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Show TELE GRAPHIC TK CAP&TAL. Stctn:t z I'lc;:il bit Ktvj ;i tu i iiu ( outrol ul tie E.etis. Other Wa-)hUi(on Kulis. Waehinglcrj, G. S.irgnt is con-v.desccut con-v.desccut aud rode out to d "y. Ctptiiiu Arthur Morris, Fourth :r lillery, is ordered to report to the Kupcrinteiideut of the general recruiting recruit-ing Eervice lo conduct a dtt.icbm.tn'. of recruits to the Pacific coast. Ti.e joint ccmmits'on considering the Iruusler cf ibe Indian bureau to tho military department, heard Secretary Secre-tary Hcburz to-day. Ho disclaimed any personal desire to retain coulroi ol the Indian service under the interior inte-rior department. No branch of the department's business is eo tiouble-ecmo tiouble-ecmo and tiiankle!S. Ho thought the Indians entitled to humane treatment and tb:t could only be tendered throgh processes o! civilizition, education edu-cation and kind treatment. These the military were not filled to promote. The secretary quoted from the report of the Sioux commission, signed by Generals Sherman, Terry, Auger and other?, Betting forth in efltct that if peace with the Indians waa required, the management of this allair should he placed under tho civil department of eovernment. Now, I agrco with these gentlemen on this point. There are a grat many officers offi-cers of the army who havo excellent ideas abjut Indian affairs, but it is another thing ta bring .ideas into practical e fleet. The military arm of government he did not comiJer gilted with the patient labor required to place ttic hoe in the Indian's hand and teach him how to use it. He denied very emphatically that the red tape system of reporting Indian outbreaks which had been asserted, was requimi under tbe present administration ad-ministration of Indian ulLiird. Whenever When-ever a case arises where prompt action ia necessary, ho in person com mum cated with the secretary of war and the general of the army, thereby causing caus-ing bi:t a very feiv hours' dt 1 ty in ptrfectirg netessuiy arrangements lo meet ti.e emergency, rather tnan month?, as intimated by General Sherman, He claimed that the demand de-mand lor the transfer of the bureau from tbo civil to the military department was based upon cs-fiumplicus cs-fiumplicus i.V.ber than upon facta. Histury wiil prove that ttie Indian bureau is crtdittd with Indhn wars which iu reality occurred previcua to placing ilia Indiana under civil management. The cause of a majority ma-jority of wars, in bis (pinion, is the breaking of treaties, together with encroachments en-croachments ot gree.ly whites upon settlements aliutteU tj would bd peaceful Irxi.tns. tie did not believe tuch military o dicers as Gr-nerals Sherman, Siu-riu;in and ut hors desired war, but eu br j i n ait s w ho bad a i eputat ie.ti to make, were not for peace, especially with the Indian race. Army tllicers, tbe secretary said, in reply lo a question by Gen. Hooker, who havo been iu charge at Indian cgencici1, have been vury faithful and efficient in their duties, were, how ever, in connection with an unsettled stale ol affairs, and not with a view to civilizing the Indians. Tue secret try advises the placicg ot troublesome Iudians eu reservat ons under martial Liw Jaud of increasing the number ul tne Indian pol.ee force from 45U to 1,000 cr 1,00. This was very rehnblb an;) liad rendered good sc r v i :t-. Guic.g d.J'trtt::!' War h ii :g Ion: Carelul nuriiry tlu;ws there is no probability ol any sdver leislal ion wlutu-ver tii if not tvvu regard ing irittli- iloilars. u:ot.;i Sherman uii! urc upon the WL-ya aud mea;:e ihu present method uf collecting duties on tilks, kid g!ove3 aud sugars, lie will send to the chairman iu a few days care-luliy care-luliy drawn bills provi.:imi lor the pay-in pay-in cut ol tpecitic duties on kid gljve? and sugar instead of ad i-nlorcui duiy on silks. It ispropou d a so to provide pro-vide in addition for t.::j gruding o! silks nc( oriling to their weight. The secretary iu view of numerom enits under t e existing law, and the difiiciliy i'f gtt'ing at the tiua valuation valua-tion of s:iks, kid gloves and sugars, believe- act;on by the present congress con-gress ;s absolutely neceij.ry. |