroopÀì"a pnsh io. Tboîe¡ult is E sbowri ouv w ¡¡ in ¡ s tbir;MeþrSan- 

rs¡Þt ssJe¡ 

io-"ir*'iãriort.fonl'e. report. Great proisä praìso-ia ¡" dno'sanforù, dno Sanforrl, oËcerr, gEcers' and apd. .utrqn¡or:P!lI monfor thcir their gallauÇ' galiauQr, zeelt zeel, 

, din¿omfiùure E?tl1lr5rl.T3' 

aurl pers-istout ouergyf which.roeulted iu çoch_o comDleto dtscollrnÛuro õf ol the ûl¡o ChiricauDrlrcar.--o Iruas'ilr¿rt *r¡¡r *.Èoç ther t¡¿¡rö l¡*r,q ..ll^^¿ãì"ãlherstand. hot made another eúand. Tbôir Tlieir orvn killed killed. ¡vore wore coheoaleil conc.oaleú bt oÌ 

äñi";üË ïiú 

6ioo,t.c cloûhos ttroppetl ou,the trsils, onrl the- large nn'm- 

' 1.¿r af r'n'*n qn¿l "ichdÛ,,t n¡iílac fonnd killerl on ùho lnonutoin oid.€ ( nìYent-v-tnfoo.lu num¡¡€l '

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I inelose the reports of the de¡rartnent stâ.fl officersr_and inrite attentit¡u 

to them for ruãttprs of detaii in tl¡e difrerent br¿udhes of the service. 

I atn, sir, very respectfnllyr )'our obedioutðff"Tlrirnr"UU, 

, Bùùgad'icr'Gen'eral, U. ^9. áq Contmanil'ùttg Depnrttnatt. 

Tl¡e AssrsrÂNr .ADJuIÂNî-GENET¿ÂL' 

Mi,lítary Diuitíott of thc Pacific, Preeidio of San Erancisø, Cal. 

õ B.-BEPoBT Or BVT. tAJ.-OEr. O. B. Wr[f,CoX. 

EÂDeuÀRrnn s Dnp¡BrlrEN 1' 

î$,;n"ii5¿", 

Tuceon, Arí2., October 19r 1881. 

Stn: In accordat¡ce ryitl¡ yourtolegram ofthe 10th i¡¡stant and letter 

'of lZtl¡ ultimo, I respectfirlty transmii the following as sup¡rlomeutary to 

rny anlrnal report: 

'Ou 

üth of Àugust last, Cololrel Oarr, commauding at A¡racher-telef¡ranl¡cd. 

these beaclquartprs th¿t tbe chief at¡d. mediciue mau of ¿ b¿nd 

õf litlians livi¡¡g on !¡Uicu Creek, Ntrcky-rlel'klin'ne by lt&mer t¡lat Þecl 

t'or two rnontl¡s-holding darrces with thti ot¡iect of raising fium the doad 

Indir¡us-sbo .I¡ud treen .killed ; tbat it $as-now repoutsd-to-"hitu-( 

b) iuterpretortl¡at medicine ¡nâu was tellirrg the Inrlians tl¡at the 

;i;ii,ö;ñld 

"õd."àtuin uecaose of tlre-p-nesenco of the white ¡reople; 

thät rrlie¡r tl¡e rvl¡ite penple left, tbe dearl wouftI return, eutl the whites 

rvouftl be ont of the country whón tl¡e corn wao ripe. Colonel Carr' sa¡'s 

iu that rlisDatcl¡. .. I tlo noü know r¡'hether this i¡ of anv ooltggquence. t 

feel it ml iluty io report it to the tle¡nrtment corumûntler.t On ugus! 

ll, 'Iilfhir¡, tr$ent S¡in C'!¿rlos, ña.Ts, i,A uunrberof Wbitelfour¡tain autl 

S¡úr Ç¡¡rloiÎLìiiatt"cor,grcgatótl ueniA,¡rache,anrlTr¡utosare alsoaffþcted. 

Lro¡r¡ti ¡r¡etlici¡¡e urar¡ ot.il¡flueuce is rnoviug dr¡ these l¡rdisl¡s for, I thiuk, 

of Ttff'u-n¡'ts 

t vil ¡rur¡nses.t On tho samo dirtc, im¡neiliatel.v on _recei¡rt 

rlispntrdi, I telegnrphetl Oolonel(ltti'r, cottrutnnrlirlg l'ort A¡rache, to hold 

hiiqornriantl ilì rcìrrlil¡ess to take tlie fiekl, as Hateh reports appronch 

of l¡òstilgs frout New llexico, ¡rud I atkled, "'The 

de¡rirrtureut bomura¡¡der 

Ilr¡rcs th¿rt ll.v ¡our good Ittiruagentetrt 5ou rvill ser:ure the lrcst fecling 

"n nior, g tl¡e \l'l¡i te ìl órr Irt¿ri¡r A¡ntcbes.Ë 

I tt'legrrr¡rlrt'tl this i¡¡formatiiru tr¡ dirisiotl hearlqrnrt'rs on the 12th 

rrt'.\rrgriñtrìrrforruing you also tl¡¿rt Tiff¡rn.v rtautetl adtlitional arurs, and 

ru¡ tl¡ri'l:ìtlr iufor¡¡rcil- t'on of tlispositiou of troo¡t.s ordered by ute to . 

¡.t-elrftr¡.ce !'ort .I¡urchô irnrl to girlrtl agrrinst fudian movelnellts fron¡ 

Ntrrv ÌIrlxico at¡tl'on rescrvatio¡1. 

C¿rrr rv¡¡s tclegrir¡rlretl fio¡¡r \\'tri¡r¡rle Ilårnircl¡s. Âugust T, as folkrws: 

Thc co¡¡l¡uR¡lrlirrg generul rlirect¡ thst rn¡¡ arrc¡t the t'l¡icf ilud nletliciuo-ural¡ {Pk-ydel-klirr-rre, 

if ,vo¡iitöi,l¡r i! nrr!:csç¡r.v to'¡rrevtrrt trottblo, nftcr consultutiou wiùh tbo 

agr:ttl at s¡rr (',.rlo¡r' 

I -'' s8íst't'ttÏB'i'Ì'*'1tJ**¡' 

On r\ngnst 13, C:trr lvas tt'lugr:r¡rhcrl a tlis¡ratch of wl¡ich tlle fbllowirrg 

is lhe o¡¡l¡ liart lrc¿rri¡¡g on tlrc r¡ttestion, vizl 

'fl¡rr fro r:onrtranier of r;ovalr.v nt Tlrourer l¡sve bocr¡ or¡loroû'to roport siúhorrt ilolay 

to vorr l¡t ,l,n¿che firr tomlmr¡in'rlrrty. Tl¡e co¡nh¡i¡t¡rli¡¡ß gq¡lerol desircs tbat yot¡ 

¡rrri."t. ¿he I¡¡ilir¡¡ rloclr¡rrvhorrr j'orr rri¡rorl uu rtilrilrg rrp l-rosïilitittrr tlr ðoon ar.prnctir.'nhle. 

..-BAN'IÁIMIN' 

Å uì Írt øii -Åffffi;rrt ei¿ñ¡. ^ " 

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FCFH03213

164 REPOBT OF TEE SECBDTARY OT WAB. 

Oarr¡ in his report, sttys Tifr".r,uy requesttxl him to arrest o¡: kill tho 

¡nedicine mau. 

On saltre drry, August 1i3, I received t'he follorvitrg: ,,,1 

l-r¡l¡r AP.rct¡t¿, Jttgutl lil. .:") 

It isihe uoner¿rl in¡tr¡,cssio¡¡ lle¡'e thaú the ¡¡¡en of tl¡o I¡rtli¡n sconts cornp&l¡.r' itill i. 

so rvit¡ thè'jr frienrls Îf tlrt'.v bre¡k out. Ple:rne give nre arrthority to rliocharg-o tbetrt,. t': 

ãr snch ol'thcnr ¿s I u¡¿.y l¡ìrlicvo unreliable,:rurl-i't¡li¡t ¡'oliuble otrer¡ in thcir ¡i!l

GENDRÂL OF TED AßMY. 

L55, :: 

thg medicino IDtl¡ TIte remOto c¡uges are uukno\rtl, {ts rto efiovance 'ii 

lra¡l ever y€t boo¡r complained of by the White Morurt¿i¡t Iutlians; lr_ut .,i 

it is rrossible thÐt thtìt this thisãttack ¿ttack and tho Eubsequeut Bubsequeut bsequeut ono on Fort .{paclre Âpachg Âpache . .:!t :Î 

rçele- ¡uaclo untlor tlttr irtspiratiolr of the lnetliciue matt's prophes¡'ing l,l i 

that thc rvhite nreu sl¡onld bo r:leared out ¿rs soou as thg eorn rvas riper ,1 

rvbicli time hatl nearly corne. For tho rvay in whieh tl¡e attack wa$ ':r 

inã,fe ,iu¿- "eiist.ea,-irír:trittins Utc s,rtlseqilimt nttat'k on ttrg fort, r . ,,i 

lcfer you to Oolonel Oants report of September 6, which I desire to r*e r ..iì 

attachcd to this re¡nrt. i 

Noùwitbst¿udine- hich $ater in the rivet's, the very lirnitetl means of rr 

transportation, anil euibarrassiug aud conflidtiug reports fi'om Sau Qn"' ,i 

Ios. tüe troops'rvoro mot'ed to Ci-bicu. couutry iu éuc[ a mâ¡lner and tilne -,, 

as to drive tfue hostiles frotu their strongholds into the fokls of the reser- ;i 

v¡tiou without a ûghf, nucl tbo White illouutaiu ludiansh-eve ¡rot struck ' ji 

ailotl¡er blow. M¿ií¡ybf tbe rvorst l¡ave sr¡rrendered. Those of thç_1e' .i 

crr€ant scouts in ourliantlswill be tried by court-rnartial; the rest rvill lle l'j 

disposed of ¿ccordiug tti such ilrstructious as nla.y be received. _ ';, 

llhe Califoruia re-ãnforcements l¡ave been of g¡reat service, arrd ner€ ,., 

of them uoiv ardin pursuit of thb Ct¡iricshuas õñ the border. - lbe out- +j 

lrreak of these fntliaus on the uight of Srepfember 30 has been duly ri 

reported; antl the canses-o,tì thoir sgdden chtrrge-¡¡e-puknow1r--{ü"ie-eup.*'*poîed 

to'b€ ths fear of lrcing dis¡rm'ed. If thi¡ is true, the uutbreak . ì 

ü'äïütãit" ótuãät uut;.;-O"tiranrl could ¡rot havo co'nre at a bettcr ;;: 

ti¡¡re. TÉis Túis beoauee becagqe rve lìad liad ader¡riate adeqriate force forrce at at_h¿nd, lsnd, anrl and,it it has Þas boen , . 

1 

used to sucl¡ adr'ãntage tbat tl¡e srnallest ¡rossible flamage l¡as been e¡ftbrert. 

l'erett. Tl¡is This tribe is ubw uow in full flight nnd ntterly def'eoted. def'ested. . 

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nrojor-sa"fonl's rcport of tho {gl¡t qt-Cerü;s-ír"dsi;i!;4 {r i.n$onse- sot¡t tlown prornptly as callpd for, and wetl equipfiul for th-e fibld. Par-t i 

'i 

urentihereon, has berin forw¿nled, autt I wieh it to bo includetl gith lhis ii 

rcport. Oaptain llernsnlts report of subsequent operntions wi!, when 

reõeivert ttrriugh Colonel Mnclionzie, now diircctirrg iu ttre ffeltlr be tluly 

forwnrtled. 

Too much gtress canuot l¡e luitl npon tbe n'ecessity ot' having cavalry 

l¡orces aud pach-trains always on lirurl.sufflcient for emergeltcies, aud 

th¿t $e shoultl no longer tre strippetl to the llare necsssities for troo¡ls 

in gan'isous. 

\¡ery respectf'ully, your obedient sorvaltt, 

o. B. WILLCOX, 

B r æ c t ìI ajt ì r - Q e n e r al, Co nmand i n g I) epa níne nt.' 

Tho ÅsÈrs'rÀNT ADJUtÂNr-Gl:NnB.tr., 

I'rcúùío, Cal. 

8.-BEPOBT OF IÂJ. OEI5. O. O. EOWABI}. 

Hp.lueurnrpr¡s DrplnrunNT oF'l{'psr PorNT, 

Urrræp Sr¡rps Mrr,rt¡gv .A.o^DEuY, 

Weú Poíttt, Jl'. I1, Oatober 12r 1881. 

Srn: I' hovo the houor to ¡ubmit my first tnuu¡l re.¡¡ort of tbe Mili' 

tary Atrtdonry: 

LÀlv À¡{D OEDEBS; EO\v CO]IPLTED WrTE. 

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