The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-12-04

young King turned up In the camp Of
the Wisconsin volunteers at Walking.
ton, with drum sticln In hand. At 10
years Of age he saw his hrst soldering
IN Virginia He was guide for Gen. VI
8 Hancock when he FIRST crossed the
Potomac ut the head Of his brigAdA In
1852 King was appointed . cadet at
West Point by President Lincoln. and
he graduated No. ass, and number e
In . class Of 10 After graduating at
West Point he was kept there for some
time Is military instructor high CON-
pliment to subalteEn officer.
From 1895 to 1850 Capt. King served
In the regular army a . cavalry oflcer,
stationed at New OTleans Then he was
ordered to West Point a. instructor In
cavalry tactics he was relieved from
duty in 1871 to accept o staff position.
From 1871 to 1874 be was confidential
aid on the stat Of Maj. Gen. W. q
Emory, with station at New Orleans.
There was q romantic turn 10 Capt
Kings life shout this time. Il win Be
remembered that there was Q good deal
Of excitement over an international race
Of gentlemen ride3 on the old Metairs
track, at New Orleans, In April, 1871.
England. Ireland, France and Austria
were represented, but there was no one
10 ride for the United States. Al the
last minute Capt. King entered the con-
test, and the race was . notable one
Distinguished people from al over the
country were present. The flower and
beauty Of the south turned out md the
grand stand at the Jockey club on
that particular day was . scene Of BE-
wildering beauty and chivalTy. The
race was . magnificent one, and to the
surprise and delight Of every one King
won IL BY two lengthA
After the huzzahs Of congrAtulation
had subsidized the victor was presented
with gold whip, which he took acro@
the track and laid In the lap Of . young
lady who had accompanied Gen. and
Mrs. Emory. She has the whip yet, and
It Il suspended from . ribbon over the
parlor mantel in Capt. Kings cory homa
They were married . few months after
the stirring incident. After going
through the reconstruction period in the
south our hero asked TO be relieved from
stat duty to join his troop. K, Fifth
cavalry. In the Apache campaign In
Arizona, In 1874. King saw brilliant ser
vice. The troop Of which be was In
command became conspicuouA Gen
Sherman publicly stated that he condd-
cred their services "unequaled by those
Of any cavalry regiment On Nov. I.
1874, King was severely wounded at
Sunset pass he was then only saved
from falling into the hands Of the blood
thirsty savages by the valorous devotion
Of one Of his soldiers.
For months the intrepid commander
was laid up with q shattered sAber arm.
Almost before II was wen b was in the
saddle again and went through the ter
ribls Big Horn and Yellowstone cam
paignA His service was brilliant. his
bravery matches and his GOODNESS, In
the heat Of many Of the most terrible bat
tlesever fought with the indiana, won him
unstinted praise from his superior In
1873 Kings wound, which had never
healed, became % troublesome that ho
was forced 10 20 before Q retiring board
The next year he left the army that b
loved % wen and became . shSlyed war
rior-fun Of scars and glory, before he
had reached one half Of man'othreo- soors-
and-ten Year,. And thus Il was that the
soldier became % aukhoI. Aftsg his re-
tiremsnt he held several important civil
and military commissions, and became
identified Prominently with the national
guard, In which he Il SIN very much In
ter0sted
In Capt Kings study, where he
writes his stories, there Il the veritablo
Navajo blanket In which his soldiers
bundled or carried him down the noun
tain dds after receiving his wound At
Sunset PAnA There, too. can b seen
the pictures In uniforms Of many Of the
heroes Of his IstorieA Shoulder straps.
sword belts, forage cap and buenkil
leggings are Suspended from the wAllA
ThsEO aES . thousand and one other curl
ous thing picked up By the captain dur
ing his army life. On the wall Il . hno
portrait Of Gen. Rufus King, and near
BY Il the magnificent presentation sword
owned BY the soldier-writer'S diStin-
guiShed father. Altogether u = home
Of refinement and tAstA CAPT. King
and the lady who won the Notalro
whip have three children, and there u .
Charles King, Jr., who q . living plo-
turO Of the father and . perfect soldier
In miniature @. h YnsowuR