Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1886 — TROUBLESOME APACHES. [ARTICLE]

TROUBLESOME APACHES.

They. Are ’Prisoners of War—The Disposition of Geronimo. [Washington telegram.] Gen. Drum, acting Secretary of War, speaking of the statement made by Gen. Miles that the Apaches now on their way to Fort Marion, Fla., were never prisoners of war, said that, although they may not have been disarmed, the President always considered them as prisoners of war, and as such they were turned over to Gen. Crook. The best proof of their being prisoners of .war, Gen. Dram said, was the fact that otherwise they could not have been held under military control. The War Department could nbt have fed them otherwise, and they would of necessity have been under the charge of the Indian Department. General Phil Sheridan says he does not know whether any conditions attach— to Geronimo’s surrender. He believes the chief is entitled to no mercy, and says: *lf he can not be dealt with summarily he will probably be removed east of the Mississippi—to Florida, perhaps—the very place he doesn’t want to go. The Dry Tortugas would be a good reservation for him.”