If Any Of My Men Kill Prisoners,

I See No Reason Why Indians Who Can Give Satisfactory Proof Of Having By Their Own Labor Supported Their Families For A Number Of Years, And Who Are Willing To Detach Themselves From Their Tribal Relations, Should Not Be Admitted To The Benefit Of The Homestead Act And The Privileges Of Citizenship, And I Recommend The Passage Of A Law To That Effect. It Will Be An Act Of Justice As Well As A Measure Of Encouragement.

I Am Asked If I Would Not Be Gratified If My Friends Would Procure Me Promotion To A Brigadier-generalship. My Feeling Is That I Would Rather Be One Of The Good Colonels Than One Of The Poor Generals. The Colonel Of A Regiment Has One Of The Most Agreeable Positions In The Service, And One Of The Most Useful. "a Good Colonel Makes A Good Regiment," Is An Axiom.

You Know I Am Given To Antiquarian And Genealogical Pursuits. An Old Family Letter Is A Delight To My Eyes. I Can Prowl In Old Trunks Of Letters By The Day With Undiminished Zest.

Busy Replying To Letters From Divers Office-seekers. They Come By The Dozens.

There Are Two Tendencies In All Our War Talk.... The First Is To Boast, If Not Of Ourselves And Our Deeds, At Least Of Our Army, Our Corps, Our Regiments. The Other Is To Find Fault With, To Criticize, To Censure, To Condemn Others. If There Is A Victory, We Gained It And Must Have The Credit Of It. If There Is A Failure, It Was The Fault Of The Other Fellow,--he Must Be Blamed For It.