Show IT LOOKS BAD FOH 10 IO in their spare time between indian outbreaks the troops in the apache country are now being thoroughly drilled in as much of the practical knowledge of indian warfare as is possible without the actual presence of the wily foe and are being taught by bard campaign duty in the field the real nature of the country by which they are surrounded the dress parade discipline of the ornamental poets no longer cuts much figure in the routine of a frontier station instead the latter finds enjoyment in raids and forced marches in which the commanding officer of the pursued party endeavors by following the tactics of the indians themselves in eluding as long as possible alie detachment sent out to effect his capture in the army orders recently issued by gen allies an is given of a skillful march made during the last series of man the department of arizona 0 P johnson tenth cavalry was the officer in charge of a party of thirty men which set out from fort grant arizona to undertake the surprise capture or circuit of three military posts located in an arsa of square miles within forty eight hours after leaving hia post he lad skillfully deceived and misled the command sect in pursuit and was marching in a directly opposite direction to expected by bis pursuers thus doubling the distance between them at every mile of his march and for twenty nine days his whereabouts was practically n although evidences of hia manc eivers were occasionally casio nally reported and the troops of different postal ere ac lively employed in endeavoring to intercept him during that time he made the circuit of one post and surprised tell marching over miles before being captured the success of thia officer in imitating the strategy of the indiana is at once a credit to bis skill and a tribute to the tact of the aborigines lie would doubtless be as brilliant in the pursuit as be was in the flight and in such a role against a harrasser harr assed toe it is eafe to predict eliat the apache would fare a fact wh chonce proven would be a powerful aid in the preservation of peace it may not he agreeable to confess but it is a fact that the inefficiency which has characterized annh of our military work in the w est baa served only as an encouragement to ma bands of hoe tiles we are not in favor of a warlike policy with the primal owners but if troops are to be employed at all they ought to be in sufficient force and well enough handled to accomplish promptly and summarily the duty of punishing those whom it is their duty to keep in control there is a great truth in the idea that peace is worth for and after reading gen Sl iless report ve take it that the day of chasing the indians around the mountains with dude commanders featherbed feather bed soldiers and brass bands to the infinite diversion of the BOBS of the forest is a day of the past TUB SALT chamber of commerce has a narrow conception of the meaning of the adage money makes the mare go this narrowness consists of an inability to furnish money to keep the nag going and an inability to lubricate the heels of more than one nag at a time it is reported by way of illustration that when solicited to provide means for advertising and entertaining tho kansas editors the reply was the money had all gone for election expenses whether this exhaustive expenditure was in the form of individual contributions or came from the collective coffer of the chamber does not appear sift EDWIS ARWID now on ills way westward via north america to australia chosa montreal as liis landing puce he proper and becoming that should dif lembark la the queens it ii a pity he did not go around the other way and avoid dis embarking at all is no acrostic in the burial of the spring which is published in another column the only leader who might otherwise hesitate to enjoy it may thus revel in the chaale cloea to which hla la BO delicately attuned |