The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke Volume 1: November 20, 1872--July 28, 1876

Appendix 2 • Orders of particular importance to Bourke's narrative—Arizona

451 Crook Assumes Command of Department of Arizona [Volume 1, Page 15]* Headquarters Department of Arizona, DRUM BARRACKS, CAL., JUNE 4, 1871 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 12. In obedience to paragraph II, Special Orders No. 176, Adjutant General’s Office, current series, the undersigned assumes the command of the Department of Arizona. The following named officers constitute the Department Staff: Captain A. H. Nickerson, 23d Infantry, Aide-de-Camp, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles H. Tompkins, Deputy Quartermaster General, Chief Quartermaster. Captain John W. Turner, Commissary Department, Chief Commissary. Surgeon E. I. Baily, Medical Director. Major Charles J. Sprague, Chief Paymaster. Appendix 2 ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ Orders of particular importance to Bourke's narrative—Arizona * Volume numbers refer to the manuscript volumes as arranged in the West Point Library—ed. 452 APPENDIX 2 Major James Nelson, Paymaster. Major Robert Morrow, Paymaster. GEORGE CROOK; Brevet Major General, OFFICIAL: [No signature] Aide-de-Camp Bourke Named Aide-de-Camp [Volume 1, Page 18] Headquarters Department of Arizona, DRUM BARRACKS, CAL., SEPTEMBER 1, 1871 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 18. The following named officers having been directed by the War Department to report for duty upon the personal Staff of the Department Commander, are hereby announed as Aides-de-Camp to the undersigned: Second Lieutenant William J. Ross, 21st Infantry. Second Lieutenant John G. Bourke, 3d Cavalry. GEORGE CROOK, Lieut.-Col., 23d Infantry, Bvt. Major General, Commanding. OFFICIAL: [signed] John G. Bourke Aide-de-Camp. Cessation of Hostilities [Volume 1, Page 186] Headquarters Department of Arizona, PRESCOTT: APRIL 7, 1873 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 12. It is with pleasure the announcement is made of the surrender of large numbers of Indians lately hostile, against whom military operations have been prosecuted for the past four months; and the assurance through the chiefs and head men of these tribes of ORDERS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO BOURKE'S NARRATIVE—AZ 453 their desire and the desire of their people to conclude a permanent peace. These propositions are made in the midst of a campaign in which they have been severely punished, and the Department Commander, believing in their sincerity, announces and hereby declares peace with the tribes referred to. The basis of this peace is simply that these Indians shall cease plundering and murdering, remain upon their several reservations, and comply with the regulations made by the Government, through authorized agents, for them. So long, therefore, as they remain true to their agreement, they will be protected by the Military of this Department in the enjoyment of all their rights under the law. After sufficient time shall have elapsed to enable the friends of any renegades still at large to bring them in upon their proper reservations , post commanders will use the troops at their command to pursue and force them in, and in case any such straggling bands continue to remain absent without proper authority, they will be forced to surrender or be destroyed. BY COMMAND OF BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL CROOK: A. H. NICKERSON, Captain, Twenty-third Infantry, A.D.C., and A.A.A. General. OFFICIAL: [signed] John G. Bourke Aide-de-Camp. Instructions for Officers Commanding Troops on Indian Reservations [Volume 1, Pages 188-89] Headquarters Department of Arizona, PRESCOTT: APRIL 8, 1873 GENERAL ORDERS, No. 13. The following memorandum of instructions is hereby published for the guidance of officers commanding troops stationed on the several Indian Reservations in this Department: I. With a view to bringing the straggling bands and families still at large upon the reservation, and to serve as a nucleus for the es- 454 APPENDIX 2 tablishment of civil government, a small number of the Indians recently used as scouts will be retained in service under existing laws, at each of the reservations hereafter specified. Each of these detachments will be under the command of an officer, designated by the Department Commander, who will have charge, under the supervision of the commanding officer of the post, of their clothing and accounts; but the post commander may communicate with them direct, at any and all times. These Indians will be selected from among the best of their several tribes, and will be liable to be mustered out for misconduct towards the Indians of their own or other tribes, or other good cause, and their places filled by others duly slected. They will constitute the police force of the resrvations, and while required to attend regular musters and inspections will not only be allowed...