The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-01
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RAwLRs, Jan. 30.


RAwLRs, Jan. 30.
Special 70 the Leader.
Capt. Joseph Lawson, Sd cavalry,
died at Fort Steele, Wyoming, at
eleven O'Clock tonight; cause of his
death was paralysis. He served in the
volunteers during the war, at the close
of which he was commissioned in the
Sd cavalry, serving continuously in the
frontier and participating in every In
dian engagement in which his regiment
took part in New Mexico. Arizona, up
per Nebraska, Dakota. Montana, Wyo-
ming and Colorado. He was especial
ly prominent at the time of the Thorn
burgh massacre at Milk Creek, Colo
RADIO, by his GOODNESS and bravery in
command of the rear guard. He
fought back the Utes who had SUR
rounded the entire column after the
death Of Major T~hornburgh, and kept
them at bay until breastworks were
constructed. For his remarkable
bravery on this occasion, and his saving
the entire command from humiliation,
he was rendered especial vote of thanks
by both houses of the legislature of
Wyoming.
Examining Army Officers.
The house committee on military af-
fairs has agreed to report fayorably to
the house of representatives Sparks
bill, which authorizes and directs the
secretary of war to constitute a board,
10 consist of me major general, one
brigadier general and three colonies,
three of said officers to be selected
from among those appointed to the reg.
ular army on account of distinguished
service in the volunteer forces during
the late war, and before whom the Sec
rotary of var shall cause to appear all
officers of the army deemed by him I'M
fit for the proper discharge of their
duty from any cause except from age,
injury received, or disease contracted
in the line of their duty, and directs
said board to examine and report fully
and specifically the nature and extent
of such alleged unitness, and that, on
recommendation of such board, the
president shall muster out of the SER
vice any of said officers so reported
with IL years pay, but that such
muster-out shall not be ordered with
out allowing such officers a hearing be-
fore such board to show cause against it.
The recent failure of the government
to bring Sitting Bull to terms has been
naturally laid. at the s5r of the war
department. 1t is said by army people
that the idea did not originate in
the war department, or with Gen.
Terry, but that it was a scheme of
Secretary Schurz, who prevailed upon
the president to adopt it. In accord
ance with this idea, army officers say,
the order was issued to Gen. Terry
through the war department, to en-
ter into negotiations with Sitting Bull.
Terry's own idea, it is said, was to
treat Sitting Bull as an alien. and to
hold the government Of Canada re-
sponsible for any raid he might make
on the territory of the United States.
The plan finally adopted was a part of
Schurz peace policy, and, had it sue
ceeded, it was in contemplation to
send the hostile band to the Indian ter
ritory, where they were to be allotted
lands in severalty, and changed by easy
stages from hostile sayages to law
abiding farmers. The army people
claim that Mr.. Schurz should have the
blame which must attach to the affair
and the negotiations.
Army P~atriarchs.
AS shown by the army registers re-
tired list for 1881: