, 1876-08-12
0ht 4lortArrn Star.
SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1876,
How shall We Represent Our
Old COmrads in Arms.


and races strive for the mastery, how
few there are who achieve Il position of
such A character "a to enttlc them to the
remembrance OF their successorsl Even
the grra, Napoleon remarked after he
had become the coDqurrer of Italy that
If h. should lie then after few hundred
years. h II page in n universal history,
would br all the space allotted 70 his
deeds. DIuhtlcss his opinion wis cor
rect.
OF the many brav. men who fell
during the great rebellion, fighting in
the union army, there are three names
the regular aud volunteer soldier will
ever speak Of with moistened eye
whose memory they will ever cherish,
and whose names they will strive to,
hand down to heir successors ~ no lies
uf those virtues mos, priz"d by the true
soldier and patriot. We refer to the
brave and gallant generals, Mansfield
Phil. Kerney and Mcpherson,
Officers who though trained in the
strict discipline of the regular army, and
ever requiring an enforcement of the
came, yet were none the less beloved or
trusted I,y the volunteers, despite their
traditional love of independence, and
restivpness, under the so called rcd tape
ofs regulnr military life.
The slaughter of the gallant Custer
and his command adds fourth name to
this galaxy OF heroes whose memory wi |
be equally beloved and cherished 10y
men OF all parties and classes in either
military or civil life. We have en'leav.
ored, in conducting this journal to give
telegraphic aud other news fully, but to
say nothing edilorially in relation to
questions of national politics, or of pub
lie events transpiring distance from US
. except those Questions should directly
concern the local interests of the commu-
. nifty we represent, giving, in place of our
individual opinions upon such subjects
oftentimes carefully prepared articles,
that hy little patient examination, we
generally have heen alte to find, that are
. of unquestioncd authority upon the
queslions, on which they treat
We probably should have confined
. ourselves to the questions growing out
of the Sioux war to this method OF treat
q ment, were il not that the death ot Custer
, and his heroes, has awakened feeling
. of patriotic enthusiasm almost compare
( BILE with that witnessed acress the whole
continent, when the fall ofSumter arous-
ed the layaI element to bsttle fol the
Union, for liberty aud progress; and in
still greater degre, because the people
OF this Territory all have direct person
al interest in the results of the conflicts
going on around the head waters of the
Yellow stone and its tributaries; for
should another disaster like the last
happen 70 our arms. it wouA I've nothing
improbable tor the emmissaries of the
hostile Sioux to cause the restless semi
hostile tribes 10 idaho and Eastern
Washington TO unite with them, 80 that
we then might need TO be rady to pro
tect our own homes.
We do not believe thcEe is immediate
:. danger. yet we do believe there is enough
possibility of trouble for our people to
take preliminary steps ofsuch nature,
that they may be prepared Tor any emer-
gency that may srise. We deem this
advisable from tic fact that danger is
not wholly removed by the success OF
our arms .gn,ler Terry or Crook, because
thtse generals arc operating from the
east, they would naturally it successful
drive the enemy westward, when we
might find lKlickitat war the natural
termination OF the coatest with the Sioux.
These considerations being the case
within our rule, besitles We have served
a full term OF service AZ soldier in the
regular army have Boldiers feelings for
comrades in arms, and profess TO know,
at least the theory, tho duty of soldier
as gained by actual experience in the
ranks, 90 that to day scarce company
or battalion Of regulars can be found in
the service where we could not fad some
one, that would be personal acqualnt-