The Clerk read as follows: The purpose of the bill is to provide boards of high character, and to organizethem in such a man nor and to clothe themwith such powersas to super vise and inspect the whole administration of Indian affairs in educationiatsl. 3 fold cluaracter civil, military, and To the position of chief of this board thereshould be appointed an asstcommissioner, with a ary sal sufficient to command the servicesof a man of character and great ability, whosewhole time is to be devoted to this important work. One of the board is to be an officer of the regular Army, to be assigned by the SecyWar: (it is believed that he would be an officer of high standing in the Army:) and the 3rd is to be selectedfrom among those persons who maybe named by the great religious conventions or bodies of the U.S. It is impossible to could nameany o the bretlhieavne that these great bodies a man of high character and greatability. such a board not organized upon political grounds at all, and possessing, as they will, the important powers conferred in the 3rd section of this bill, will, in the judgment of the committee, do m.ore to securethe faithful administration of Indian than any other measure which has been suggested. The asst commissionerwill report to the Secyinterior; the officer of the Army to Secretary the of War; and the 3rd will report, not to the Government, but to may that religious body which have recommended his appointment. Thus the treatment of the Indians by the civil authorities, by the military authorities, and by their teachers and missionaries will be subject to constant inspection and supervision. It is urged that the expensesof these boardswill be considerable; but in comparisonwith the greater economy and efficiencytheir supervision would secure that expense will be comparatively trifling. thSinugesh, boards chargedwith the duty, among other to Preserve amity, will doubtless sometimes save the Government from unnecessary and expensive Indian wars. As an portion instance bearing upon this point, when, that of duty of intqhuei crionmgmiinttteoe wthheo wcoenred charged with the of Indian affairs in Kansas, NewMexico, and, Colorado, ar rived at Fort Larned, they found that the officer there in command had just issued an order to troops his to cross the Arkansas, going south into an Indian territory where not a single white man lived, to make war upon the Camanches, a most powerful tribe, which roamsover all that region from the arkansas to Mexico. Your committeefelt that such an expedition would of necessity bring on a long war with that tribe; that it they was wholly unnecessary, and took the responsibility of advising General Mc Cook, a member of the staff of accompanied them, General Pope, who to countermand that order until he could, communicate with General Pope at StLouis. The order was countermanded: the troops then in Presencme otion were recalled, and thus by the mere and advice of the committeo a war was avoided with the Camanches, which, had it begun, once would not have been prosecuted tao successful termination without an expenditureof $20,000,000. Your committee took the testimony, among others, of Colonel Pord, then in command at Fort Larned, upon this subject. He says, speakingof the Caman ches: “From the best information I can get, there are about 7,000 warriors well mounted, someon fleet Texan horses. On horseback they are the finestskirmishers I eversaw. How large a force mounted and infantry, would be required to defend the Santa Fee road and wage a successfulwar against the Indians south of the Arkansas? It would require at least 10,000 men; 4,000 constantly in the field, well mounted: the line of defense to extend from Fort Lyon to Fort Riley, and south about 300 miles. All supplieswould have to come from the States. Contract price for corn delivered at this point was$526per bushel.” With corn at this enormousprice, and hay and wood and all supplies in proportion, the expense of such an Indian war is beyond belief. By many it was estimated that such a war would have required at least 10,000 men, and a war of 2 or duration, 3 years' to make it successful, with an expenditure of more than 30 million dollars. It is organizbeedlievedthat such boards of inspection, thus appointed and composed of the menwho should be to many fill them, would save the country from useless wars with the Indians, and secure in all fbidraenlictyh.esof the Indian service greater efficiency and If $150,00a0nnsuuacllhyb, oards should cost the Government and should avert but one Indian war in ten years, still, upon the score of alone, econom per the Government would be repaid 500 cent.