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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE A II U V. 1,1. Ufu. Nhertdiauhi Atiiaiial Ktport. Little lUil. lluukH it lluutil be ht-Hit-r io Itouble the Freaeut Army Mtreuif ill. Chicio, 17. Lieut. Guuordl Sberi-I Sberi-I diui, iu bia aunuul n purt to toe luiljutaiit Rcue.-al uf the army, tinted October 27ib, Rives a dukiih.d account 1 thu cpeinitioiid of tue unuy in the wx-tti uud on tlio ltio Grando dunuK am past yeur. He couciudoa by si.y iut: iti tbe tlep-irltuent of Tt;x.wihe 'irual trouhlps nu tbe Ilio Gntndp bave iHJourri-d. Cutle run loedu by liiou:"-andj liiou:"-andj uu our aide of tbe river, aud Muxidaiiti and Iudiitna cro-id ovr and steal tbeni. Tbis yivea riu to all kiiidu of criraiDations and recri:niiit tiona aud iultirnationi! quottLiom, wbicb, wilb tbe cuntiuuul ro volutions, volu-tions, make an unsettled couditiou of tttairs on tbat border. Tbe troubles on the Kio Gracde border, Ibo ludian outbreak ou tbe weatera frontier of New Mexico and tbe lu'.liao war io tbe do ariuiena of tbe TlaUc uud Ditota have kept tbeetuall and inadequate force in tbis division in a constant state of Activity and almost without1 rest nigbt and day. Some of tbe cavalry regiments have, during tbe spring and summer, traveled in pursuit pur-suit of Indians and for tbe purpose of protecting exposed Bottlers, a distance ot over 4,000 miles, and tbe bard worked wear and tear upon both men and auimals, in tbese frontier campaigns cam-paigns can be fully appreciated only by those wbo are lamiliar with the country operated in, wbo kuow its character, the long distances to ba overcome and the great difficulty of furnishing supplies. This condition of aflUirs is not only true lor the p .st year, but it has been nearly the same thing for the past ten years, and I think I can Bafely say that fur this length of time no men have ever worked harder or shown a higher seuso of duty than . ttie little army which defended our rapidly ra-pidly extending western settlements. settle-ments. Toe expense ami the very great loss of life attending these operations opera-tions have arisen principally from being be-ing obliged to use an inadwquute force to perform services whioh to accomplish accom-plish quickly and properly required at least double its numbers. It the companies had all been filled to 100 men each tbe additional expense would not have been so great in tbe end as it has now proved to be with companies ranging from thirty to tony men. Then the Indian troubles miht nave been settled promptly and there is a strong probability thai they would not have occurred at all, and I therefore respectfully recommend an intjrense of all the companies in tbe service to 100 men each. I be lieve it would be true economy and at the same time it would enable tbe army to satisfactorily perferm the work required of it. During the last two years tbe ratio of loss of officers and men iu proportion to the number engaged iu this division, in the Indian wars, has been equal to or renter than iho ratio of loss on either side iu the present Kudao-Turkisb Kudao-Turkisb campaiu and in tbe 1 te civil war iu ttiis country. White the Indian troubles in Ibis division are over for the present, I cannot say that they are finally ended. Complications are still liable to arise aoa our experience euouiu teaco us to ba better prepared for them than we have hitherto been. Only a very few ol the requests made by exposed settlements and tbeir territorial representatives repre-sentatives in congress have been complied com-plied with, even wbeu I was compelled com-pelled to recognize the justice ol" these demands, on account of the utter inadequacy of our email force to garrison tbe points for wnieh troops ft ere asked. |