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grounds, and be given the additional duty of co-operating with the civil anthori- 
ties in the way suggested, 
Under such an arrangement special terms of Court could be held at Ounalaska 
and Kadiak during the annual crnize of the cutter, and the laws enforced over a 
large section of the Territory, to the people of which the Civil Government is at 
present a thing which exists in name only. A matter which can so easily be arranged, 
and yet is of such vital i importance to the proper and effective administration ef 3 vhe 
Civil Government, ought, it seems to me, to merit the prompt consideration and 
favourable action ‘of the proper Departments. 
GENERAL REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS, 
It must not be inferred from what I have said concerning the need of transporta- 
tion facilities, which can only be supplied without large extra expense by means of a 
Revenue cutter stationed here at Sitka, that the presence of a war-vessel large enough 
to rate a marine guard can, or ought to be, dispensed with. 
A naval vessel, “such as the Pinta,” or even one of the second or third rate, is very 
essential as a means of holding in peaceable subjection the native Settlements which 
have not yet yielded to civilizing influences, and to assist in restoring erder in case 
of riot and armed resistance to the law on the part of a lawless element among 
48 the whites, such as that which incited the recent expulsion of the Chinese from 
Douglas Island. There is no necessity, however, in my opinion, for keeping a 
marine guard on shore here at Sitka, while there is an ever-present and prospective 
need for the presence of such a force at Juneau. Had the war-ship and Ler marine 
guard been there at the time, I have every reason to believe the expulsion of the 
Chinese would not have been attempted, or, if it had been, the commanding officer 
would certainly have been in a position, acting in unison with the civil authorities, 
to prévent the mob from consummating its unlawful purpose. 
The same lawless element that accomplished the forcible removal of the Chinese 
miners and labourers is likely at any time to demand the discharge of the natives 
who have been employed to fill the enforced vacancies, and in the absence of an 
armed. force would be enabled to enforce their demand before any relief could be 
afforded from this point, where the only naval or military force in the Territory is now 
stationed—and where, I may truthfully add, its presence is not only unnecessary, but 
wholly useless. ‘The native people here at Sitka are quiet and peaceable, and there 
is no lawless white element which cannot be held in complete subjection to the law 
without the aid or intervention of a milifary force. 
The only place in the Territory where there is any prospect of lawlessness beyond 
the control of the civil authorities is at Juneau, and 1 respectfully urge that the pro- 
priety of transferring the “Pinta” and her marine guard to that point be at once 
brought to the attention of the honourable Secretary of the Navy. 
If for any reason it is not deemed advisable to order the transfer I have suggested, 
then I venture the further suggestion that the marine guard now stationed here on 
shore at Sitka be transferred, if not to the ship where they properly belong, then 
into other quarters than those at present occupied by them in the building popularly 
known as the “ Barracks.” 
ITsubmit herewith plans showing how and by whom the building is at present 
occupied, from which it will be seen that there is a juxtaposition of the civil and 
military altogether unseemly, if not wholly improper. ‘The spectacle at the recent 
term of Court, when a number of British subjects were on trial, and every morning 
heard the beat of the drum, calling guard-mount on the portico, simultaneously 
with the loud proclamation of the crier announcing the opening of Court in the 
same building, was not one calculated to impress the strangers with an exalted 
opinion of our boasted free institutions. For appearance’s sake, if for no other 
reason, this marine guard should be removed from this building in which the Courts 
are held, and the whole of which is needed for the accommodation of the Civil Gov- 
ernment. But the truth is, this marine guard has no duty to perform here in Sitka, 
save that of guarding the few supplies necessary to its own subsistence. 
Prior to the institution of civil cvovernment the naval commander of the station 
was, to all intents and purposes, the executive officer of the Territory, and all vessels 
stationed here were of arate which entitled them to a marine guard. One-half of 
this guard was sent ashore to perform police duty, the officer in command exercising 
the functions of a police mavistrate. 
With a view to the continuance of this system, the “ Pinta” was sent here and 
furnished with a marine guard of twenty-five men, ‘under command of a Second Lien- 
tenant, all of whom were sent ashore, the Commandant and privates performing the 
police ‘duties mentioned from the date of her arrival, on the 17th August, 1884, till 
the 14th September following, when the newly- created Civil Government was inau- 
gurated, Since that time the geuard has had no local duties whatever to perform, 
and has practically been as useless as would be the fifth wheel to a waggon. 
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