trusted in management of native matters. Look where you will even among the best men in other respects, you find a want of common sense in respect to native matters which is not easily understood - I was very much amused with the Telegram of Vogels which you enclosed in your last letter - all I have to advise you is dont trust much to what he calls Branigans men - if you do and we have difficulties there will be a mess as sure as we are here -My opinion of that Force is as follows - officers and men hate Branigan - The men have little confidence in their officers and the officers none at all in their men - Both men and officers wd. like to see a mess to get rid of their Commissioner and the sort of sentiment they have that they are degraded - You may not hear this kind of thing from other people - but I hear a good deal of what takes place in Camp and I give you what I know to be the feeling of